SPEAKERS
Dr Annabelle Duncan
Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer
Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute
University of Melbourne
Dr Duncan worked as a research scientist at Otago University, Monash University and at CSIRO.
Since 1997 she has worked in science management. Dr Duncan was appointed Program Manager of Molecular Science’s Molecular Discovery and Processing Program in 1997 and was Chief of the Division in July 1999 until June 2005. She is now Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute at The University of Melbourne.
Dr Duncan acts as an adviser to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on biological weapons control and in this capacity represents Australia at international arms control meetings. She was awarded a Public Service Medal in 1996 and an Honorary DSc from Murdoch University in 2005 for her work in arms control. She has also acted as a biological weapons inspector with the United Nations in Iraq.
Dr Duncan is a Member of the Australian Society for Microbiology, the Australasian Biotechnology Association, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Member of the Melbourne CEO circle.
