Person

Serjeantson, Susan Wyber (1946 - )

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Born
14 November 1946
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Geneticist and University Administrator

Summary

Susan Serjeantson was Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University 1994-1997. Her research is in the areas of inherited diseases and transplantation antigens, especially in Pacific peoples.

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Chronology

1967
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of New South Wales
1970
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Hawaii
1971 - 1976
Career position - Geneticist at the Institute for Medical Research in Papua New Guinea
1976 - 1980
Career position - Research Fellow in the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory
1980 - 1986
Career position - Fellow at the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra
1986 - 1988
Career position - Senior Fellow in the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory
1987 - 1993
Career position - Head of Human Genetics at the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory
1988 -
Career position - Professor in the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory
1992
Award - Ruth Sanger Medal and Oration, Australian and New Zealand Society for Blood Transfusion
1992
Award - Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
1993
Career position - Acting Director of the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University in Australian Capital Territory
1994 - 1997
Career position - Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory
1998 -
Career position - Visiting Fellow, Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory
2000
Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to science, particularly through research in the field of human genetics, and to academic administration as an advocate of scientific research in higher education
2000 - 2001
Career position - President, Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies
2000 - 2001
Career position - Member, Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council
2001 - 2007
Career position - Executive Secretary, Australian Academy of Science
2008
Award - Academy Medal, Australian Academy of Science

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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

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See also

  • Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details

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