Biographical entry Garnett, Helen Margaret (1946 - )

Summary

Helen Garnett was appointed Executive Director of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) in 1995. She previously held teaching positions at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, and the University of Wollongong.

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1969

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

1972 - 1974

Career position - Research Officer at the Poliomyelitis Research Foundation in Johannesburg, South Africa

1974

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of London and University of Wales, UK

1974 - 1979

Career position - Lecturer/Senior Lecturer at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa

1979 - 1986

Career position - Professor and Head of the Department of Microbiology at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa

1987 - 1992

Career position - Professor and Head of the Department of Biology at the University of Wollongong, New South Wales

1992 - 1993

Career position - Deputy Executive Director of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)

1994 - 1995

Career position - Acting Executive Director of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)

1995 -

Career position - Executive Director of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)

1996 -

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

Related entries

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

• Interview with Professor Helen Garnett, scientist and Executive Director of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Orgnisation (sound recording), interviewer: Ragbir Bhathal, 29 April 1998, TRC 3708; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

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Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Garnett, Helen M', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-579410. 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