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Ian T. Paulsen FAA FRSN FASM is a Distinguished Professor in the School of Natural Sciences at Macquarie University, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology and Director of the Australian Genome Foundry.  

Paulsen is a former ARC Laureate Fellow and an ISI Highly Cited Researcher[1]. Paulsen is also a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science[2] and the Royal Society of New South Wales[3]. His research expertise includes membrane transport, microbial genomics, metagenomics, systems biology, bioinformatics and synthetic biology[4].  

Thomson Reuters identified Paulsen as one of the World's 3000 Most Influential Scientific Minds in 2014[5]. He was also featured in The Australian as one of the top forty research superstars in Australia in 2020[6]. He co-founded the Joint Academic Microbiology Seminars (JAMS) and the national synthetic biology organisation Synthetic Biology Australasia, advocating for microbiology and becoming a mentor for the next generation of synthetic biologists.

Career and Impact

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Paulsen started his research career with a PhD in Microbiology from Monash University in 1994[7] and was an NHMRC C.J. Martin Fellow at the University of California in San Diego[4]. In the early days of his academic career, he studied the biological mechanisms of multiple drug resistance to antibiotics. From 2000-2007, he held a faculty position at the Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) in Maryland, USA, where he led many microbial genome sequencing projects[4]. Paulsen returned to Australia in 2007 as a Professor at Macquarie University and received a Life Science Research Award from the NSW Office of Science and Medical Research that same year[4]. In 2014 he was awarded an ARC Australian Laureate Fellowship for studying marine bacteria and their importance in the marine food web[8]. In the same year he was awarded the title of Distinguished Professor from Macquarie University in recognition of his work in genomics, systems biology and environmental microbiology[9].  

He founded the Synthetic Biology Laboratory at Macquarie University and He then became founding Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology at Macquarie University, funded in 2020[10]. In parallel, Paulsen leads the Australian Genome Foundry, a high-throughput biofoundry.

Paulsen is the co-leader of the Australian node of the Sc2.0 (Yeast 2.0) project[11], which has successfully synthesised all 16 native chromosomes to produce the world’s first synthetic eukaryote, a version of common baker’s yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae.  

Paulsen has published over 350 papers, has over 106,300 citations and has an h-index of 133 (Google Scholar, July 2024)[12].  

Media

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Paulsen’s genomic sequencing research was reported in the New York Times[13]. His synthetic biology research has been reported in the Washington Post[14]. His work on the Yeast 2.0 project has been reported in ABC News[15]. He is also featured in articles appearing on Open Access Government[16] and InnovationAus.com[17].

Awards and Fellowships

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2020 Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science[18]

2018 Fellowship of the Australian Society for Microbiology[19]  

2016 Fellow, Royal Society of New South Wales[20]

2014 Australian Research Council (ARC) Australian Laureate Fellow[21]

2014 Research Excellence Award from Macquarie University[22]

2014 Distinguished Professor at Macquarie University[9]

2007-2011 Life Science Research Award from NSW Office of Science and Medical Research[23]

1995-1999 C.J. Martin Fellowship, National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia

1990-1994 Sir Ernest Field Memorial Scholarship  

References

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  1. ^ "Past lists of Highly Cited Researchers". Clarivate. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  2. ^ "Ian Paulsen". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  3. ^ "Fellows - The Royal Society of NSW". royalsoc.org.au. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  4. ^ a b c d "Ian Paulsen". Macquarie University. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  5. ^ "Worlds Most Influential Scientific Minds 2014 | PDF | Higgs Boson | Citation". Scribd. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  6. ^ "Research Superstars" (PDF). The Australian. September 23, 2020. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  7. ^ "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
  8. ^ "Professor Ian Paulsen awarded Australian Laureate Fellowship". Macquarie Matters. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  9. ^ a b "A mark of distinction | This Week At Macquarie University". 2014-10-07. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  10. ^ "Selection Report: ARC Centres of Excellence 2020". Australian Research Council (ARC). Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  11. ^ Larissa (2020-10-07). "Reinventing life". Curious. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  12. ^ "Ian Paulsen". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  13. ^ Gorman, James (2003-04-01). "Aliens Inside Us: A (Mostly Friendly) Bacterial Nation". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  14. ^ Guarino, Ben (2017-01-24). "Biologists breed life form with lab-made DNA. Don't call it 'Jurassic Park'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  15. ^ "Scientists are building yeast 2.0. Here's why that's exciting". ABC News. 2019-09-28. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  16. ^ "Decarbonising the world economy with synthetic biology". Open Access Government. 2023-08-30. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  17. ^ Mish (2023-11-17). "The Australian bioeconomy market is more than medicine". InnovationAus.com. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  18. ^ "Fellows | Australian Academy of Science". www.science.org.au. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  19. ^ "Fellowship (FASM)". Australian Society for Microbiology. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  20. ^ "Fellows - The Royal Society of NSW". www.royalsoc.org.au. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  21. ^ "Australian Laureate Fellowships". Australian Research Council (ARC). Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  22. ^ "Macquarie University Research Awards 2014 Winners - Macquarie University". www.mq.edu.au. Retrieved 2024-07-11.
  23. ^ "Home - NSW Office for Health and Medical Research - NSW Health". NSW Health & Medical Research. Retrieved 2024-07-11.