Professor
Lyn Beazley
AO FAA FTSE
Lyn Beazley AO is a distinguished neuroscientist and 2015 West Australian of the Year who has made a major contribution to the promotion and direction of science in Australia. As Chief Scientist for Western Australia (the first female to hold such a state role nationally) she championed gender diversity and science in the classroom through programs such as Microscopes in Schools, in addition to shaping science policy. Lyn is also well known for promoting science and technology in the media and she played a key role in bringing the internationally successful FameLab science communication competition to Australia.
Expertise type
- Biology
- Nervous System
- Neuroscience
- Vision
- Marsupials
- Autism
Please contact fellowship@science.org.au to request any updates to the data.