Turner, Susan

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Hsitorian and Geologist

Susan Turner is a Geoscience Consultant, part-time Lecturer in Geoscience at Monash University in Victoria and an Honorary Research Fellow at the Queensland Museum. In this latter role Turner is involved in the fossil fish collections and preparing fossil and historical displays. Her main area of expertise is in fish vertebrate microfossils, especially those of the thelodonts (jawless fish). Another of her roles at the museum is to document its history and has so far published nine works. An avid historian, Susan Turner has also written on numerous topics including women in palaeontology in Australia; Australian women in other fields; the History of palaeontology, geology and exploration in Australia, especially in Queensland and the history of Australia's involvement in UNESCO's International Union of Geological Sciences. The Published Sources section of this page lists some of her published works.

Career Highlights

URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://www.qmuseum.qld.gov.au/organisation/staff/detail.asp?staffName=Turner,Sue

Chronology
1967 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Reading, UK
1967 - 1971 Research Curator in the Deaprtment of Geology at the University of Reading
1971 - 1980 Museum Assistant Geologist at the Hancock Museum, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
1978 - 1980 Scientific Officer at the Nature Conservation Council UK
1979 Museums Diploma completed through the Museums Association UK
1980 - Honorary Research Fellow at the Queensland Museum
1983 - 1985 Secretariat of the Council of Australian Museum Directors at the Queensland Museum
1984 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
1992 - 1994 Research Fellow at the Queensland Museum
1995 - 2000 Australian Research Fellow
2004 Senior Research Fellow (part-time) at the School of Geosciences at Monash University, Victoria
2005 - Visiting Lecturer ( part-time) at the School of Geosciences at Monash University
2005 - Geoscience Consultant (private practice)

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Prepared by: Annette Alafaci
Created: 18 August 2005
Modified: 29 January 2007

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