Biographical entry Laby, Jean (1915 - )

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.

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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

• 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

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