Dr Priyanga Amarasekare
Award-winning ecologist
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Dr Lily Newton
In 1928 Newton was appointed lecturer in Botany at the University College of Wales Aberystwyth, where she was a member of staff until her retirement in 1958. She was promoted to Professor and Head of Department in 1930.
Joan Burton Bradley
With a keen interest in observing the natural environment, she and her sister studied the habits of the Superb Fairy-wren and their notes were published in Emu in 1958. Eileen and Joan were instrumental in the development of bush regeneration, particularly in removing weeds and promoting natural regeneration.
Eileen Burton Bradley
With a keen interest in observing the natural environment, she and her sister studied the habits of the Superb Fairy-wren and their notes were published in Emu in 1958. Eileen and Joan were instrumental in the development of bush regeneration, particularly in removing weeds and promoting natural regeneration.
Dr Pat Marks
Pat Marks was one of Australia’s leading entomologists and malaria experts.
Dr Gay E McKinnon
Australian botanist, geneticist and illustrator
Dr Beth Fulton
Dr Beth Fulton’s models were the first ones in the world to give equal attention to biophysical and human components of marine ecosystems.
Dr Cathy Dichmont
South African marine ecologist with over 20 years of experience in temperate and tropical marine ecosystems at international and regional levels. She was a key contributor to the bioeconomic model that aided the development of the Prawn fishing industry in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Dr Shirley Jeffrey
Dr Jeffrey was a Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO’s marine biochemistry unit between 1971 and 1977. From 1977 to 1981, she was a Senior Principal Research Scientist at the CSIRO Division of Fisheries and Oceanography and then Acting Chief of the CSIRO Division of Fisheries Research (1981-84). In 1991, she became a Chief Research Scientist.
Dr Jenny Stauber
Dr Stauber received CSIRO’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018 for her “exceptional science leadership and landmark research on the bioavailability and toxicity of metals underpinning the national water and sediment quality guidelines for environmental protection in Australia and globally”.