Person

Alcorn, Daine (1949 - )

Born
3 July 1949
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Medical scientist and Educator

Summary

Daine Alcorn was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences at RMIT University, Victoria, in 2002, having previously been Professor of Anatomy and Head of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Melbourne. Much of Alcorn's medical science research has centred on renal structure and function.

Details

Chronology

1973
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
1978
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne
1996 - 1998
Career position - Professor of Anatomy and Head of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne
1999
Career position - Professor of Anatomy and Deputy Head of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne
2000 - July 2002
Career position - Professor of Anatomy and Head of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Melbourne
August 2002 -
Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences at RMIT University, Victoria

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

Resources

See also

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

Ailie Smith

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