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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2012-02-24 human Rebecca Rigby updated 2026-01-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004979b.htm person Ellis Jeffrey Graham FAA FRS AACR2 4 May 1953 Place of Birth Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Plant breeder Geneticist Jeffrey Graham Ellis is a leading plant geneticist. He has done extensive work genetically engineering plant species to become resistant to major diseases. He has been a Senior Principal Research Scientist in the CSIRO Division of Plant Industry since 2001.

In 2004 Ellis (with the Rust Resistance Team) was awarded the CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement for the elucidation of the molecular basis of rust resistance through cloning plant resistance genes and rust avirulence genes.

1976 1976 Education - Bachelor of Agricultural Science (Hons 1), University of Adelaide 1981 1981 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Adelaide 1981 1982 Career position - CSIRO Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Genetics Department, State University, Ghent, Belgium 1982 1984 Career position - Queen Elizabeth II Postdoctoral Fellow at CSIRO Plant Industry 1984 1992 Career position - Research Scientist, CSIRO Plant Industry 1993 2001 Career position - Principal Research Scientist and Project Leader of Program Y, CSIRO Plant Industry 1996 1998 Career position - Associate Editor, Molecular plant microbe interactions 2001 Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist and Program Leader of Program Y, Genetic Engineering for Plant Improvement in CSIRO Plant Industry 2001 2006 Career position - Co-Editor, The plant cell 2004 2004 Award - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (with colleagues) 2005 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 2008 2008 Career position - CSIRO Fellow 2009 Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS) CSIR/O Division of Plant Industry, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (1929 - c. 2014)

Senoir Principal Research Scientist 2001 -

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 2005 -

 CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement (1985 - )

Awarded the Medal (with colleagues) 2004

 Ellis, Jeffrey Graham (19530504-)

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 'Ellis, Jeffrey Graham (Jeff)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Ellis, Jeffrey Graham (Jeff) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: The Academy's Fellows [including profiles and other relevant links] Australian Academy of Science The Academy's Fellows [including profiles and other relevant links] Canberra Australian Academy of Science 2019 Resource Section: Jeffrey Graham (Jeff) Ellis Ward, C. Jeffrey Graham (Jeff) Ellis Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2011 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Resource Section: CSIRO Entrepreneurship Award Ward, Colin CSIRO Entrepreneurship Award Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) 2013 CSIROpedia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)