Dr June Olley
Internationally recognised seafood technologist and advocate for women’s education, who was among the first to devise a scientific methodology for predictive microbiology.
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Dr Ruth Milne Hall
Australian microbiologist whose genetics research has provided insight into the transfer and evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria.
Dr Lee Berger
Australian biologist and veterinarian, who discovered during her PhD that the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis was responsible for the decline and extinction of hundreds of amphibian species.
Ruby Payne-Scott
Ruby Payne-Scott was an Australian pioneer in radio physics and radio astronomy, and is believed to have been the first female radio astronomer.
Oya Sevimli
She was the Science Leader for Millimetre Wave and Microwave Technologies with the CSIRO ICT Centre, Sydney, Australia. Her research highlights include the development of novel integrated circuits such as InP HEMT oscillators, InP HEMT bidirectional amplifiers, GaAs HEMT low noise amplifiers, GaAs Schottky diode mixers (all at 50 and 100 GHz) and GaAs HEMT voltage-controlled oscillators from 12.5 to 30 GHz.
Annabelle Duncan
Australian microbiologist who held the post of Vice-Chancellor at the University of New England (UNE) from 2014-2019
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.
Betty Allan
CSIRO’s first statistician.
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 Cathy Foley
Dr Foley became Australia’s ninth Chief Scientist in January 2021.