Biographical entry Wright, Jane

Summary

Jane Wright started her career working on predatory dung beetles in Africa for CSIRO and had the beetle, Aleochara wrightii, named after her. She later moved to the Stored Grain Research Laboratory in Canberra, where she investigated the warehouse beetle and insect pest problems in food factories.

Details

Born Canada, ca 1954. Educated Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario (BSc 1976), University of Guelph, Ontario (MSc) and University of California at Berkeley (PhD). Work on predatory dung beetles in Africa for CSIRO ca 1981-83; CSIRO in Brisbane; Stored Grain Research Laboratory, Canberra, progressing from research scientist to head of the laboratory.

Published resources

Online Resources

• Haritos, Victoria, Interview with Dr Jane Wright, Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 21 June 2000, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/w/jw.html. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Wright Jane', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476719. Details