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Renfree, Marilyn Bernice (1947 - )

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Zoologist
Born: 19 April 1947  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Marilyn Bernice Renfree has been Ian Potter Professor of Zoology and Head of the University of Melbourne's Department of Zoology since 1991. she is particularly interested in the reproductive physiology and development of marsupials.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1963 - 1964Laboratory Technician at the Department of Microbiology at John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University
1964Clerk at the Finance Department of the Army
1965 - 1968Undergraduate and vacation Research Assistant (geology) at the Australian National University (ANU)
1968 - 1971Australian National University (ANU) postgraduate student part-time Demonstrator in zoology
1971Bolliger Award received from the Australian Mammal Society
1972CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Research Assistant at the Australian National University (ANU)
1972 - 1973Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Zoology at the University of Tennessee, USA
1973 - 1974Ford Foundation Research Fellow at the Institute of Animal Genetics, University of Edinburgh
1974 - 1978Lecturer in Biology (vertebrate and reproductive physiology) at Murdoch University
1978 - 1980Senior Lecturer at Murdoch University, Victoria
1980Gottschalk Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science
1980 - 1982Associate Professor of Animal Biology (reproductive physiology) in the School of Environmental and Life Sciences at Murdoch University
1982 - 1983Senior Fellow II at Monash University
1984 - 1991National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Principal Research Fellow in Anatomy at Monash University
1987Whitley Book Award received from the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
1991 - Ian Potter Chair of Zoology and Head of the Department at the University of Melbourne
1997 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

 
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