Dr Carol Oliver
Since 2002 Carol Oliver has held multiple roles at the Australian Centre for Astrobiology (ACA) becoming the Deputy Director in 2012.
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Graceanna Lewis
American ornithologist, illustrator, and activist in the anti-slavery, temperance, and women’s suffrage movements.
Beryl Splatt
Beryl Splatt worked as a biochemist and metabolist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital from 1923 to 1964 and also demonstrated in clinical biochemistry at the University of Melbourne from 1940 to 1961.
Dr Barbara York Main
Barbara Main is one of Australia’s foremost experts on the taxonomy, biogeography and ecology of spiders, particularly trapdoors and funnelwebs.
Belinda Gillies
Belinda Jane Gillies worked in the Birds section of the Museum of Victoria from 1979 to 1992 and was Secretary of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (now Birds Australia) from 1988 to 1992.
Dr Belle Bruce Reid
Belle Reed is regarded as the first formally recognised female veterinary surgeon in the world. In 1906 she graduated from the Melbourne Veterinary College, was accepted as a member of the Veterinary Board of Victoria, and established her own Veterinary Practice in Melbourne.
Dr Aola Mary Richards
Aola Richards was an renowned entomologist much of whose research was on the taxonomy of cave crickets (Rhaphidophoridae) of Australia and New Zealand.
Audrey Cahn
In 1929 she completed a Bachelor of Agricultural Science (BAgSc) at the University of Melbourne, returning in 1937 to undertake a Diploma in Dietetics. Cahn returned to the university yet again, in 1947, when she commenced a 21 year career lecturing in dietetics.
Dr Alicia Oshlack
Head of the bioinformatics research group Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne
Ann Cameron
Ann Cameron was a toxinologist whose research focussed on the anatomy and toxinology of venomous fishes, especially stonefish and the venomous tropical and sub-tropical fish of the Pacific Ocean, and the interaction between coral and fish.