Smith, Sarah Elizabeth (Sally) (1941 - 2019)

Summary

Sally Smith was a world authority on the mycorrhizal symbiosis between plants and fungi. She made outstanding contributions to our understanding of the structure of the plant-fungal interface, of nutrient transfer across it and of the molecular processes involved in forming and controlling the interface. With David Read she co-authored the second and third editions of the definitive text Mycorrhizal symbiosis (1997, 2008). Sally Smith was Professor of Soil Science at the University of Adelaide from 1995 to 2006, and Director of the Centre for Plant Root Symbioses, a designated research centre at the University of Adelaide's Waite Institute of Agricultural Research.

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Chronology

1962

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Cambridge

1965

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge

1967

Life event - Settled in Australia

1967 - 1976

Career position - Postdoctoral Fellow, Waite Agricultural Research Institute

1977 - 1990

Career position - Research Fellow (part-time), Waite Agricultural Research Institute

1991

Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Adelaide

1991 - 1995

Career position - Senior Lecturer, Department of Soil Science, University of Adelaide

1995 - 2006

Career position - Professor in Soil Science (personal chair), University of Adelaide

1998 - 2006

Career position - Director, Centre for Plant Root Symbioses, Waite Agricultural Research Institute

2000

Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales

2001 - 2019

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

2005 - 2008

Career position - Member of Council, Australian Academy of Science

2005 - 2011

Career position - Member, Board of the World Vegetable Centre

2006

Life event - Retired

2006

Award - J. K. Taylor OBE Gold Medal in Soil Science, Australian Society of Soil Science

2006 - 2010

Career position - Adjunct Professor, University of Adelaide

2011 - 2014

Career position - Member, Sectional Committee for Plant Sciences, Australian Academy of Science

2012

Award - J. A. Prescott Medal, Australian Society of Soil Science

2016 - 2019

Career position - Emeritus Professor, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide

2019

Award - Eminent Researcher Award, International Mycorrhiza Society

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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

• Anon, 'Professor Sarah Elizabeth 'Sally' Smith FAA 10 May 1941 to 12 September 2019', Australian Academy of Science Newsletter, 131 (2019), 15, https://www.science.org.au/academy-newsletter/september-2019-131. Details
• Anon, 'In memoriam gift to the Academy celebrates the life and work of Professor Sally Smith', Australian Academy of Science newsletter, 138 (2020), 12-3. https://www.science.org.au/academy-newsletter/may-2020-138. Details
• Gianinazzi-Pearson, V., 'Life's rich tapestry: a tribute to Sally E. Smith (1941 - 2019)', Mycorrhiza, 30 (2020), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1007/S00572-020-00936-0. Details
• Martin, F. M. [and others], 'A tribute to Sally E. Smith', New phytologist, 228 (2) (2020), 397-402. https://doi.org/10.1111/NPH.16895. Details
• Smith, Sally E., 'Profile: Sally E. Smith', New Phytologist, 221 (2) (2018), 648-9. Details

Resources

• 'Smith, S E (1941-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-596751. Details