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Extended Citation: Professor Steven Prawer is Australia’s foremost authority on the Physics of diamond and related materials and has brought Australian physics to the forefront in their study and application. For the past two decades he has established a record of innovation and leadership in the field through successful research programs, the creation of world-class infrastructure at the University of Melbourne, authorship of authoritative book chapters and review articles and over 170 articles in internationally refereed journals which have received over 2400 citations. He has shown great leadership as the inaugural director of the Melbourne node of the special research centre for Quantum Computer Technology (now an ARC Centre of Excellence) and as director of the Melbourne Node of the NANO (Nanostructural Analysis Network Organization) MNRF.