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Dr. Wendy Russell
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Winner of VC's OCTAL award for 2006
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Research Interests
Agricultural Biotechnology: ethical, legal and social
aspects
Photosynthesis: regulation, development; electron
transport reactions, photosystem II, photoinhibition
Representative Publications
A.W. Russell (2003) Use of the Triple Bottom Line
Framework in Evaluating Social Changes Associated
with the Adoption of Genetically Modified Crops in
Australia. In: Pritchard, B., Curtis, A., Spriggs,
J. & Le Heron, R. Social Dimensions of the Triple
Bottom Line in Rural Australia. Bureau of Rural Sciences,
Canberra, pp 195-208
A.W. Russell (2001) Gene Technology in R&D Provision
to the Australian Sugar Industry: Sweetening up Public
Research? Rural Society 11 (3): 163-180
W. Russell (1999) Letting the gene out of the bottle.
Australasian Science 20 (4): 28-31
U. Schiefthaler, A.W. Russell, C. Critchley
and H.R. Bolhàr-Nordenkampf (1999) Photoregulation
and photodamage in Schefflera arboricola leaves
adapted to different light environments. Australian
Journal of Plant Physiology 26 (5): 485-494
A.W. Russell, C. Critchley, S.A. Robinson, L.A.
Franklin, G.G.R. Seaton, W.S. Chow, J.M. Anderson
and C.B. Osmond (1995) Photosystem II regulation
and dynamics of the chloroplast D1 protein in Arabidopsis leaves
during photosynthesis and photoinhibition. Plant
Physiology 107: 943-952
Searchable Publication List
Current Students
PhD
Fern Wickson
Debating the Environmental Impact of Transgenic
Crops: Bt Cotton in Australia
Suggested Topics for Future Students
Agro-biotechnology, commercialisation and Intellectual
Property - freedom to operate on the path to market.
The building of Biotechnology policy and regulations
in Australia
Franken foods or smart foods? Representations of
Biotechnology in Australian media and information
resources
The above projects are associated with the BELSA
(Biotechnology - ethical, legal and social aspects)
research group, and are transdisciplinary projects
(contact WR for details):
Synthesis of photosynthetic proteins during development
of leaves
The role of photoprotective pigments during photosynthetic
development in new leaves
Abbreviated CV
Academic Degrees
PhD, Department of Botany, University of Queensland,
1997
BSc (Hons I) Department of Botany, University of Queensland,
1991
Employment History
Jan 2000 - present: Lecturer, Biological Sciences
Department, University of Wollongong
Jan 96 - Dec 99: Associate Lecturer, Biological Sciences
Department, University of Wollongong
1988 - Jul 1989: Research Assistant, Anatomy Department,
The University of Queensland (Dr P. P. Giorgi)
Awards
Young Endeavour Science Award, 1992
Foreign Student scholarship, Austrian Federal Ministry
for Science and Research, 1994
Young Investigator Award, Australian Society for Biophysics,
1995
Award for Outstanding Acheivement in Education, Australian
College of Education, 2001
Science and Innovation Award for Young People, Commonwealth
Dep't of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 2003
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