Warner, Lesley Rae (1940 - )

Summary

Lesley Warner was appointed head of the School of Biological and Environmental Sciences at Central Queensland University (CQU) in 2001. Other positions held by Warner at CQU include director of Women Into Science and Technology (WIST) and coordinator of the Sciences Communication Program. She teaches invertebrate zoology, foundation parasitology and nutrition.

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Chronology

1962

Career position - Research Assistant in the Department of Cancer Research in the Medical School, University of Otago, New Zealand

1967 - 1969

Career position - Research Assistant in the Oral Pathology Department, University College Hospital, London

1970

Life event - Settled in Australia

1971 - 1975

Career position - Tutor and Demonstrator in the Biology Department, University of Adelaide

1976 - 1977

Career position - Visiting Scholar in the Department of Medical Malacology, University of Michigan, USA

1977 - 1978

Career position - Research Officer in Home Economics at Western Domiciliary Care in Adelaide

1978 - 1980

Career position - Lecturer in Home Economics at the Adelaide College of Arts and Education

1981 - 1982

Career position - Scientific Officer at the South Australian Museum in Adelaide

1982 - 1985

Career position - Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Biology in the School of Applied Science at Gippsland Institute, Victoria

1985 - 1994

Career position - Head of the Department of Biology at Central Queensland University

1988 - 1990

Career position - Dean of the School of Science at Central Queensland University

1994 - 1996

Career position - Council member, Australian Society of Parasitology

1996 - 1997

Career position - President, Australian Society of Parasitology

1997 - 1998

Career position - Vice-President of the Australian Society of Parasitology

2001 -

Career position - Associate Professor of Biology at Central Queensland University

2001 -

Career position - Head of the School of Biological and Environmental Sciences at Central Queensland University

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 regularly edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Lesley Warner: an "ordinary type of woman"', Wisenet : Journal of the Women in Science Enquiry Network (1994), 21, https://web.archive.org.au/awa/20120321072512mp_/http://www.wisenet-australia.org/PDF_Files/PDF-WiseNet%20early%20issues/WISENET%20No34_20090109142402.pdf. Details

Resources

• 'Warner, Lesley (19400721-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-521679. Details

See also

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