Rana Ellen Munns

Rana Ellen Munns FAA is an Australian scientist who studies salinity tolerance in crop plants.[1][2]

Career

BSc (Hons 1st Class) 1966 Biochemistry Department, University of Sydney
Doctor of Philosophy 1972, CSIRO Plant Physiology Unit, University of Sydney. Chloroplast Development
1973–1976 Senior Tutor, Macquarie University, NSW
1977–1980 Research Fellow, Department of Agronomy, University of Western Australia
1981–2005 Research Scientist CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra
2005–2010 Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra
2011–present Honorary Fellow, CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra[3]
2011–2013 Winthrop Research Professor, School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia
2014–present Emeritus Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, jointly with School of Plant Biology[4]

Former Editor-in-chief of Functional Plant Biology

Honours and awards
  • 2006 Corresponding Member of American Society of Plant Biologists
  • 2012 Thomson Reuters Australia Citation Award for most highly cited plant scientist during 2002–2012[5]

References
  1. "Munns, Rana Ellen". Encyclopedia of Australian Science. Retrieved 8 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Schachtman, Daniel P. "Rana Munns". American Society of Plant Biologists. Retrieved 4 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. CSIRO (http://www.csiro.au/people/rana.munns.aspx)
  4. ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology (http://www.plantenergy.uwa.edu.au/people/)
  5. "Plant biologist wins national award : Archive Page : The University of Western Australia".
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