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Truswell, Elizabeth Marchant (1941 - )

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Palynologist
Born: 15 October 1941  Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia
Elizabeth Marchant Truswell worked for the Bureau of Mineral Resources (later Australian Geological Survey Organisation) from 1973-96. She took early retirement from her position as a Chief Research Scientist to do a degree in Visual Arts at the Australian National University and now does landscape drawings where she aims to convey an interface between her scientific understanding of landscape and the landscape itself.

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Chronology
1962Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Western Australia
1966Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Cambridge, UK
1966 - 1968Palynologist at West Australian Petroleum in Perth
1968 - 1969Geologist at the Bureau of Mineral Resources
1969 - 1971Palynologist at West Australian Petroleum
1971 - 1973Postdoctoral Research Associate at Florida State University (position included participation in Deep Sea Drilling Project, Leg 28, December 1972 - March 1973)
1973 - 1985Research Scientist in Palynology at the Bureau of Mineral Resources
1985 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1985 - 1989Senior Principal Research Scientist in Palynology at the Bureau of Mineral Resources
1990 - 1996Chief Research Scientist in Palynology at the Bureau of Mineral Resources
1991 - 1999Australian National Commission for United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
1992 - 1998Antarctic Science Advisory Committee
1997 - Chief Research Scientist at the Australian Geological Survey Organisation
1997 - Visiting Fellow in the Department of Geology at the Australian National University (ANU)
1997 - c. 2000Visual Arts student at Australian National University

 
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