Biographical entry Renfree, Marilyn Bernice (1947 - )

Summary

Marilyn Bernice Renfree has been Ian Potter Professor of Zoology and Head of the University of Melbourne's Department of Zoology since 1991. she is particularly interested in the reproductive physiology and development of marsupials.

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1963 - 1964

Career position - Laboratory Technician at the Department of Microbiology at John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University

1964

Career position - Clerk at the Finance Department of the Army

1965 - 1968

Career position - Undergraduate and vacation Research Assistant (geology) at the Australian National University (ANU)

1968 - 1971

Career position - Australian National University (ANU) postgraduate student part-time Demonstrator in zoology

1971

Award - Bolliger Award received from the Australian Mammal Society

1972

Career position - CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Research Assistant at the Australian National University (ANU)

1972 - 1973

Career position - Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Zoology at the University of Tennessee, USA

1973 - 1974

Career position - Ford Foundation Research Fellow at the Institute of Animal Genetics, University of Edinburgh

1974 - 1978

Career position - Lecturer in Biology (vertebrate and reproductive physiology) at Murdoch University

1978 - 1980

Career position - Senior Lecturer at Murdoch University, Victoria

1980

Award - Gottschalk Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science

1980 - 1982

Career position - Associate Professor of Animal Biology (reproductive physiology) in the School of Environmental and Life Sciences at Murdoch University

1982 - 1983

Career position - Senior Fellow II at Monash University

1984 - 1991

Career position - National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Principal Research Fellow in Anatomy at Monash University

1987

Award - Whitley Book Award received from the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

1991 -

Career position - Ian Potter Chair of Zoology and Head of the Department at the University of Melbourne

1997 -

Career position - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

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Published resources

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Renfree, Marilyn B', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-632595. Details
• Tyndale-Biscoe, Hugh, Interview with Professor Marilyn Renfree, Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 20 June 2000, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/r/mr.html. Details

See also

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