Person

Sleigh, Merilyn Joy (1948 - )

FTSE

Born
23 March 1948
Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Scientist

Summary

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

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Chronology

1968 - 1970
Career position - Research Assistant, Riker Laboratories (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
1970 - 1988
Career position - Research Scientist, CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
1984
Award - Boehringer Medal, 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, University of New South Wales
1993 - 1997
Career position - Research Director, Peptech Ltd.
1996
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
1996 - 1998
Career position - Member, Australian Research Council (ARC)
1997 -
Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences, University of New South Wales
1998 -
Career position - Board member of Food Science Australia
1998 -
Career position - Member of the Council, Australian Institute of Marine Science
1999 -
Career position - Board member, Unisearch Ltd.
2001
Award - Centenary Medal - For service to Australian society in research and development

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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

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See also

  • Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Handbook 2001 (Victoria: Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 2001), 271 pp. Details
  • Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details

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