Distinguished professor and ASA member Noel Cressie was named a fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales (FRSN) on December 9, 2020, by Her Excellency, The Honourable Margaret Beazley AC QC, governor of New South Wales. FRSN recognizes the substantial contributions made by New South Wales leaders in science, art, literature, and philosophy.

Cressie develops world-leading statistical methodology for analyzing spatial and spatiotemporal data and its application to the environmental sciences. He is director of the University of Wollongong’s Centre for Environmental Informatics in the National Institute for Applied Statistics Research Australia.