Biographical entry Johnstone, Brian Manning (1924 - )

Summary

Brian Manning Johnstone was the founder of The Auditory Laboratory at The University of Western Australia's Department of Physiology. He first came to the department in 1962 as a lecturer and some of his many achievements include the first direct measurements of basilar membrane motion in the living cochlea using the Mössbauer effect, and the measurement of the electrical properties of the cochlea using multi-electrode techniques.

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1955

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne

1960s

Career position - Founder of The Auditory Laboratory at The University of Western Australia

1961

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

1963 -

Career position - Lecturer and eventually Emeritus Professor in Physiology at the University of Western Australia

1988 -

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

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• National Library of Australia, 'Johnstone Brian Manning', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476459. Details