Professor Suzanne Cory

Recent Speaker

President Australian Academy of Science

September 28, 2011

11.30am - 1.30pm

Driving Australia’s economic future through robust science education

Professor Suzanne Cory is one of Australia's most distinguished molecular biologists.  She was born in Melbourne, Australia and graduated in biochemistry from The University of Melbourne.  She gained her PhD from the University of Cambridge, England and then continued studies at the University of Geneva before returning to Melbourne in 1971, to a research position at The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research.  From 1996 to 2009 she was Director of The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute and Professor of Medical Biology of The University of Melbourne.  She is currently a Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Melbourne and Honorary Professorial Fellow at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Her research has had a major impact in the fields of immunology and cancer and her scientific achievements have attracted numerous honours and awards.

In 2010 she was elected President of the Australian Academy of Science. Suzanne Cory is a passionate and committed advocate for a scientifically literate Australia, both through formal education and through informing and involving the general public. As President of the Australian Academy of Science she works hard to ensure that, where appropriate, scientific fact underpins public policy.