Editing Macquarie University (section)

== Notable people ==
{{Main list|List of Macquarie University people}}

=== Notable alumni ===
[[File:Klarfeld Macquarie University Graduates.jpg|thumb|Life-size bronze statue of Graduates outside Macquarie University by [[Linda Klarfeld|sculptor Linda Klarfeld]]]]

Alumni include [[Rhodes Scholar|Rhodes]] and [[John Monash Scholars]] and several [[Fulbright|Fulbright Scholars]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Fulbright New South Wales Scholarship |url = http://fulbright.com.au/scholarships/for-australians?id=241 |publisher=Australian-American Fulbright Commission |url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150331140633/https://fulbright.com.au/scholarships/for-australians?id=241 |archive-date=31 March 2015  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fulbright Indigenous Scholarship |url=http://www.fulbright.com.au/scholarships?id=240 |publisher=Australian-American Fulbright Commission |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402172549/https://www.fulbright.com.au/scholarships?id=240 |archive-date=2 April 2015  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Fulbright scholars announced|url=http://mq.edu.au/newsroom/2013/03/26/fulbright-scholars-announced/|website=mq.edu.au|publisher=Macquarie University|access-date=11 March 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402100606/http://mq.edu.au/newsroom/2013/03/26/fulbright-scholars-announced/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Macquarie University alumnus awarded prestigious Harvard scholarship|url=http://mq.edu.au/newsroom/2014/11/26/macquarie-university-alumnus-awarded-prestigious-harvard-scholarship/|website=mq.edu.au|publisher=Macquarie University|access-date=11 March 2015|archive-date=20 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320215825/http://mq.edu.au/newsroom/2014/11/26/macquarie-university-alumnus-awarded-prestigious-harvard-scholarship/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Notable alumni include: Minister for the Environment and Water, [[Tanya Plibersek]]; Australian politician and former [[Lord Mayor of Brisbane]], [[Jim Soorley]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Brisbane's Lord Mayors|url=http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/about-council/council-information-rates/council-history/brisbanes-lord-mayors|publisher=Brisbane City Council|access-date=5 April 2015|archive-date=24 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524180203/http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/about-council/council-information-rates/council-history/brisbanes-lord-mayors|url-status=live}}</ref> New South Wales Minister for Health, [[Brad Hazzard]]; Australian politician, [[Harini Amarasuriya]]; 16th [[Prime Minister of Sri Lanka|prime minister of Sri Lanka]], [[Mike Kelly (Australian politician)|Mike Kelly]]; Australian basketball player, [[Lauren Jackson]]; Australian swimmer, [[Ian Thorpe]]; Australian water polo player, [[Holly Lincoln-Smith]]; three founding members of the Australian children's musical group [[The Wiggles]], [[Murray Cook]], [[Anthony Field]], and [[Greg Page (musician)|Greg Page]]; former director-general of the [[National Library of Australia]], [[Anne-Marie Schwirtlich]] AM; New Zealand conservationist, [[Pete Bethune]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Macquarie University Alumni Web Community – Outstanding alumni|url=http://awc.alumni.mq.edu.au/s/1404/spot/1col.aspx?sid=1404&gid=1&pgid=403|publisher=Macquarie University|access-date=3 January 2015|archive-date=4 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104135043/http://awc.alumni.mq.edu.au/s/1404/spot/1col.aspx?sid=1404&gid=1&pgid=403|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="graduateregister">{{cite web|title=Graduate Register |url=https://students.mq.edu.au/student_admin/graduation/graduate_register/ |publisher=Macquarie University |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312124204/https://students.mq.edu.au/student_admin/graduation/graduate_register/ |archive-date=12 March 2015  }}</ref> Miss Universe Australia 2008, [[Laura Dundovic]]; Australian Journalist, [[Hugh Riminton]] and [[BBC]] Presenter, [[Yalda Hakim]].

