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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-10-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002419b.htm person Laby Jean AACR2 4 November 1915 31 May 2008 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Physicist Jean Laby was a senior lecturer, RAAF Academy, Point Cook, c.1961-1982. She undertook research on cosmic rays and wind studies. For most of the 1970s she was involved in a collaborative project with the Climate Impact Assessment Program through the University of Wyoming to measure atmospheric aerosols, ozone and water vapour in the stratosphere. In 2009 Dr. Laby was inducted to the Victorian Honour Roll of Women. 1939 1939 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne c. 1940 c. 1944 Career position - Demonstrator in Physics, Department of Natural Philosophy, University of Melbourne, later assisted with departmental accounting c. 1945 1959 Career position - Senior Demonstrator, School of Physics, University of Melbourne 1951 1951 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne 1959 1959 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne 1959 c. 1961 Career position - Lecturer, University of Melbourne c. 1961 c. 1982 Career position - Senior Lecturer at the RAAF Academy in Point Cook RAAF Academy, Point Cook, Royal Australian Air Force (1961 - 1986)

Senior Lecturer c.1961 - c.1982

 The University of Melbourne (1853 - )

Senior Demonstrator, School of physics 1945 - 1859; Lecturer, School of Physics 1959 - c.1961

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 Laby, Jean (19151104-)

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 'Laby, Jean', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Laby, Jean Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Science was so Much More Exciting: Six Women in the Physical Sciences Rasmussen, Carolyn Science was so Much More Exciting: Six Women in the Physical Sciences Melbourne Text Publishing Company 1993 On the Edge of Discovery: Australian Women in Science Farley Kelly 105-131 Journal Article: 150 Years, 150 Stories: Laby Family Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter 150 Years, 150 Stories: Laby Family 2002 Uni News 11 24 4 Article: Dr Jean E Laby (1915-2008) inducted to the Victorian Honour Roll of Women 2009 Dr Jean E Laby (1915-2008) inducted to the Victorian Honour Roll of Women 2009 University of Melbourne Physics Department 2009 Journal Article: The Exception to the Rule: the Career of an Australian Woman Physicist [Jean Laby] Allen, Nessy The Exception to the Rule: the Career of an Australian Woman Physicist [Jean Laby] 1993 Australian and New Zealand Physicist 30 12 305-309 Resource Section: Interview with Dr Jean Laby (1915-2008), physicist Allen, Nessy Interview with Dr Jean Laby (1915-2008), physicist Australian Academy of Science 2002 Interviews with Australian scientists Book: 40 years, 40 women: biographies of University of Melbourne women, published to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the International Year of Women Flesch, Juliette 40 years, 40 women: biographies of University of Melbourne women, published to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the International Year of Women Carlton, Vic. University of Melbourne Library 2015 Book: 150 years, 150 stories: brief biographies of one hundred and fifty remarkable people associated with the University of Melbourne Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter 150 years, 150 stories: brief biographies of one hundred and fifty remarkable people associated with the University of Melbourne Melbourne Department of History, University of Melbourne 2003