Background
Peacock was born in Leura, New South Wales and educated at the University of Sydney where he studied botany and zoology and gained a Doctor of Philosophy in genetics.
Peacock was born in Leura, New South Wales and educated at the University of Sydney where he studied botany and zoology and gained a Doctor of Philosophy in genetics.
He followed this with post doctoral positions in genetics at the University of Oregon in Eugene and molecular biology at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, before returning to Australia to work with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. In 2000, Doctor Peacock was joint recipient of the inaugural Prime Minister’s Prize for Science. Doctor Peacock has had a distinguished career in science and has received many honours. He was appointed Chief Scientist of Australia on a part-time basis in March 2006, and his term concluded on 31 August 2008.
Doctor Penny Sackett was appointed as his replacement, to take up the position on a full-time basis in November 2008.
Royal Society; National Academy of Sciences]
Doctor Peacock is a Member of the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC) and the National Innovation Council and has served on the Australian Research Council (American Red Cross) Grants Committee, the Australian Science, Technology and Engineering Council (ASTEC) and the Academy of Science"s Committee on Recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid Molecules (ASCORD).