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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2019-01-08 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-01-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006181b.htm person Fincher Geoffrey Bruce AO FAA FTSE AACR2 14 May 1946 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Cereal chemist Geoffrey Fincher is a cereal chemistry renowned for his work on the structure, biosynthesis and digestion of plant cell walls. Among his discoveries were numerous enzymes involved in the synthesis and degradation of cell wall polysaccharides of barley. He is Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls. Between 2003 and 2010 he was Director of the Waite Agricultural Research Institute and Deputy CEO of the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics. 1973 1974 Career position - Research Fellow, Brewing Research Foundation, Surrey, United Kingdom 1974 1976 Career position - Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University, Montreal, Canada 1977 1981 Career position - Lecturer in Plant Chemistry, La Trobe University 1982 1987 Career position - Senior Lecturer in Plant Chemistry, La Trobe University 1987 1988 Career position - Member of the Board, Australian Biochemistry Society 1988 1992 Career position - Reader in Plant Chemistry, La Trobe University 1990 2005 Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Seed science research 1991 1993 Career position - Member of the Board, Australian National Genome Information Service 1992 1993 Career position - Convenor, South East Australia Malting Barley Improvement Program 1993 2002 Career position - Head, Department of Plant Science, University of Adelaide 1993 2014 Career position - Professor of Plant Science, University of Adelaide 1994 2014 Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Planta 1995 1996 Career position - Chair, Cereal Chemistry Division, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1995 1997 Career position - Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resource Science, University of Adelaide 1998 2001 Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Plant physiology 2000 2007 Career position - Director, Program on Functional Genomics in the Growth and End-use of Quality Cereals, Grains Research and Development Corporation 2000 2013 Career position - Grant Assessor, Australian Research Council 2001 2001 Award - F. B. Guthrie Medal, Cereal Chemistry Division, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 2001 2009 Career position - Editor, Journal of cereal science 2002 2003 Career position - Deputy Dean, Faculty of Sciences, University of Adelaide 2002 2004 Career position - Member of the Board, International Society for Plant Molecular Biology 2003 2010 Career position - Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics 2003 2010 Career position - Director, Waite Agricultural Research Institute 2005 2014 Career position - Board Member, A. W. Howard Trust 2007 2010 Career position - Editor, Bioenergy research 2007 2012 Career position - Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee, Biomime, KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska högskolan), Stockholm, Sweden 2010 Career position - Corresponding Member, American Society of Plant Biology 2010 2010 Career position - Member, Review Panel, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria 2011 2011 Award - South Australian Industry Leader Award 2011 2014 Career position - Cluster Leader, Food Futures Flagship Research Cluster on 'High Fibre Grains', CSIRO 2011 2014 Career position - Director, ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Wall Biology 2013 2013 Award - Thomas Burr Osborne Medal and Fellow, American Association of Cereal Chemists International 2014 2014 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) 2014 2014 Award - B. A. Stone Award, Megazyme International 2014 2017 Career position - Member, Australian Research Council College of Experts 2014 2017 Career position - Member, South Australian Science Council 2015 Career position - Emeritus Professor, University of Adelaide 2015 2017 Career position - Senior Scientific Consultant, Carlsberg Breweries A/S, Denmark 2016 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 2016 2016 Award - Kaj Lindestrom-Lang Prize, Carlsberg Laboratory, Denmark 2017 2017 Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) or distinguished service to science and education, in the area of plant genomics, as an academic, researcher and administrator, through scientific advisory roles, and to international professional societies Waite Agricultural Research Institute, The University of Adelaide (1924 - 1991)

Director, 2003 - 2010

 The University of Adelaide (1874 - 2026)

Professor of Plant Science 1993 -2014

 RACI - Cereal Chemistry Division, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (1965 - 2013)

Chair 1995 - 1996

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Elected Fellow 2016

 F. B. Guthrie Medal, Australasian Grain Science Association (1974 - )

Awarded the Medal 2001 by the RACI - Cereal Chemistry Division

 'Fincher, Geoffrey Bruce', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Fincher, Geoffrey Bruce Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Edited Book: Who's who in Australia 2019 Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor Who's who in Australia 2019 55th Southbank, Vic. AAP Directories 2018