Dr Pat Marks
Pat Marks was one of Australia’s leading entomologists and malaria experts.
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Jeanette Covacevich
Jeanette Covacevich was a herpetologist whose research interests were mainly in the taxonomy, zoogeography and conservation of Australo-Papuan reptiles, especially those from rainforests, deserts and heaths. Her research also included Aboriginal history, envenomation, and documenting the range and status of the Queensland fauna, particularly endangered vertebrates.
Helen Isobel Aston
Botanist recognised as an authority on Australian vascular aquatic plants.
Daphne Elliott
Australian biochemist whose research included investigation of cyanide-resistant respiration in mitochondria of some plant species.
Martine Rothblatt
Her long list of accomplishments includes creating and commercializing satellite radio, founding a biotechnology company that seeks to provide an unlimited supply of transplantable organs, setting world records for electric flight and delving deep into the future of artificial intelligence with her work on digital immortality.
Ilma Brewer
Ilma Brewer was Lecturer in Botany/Biology, University of Sydney 1963-1970 and Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences 1970-1978.
Dr Nancy Millis
Professor Nancy Millis made significant contributions to agriculture, protection of the environment, science, medicine and engineering.
Hilary Jolly
Australian freshwater biologist whose research focused on the taxonomy and ecology of planktonic crustaceans, the vertical migratory behaviour of plankton and the physics and chemistry of lakes.
Effie Wyllie Best
Effie Wyllie Best worked in the Zoology Department at the University of Adelaide for at least six years and then went on to teach at the Adelaide Kindergarten Training College and at Girton College.
Dr Jean Youatt
Jean Youatt lectured in the Department of Chemistry at Monash University from 1962 until her retirement in 1990, when she moved to the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.