Person

Heij, Elizabeth Gordon (1943 - )

FTSE

Born
28 September 1943
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation
Research scientist

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Chronology

1965 - 1980
Career position - Plant Breeder and Cytogeneticist at the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in New Zealand
1980 - 1987
Career position - Principal Research Fellow in Botany, University of Melbourne
1987 - 1989
Career position - Professor of Agronomy, University of Kentucky, USA
1989 - 1992
Career position - Professor and Head of the Department of Botany, University of Georgia in Athens, USA
1992 - 1997
Career position - Chief of the Division of Horticulture at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
1997 - 2000
Career position - Chief of the Division of Tropical Agriculture at CSIRO
2000? -
Career position - Chief Research Scientist at CSIRO
2000
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
2001
Award - Centenary Medal - For service to Australian society in sustainable development and science education

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

  • 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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