Person

Smith, Sarah Elizabeth (Sally) (1941 - 2019)

FAA

Born
10 May 1941
Died
12 September 2019
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Botanist, Mycologist and Soil scientist
Alternative Names
  • Smith, Sally

Summary

Sally Smith was a world authority on the mycorrhizal symbiosis between plants and fungi. She made outstanding contributions to our understanding of the structure of the plant-fungal interface, of nutrient transfer across it and of the molecular processes involved in forming and controlling the interface. With David Read she co-authored the second and third editions of the definitive text Mycorrhizal symbiosis (1997, 2008). Sally Smith was Professor of Soil Science at the University of Adelaide from 1995 to 2006, and Director of the Centre for Plant Root Symbioses, a designated research centre at the University of Adelaide's Waite Institute of Agricultural Research.

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Chronology

1962
Education - BSc, University of Cambridge
1965
Education - PhD, University of Cambridge
1967
Life event - Settled in Australia
1967 - 1976
Career position - Postdoctoral Fellow, Waite Agricultural Research Institute
1977 - 1990
Career position - Research Fellow (part-time), Waite Agricultural Research Institute
1991
Education - DSc, University of Adelaide
1991 - 1995
Career position - Senior Lecturer, Department of Soil Science, University of Adelaide
1995 - 2006
Career position - Professor in Soil Science (personal chair), University of Adelaide
1998 - 2006
Career position - Director, Centre for Plant Root Symbioses, Waite Agricultural Research Institute
2000
Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales
2001 - 2019
Career position - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
2005 - 2008
Career position - Member of Council, Australian Academy of Science
2005 - 2011
Career position - Member, Board of the World Vegetable Centre
2006
Life event - Retired
2006
Award - J. K. Taylor OBE Gold Medal in Soil Science, Australian Society of Soil Science
2006 - 2010
Career position - Adjunct Professor, University of Adelaide
2011 - 2014
Career position - Member, Sectional Committee for Plant Sciences, Australian Academy of Science
2012
Award - J. A. Prescott Medal, Australian Society of Soil Science
2016 - 2019
Career position - Emeritus Professor, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, University of Adelaide
2019
Award - Eminent Researcher Award, International Mycorrhiza Society

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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

Journal Articles

Resources

Ailie Smith and Helen Cohn

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