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

Related Corporate Bodies

Monash University (1958 - )
Lecturer in Biochemistry, Chemistry Department 1862 0 1990

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

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

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24005762. Details
'Youatt, Jean Beatrice (1925-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-742087. Details

Resource Sections

Allen, Nessy, 'Interview with Dr Jean Youatt', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 24 August 2000, https://www.science.org.au/learning/general-audience/history/interviews-australian-scientists/dr-jean-youatt-chemist. Details

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