John Stocker

John Wilcox Stocker (born 23 April 1945) is an Australian immunologist and the former chairman of the board of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), the national government body for scientific research in Australia. Stocker is a former chief scientist of Australia.

Education Stocker's undergraduate studies were at the University of Melbourne, completing his Bachelor of Medical Science in 1969, and his Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery in 1970. In 1976, he completed his Ph.D. at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne. The role was a part-time position, Stocker working one day a week. He left the position in 1999.

Stocker returned to the CSIRO in June 2007, this time as chairman.

Other appointments Stocker is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.

He is currently Chair of the Science and Engineering Advisory Committee for Environment Protection Authority Victoria.