Biographical entry Burdon, Jeremy James (1950 - )

Summary

Jeremy James Burdon is Chief of the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Plant Industry. He is an evolutionary biologist with particular interests in plant-microbe interactions. His active research interests encompass problems involving pathogens of agricultural crops, using fungi as biological control agents for controlling invasive weeds and understanding the complexities of the interplay of parasitic and symbiotic interactions in natural systems.

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1972

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the Australian National University in Canberra

1972 - 1975

Career position - Demonstrator (part-time) in the Botany Department of the Australian National University

1976

Career position - Tutor in the Botany Department of the Australian National University (eight months)

1976

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the Australian National University

1976 - 1978

Career position - 1851 Overseas Scholar and CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Postdoctoral Scholar (to 1977) at the School of Plant Biology at University College of North Wales, UK

1978 - 1980

Career position - Queen Elizabeth II Research Fellow at the Division of Plant Industry at CSIRO

1980 - 1982

Career position - Research Scientist at the Division of Plant Industry at CSIRO

1981 -

Career position - Member of the Australian National Wheat Rust Control Committee

1982 - 1986

Career position - Senior Research Scientist at the Division of Plant Industry at CSIRO

1983

Career position - E.C. Stakman Visiting Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Minnesota, USA (eight months)

1986 - 1992

Career position - Principal Research Scientist at the Division of Plant Industry at CSIRO

1987

Award - Gottschalk Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science

1990 -

Career position - Member of the Plant Health Committee of the Standing Committee of Agricultural and Resource Management (SCARM)

1992 - c. 1997

Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Division of Plant Industry at CSIRO

1994 -

Career position - Member of the Australian Weed Committee of SCARM

1996 -

Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1996 - 2003

Career position - Program Leader of the Program U 'Australian Flora Resources and Management' at CSIRO

1997 - 2003

Career position - Chief Research Scientist at CSIRO, Plant Industry

2001 - 2003

Career position - Assistant Chief o f the Division of Plant Industry, CSIRO

2003 -

Career position - Chief of the Division of Plant Industry at CSIRO

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• National Library of Australia, 'Burdon, J J', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-564991. Details