Patron

Prof. Tony Fane, University of New South Wales

Tony Fane is a Chemical Engineer with a PhD from Imperial College, London. He has been working on membranes since 1973 when he joined the University of New South Wales, in Sydney, Australia. His current interests are in membranes applied to environmental applications and the water cycle, with a focus on the sustainability aspects of membrane technology, including membrane bioreactors and reuse.

He is a former Director of the UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology at UNSW where he continues to work with colleagues. From 2002 to 2006 he was Temasek Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore with a programme in Membrane Technology for Sustainable Water. He is currently Director of the Singapore Membrane Technology Centre at NTU; Tony divides his time between Sydney and Singapore.

He is on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Membrane Science (a former editor from 1992 to 2005) and Desalination. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, a recipient of the Centenary Medal in 2002 for services to Chemical Engineering and the Environment and an Honorary life member of the European Membrane Society. Tony has advocated the formation of an Australian society and strongly supports the Membrane Society of Australasia. He is honoured to be its Patron.

Board

• Chair - A/Prof. Mikel Duke, Victoria University
• Vice Chair - Dr. Long Nghiem, University of Wollongong
• Secretary - Dr. Simon Smart, University of Queensland
• Treasurer - Dr. Aaron Thornton, CSIRO
• Corporate Liason Officer - Dr. Colin Scholes, Melbourne University
• Prof. Vicki Chen, University of New South Wales
• Dr. Pierre Le-Clech, University of New South Wales
• Dr. Shaomin Liu, Curtin University
• Dr. Darrell Patterson, Auckland University
• Dr. Andrew Groth, SIEMENS

Committee

• Marketing and Industry Relations - Eddy Ostarevic, Tamarama Estate
• New Zealand Representative - Dr. Ken Morison, University of Canterbury
• Webmaster - Jianhua Zhang, Victoria University
• Co-Webmaster - David Uhlmann, University of Queensland

Constitution

The MSA, as a company Limited by Guarantee, operates under rules contained in a Constitution. All members of MSA are required to formally acknowledge their agreement to abide by these rules which includes a clause limiting each members liability to $20 upon the winding-up of the Company.