Monica Oliphant was President of the International Solar Energy Society from 2008 to 2009 and is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of South Australia. She has a Masters Degree in Physics from the University of London and worked for almost 20 years as an Energy Research Scientist in the Electricity Trust of South Australia, but since 2000 has been an independent consultant specialising in residential energy efficiency and renewable energy.[1][2] In 2002, Professor Oliphant won the SA Great Environmental Award.[3]