Women in Science

In this episode, Dr Kirsty Short speaks to Professor Mary Garson. Professor Garson has been at UQ for more than 30 years, and has held leadership positions within the Royal Australian Chemical Institute as the first female President of the Queensland branch (1996-1997), and as Chair of the International Relations Committee (1996-2004).After graduating with a PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1977, Prof. Garson was an Overseas Research Fellow of the Royal Society in Rome, Italy (1977-1978), a Research Fellow at New Hall, Cambridge (1978-1981) and a Queen Elizabeth II Research Fellow at James Cook University of North Queensland (1983-1985)

In this episode, Dr Kirsty Short speaks to Professor Neena Mitter. Professor Mitter has been involved in molecular biology and biotechnology in Australia and India for over 20 years. Her scientific journey began as an agricultural scientist in India, where she learned first-hand the significance of agriculture in shaping the world, economically, socially, environmentally and politically.

In this episode, Dr Kirsty Short speaks to Professor Christine Beveridge. Professor Beveridge is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, past President of the International Plant Growth Substances Association and an ARC Laureate Fellow. Her lab lab focuses on understanding the role of plant hormones in the regulation and coordination of plant development.

In this episode, Dr Kirsty Short speaks to Professor Tamara Davis. Professor Davis is an astrophysicist who studies the elusive “dark energy” that’s accelerating the universe. She’s measured time-dilation in distant supernovae, helped make one of the largest maps of the distribution of galaxies in the universe, and is now measuring how supermassive black holes have grown over the last 12 billion years.

In this episode, Dr Kirsty Short speaks to Professor Gabrielle Belz. Professor Belz is the Chair in Immunology at The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute. Her work aims to understand how the immune system responds to infections including viruses, bacteria and parasites.