Notable alumni in science include: Australian scientist [[Barry Brook (scientist)|Barry Brook]],<ref>SA sets out Agenda for nuclear industry inquiry; expert mix appointed, ''[[The Australian Financial Review]]'', 17 April 2015.</ref> American physicist [[F. J. Duarte|Frank Duarte]],<ref>G. Overton, N-slit interferometer extends secure free-space communications, ''[[Laser Focus World]]'', 1 March 2011.</ref> and Australian physicist [[Cathy Foley]].<ref>A. Coote, Leading Australian scientist Dr. Cathy Foley takes home woman of the year, ''[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]'', 7 March 2013.</ref> Alumni notable in the business world include: Australian hedge fund manager [[Greg Coffey]],<ref>The $665&nbsp;million man, ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'', 19 October 2012.</ref> Australian businesswoman [[Catherine Livingstone]],<ref>J. Ireland, Top companies with women on boards perform better, research finds, ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'', 23 April 2015</ref> founder of [[Freelancer.com]] [[Matt Barrie (businessman)|Matt Barrie]], businessman [[Napoleon Perdis]]; Australian venture capitalist [[Larry R. Marshall]];<ref>B. Smith, Entrepreneur Larry Marshall to head CSIRO, ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'', 9 October 2014</ref> former CEO of [[Seven West Media]], [[David Leckie]]; Australian economist, [[Sean Turnell]]; former CEO of [[Commonwealth Bank]] and former chairman of the [[Future Fund|Australian Government Future Fund]] Board of Guardians, [[David Murray (Australian businessman)|David Murray]].

=== Academics and staff ===
Notable faculty members include: Indian neurosurgeon [[B. K. Misra]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.neurosocietyindia.org/site/Past-president/Basant%20Kumar%20Misra,%20President%20NSI%202008.pdf |title=Basant Kumar Misra, President NSI 2008 |date=2008 |website= Neurological Society of India |access-date=2022-10-08 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227055715/http://www.neurosocietyindia.org/site/Past-president/Basant%20Kumar%20Misra,%20President%20NSI%202008.pdf |archive-date=2021-02-27}}
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Australian writer and four time Miles Franklin Award winner, [[Thea Astley]]; Hungarian Australian mathematician, [[Esther Szekeres]]; Australian mathematician, [[Neil Trudinger]]; Australian environmentalist and activist, [[Tim Flannery]]; British physicist and author, [[Paul Davies]]; British-Australian physicist, [[John Clive Ward]]; Israeli-Australian mathematician, [[José Enrique Moyal]]; Australian linguist, [[Geoffrey Hull]]; Australian geologist, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, [[John Veevers]]; Australian climatologist, [[Ann Henderson-Sellers]]; Australian breakdancer and Olympian, [[Rachael Gunn]]; Australian sociologist, [[Raewyn Connell]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Life waxes and wanes with bobbing of the Solar System|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn8923-life-waxes-and-wanes-with-bobbing-of-the-solar-system/|access-date=20 February 2017|magazine=[[New Scientist]]|date=30 March 2006|archive-date=21 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221011253/https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn8923-life-waxes-and-wanes-with-bobbing-of-the-solar-system/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Hendrik Casimir and John Ward|url=http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2000/may/18/hendrik-casimir-and-john-ward|access-date=20 February 2017|publisher=Physics World|date=18 May 2000|archive-date=21 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221011415/http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2000/may/18/hendrik-casimir-and-john-ward|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Geophysicists solve mystery of Antarctica's ice-bound mountains|url=http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2011/nov/17/geophysicists-solve-mystery-of-antarcticas-ice-bound-mountains|access-date=20 February 2017|publisher=[[Physics World]]|date=17 November 2011|archive-date=21 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221012928/http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2011/nov/17/geophysicists-solve-mystery-of-antarcticas-ice-bound-mountains|url-status=live}}</ref>

Four Macquarie University academics were included in The World's Most Influential Minds 2014 report by [[Thomson Reuters]], which identified the most highly cited researchers of the last 11 years.<ref>{{cite web|title=The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds 2014|url=http://sciencewatch.com/sites/sw/files/sw-article/media/worlds-most-influential-scientific-minds-2014.pdf|publisher=Thomson Reuters|access-date=22 March 2015|archive-date=21 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921044222/http://sciencewatch.com/sites/sw/files/sw-article/media/worlds-most-influential-scientific-minds-2014.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>