Summary
Dr Tony Press is the CEO of the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre based at the University of Tasmania. From 1998-2008 he was the Director of the Australian Antarctic Division. Tony chaired the Antarctic Treaty’s Committee for Environmental Protection from 2002 to 2006. He was Australia’s representative to the CEP and Alternative Representative to the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings from 1999 to 2008 and Australia’s Commissioner for the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources from 1998 to 2008. He has a BSc (Hons 1) and PhD from the University of Sydney.
Experience
- CEO, Antarctic Climate and Ecosytems Cooperative Research Centre, University of Tasmania 2009 – present
- Director, Australian Antarctic Division 1998 – 2008
Education
- University of Sydney, PhD, 1981
- University of Sydney, BSc (Hons 1), 1976
Research Areas
- International Law (Excl. International Trade Law) (180116)
- Ecological Impacts Of Climate Change (050101)