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Cowan, Ian Roy (1931 - )

FAA, FAIP, FInstP

Born: 1931 Ilford, United Kingdom

Ian Roy Cowan was Emeritus Professor of Environmental Biology at the Research School of Biological Sciences at the Australian National University in Canberra. He was a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, the Institute of Physics, the Australian Institute of Physics and the Royal Meteorological Society. Cowan was also a member of the Australian Society of Plant Physiology and of the British Society of Soils Science.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1952 Researcher in the Physics Department of the Rothamsted Experimental Station, UK
1952 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at London University
1953 Scientific Officer with the Sugar Manufacturers' Association (of Jamaica) Ltd. In Mandeville, Jamaica
1956 Master of Science (MSc) completed at London University
1959 Assistant Lecturer in Agriculture at the University of Nottingham, UK
1960 - 1966 Lecturer in the Department of Agriculture at the University of Nottingham
1966 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at London University
1966 - 1968 Research Fellow at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Division of Land Research
1968 - c. 1973 Senior Fellow in the Department of Environmental Biology at the Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University in Canberra
1972 Royal Society Bursar at the University of Bristol in the UK
1973 - c. 1993 Professorial Fellow in the Department of Environmental Biology
1984 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
c. 1994 - c. 2004 Emeritus Professor and Visiting Fellow at the Research School of Biological Sciences

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Prepared by: Annette Alafaci
Created: 27 September 2005

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Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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