Biographical entry Marsh, Helene Denise (1945 - )

Summary

Helene Denise Marsh has been Professor of Zoology (Personal Chair) and Director of Environmental Studies, James Cook University of North Queensland 1991-94, Professor of Environmental Science and Head, Department of Tropical Environment Studies and Geography 1994-date and Dean, Postgraduate Studies 2000-date. Her major research has been on the biology of dugongs.

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1966 - 1967

Career position - Demonstrator in Zoology at the University of Queensland

1968

Career position - Experimental Officer in Animal Health at the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Pastoral Research Laboratory in Townsville, Queensland

1968

Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Queensland

1969 - 1971

Education - Graduate student at James Cook University

1972

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at James Cook University, Queensland

1972

Career position - Honorary Research Associate at the British Museum (Natural History)

1974 - 1975

Career position - Research Officer (fractional appointment) in Zoology at James Cook University (funded by Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service)

1976 - 1981

Career position - Research Fellow (fractional appointment) in Zoology at James Cook University (funded by Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service)

1981 - 1985

Career position - Research Fellow (full-time) in Zoology at James Cook University (funded by MSTGS and Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Association)

1985 -

Career position - Chair of the Sirenia Special Survival Commission of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature

1986 - 1987

Career position - Research Fellow (full-time) in Zoology at James Cook University (funded by James Cook University)

1987 - 1989

Career position - Senior Lecturer in Zoology and Co-ordinator MSc program in Tropical Ecology at James Cook University

1989 -

Career position - Chairman of the Great Barrier Reef Consultative Committee

1990 - 1991

Career position - Associate Professor in Zoology at James Cook University

1991 - 1992

Career position - Chairman of the Queensland Marine Parks Consultative Committee

1991 - 1994

Career position - Professor of Zoology (Personal Chair) and Director of Environmental Studies at James Cook University

1994 -

Career position - Professor of Environmental Science and Head of the Department of Tropical Environment Studies and Geography at James Cook University

1994 - 1997

Career position - President of the Australian Mammal Society

2000 -

Career position - Dean of Postgraduate Studies at James Cook University

Related entries

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

• Interview with Helene Marsh, marine biologist [sound recording] / interviewer, Diana Giese, 10 October 1997, TRC 3634; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

Private hands (Marsh, H.D.)

• Helene Denise Marsh - Records, 1976 - 1988; Private hands (Marsh, H.D.). Details

Published resources

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Marsh, H', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-618483. Details
• Tyndale-Biscoe, Hugh, Interview with Professor Helene Marsh, Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 3 October 2000, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/m/hm.html. Details

See also

• Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's Who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2001, 2020 pp. Details