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Thomas Faunce

ARC Future Fellow at Australian National University

Summary

Professor Tom Faunce (BA/LLB(hons) BMed PhD) is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow studying nanotechnology and public health. He holds joint professorial positions in the College of Law and College of Medicine, Biology and the Environment at the Australian National University. He was a judges associate to Justice Lionel Murphy of the High Court of Australia, has worked as a solicitor in some of Australia's top legal firms (Mallesons (Canberra) and Freehills (Sydney) and practised as an intensive care registrar in Wagga Wagga, Canberra and Mebourne. He is an expert in bioethics and health law. He is currently researching global governance of artificial photosynthesis.

Experience

  • Academic, Australian National University 2003 – present

Education

  • Australian National University , PhD (Crawford Prize), 2001
  • ACT Medical Board, Registered Medical Practitioner, 1993
  • Newcastle (NSW), B Medicine, 1992
  • ACT Supreme Court, Barrister and Solicitor, 1983
  • Australian National University, ARts/Law (hons), 1982

Research Areas

  • Environmental Nanotechnology (100701)
  • Health Policy (160508)
  • International Trade Law (180117)
  • Bioethics (Human And Animal) (220101)

Grants and Contracts

  • Regulating Nanoweapons (2010)
    • Role: Chief Investigator
    • Funding Source: ARC Discovery Grant
  • Introducing the US False Claims Act to Australia (2009)
    • Role: Lead Chief Investigator
    • Funding Source: ARC Discovery Grant
  • Nanotechnology and Critical Problems in Global Public Health (2009)
    • Role: Future Fellow
    • Funding Source: ARC Future Fellowship Scheme
  • Nanomedicine Regulation (2006)
    • Role: Lead Chief Investigator
    • Funding Source: ARC Discovery Grant
  • Impact of International Trade Agreements on Australian Medicines Policy (2004)
    • Role: Lead Chief Investigator
    • Funding Source: ARC Discovery Grant