Christine Lambkin

Lambkin began her career as a science teacher in Sydney and Brisbane after graduating from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Science and Diploma of Education in 1976.[1] She then became a Scientific Illustrator at the Queensland Museum in 1986, then with the CSIRO Division of Entomology, Long Pocket, Queensland in 1993.[1] In 1994 Lambkin completed a Certificate of Visual Art and Design at the Queensland College of Art.[1] In 1995 she joined The Department of Entomology at the University of Queensland as a Scientific Illustrator and Research Assistant. In 2001 she attained a PhD at the University of Queensland, and became a Post-doctoral Fellow (2001–2005) and Research Scientist (2003-2006) at the CSIRO Division of Entomology, Canberra.[1] In 2004 Lambkin was a visiting Post Doctoral Fellow at North Carolina State University, in their Department of Entomology.[2]

In 2006, Lambkin returned to the Queensland Museum as the Curator of Entomology. She was the President of Entomological Society of Queensland in 2008, and in 2015 was awarded an Honorary Membership.[1]

March 1997: Australian Postgraduate Award, PhD, 1997 - 2000, University of Queensland

August 2014: Peter Doherty Awards 2014 - Science Education Partnership Award for the Queensland Museum community engagement program, Backyard Explorer. [2]

March 2015: Honorary Membership of the Entomological Society of Queensland[2]