Biographical entry Laby, Jean (1915 - 2008)

Summary

Jean Laby was a senior lecturer, RAAF Academy, Point Cook, ca 1961-82. She undertook research on cosmic rays and wind studies. For most of the 1970s she was involved in a collaborative project with the Climate Impact Assessment Program through the University of Wyoming to measure atmospheric aerosols, ozone and water vapour in the stratosphere.

In 2009 Dr. Laby was inducted to the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.

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Events

1939

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne

c. 1940 - c. 1944

Career position - Demonstrator in Physics at the University of Melbourne, later assisted with departmental accounting

c. 1944 - 1959

Career position - Senior Demonstrator at the University of Melbourne

1951

Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne

1959

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Melbourne

1959 - c. 1961

Career position - Lecturer at the University of Melbourne

c. 1961 - c. 1982

Career position - Senior Lecturer at the RAAF Academy in Point Cook

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Allen, Nessy, 'The Exception to the Rule: the Career of an Australian Woman Physicist', Australian and New Zealand Physicist, vol. 30, no. 12, 1993, pp. 305-309. Details
• Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter, '150 Years, 150 Stories: Laby Family', Uni News, vol. 11, no. 24, 2002, p. 4. Details

Online Resources

• 'Dr Jean E Laby (1915-2008) inducted to the Victorian Honour Roll of Women 2009', University of Melbourne Physics Department, 11 March 2009, http://physics.unimelb.edu.au/Community/Newsroom/News/Dr-Jean-E-Laby-1915-2008-inducted-to-the-Victorian-Honour-Roll-of-Women-2009. Details
• Allen, Nessy, Interview with Dr Jean Laby, Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 24 August 2000, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/l/jl.html. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Laby Jean', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476427. Details

See also

• Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter, 150 years, 150 stories: brief biographies of one hundred and fifty remarkable people associated with the University of Melbourne, Department of History, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 2003, 168 pp. Details