Anthony Weiss PhD, FRSC, FTSE, FRACI, FRSN, FAIMBE, FRSA, FAICD, FBSE, FTERM

Professor Anthony Weiss AM FRSC FTSE FRSN FRACI FAIMBE FAICD FBSE FTERM is the McCaughey Chair in Biochemistry, Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biotechnology, with co-appointments in the Charles Perkins Centre, the Bosch Institute, and the Sydney Nano Institute at the University of Sydney. He was recently elected as global President of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS).

Prior to that, he was elected as Chair of TERMIS Asia-Pacific. Awards include Order of Australia, Eureka Prize, NSW Premier’s Prize for Science & Engineering Leadership in Innovation, Fulbright Scholar, Roslyn Flora Goulston Prize, NIH Fogarty International Fellow, Thomas, and Ethel Mary Ewing Scholar, Australian Academy of Science & Royal Society Exchange Scholar, David Syme Research Medal, Amersham Pharmacia Biotechnology Medal, NSW Commercialization Expo Prize, Australian Innovation Challenge Award, Sir Zelman Cowen Exchange Fellow, Fondation des Treilles Scholar, Pauling Prize Medal, Barry Preston Award, ASBTE Research Excellence Award, FAOBMB Entrepreneurship Award, and RACI Applied Research Medal.

Professor Weiss founded the biotechnology clinical-stage company Elastagen Pty Ltd which was sold to Allergan is one of the largest transactions ever completed in the Australian life science sector. He is an inventor with 95 awarded international patents in 17 patent families. National appointments include the Australian Biotechnology Advisory Council, National Enabling Technology Strategy Advisory Council, and Biological Sciences & Biotechnology, Australian Research Council College of Experts where he was national Chair.

He is on 10 Editorial Boards in the field's leading journals. National appointments include the Australian Biotechnology Advisory Council, National Enabling Technology Strategy Advisory Council, and Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Australian Research Council College of Experts where he was national Chair. The Weiss Laboratory at the University of Sydney is the leading research site for tropoelastin & synthetic elastin biomaterials. Current grants are drawn from Australia and around the world. His laboratory enjoys the contributions of a fine team of competitively placed postdocs, postgraduate students & technical staff.