P007952 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

All key entry types: Awards; Concepts; Corporate Bodies (Organisations); Cultural Artefacts; People; etc

These key entries are listed separately below with other indexes and lists.

 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2026-01-22 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-02-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007952b.htm person Whittaker Joanne AACR2 Geoscientist Joanne Whittaker is a marine geoscientist whose research interests are principally plate tectonics, marine geophysics and geodynamics. By examining the relationships between deep and surface processes, she has made significant contributions to understanding the structure and evolution of the Earth, particularly of the ocean basins surrounding Australia and the history of the planet after the breakup of Pangaea. Whittaker is Professor at the Institute For Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania. She has received a number of awards for her research, including the Dorothy Hill Prize from the Australian Academy of Science and Edgeworth David Medal from the Royal Society of New South Wales. 2003 2003 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) and Bachelor of Commerce (Bcomm), University of Sydney 2005 2005 Education - MRes, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand 2008 2008 Education - PhD, University of Sydney 2009 2013 Career position - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Sydney 2010 2010 Award - NSW Tall Poppy Award, Australian Institute of policy and Science 2012 2012 Award - Edgeworth David Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales 2013 2013 Award - L'Oreal Women in Science Fellowship 2015 2018 Career position - Senior Lecturer, Institute For Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania 2017 2017 Award - Dorothy Hill Prize, Australian Academy of Science 2019 2023 Career position - Associate Professor, Institute For Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania 2021 2023 Career position - Dean of Graduate Studies (acting), Research Division, University of Tasmania 2024 Career position - Professor, Institute For Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania The University of Tasmania (1890 - )

Professor, Institute For Marine and Antarctic Studies 2024 -

 Edgeworth David Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales (1948 - )

Awarded the Medal 2012

 Dorothy Hill Medal [I], Australian Academy of Science (2002 - )

Awarded the Dorothy Hill Prize 2017

 'Whittaker, Joanne', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Whittaker, Joanne Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Dorothy Hill Medal Australian Academy of Science Dorothy Hill Medal Canberra Australian Academy of Science 2022 Resource: Edgeworth David Medal Royal Society of New South Wales Edgeworth David Medal Sydney Royal Society of New South Wales 2025