Biographical entry Dennis, Elizabeth Salisbury (1943 - )

Summary

Elizabeth Salisbury Dennis was a Research Scientist with CSIRO Division of Plant Industry 1972-74, then Senior Research Scientist, Principal Research Scientist, Senior Principal Research Scientist, Chief Research Scientist 1976-present. She has undertaken research into the role of genes in relation to how plants know when to flower and how they react to stress.

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1964

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

1968

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

1968 - 1970

Career position - Postdoctoral Fellow at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York

1970 - 1972

Career position - Lecturer in Microbiology then Lecturer in Biochemistry at the University of Papua New Guinea

1972 - 1974

Career position - Research Scientist at the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Plant Industry

1974 - 1976

Career position - Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry at the University of Papua New Guinea

1976 -

Career position - Senior Research Scientist, Principal Research Scientist, Senior Principal Research Scientist, Chief Research Scientist at the CSIRO Division of Plant Industry

1987 -

Career position - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)

1988

Award - Pharmacia LKB/Biotechnology Medal received Australian Biochemical Society

1990 - 1993

Award - Board of Directors of the International Society of Plant Molecular Biology

1992 - 1994

Award - President of the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

1995 -

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

1997

Award - Avon Spirit of Achievement Award received

Related entries

Published resources

Books

• Bhathal, Ragbir, Profiles, Australian women scientists, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 1999, 191 pp. Details

Online Resources

• Gibson, Frank, Interview with Dr Liz Dennis, Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 18 August 2000, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/d/dennis.html. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Dennis Elizabeth Salisbury', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476364. Details

See also

• Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Handbook 2001, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Victoria, 2001, 271 pp. Details
• Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's Who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2001, 2020 pp. Details