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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003329b.htm person Akhurst Raymond Joseph AACR2 9 March 1947 Entomologist Raymond Akhurst has been at CSIRO Entomology since 1970. Early in his career he worked on a method of making female Sirex wasps sterile by infecting them with a parasitic nematode. His current interest is studying the mechanisms of resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis, a project he has lead since 1999. Akhurst is the Deputy Program Leader of the Biotechnology section, and has full financial and personnel control of the Natural Biopesticides sub-program. He is also Chair of the Australian Society for Microbiology Foundation Committee and is a member of several editorial boards. 1970 1970 Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons)), University of Sydney 1970 1983 Career position - Experimental Officer at the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Entomology in Hobart 1974 1974 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Tasmania 1982 1982 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Tasmania 1983 1985 Career position - Senior Research Scientist at the CSIRO Division of Entomology in Hobart 1985 1987 Career position - Senior Research Scientist at the CSIRO Division of Entomology in Canberra 1987 1995 Career position - Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO Division of Entomology in Canberra 1989 1993 Career position - Deputy Section Head of Molecular Biology at the CSIRO Division of Entomology, Canberra 1991 Career position - Editorial Board member for Biological Control, Theory and Practice in Pest Management 1993 Career position - Chair of the Australian Society for Microbiology Foundation Committee 1993 1993 Career position - Deputy Section Head of Biotechnology at the CSIRO Division of Entomology, Canberra 1994 Career position - Deputy Program Leader of Biotechnology at the CSIRO Division of Entomology, Canberra 1995 Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist at the CSIRO Division of Entomology in Canberra 1997 Career position - Editorial Board member for Australian Journal of Entomology CSIRO Division of Entomology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1950 - )

Experimental Officer in Hobart 1970 - 1983; Senior Research Scientist in Hobart 1983 - 1985; Senior Research Scientist in Canberra 1985 - 1987; Principal Research Scientist in Canberra 1987 - 1995; Deputy Section Head of Molecular Biology Canberra 1989 - 1993; Deputy Section Head of Biotechnology Canberra 1993; Deputy Program Leader of Biotechnology Canberra 1994; Senior Principal Research Scientist Canberra 1995

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 'Akhurst, Raymond Joseph', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Akhurst, Raymond Joseph Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000