Biographical entry Truswell, Elizabeth Marchant (1941 - )

Summary

Elizabeth Marchant Truswell worked for the Bureau of Mineral Resources (later Australian Geological Survey Organisation) from 1973-96. She took early retirement from her position as a Chief Research Scientist to do a degree in Visual Arts at the Australian National University and now does landscape drawings where she aims to convey an interface between her scientific understanding of landscape and the landscape itself.

Details

Events

1962

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

1966

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Cambridge, UK

1966 - 1968

Career position - Palynologist at West Australian Petroleum in Perth

1968 - 1969

Career position - Geologist at the Bureau of Mineral Resources

1969 - 1971

Career position - Palynologist at West Australian Petroleum

1971 - 1973

Career position - Postdoctoral Research Associate at Florida State University (position included participation in Deep Sea Drilling Project, Leg 28, December 1972 - March 1973)

1973 - 1985

Career position - Research Scientist in Palynology at the Bureau of Mineral Resources

1985 -

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

1985 - 1989

Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist in Palynology at the Bureau of Mineral Resources

1990 - 1996

Career position - Chief Research Scientist in Palynology at the Bureau of Mineral Resources

1991 - 1999

Career position - Australian National Commission for United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

1992 - 1998

Career position - Antarctic Science Advisory Committee

1997 -

Career position - Chief Research Scientist at the Australian Geological Survey Organisation

1997 -

Career position - Visiting Fellow in the Department of Geology at the Australian National University (ANU)

1997 - c. 2000

Education - Visual Arts student at Australian National University

Related entries

Published resources

Online Resources

• Campbell, Ken, Interview with Dr Elizabeth Truswell, Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 6 December 2000, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/t/et.html. Details
• Macpherson, Carmel, 'Elizabeth Truswell, palynologist', WISENET Journal, vol. 2, August, 1985, http://www.wisenet-australia.org/profiles/truswell.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Truswell, Elizabeth M', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-575659. Details

See also

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