Dr Liz Dennis
Australian plant molecular biologist and a chief scientist at the plant division of CSIRO Canberra.
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Dr Mildred Barnard
Australian statistician
Helen Alma Newton Turner
Internationally recognised for her work on sheep breeding.
Dr Mary Ann Augustin
Prominent CSIRO scientist whose main area of research is in protein structure and immunoparasitology.
Dr Ruth Milne Hall
Australian microbiologist whose genetics research has provided insight into the transfer and evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacteria.
Annabelle Duncan
Australian microbiologist who held the post of Vice-Chancellor at the University of New England (UNE) from 2014-2019
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”.
Dr Joanne Daly
CSIRO Chief of Entomology
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.