Minette Salmon

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Alma materAustralian National University (MBiol, 2017)
Occupationscientific researcher
Known forbeing the first Indigenous person to graduate with a Master of Biological Sciences from ANU

Minette Louise Salmon is an Australian scientific researcher.[1]

She is a Yuin woman, who was awarded a Charlie Perkins Trust scholarship, a Clarendon scholarship and a Wellcome Trust scholarship enabling her to attend Balliol College at the University of Oxford as a DPhil student in the university's genomic medicine and statistics program.[2][3]

Salmon served in the armed forces for seven years as a general services officer in the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps.

She completed a Bachelor of Science (Physics and Chemistry) at the Australian Defence Force Academy in 2010.[3]

In 2017, Salmon became the first Indigenous Australian to graduate from the Australian National University with a Master of Biological Sciences (Advanced).[4] In 2018, Salmon was working with the Department of Immunology and Infection Diseases at ANU's John Curtin School of Medical Research.[5]

In 2023, Salmon was one of the notable Australians to accept an invitation to attend the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla.[6]

References

  1. "Minette Salmon". STEM women. Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  2. "Minette Salmon". The Charlie Perkins Scholarship Trust. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "2019 Charlie Perkins scholarship recipients". Charlie Perkins Scholarship Trust. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  4. "A close look at biology leads graduate to find herself". ANU College of Science. Australian National University. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  5. "Minette Salmon". ANU Student Life. Australian National University. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  6. Green, Eli (28 April 2023). "The 14 notable Australians who will attend the King's Coronation". news.com.au. Retrieved 13 May 2023.

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