Kurt Lambeck is one of five people appointed a companion of the Order of Australia.
Kurt Lambeck is one of five people appointed a companion of the Order of Australia. A leading ANU researcher who helped make GPS a tool we all use each day has been awarded the top gong in the Order of Australia. Emeritus Professor Kurt Lambeck was one of five people appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours. Professor Lambeck - an internationally recognised scientist who won the Prime Minister's Prize for Science in 2018 - has spent decades researching the Earth and its remarkable changes over thousands of years. His discoveries have helped plan space missions as well as making sure the family car can navigate safely and accurately. Speaking to the Canberra Times about his award Professor Lambeck said he wasn't "going to jump over the moon". "I'm too old for that," he said.
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