Person

Youatt, Jean (1925 - 2017)

Born
1925
China
Died
20 September 2017
Occupation
Chemist

Summary

Jean Youatt lectured in the Department of Chemistry at Monash University from 1962 until her retirement in 1990, when she moved to the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Early in her career she studied the action of isoniazid. Later she did differentiation work on Allomyces, a saprophytic fungus.

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Chronology

1949
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
1954
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Leeds University, UK
1954 - 1955
Career position - Worked in Malaya
1955
Career position - Laboratory Assistant in the Public Health Laboratory, University of Melbourne
1956 - 1962
Career position - Research Assistant/Research Officer in the Department of Microbiology, University of Melbourne
1962 - 1990
Career position - Lecturer in Biochemistry in the Chemistry Department, Monash University
1991 - ?
Career position - Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Monash University

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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

Journal Articles

  • Allen, Nessy, 'Achievement in Science: the Careers of Two Australian Women Chemists [Ruth Edna Gall and Jean Youatt]', Historical Records of Australian Science, 10 (2) (1994), 129-141. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9941020129. Details

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