Annabelle Duncan
Australian microbiologist who held the post of Vice-Chancellor at the University of New England (UNE) from 2014-2019
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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.
Dr Taisa Demediuk
Dr Taisa Demediuk began her chemistry career amidst the upheavals of wartime Western Europe. In 1950s Australia, she applied her great intellect and character to almost a decade of research at the CSIRO.
Dr Christine O’Keefe
Australian mathematician and computer scientist who’s worked on finite geometry, information security, and data privacy.
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.
Enid Plante
Enid was one of the first assistant research officers and, in fact, the first female appointed to the Physical Chemistry Section of the CSIR Division of Industrial Chemistry at the age of 21.
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”.