Person

Jones, Rhondda Elizabeth (1945 - )

AM FTSE

Born
2 November 1945
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation
Entomologist and Educator

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Chronology

1971 - 1972
Career position - Experimental Officer in the Division of Entomology at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
1972 - 1974
Career position - Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia, Canada
1974 - 1975
Career position - Research Entomologist, University of California Davis
1977 - 1984
Career position - Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in zoology at James Cook University of North Queensland
1985 - 1994
Career position - Head of the School of Biological Sciences and Head of the Department of Zoology at James Cook University of North Queensland
1985 - 2000
Career position - Professor of Zoology, James Cook University of North Queensland
1992
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
1997 - 2000
Career position - Deputy Vice-Chancellor, James Cook University of North Queensland
2001
Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in environmental science
2020
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for significant service to tertiary education administration, to science, and to tropical health

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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

Books

  • Bhathal, Ragbir, Profiles, Australian women scientists (Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1999), 191 pp. Details

Resources

See also

  • Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Handbook 2001 (Victoria: Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 2001), 271 pp. Details
  • Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details

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