The Royal Society of NSW records with great regret the passing of one of its valued Fellows, Dr Brian Spies FRSN FTSE.


Dr Spies worked in research and management in the resource and environmental sectors in Australia and the USA, with positions in industry, academia and government.  His roles in Australia included Chief Research Scientist at CSIRO, Director of Physics at ANSTO. and Science Manager at the Sydney Catchment Authority.  Dr Spies was a Fellow of both the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and the Royal Society of NSW, and in 2003 was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal for his services to geoscience.