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Burdon, Jeremy James (1950 - )

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Biologist
Born: 19 June 1950  Singapore
Jeremy James Burdon is Chief of the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Plant Industry. He is an evolutionary biologist with particular interests in plant-microbe interactions. His active research interests encompass problems involving pathogens of agricultural crops, using fungi as biological control agents for controlling invasive weeds and understanding the complexities of the interplay of parasitic and symbiotic interactions in natural systems. Taken from Dr Burdon's CSIRO home page.

Career Highlights
URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://www.csiro.au/index.asp?type=resume&id=BurdonJeremy&stylesheet=aboutCSIROResume

Chronology
1972Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the Australian National University in Canberra
1972 - 1975Demonstrator (part-time) in the Botany Department of the Australian National University
1976Tutor in the Botany Department of the Australian National University (eight months)
1976Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the Australian National University
1976 - 19781851 Overseas Scholar and CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Postdoctoral Scholar (to 1977) at the School of Plant Biology at University College of North Wales, UK
1978 - 1980Queen Elizabeth II Research Fellow at the Division of Plant Industry at CSIRO
1980 - 1982Research Scientist at the Division of Plant Industry at CSIRO
1981 - Member of the Australian National Wheat Rust Control Committee
1982 - 1986Senior Research Scientist at the Division of Plant Industry at CSIRO
1983E.C. Stakman Visiting Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Minnesota, USA (eight months)
1986 - 1992Principal Research Scientist at the Division of Plant Industry at CSIRO
1987Gottschalk Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science
1990 - Member of the Plant Health Committee of the Standing Committee of Agricultural and Resource Management (SCARM)
1992 - c. 1997Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Division of Plant Industry at CSIRO
1994 - Member of the Australian Weed Committee of SCARM
1996 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1996 - 2003Program Leader of the Program U ‘Australian Flora Resources and Management’ at CSIRO
1997 - 2003Chief Research Scientist at CSIRO, Plant Industry
2001 - 2003Assistant Chief o f the Division of Plant Industry, CSIRO
2003 - Chief of the Division of Plant Industry at CSIRO

 

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