Marsh, Helene Denise (1945 - )

Summary

Helene Marsh is the world's foremost authority on the ecology and conservation biology of dugongs and has played a central role in advancing scientific understanding of marine megafauna and management of coastal marine mammals. She is Professor of Environmental Science and Head, Department of Tropical Environment Studies and Geography at James Cook University, as well as Dean of Postgraduate Studies. Marsh has been Chair and member of a number of policy and oversight bodies relating to wildlife conservation and marine environments.

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Chronology

1966 - 1967

Career position - Demonstrator in Zoology, University of Queensland

1968

Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons)), University of Queensland

1968

Career position - Experimental Officer in Animal Health, CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Pastoral Research Laboratory, Townsville, Queensland

1969 - 1971

Education - Graduate student, James Cook University

1970 - 2009

Career position - Member, Australian Marine Sciences Association

1972

Career position - Honorary Research Associate, British Museum (Natural History)

1972

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), James Cook University, Queensland

1974 - 1975

Career position - Research Officer (fractional appointment) in Zoology, James Cook University (funded by Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service)

1976 - 1981

Career position - Research Fellow (fractional appointment) in Zoology, James Cook University (funded by Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service)

1981 - 1985

Career position - Research Fellow (full-time) in Zoology, James Cook University (funded by MSTGS and Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Association)

1985 -

Career position - Chair, Sirenia Special Survival Commission, International Union for the Conservation of Nature

1986 - 1987

Career position - Research Fellow (full-time) in Zoology, James Cook University (funded by James Cook University)

1987 - 1989

Career position - Senior Lecturer in Zoology and Co-ordinator MSc program in Tropical Ecology, James Cook University

1989 - 2001

Career position - Chair, Great Barrier Reef Consultative Committee

1990 - 1991

Career position - Associate Professor in Zoology, James Cook University

1991 - 1992

Career position - Chair, Queensland Marine Parks Consultative Committee

1991 - 1994

Career position - Professor of Zoology (Personal Chair) and Director of Environmental Studies, James Cook University

1993 - 1999

Career position - Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee, Queensland Nature Conservation Act

1994 - 1997

Career position - President, Australian Mammal Society

1994 - 1999

Career position - Head of the Department of Tropical Environment Studies and Geography, James Cook University

1994 - 2010

Career position - Professor of Environmental Science, James Cook University

1995 - 1998

Career position - Member of the Board, Queensland Fisheries Management Authority

1995 - 1999

Career position - Member, National Committee for Environment, Australian Academy of Science

1995 - 2001

Career position - Member, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies Advisory Committee, Australian National University

1996 - 1998

Career position - Member, Australian Science, Technology and Engineering Council

1996 - 2000

Career position - Member, CSIRO Marine Sector Advisory Committee

1997 -

Career position - Dean, Graduate Research Studies, James Cook University

1997 - 2008

Career position - Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Hong Kong

1998

Award - International Fellowship in Marine Conservation, Pew Charitable Trust

1999 - 2000

Career position - Chair, National Committee for Environment, Australian Academy of Science

2000 -

Career position - Dean of Postgraduate Studies at James Cook University

2000 - 2004

Career position - Member, Queensland Coastal Protection Council

2000 - 2006

Career position - Alternate Director of the Board, CRC for the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

2000 - 2009

Career position - Member, Biodiversity and World Heritage Reef Advisory Committee, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

2001

Award - Award for Contributions to Sirenian Research, Society of Marine Mammalogy

2002 - 2006

Career position - Director, CRC for Coastal Zone, Estuary and Waterway Management

2002 - 2008

Career position - Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Earthwatch Australia

2003 - 2004

Career position - Convenor, Australian Council of Deans Directors of Graduate Studies

2003 - 2006

Career position - Member, National Committee for Sustainability, Australian Academy of Science

2004 - 2008

Career position - Director, Australian Institute of Marine Science, James Cook University

2005 - 2009

Career position - Director, Consortium for Integrated Research Management

2006 - 2010

Career position - Program Leader, Marine and Tropical Research Facility, James Cook University

2006 - 2014

Career position - Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Australian Marine Mammal Centre

2007 -

Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Endangered species research

2008

Award - Distinguished Service Award, Society for Conservation Biology

2009 -

Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Conservation biology

2009 -

Award - Honorary Life Member, Australian Marine Sciences Association

2009

Award - Aldo Leopold Award, American Society of Mammalogy

2009 - 2010

Career position - Member, Management Committee, Australian Institute of Marine Studies, James Cook University

2009 - 2010

Career position - Member, Future Fellowships Panel, Australian Research Council

2010 -

Career position - Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science, James Cook University

2010 -

Career position - Member, Ecosystem Reef Advisory Committee, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

2010 -

Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Oecologia

2010

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)

2010 - 2011

Career position - Convenor, Australian Council of Deans Directors of Graduate Studies

2011 -

Career position - Chair, Threatened Species Scientific Committee, Commonwealth Department of Conservation and Energy

2013 - 2014

Career position - President, Society for Marine Mammalogy

2015

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

2019

Award - Bragg Fellow, Royal Institute of Australia

2019

Award - Silver Jubilee Award, Australian Marine Sciences Association

2021

Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - for distinguished service to the biological and environmental sciences, to the conservation of marine mammals, and to tertiary education

Related entries

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

• Interview with Helene Marsh, marine biologist [sound recording] / interviewer, Diana Giese, 10 October 1997, TRC 3634; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

Private hands (Marsh, H.D.)

• Helene Denise Marsh - Records, 1976 - 1988; Private hands (Marsh, H.D.). Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

• McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Journal Articles

• Anon, 'Professor Helene Marsh', Australian marine sciences bulletin, 183 (2) (2010), 5. Details
• Byrne, Margaret; Broadhurst, Linda; Leishman, Michelle; and Belov, Kathy, 'Women in conservation science making a difference', Pacific Conservation Biology, 24 (1) (2018), 6, https://doi.org/10.1071/PC18061. Details
• Hutchings, Pat, 'New Fellows of the Royal Zoological Society of NSW: Helene Denise Marsh FRZS', Australian zoologist, 42 (1) (2022), 156-7. https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2021.038. Details
• Marsh, Helene; interviewed by Hickey, Ben, 'Dugongs, disaster and making a difference [an interview with Helene Marsh]', Impact: magazine of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 211 (2021), 37-41, https://www.atse.org.au/what-we-do/strategic-advice/impact-211/. Details

Resources

• 'Marsh, Helene Denise (1945 - )', Fellows of the Academy, Australian Academy of Science, 2019, https://www.science.org.au/profile/helene-marsh. Details
• 'Marsh, H (1945-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-618483. Details

Resource Sections

• Tyndale-Biscoe, Hugh, 'Interview with Professor Helene Marsh', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 3 October 2000, https://www.science.org.au/learning/general-audience/history/interviews-australian-scientists/professor-helene-marsh. Details

See also

• 'Marsh, Helene Denise (1945 - )', Jubilee Award recipients, Australian Marine Sciences Association, 2022, https://www.amsa.asn.au/sites/default/files/Jubilee%20Award%202019%20Helene%20Marsh.pdf. https://www.amsa.asn.au/jubilee-award-recipients. Details
• Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details
• Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor eds, Who's who in Australia 2019 (Southbank, Vic.: AAP Directories, 2018), 1788 pp. Details