Born: 12 September 1956, Australia
Died: NA
Country most active: Australia
Also known as: NA
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Liz James graduated in biological sciences at Latrobe University following studies that included investigating the ecology of Victorian alpine plants. In the early 1980s she started work at the Victorian government’s Institute for Horticultural Development at Knoxfield and remained there until she was appointed to the position of conservation geneticist at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne in 1995.
Chronology
May 1995
Career position – Conservation Geneticist at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. She was the first person appointed to this position
2016
Education – PhD, University of Melbourne “A genetic approach to the conservation of Holly Leave Grevillias (Proteaceae)”