Awards

2012	Heart & Soul: Australia’s First Families of Wine shortlisted and ranked second in the New World Wines category of the 2011 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards.
2006	ASTA Service Award, “in recognition of service towards realising the objectives of the Australian Science Teachers Association”
2000	Master of Education, Monash University
2000	STAV Fellow, Science Teachers Association of Victoria “as a recognition of professional standing and considerable STAV involvement”
1997	Science Quest 1 & 2: Best series and overall winner, ‘The Australian’ Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing
1997	Jacaranda Physics 1: Shortlisted for Best Book, ‘The Australian’ Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing
1993	The STAV Award, “for major contributions to the Science Teachers’ Association of Victoria”
1990	BHP Science Award, Teacher Award
1985	Bachelor of Education, The University of Melbourne
1983	International Teaching Fellowship, awarded by the Government of Victoria “for outstanding excellence as a teacher”
1974	Bachelor of Science (Education), major in Physics, University of Melbourne