Person
Wright, Jane
- Born
- Canada
- Occupation
- Entomologist
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.
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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
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
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28006691. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/316807192. Details
- 'Wright, Jane (1954-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476719. Details
Resource Sections
- Haritos, Victoria, 'Interview with Dr Jane Wright', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 21 June 2000, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/w/jw.html. Details
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Created: 15 August 2002, Last modified: 4 July 2012