Anthony S. Weiss

Professor Tony Weiss AM FTSE FRSN FAHMS FRACI FRSC
Born	Australia
Nationality	Australian
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Sydney, Charles Perkins Centre, Sydney Nano Institute

Anthony Steven Weiss is an Australian university researcher, company founder and entrepreneur. He is the leading scientist in human tropoelastin research and synthetic human elastin. He holds the McCaughey Chair in Biochemistry, heads the Charles Perkins Centre Node in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, and is Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology at the University of Sydney after he secured his position by his ex-supervisor Prof. Gerry Wake in the same department.^[1][2][3][4] His discoveries are on human elastic materials that accelerate the healing and repair of arteries, skin and 3D human tissue components. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Weiss is on the editorial boards of the American Chemical Society Biomaterials Science and Engineering, Applied Materials Today (Elsevier), Biomaterials, Biomedical Materials, BioNanoScience (Springer) and Tissue Engineering (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.). He is a biotechnology company founder,^[5] promoter of national and international technology development, and has received national and international awards, including the Order of Australia.^[6]

Awards

• Eureka Prize for Innovation in Medical Research,^[7]
• Clunies Ross Award^[8]
• NSW Premier's Prize for Science & Engineering Leadership in Innovation^[9]
• Innovator of Influence^[10] Applied Research Medal given by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute^[11]
• Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists & Molecular Biologists Entrepreneurship Award,^[12]
• Australasian Society for Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering Research Excellence Award,^[13] and Fulbright Scholar.
• 2021 Prime Minister's Prize for Innovation.^[14]
• 2024 Ian Wark Medal and Lecture from the Australian Academy of Science

He was President of the Matrix Biology Society of Australia and New Zealand, elected as Chair Asia-Pacific and the Governing Board of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society^[15] and then elected as global President of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society.^[16]

Early life and education

Anthony Weiss was born in Sydney, Australia and received his PhD from the University of Sydney working with a department head Prof Gerry Wake who secured his position. He was a Fulbright Scholar at Stanford University and NIH Fogarty International Fellow.^[17] He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering,^[18] Fellow of the Royal Society of NSW,^[19] Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute^[20] and Chartered Chemist, Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering,^[21] Fellow of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (FTERM)^[22] and Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences in 2024.^[23]

References

1. "Staff Profile". The University of Sydney.
2. "Professor Tony Weiss Named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry".
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
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5. "Elastagen - Elastagen". Elastagen. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
6. "07.02.2014 – Winner of 2014 FAOBMB Entrepreneur Award: Professor Anthony Weiss (Australia)".
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8. "Professor Tony Weiss wins prestigious Clunies Ross Award". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
9. "2018 Category Winners - NSW Chief Scientist & Engineer". www.chiefscientist.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
10. "Home". Australian Science and Innovation Forum.
11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
12. "FAOBMB Entrepreneurship Award | FAOBMB - Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular Biologists Inc".
13. "Australasian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering".
14. "Prime Minister's Prizes for Science 2021". Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources. 3 November 2021. Archived from the original on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
15. "TERMIS". www.termis.org. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
16. "Governing Board | TERMIS". www.termis.org. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
17. "Interface Workshop" (PDF). Biomolecular Interaction Centre. University of Canterbury. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
18. "News | The University of Sydney". sydney.edu.au. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
19. "Fellows - The Royal Society of NSW". www.royalsoc.org.au. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
20. "2015 National Awards". RACI. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
21. "Anthony Weiss, Ph.D COF-1559 - AIMBE". aimbe.org. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
22. "International Fellows of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (FTERM) | TERMIS". www.termis.org. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
23. "Professor Anthony Weiss". Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.