Person

Jones, Raymond

Occupation
Agricultural scientist

Summary

Raymond Jones is a tropical agriculture expert who worked in the CSIRO Division of Tropical Pastures, and its later iterations, from 1960 to 1998. In 1985 Jones was awarded the CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement for his work in solving the toxity problem in cattle grazing on the tropical legume Leucaena by modifying the rumen microbial population.

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Chronology

1960 - 1976
Career position - Laboratory worker at the Cunningham Laboratory in Brisbane CSIRO Division of Tropical Pastures
1973
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of New England, Armidale
1976 - 1982
Career position - Researcher, Davies Laboratory in Townsville, CSIRO Division of Tropical Pastures
1982 - 1996
Award - Fellow, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science
1982 - 1998
Career position - Assistant Chief of the CSIRO Division of Tropical Crops and Pastures
1984 - 1986
Career position - Acting Chief of the CSIRO Division of Tropical Crops and Pastures
1985
Award - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement
1989 -
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
1992 -
Award - Fellow, Tropical Grassland Society of Australia
1997 -
Award - Fellow, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology
1998 - ?
Career position - Honorary Research Fellow at the CSIRO Davies Laboratory
2001
Award - Centenary Medal for service to Australian society in plant and animal production and processing
2007
Award - Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for service to science through pasture and animal research benefiting the ruminant livestock industry
2008
Award - North Australia Beef Research Council (NABRC) Medal

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