Person

Cowan, Ian Roy (1931 - 2017)

FAA FAIP FInstP

Born: 1931
Ilford, United Kingdom
Died: 2017

Summary

Ian Roy Cowan was Emeritus Professor of Environmental Biology at the Research School of Biological Sciences at the Australian National University in Canberra. He was a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, the Institute of Physics (UK), the Australian Institute of Physics and the Royal Meteorological Society. Cowan was also a member of the Australian Society of Plant Physiology and of the British Society of Soils Science.

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Chronology

1952: Career position - Researcher in the Physics Department of the Rothamsted Experimental Station, UK
1952: Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at London University
1953: Career position - Scientific Officer with the Sugar Manufacturers' Association (of Jamaica) Ltd. In Mandeville, Jamaica
1956: Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at London University
1959: Career position - Assistant Lecturer in Agriculture at the University of Nottingham, UK
1960 - 1966: Career position - Lecturer in the Department of Agriculture at the University of Nottingham
1966: Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at London University
1966 - 1968: Career position - Research Fellow at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Land Research
1968 - c. 1973: Career position - Senior Fellow in the Department of Environmental Biology at the Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University in Canberra
1972: Career position - Royal Society Bursar at the University of Bristol in the UK
1973 - c. 1993: Career position - Professorial Fellow in the Department of Environmental Biology
1984 -: Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
c. 1994 - c. 2004: Career position - Emeritus Professor and Visiting Fellow at the Research School of Biological Sciences

Related Corporate Bodies

Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )
Elected Fellow 1984
CSIRO Division of Land Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1965 - 1973)
Research Fellow at the CSIRO Division of Land Research

Date: 1966 - 1968

Published resources

Journal Articles

'Obituaries: Professor Brian Kay AM FAA FACTM 1944 to 2017; Professor Ken Campbell FAA FGAust 1927 to 2017; Professor Ian Cowan FAA 1931 to 2107', Australian Academy of Science Newsletter (2017), 21-2, https://www.science.org.au/academy-newsletter/jun-2017-108/obituaries. Details

Resources

'Cowan, Ian Roy (1931-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476353. Details

Annette Alafaci

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