Person
Sharman, Geoffrey Bruce (1925 - 2015)
FAA
- Born
- 13 January 1925
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia - Died
- 17 August 2015
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia - Occupation
- Zoologist
Summary
Geoffrey Sharman was Professor of Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, New South Wales 1970-1985. His research was in the area of mammalian evolutionary biology and his work included a description of the multiple sex chromosomes of the Black Tailed Wallaby and the Potoroo. He then went on to describe the phenomenon of dormant blastocysts in the Quokka and to demonstrate that in females kangaroos the paternal X-chromosome is invariably inactivated in somatic tissues. In 1966 Sharman became foundation Professor of Zoology at the University of New South Wales and in 1970 foundation Professor of Biological Sciences at Macquarie University.
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Chronology
- 1943 - 1946
- Military service - Served with the Royal Australian Naval Reserve 1943-46
- 1952
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Tasmania
- 1952 - 1954
- Career position - Research Fellow, University Western Australia
- 1955
- Career position - Research Fellow, Medical Research Council, Harwell, United Kingdom
- 1956
- Career position - Research Fellow, Department of Physiology, Royal Veterinary College, London
- 1956 - 1958
- Career position - Lecturer in Zoology, University of Adelaide
- 1959 - 1961
- Career position - Senior Lecturer in Zoology, University of Adelaide
- 1961
- Award - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Western Australia
- 1962 - 1963
- Career position - Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Wildlife Research
- 1964 - 1965
- Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Wildlife Research
- 1966 - 1969
- Career position - Foundation Professor of Zoology, University of New South Wales
- 1970
- Career position - President, Section 11, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1970 - 1985
- Career position - Professor of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
- 1980 - 2015
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1984 - 1987
- Career position - Chairman, Australian Biological Resources Study Advisory Committee 1984-87
- 1985 -
- Career position - Emeritus Professor, Macquarie University
- 1985 - 2015
- Award - Fellow and Honorary Life Member, Australian Mammal Society
- 1986 - 2015
- Award - Fellow, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
- 2004
- Award - Ellis Troughton Memorial Award, Australian Mammal Society
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Sharman, G .B. and Clark, Meredith J., 'The inhibition of ovulation by the corpus luteum in the red kangaroo, Megaleia rufa', Journal of reproduction and fertility, 14 (1) (1967), 129-37. https://doi.org/10.1530/jrf.0.0140129. Details
- Tyndale-Biscoe, Hugh; and Graves, Jennifer A. Marshall, 'Geoffrey Bruce Sharman 1925 - 2015', Historical Records of Australian Science, 28 (2) (2017), 183-93, https://doi.org/10.1071/HR17011. Details
Resources
- 'Sharman, Geoffrey Bruce (1925-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1471340. Details
See also
- Rogers, W. P., 'Jack Ellerton Becker 1904-1979', Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (3) (1982), 92-107. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9820530092. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 19 November 2024
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