Biographical entry Youatt, Jean (1925 - )

Summary

Jean Youatt lectured in the Department of Chemistry at Monash University from 1962 until her retirement in 1990, when she moved to the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Early in her casreer she studied the action of isoniazid. Later she did differentiation work on Allomyces, a saprophytic fungus.

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Events

1949

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne

1954

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

1954 - 1955

Career position - Worked in Malaya

1955

Career position - Laboratory Assistant in the Public Health Laboratory at the University of Melbourne

1956 - 1962

Career position - Research Assistant/Research Officer in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Melbourne

1962 - 1990

Career position - Lecturer in Biochemistry in the Chemistry Department at Monash University

1991 -

Career position - Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Monash University

Published resources

Online Resources

• Allen, Nessy, Interview with Dr Jean Youatt, Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 24 August 2000, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/y/jy.html. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Youatt, Jean Beatrice', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-742087. Details