Person
Tellam, Ross Lindsay
AM
- Occupation
- Animal geneticist and Geneticist
Summary
Ross Tellam is an expert in bovine and ovine genomics, who, in 2011 was employed as Chief Research Scientist in the CSIRO's Division of Livestock Industries. His research interest lies in the relationships between gene and function and encompass the molecular events contributing to livestock production traits. He was significantly involved in the deciphering of the sheep and cattle genomes in 2009, a landmark achievement. Ross has published over 100 scientific articles. In 2014 Ross Tellam became a Member of the Order of Australia for services to science relating to field livestock productivity and sustainability.
Details
In 2010 Tellam was awarded the CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence as team leader of the Livestock Genomics Team (with James Kijas, Brian Dalrymple, Bill Barendse and colleagues), for leading two international consortia and scientific contributions dedicated to decoding the genomes of cattle and sheep, positioning Australiaas a global leader in transforming animal agriculture.
Chronology
- 1980
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Queensland
- 1980 - 1982
- Career position - Research Scientist, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis
- 1982 - 1987
- Career position - Research Scientist, Departments of Physical Biochemistry and Experimental Pathology at the John Curtin School of Medical Research in Canberra
- 1987 - 1991
- Career position - Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Tropical Animal Production
- 1991 - 1993
- Career position - Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Tropical Animal Production
- 1993 - 1996
- Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Tropical Animal Production
- 1993 - 2005
- Career position - Member of the Board, Australian National Genome Information Service
- 1995 - 2011
- Career position - Adjunct Associate Professor, Griffith University
- 1996 - 2000
- Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Tropical Agriculture
- 2000 - 2014
- Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Livestock Industries
- 2005
- Award - Gardiner Dairy Foundation Project Award
- 2005 - 2009
- Career position - Co-Leader, International Bovine Genome Annotation and Analysis Projects
- 2005 - 2009
- Career position - Member, Network in Genes, Environment and Development
- 2006 - 2011
- Career position - Member, International Society for Animal Genetics
- 2007
- Award - CSIRO Livestock Industries Project Award
- 2010
- Award - CSIRO Chairman's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence (as team leader)
- 2014
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to science through research roles in the field of livestock productivity and sustainability
- 2014 - 2016
- Career position - Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Livestock Industries
- 2017 -
- Career position - Honorary Fellow, CSIRO
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Published resources
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q50891593. Details
- 'Tellam, Ross', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1491602. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Dr Ross Lindsay Tellam, Member of the Order of Australia', in It's an Honour, Australian Honours and Awards Secretariat, Australian Government, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, 2014, https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1148989. Details
- Ward, C., 'Ross Tellam', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Tellam-Ross. Details
See also
- Ward, Colin, The Chair's Medal for Science and Engineering Excellence, CSIROpedia, CSIRO, 2023. https://csiropedia.csiro.au/chairmans-medal/. Details
Rebecca Rigby
Created: 12 June 2012, Last modified: 14 May 2024