Constance Eardley, a systematic botanist, was a Lecturer in Botany, at the University of Adelaide 1933-1971 and Curator of the two university herbaria. She also conducted her own research, in the areas of sphagnum bogs, swamp vegetation, arid zone plants and cytology.
Multi-talented American inventor who was involved in art, farming, engineering and politics.
American geneticist
Associate Professor in the School of Environmental Science and Management at Southern Cross University in Australia.
Christine Beveridge is internationally recognised for her research into the hormonal control of plant development and shoot architecture, of particular importance to the agricultural and horticultural industries. Her research led to the discovery of the hormone strigolactone that is involved in nutrient uptake, shoot branching and root development.
Anna Koltunow is a plant physiologist whose contributions to understanding plant reproduction by uncovering mechanisms regulating fruit and seed formation via sexual and asexual (apomictic) pathways are being used in developing countries to improve crop production.
Australian educator and botanist
Cecily Lydia Fearnley was awarded the Queensland Natural History Award in 2001 and has published several popular books on the flora and fauna of Noosa and surrounding areas.
Celia Rosser is recognised as one of the world’s best botanical artists, and for having painted all the species of one genus, Banksia.
American botanical illustrator