Person

Ellis, Jeffrey Graham (Jeff) (1953 - )

FAA FRS

Born
4 May 1953
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Geneticist and Plant breeder

Summary

Jeffrey Graham Ellis is a leading plant geneticist. He has done extensive work genetically engineering plant species to become resistant to major diseases.

He has been a Senior Principal Research Scientist in the CSIRO Division of Plant Industry since 2001.

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In 2004 Ellis (with the Rust Resistance Team) was awarded the CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement for the elucidation of the molecular basis of rust resistance through cloning plant resistance genes and rust avirulence genes.

Chronology

1976
Education - Bachelor of Agricultural Science (Hons 1), University of Adelaide
1981
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Adelaide
1981 - 1982
Career position - CSIRO Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Genetics Department, State University, Ghent, Belgium
1982 - 1984
Career position - Queen Elizabeth II Postdoctoral Fellow at CSIRO Plant Industry
1984 - 1992
Career position - Research Scientist, CSIRO Plant Industry
1993 - 2001
Career position - Principal Research Scientist and Project Leader of Program Y, CSIRO Plant Industry
1996 - 1998
Career position - Associate Editor, Molecular plant microbe interactions
2001 -
Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist and Program Leader of Program Y, Genetic Engineering for Plant Improvement in CSIRO Plant Industry
2001 - 2006
Career position - Co-Editor, The plant cell
2004
Award - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (with colleagues)
2005 -
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
2008
Career position - CSIRO Fellow
2009 -
Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)

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