Anna Koltunow

Anna Koltunow
FAA FTSE
Born
Anna Maria Grazyna Koltunow
Alma materFlinders University • University of Adelaide
Scientific career
InstitutionsCSIRO • University of Adelaide • La Trobe University • University of Queensland
Thesis An investigation of feather keratin gene expression  (1986)

Anna M. G. Koltunow FAA FTSE is an Australian plant physiologist researching how plants reproduce. As of 2020 she is Professorial Research Fellow in the Centre for Crop Science at the University of Queensland. She is leading research for the second phase of a project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.[1]

Koltunow graduated from Flinders University in 1981 with a BSc(Hons).[2] She was awarded a PhD by the University of Adelaide in 1987.[3]

From 2002 to 2006 Koltunow was president of the International Association of Sexual Plant Reproduction Research.[4] She was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in May 2016[5] and of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering in 2018.[6]

  1. ^ "Professor Anna Koltunow". The University of Queensland. 21 October 2020. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  2. ^ Koltunow, Anna M (1981), Comparison of the proteins induced by cytokinins in cell division and enzyme induction, retrieved 21 October 2020
  3. ^ "Professor Anna Koltunow". UQ Researchers. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Board". International Association of Sexual Plant Reproduction Research (IASPRR). 20 May 2011. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Academy announces 2016 Fellows". Australian Academy of Science. 23 May 2016. Archived from the original on 24 May 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  6. ^ Cohn, Cohn (22 January 2019). "Koltunow, Anna M. G." Encyclopedia of Australian Science. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2020.