Person

Money, Catherine Anne (1940 - )

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Born
18 August 1940
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Industrial chemist

Summary

Catherine Money is one of the world's leading experts in the field of leather production. Her extensive research has been directed towards the minimisation of waste and maximisation of efficiency in the tanning industry, and the development of less environmentally-damaging processing methods. Much of her research required visiting meatworks and tanneries across Australia. The processes she developed have been widely used in Australia and overseas for over 40 years. Money worked within the CSIRO's Leather Research Centre from 1966 until its closure in 2005, after which she established herself as an independent consultant to the leather industry.

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Chronology

1960
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
1963
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
1963 - 1965
Career position - Postgraduate research student, St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, United Kingdom
1966 - 1987
Career position - Experimental Officer, Leather Research Centre, CSIRO Division of Protein Chemistry
1987 - 1988
Career position - Senior Research Scientist, Leather Research Centre, CSIRO Division of Protein Chemistry
1988 - 1989
Career position - Senior Research Scientist, Leather Research Centre, CSIRO Division of Wool Technology
1989 - 1998
Career position - Principal Research Scientist and Deputy Leader, Leather Research Centre, CSIRO Division of Wool Technology
1991 -
Career position - President, The Leather Guild
1991
Award - John Arthur Wilson Memorial Lecturer, American Leather Chemists Association
1993 -
Career position - Member, Environmental Commission, International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies
1995
Award - Proctor Memorial Lecture, Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists, United Kingdom
1998
Award - Public Service Medal
1999 - 2001
Career position - Group Manager, Leather Research Centre, CSIRO Division of Textile and Fibre Technology
2001 - 2005
Career position - Officer-in-Charge, Leather Research Centre, CSIRO Division of Textile and Fibre Technology
2004 - 2007
Career position - Chair, Environment Working Group, Australian Industry Group
2005 -
Career position - Principal, Catherine Money Consulting
2005
Life event - Retired

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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

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Journal Articles

  • McNamara, Nicole; Kopinathan, Anitha; Wolff, Helen; Spurling, Thomas H.; Simpson, Gregory; and Locock, Katherine E. S., 'Breaking down barriers: standing on the shoulders of Australia's early female chemists', Australian journal of chemistry, 76 (2) (2023), 63-73. https://www.publish.csiro.au/CH/pdf/CH22235. Details

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