Biographical entry Sleigh, Merilyn Joy (1948 - )

Summary

Merilyn Sleigh's areas of interest include research and development, technological industries, biotechnology, pharmacology, and government organisations and institutions.

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Events

1968 - 1970

Career position - Research Assistant at Riker Laboratories (Australia) Pty. Ltd.

1970 - 1988

Career position - Research Scientist at the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)

1984

Award - Boehringer Medal received from the Australian Biochemistry Society

1985 - 1990

Career position - Member of the Genetic Manipulation Advisory Committee

1987 - 1989

Career position - Member of the Industry Research and Development Board Biotechnology Committee

1988 - 1993

Career position - Assistant / Acting Chief of the CSIRO Division of Biomolecular Engineering

1990 - 1992

Career position - Member of the Institutional Grants Committee at the Australian Research Council

1991 - 1997

Career position - Visiting Professor at the University of New South Wales

1993 - 1997

Career position - Research Director at Peptech Ltd.

1996 -

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

1996 - 1998

Career position - Member of the Australian Research Council (ARC)

1997 -

Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of New South Wales

1998 -

Career position - Board member of Food Science Australia

1998 -

Career position - Member of the Council of the Australian Institute of Marine Science

1999 -

Career position - Board member of Unisearch Ltd.

Related entries

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science Exhibitions

• McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Online Resources

• 'Sleigh Merilyn Joy (19480323-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476397. 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