Richard Simpson is a professor in the department of biochemistry at La Trobe University (Melbourne, Australia). [1] He is the inaugural and current president of the Australasian Proteomics Society [2] and a past treasurer of the Human Proteome Organization. [3] Simpson was elected Honorary Member of the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology[ citation needed] in 1996, awarded the AMRAD Pharmacia Medal from the Australian Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology,[ citation needed] and was an elected councillor of the Protein Society (1993-1996).[ citation needed] In 1995, Simpson was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering [4] and in 2001 was awarded the Centenary Medal "For service to Australian society in research and development". [5]