On this page are listed brief biographies of the following Fellows.
The recorded year references the date on which the Fellow joined the Society,
while the suffixed entry displays the Branch with which the Fellow is associated.
John Vallance, Fellow (2017) : Sydney
AM FRSN BA (Sydney) MA PhD (Cambridge) FAHA
Former State Librarian of NSW
John Vallance is a classicist, historian of science, musician, artist, and most of all, by vocation, a teacher and school administrator.
David van Nunen, Fellow (2022) : Sydney
OAM FRSN Dip. Painting (Nat. Art School), MA (Univ of NSW College of Fine Arts)
Artist and President, Australian Watercolour Institute, Australian Watercolour Institute
David van Nunen is a renown watercolorist with numerous exhibitions in Australia and around the world. He curates, judges and speaks on his art, which can be found in all major galleries in Australia.
Sheryl van Nunen, Fellow (2022) : Sydney
OAM FRSN MB BS MM (Sleep Medicine) (Syd) FRACP
Clinical Professor, University of Sydney
Clinical Professor, Macquarie University
Sheryl van Nunen is nationally and internationally recognised for her clinical research in tick-induced allergies (mammalian meat allergy, tick anaphylaxis), their public health consequences and her advocacy for allergy sufferers.
Jerry Vanclay, Fellow (2014) : Hunter
FRSN DipCompSc BA (Qld) BSc (Hons) (ANU) MSc(Oxon) DScFor (Qld)
Professor of Sustainable Forestry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University
Jerry Vanclay is an internationally recognised researcher in forestry, particularly in the use of information systems for land use management and decision support for forest management.
Andy Vann, Fellow (2018) : Interstate
FRSN BEng (Hons) PhD (Bristol) FAICD FIEAust CPEng(Ret) EngExec
Former Vice-Chancellor, Charles Sturt University
Andrew Vann is now retired, having previously been Vice-Chancellor of Charles Sturt University and holding a number of board and community leadership roles in which he was instrumental in advancing education in regional Australia.
Margaret Varady, Fellow (2021) : Sydney
AO FRSN BSc (Otago) MEd EdD (UNSW) FACE FACEL
Chief Education Officer, IDEA Digital Education
Principal Director, Varady Education Consulting
Margaret Varady has an extraordinary, life-long record of leadership and achievement in the field of secondary education, internationally as well as throughout Australia.
Franciscus Verstraten, Fellow (2020) : Sydney
FRSN MSc (Radboud) PhD (Utrecht) FASSA
Professor of Experimental Psychology and McCaughey Chair of Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Sydney
Apart from an excellent publication and teaching record, Franciscus Verstraten has championed the highly successful integration of psychological research into a multi-disciplinary enterprise with other Schools in Science and Medicine.