Person
Rogers, Lesley Joy (1943 - )
FAA
- Born
- 31 July 1943
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Physiologist
Summary
Lesley Rogers has been Professor of Physiology at University of New England since 1993. She works in brain and behavioural development, especially on development of lateralised brain function and memory formation. She has written a number of general scientific books as part of her strong commitment to communicating science to a wide audience.
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Chronology
- 1963 - 1965
- Career position - Demonstrator at the University of Adelaide
- 1964
- Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Adelaide
- 1965 - 1966
- Career position - Teaching Fellow at Harvard University, USA
- 1967 - 1968
- Career position - Research Assistant in the Gastroenterology Department of the New England Medical Centre Hospital in Boston, USA
- 1968 - 1970
- Career position - Demonstrator in Animal Physiology at Sussex University, UK
- 1970 - 1971
- Career position - Class and Correspondence Tutor at the Open University in the UK
- 1971
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at Sussex University, UK
- 1972 - 1976
- Career position - Senior Tutor in the Physiology Department at Monash University, Victoria
- 1976 - 1977
- Career position - Senior Research Fellow in Behavioural Biology at the Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory
- 1977 - 1978
- Career position - Senior Tutor in the Pharmacology Department at Monash University, Victoria
- 1978 - 1981
- Career position - Australian Research Council (ARC) Research Fellow in Pharmacology
- 1981 - 1985
- Career position - Lecturer in Pharmacology at Monash University, Victoria
- 1985 - 1987
- Career position - Lecturer at the University of New England, New South Wales
- 1987
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from Sussex University, UK
- 1987 - 1989
- Career position - Senior Lecturer at the University of New England, New South Wales
- 1989 - 1993
- Career position - Associate Professor at the University of New England in New South Wales
- 1991 - 1995
- Career position - Head of the Department of Physiology at the University of New England, New South Wales
- 1993 -
- Career position - Professor of Neuroscience and Animal Behaviour at the University of New England, New South Wales
- 1993
- Award - Academic Women's Special Achievement Award received
- 1997
- Award - Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research received
- 1997
- Award - Fellow of the Australian Institute of Biology (FAIBiol)
- 2000 -
- Career position - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
Related entries
Published resources
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
Articles
- Bowen, Margarita, 'Lesley Rogers: new insights into brains', WISENET Journal, 35 (July) (1994), http://www.wisenet-australia.org/profiles/LesleyRogers.htm. Details
- Kaplan, Gisela T., 'Dr. Lesley J. Rogers', WISENET Journal, 12 (September) (1987), http://www.wisenet-australia.org/profiles/lrogers.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q18166499. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/12480045. Details
- 'Rogers, Lesley J (19430731-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-497730. Details
Resource Sections
- Bradshaw, John, 'Interview with Professor Lesley Rogers', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 8 June 2001, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/r/lr.html. Details
See also
- Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details
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Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 5 March 2018