Person

McMullen, Gabrielle Lucy (1952 - )

Born
24 March 1952
Pakenham, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Biochemist

Summary

Gabrielle McMullen was appointed Professor and Pro Vice-Chancellor (academic affairs) at the St Patrick's Campus of the Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy. Amongst her research interests is the history of science.

Details

Chronology

1973
Award - CSR Chemicals Prize received
1974
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at Monash University
1977
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at Monash University
1977 - 1979
Career position - Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the Chemisches Institut at the University of Freiburg in Germany
1979 - 1981
Career position - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Research Fellow at the Chemisches Institut at the University of Freiburg in Germany
1981 - 1995
Career position - Dean of Mannix College and Senior Tutor/Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry at Monash University, Victoria
1986
Award - Citizen of the Year award received from the Shire of Pakenham
1995 - 2000
Career position - Rector at the Aquinas Campus of the Australian Catholic University in Ballarat, Victoria
2000 -
Career position - Professor and Pro Vice-Chancellor (academic affairs) at the St Patrick's Campus of the Australian Catholic University in Fitzroy, Victoria

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

Book Sections

  • McMullen, Gabrielle L., 'The Influence of Alexander von Humboldt in Australia' in Preserving the Humboldt Tradition of Scholarship in Australia: Proceedings of the Fourteenth Biennial Conference of the Australian Association of von Humboldt Fellows, Finlayson, Trevor R., ed. (Melbourne: Australian Association of von Humboldt Fellows, 2012), pp. 21-30. Details

Journal Articles

  • McMullen, G.L., 'Gustav Thureau, the first Tasmanian Inspector of Mines and Government Mining geologist', Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 150 (1) (2016), 39-49. Details
  • McMullen, Gabrielle, 'A German Contribution to Colonial Science', Chemistry in Australia, 68 (9) (2001), 26-28. Details
  • McMullen, Gabrielle L., 'An Able Practical and Scientific Man: Gustav Adolph Hugo Thureau, German Trained Mining Gelogist', Historical Records of Australian Science, 11 (2) (1996), 149-177. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9961120149. Details
  • McMullen, Gabrielle L., 'Getting to Know Dr Müller: Accounts of Ferndinand von Müller in Victoria's Mid-Nineteenth-Century German Language Newspapers', Historical Records of Australian Science, 11 (3) (1997), 325-334. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9971130325. Details
  • McMullen, Gabrielle L., 'A German Mineralogist in Gold Rush Australia: August Theodor Abel (1802-1882)', Historical Records of Australian Science, 12 (2) (1998), 183-204. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9981220183. Details
  • McMullen, Gabrielle L., 'Johann August Kruse (1822-1895), Leader in Melbourne's Nineteenth-Century Chemical and Pharmaceutical Professions', Historical Records of Australian Science, 13 (1) (2000), 43-66. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR0001310043. Details

Resources

Reviews

  • Beckler, Hermann, Entdeckungen in Australien: Briefe und Aufzeichnungen eines Deutschen 1855-1862 (Discoveries in Australia: a German's Letters and Papers 1855-1862). (2000)
    McMullen, Gabrielle L., Historical Records of Australian Science, 13 (3), (2001), 362-363. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR0011330351. Details

See also

  • Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details

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