Born: 22 November 1934, Australia
Died: NA
Country most active: Australia
Also known as: NA
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Barbara Briggs joined the National Herbarium of New South Wales in November 1969 as a Botanist and later became a Research Scientist, Assistant Director (Herbarium) and then Senior Assistant Director (Scientific). She is a member of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, the Systematic Botany Society and the Ecological Society of Australia. Her special interests include plant evolution and southern hemisphere biogeography. She has published key papers on the phylogeny and classification of the flowering plant families Restionaceae, Proteaceae, Myrtaceae and Scrophulariaceae.
Chronology
1956
Education – Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons)) First Class, University of Sydney
1961
Education – Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Sydney
1962 – 1963
Career event – Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley
1967
Career event – Botanist Grade III, National Herbarium of New South Wales
1969 – 1997
Career event – Research Scientist, National Herbarium of New South Wales
1972
Career event – Deputy Chief Botanist, National Herbarium of New South Wales
1973 – 2011
Career position – Member, Australian Systematic Botany Society
1976 – 1977
Career position – President, Linnean Society of New South Wales
1980
Career event – Senior Assistant Director (Scientific), National Herbarium of New South Wales
1983 – 1986
Career position – Vice-President, Australian Systematic Botany Society
1986 – 1989
Career position – President, Australian Systematic Botany Society
1994
Award – Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales
1997
Career event – Honorary Research Associate, The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust (and National Herbarium of New South Wales), Sydney
2002 –
Award – Life Member, Australasian Systematic Botany Society
2005
Award – Nancy T. Burbidge Medal, Australian Systematic Botany Society
2011 – 2022
Career position – Member, Australasian Systematic Botany Society