Graves, Jennifer Ann Marshall (1941 - )

Summary

Jennifer Graves was Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Reader / Professor of Genetics, La Trobe University 1971-2001, when she moved to the Comparative Genomics Research Group, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University. She has made seminal contributions to mammal genetics. Her studies of the genetic diversity of Australia's mammals explained the organisation, function and evolution of their genes. She is recognised for her work on the origin and evolution of human sex chromosomes, the inactivation of X chromosomes and the control of DNA synthesis in mammal cells.

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Chronology

1962

Award - Sir Ronald A. Fisher Prize in Genetics, University of Adelaide

1964

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

1965 - 1971

Award - Fulbright Travel Grant, US Australia Education Foundation

1967

Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Adelaide

1969 - 1971

Career position - Teaching and Research Assistant, Zoology Department, University of California at Berkeley

1971

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of California at Berkeley

1971 - 1977

Career position - Lecturer in Genetics, La Trobe University

1977 - 1987

Career position - Senior Lecturer in Genetics, La Trobe University

1979 - 1980

Career position - President, Victorian Cell Biology Society

1980 - 1982

Career position - President, Australian and New Zealand Society for Cell Biology

1984 - 1988

Career position - Member, Australian Ionizing Radiation Advisory Council

1985 - 2010

Career position - Member of Committee, Genetics Society of Australia

1986 - 1988

Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Australian Journal of Biological Sciences

1988 - 1991

Career position - Reader in Genetics, La Trobe University

1991 - 1998

Career position - Research Fellow, NOAHS Centre, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

1991 - 2001

Career position - Professor of Genetics, School of Genetics and Human Variation, La Trobe University

1992 - 1999

Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Chromosome Research

1993 - 1995

Career position - Vice-President, Genetics Society of Australia

1995 - 1997

Career position - President, Genetics Society of Australia

1995 - 2000

Career position - Associate Editor, Chromosoma

1996 - 1998

Career position - Member, Biology Discipline Panel A1, Australian Research Council

1999 -

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1999 - 2001

Career position - Member of the Board, Museum of Victoria

2000 -

Award - Honorary Life Member, Museum of Victoria

2001 -

Career position - Comparative Genomics Research Group, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University

2001 -

Career position - Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne

2001

Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society and science in mammalian genetics and genomics

2001 - 2005

Career position - Associate Editor, Chromosome Research

2001 - 2011

Career position - Professor, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University

2003 - 2009

Career position - Director, ARC Centre of Excellence in Kangaroo Genomics

2005 -

Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Chromosome Research

2005 - 2008

Career position - Member, Advisory Board, School of Molecular Sciences, University of Adelaide

2005 - 2008

Career position - Member, International Council for Science (ICSU Asia-Pacific)

2006

Award - L'Oreal-UNESCO Laureate for Women in Science

2006

Award - Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lectureship, Australian Academy of Science

2006 - 2011

Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Annual Reviews of Human Genetics and Genomics

2008 - 2010

Career position - Member, Advisory Board, Centre for Reproductive Genomics, Otago-AgResearch, New Zealand

2009 -

Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Genome Biology

2009

Award - M. J. D. White Medal, Genetics Society of Australia

2009 - 2015

Career position - Member, Advisory Board, Allan Wilson Centre for Ecology and Evolution, New Zealand

2010 -

Career position - Secretary, Education and Public Awareness, Australian Academy of Science

2010 -

Career position - Thinker-in-Residence, Canberra University

2010

Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - for service to scientific research in the field of genetics, particularly of Australian marsupials and monotremes and their relevance to international understanding of human evolution

2011 -

Career position - Distinguished Professor, La Trobe University

2011 -

Career position - Emeritus Professor, Australian National University

2012 - 2015

Career position - Board Member, Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia

2013 -

Career position - Member, AASSA Special Committee for Women in Science and Engineering

2017

Award - Prime Minister's Prize for Science, Commonwealth of Australia

2019

Award - Foreign Associate, US National Academy of Sciences

2022

Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) - for eminent service to science, particularly thrpugh leadership and research in evolutionary genetics, to international and national professional societies, for science education in schools, and as a mentor and role model for women

2023

Award - Ruby Payne-Scott Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science

Related entries

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

• 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
• 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

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16105632. Details
• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/93183539. Details
• 'Graves, Jennifer Ann Marshall (1941 - )', Recipients [of the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science, 2000 - 2017], Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, 2017, https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20171113014236/http://www.science.gov.au/community/PrimeMinistersPrizesforScience/Recipients/2017/Pages/Jenny-Graves.aspx. Details
• 'Graves, Jennifer Ann Marshall (1941 - )', Fellows of the Academy, Australian Academy of Science, 2019, https://www.science.org.au/profile/jenny-graves. Details
• 'Graves, Jennifer A Marshall (19411124-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-559312. Details

Resource Sections

• 'Distinguished Professor Jennifer Marshall Graves AO, Companion of the Order of Australia', in It's an Honour, Australian Honours and Awards Secretariat, Australian Government, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, 2022, https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2010509. Details
• Short, Roger, 'Interview with Professor Jenny Graves', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 16 May 2000, https://www.science.org.au/learning/general-audience/history/interviews-australian-scientists/professor-jenny-graves-geneticist. Details

See also

• Macfarlane Burnet Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science, 2022, https://www.science.org.au/supporting-science/awards-and-opportunities/macfarlane-burnet-medal-and-lecture. Details