Person
Truswell, Elizabeth Marchant (1941 - )
FAA
- Born
- 15 October 1941
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Palynologist
Summary
Elizabeth Truswell worked for the Bureau of Mineral Resources (later Australian Geological Survey Organisation) from 1973-1996. She took early retirement from her position as a Chief Research Scientist to do a degree in Visual Arts at the Australian National University and now does landscape drawings where she aims to convey an interface between her scientific understanding of landscape and the landscape itself.
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Chronology
- 1962
- Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Western Australia
- 1966
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Cambridge, UK
- 1966 - 1968
- Career position - Palynologist at West Australian Petroleum in Perth
- 1968 - 1969
- Career position - Geologist at the Bureau of Mineral Resources
- 1969 - 1971
- Career position - Palynologist at West Australian Petroleum
- 1971 - 1973
- Career position - Postdoctoral Research Associate at Florida State University (position included participation in Deep Sea Drilling Project, Leg 28, December 1972 - March 1973)
- 1973 - 1985
- Career position - Research Scientist in Palynology at the Bureau of Mineral Resources
- 1985 -
- Career position - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1985 - 1989
- Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist in Palynology at the Bureau of Mineral Resources
- 1990 - 1996
- Career position - Chief Research Scientist in Palynology at the Bureau of Mineral Resources
- 1991 - 1999
- Career position - Australian National Commission for United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- 1992 - 1998
- Career position - Antarctic Science Advisory Committee
- 1997 -
- Career position - Chief Research Scientist at the Australian Geological Survey Organisation
- 1997 -
- Career position - Visiting Fellow in the Department of Geology at the Australian National University (ANU)
- 1997 - c. 2000
- Education - Visual Arts student at Australian National University
Related entries
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
Articles
- Macpherson, Carmel, 'Elizabeth Truswell, palynologist', WISENET Journal, 2 (August) (1985). http://www.wisenet-australia.org/profiles/truswell.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5829692. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/93580826. Details
- 'Truswell, Elizabeth M (19411015-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-575659. Details
Resource Sections
- Campbell, Ken, 'Interview with Dr Elizabeth Truswell', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 6 December 2000, http://www.science.org.au/scientists/interviews/t/et.html. Details
See also
- Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 2 March 2018