Dr Rosemary White

Professional Areas

• Plant cell biology, plant structure and anatomy
• Plant development and physiology
• Microscopy - fluorescence, confocal, EM, and image analysis
• Plant structure and anatomy
• Image analysis

Fields of Research

Current Roles

• Project leader
  Second harmonic analysis of fibre, starch and silk

• Postdoc supervisor
  Energy efficiency of wheat roots

• PhD supervisor
  Control of cell-cell communication in plants

• PhD supervisor
  Anatomy and architecture in field-grown roots.

• Collaborator
  Initiation and development of cotton fibres.

• Collaborator
  Vascular structure and function in grape berries

Academic Qualifications

Professional Experiences

• 2000-present

  Scientist
  CSIRO Plant Industry

• 1993-2000

  Lecturer
  Monash University

• 1987-1993

  Postdoc
  University of Sydney

• 1985-1987

  Postdoc
  Ohio State University

Achievements and Awards

• 2012-2013

  Newton Turner Award
  CSIRO

• 2009-present

  Adjunct Professor
  Research School of Biology, Australian National University

• 2008-present

  Adjunct Professor
  EH Graham Centre, Charles Sturt University

• 2009-present

  Fellow
  Royal Microscopical Society

Grants

• 2014

  ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Grant

• 2006

  ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Grant

• 2003

  CSIRO and ANU Block Grant, Laser Capture Microdissection

• 1998-2001

  Cotton Research and Development Corporation, $203,000

• 1998-1999

  Australian Research Council Small Grant

• 1997-1998

  Australian Research Council Small Grant

• 1997

  ARC Research Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Grant

• 1995-1998

  Australian Research Council Large Grant

• 1995-1996

  Australian Research Council Small Grant

Community and Corporate Citizenship

• 2011-present

  Editorial board, Microscopy and Microanalysis

• 2010-present

  Grant reviewer, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France

• 2009-present

  Grant reviewer, National Science Foundation (NSF), USA

• 2008-present

  Grant reviewer, Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

• 2007-2011

  External board member, ANU Centre for Advanced Microscopy

• 2005-present

  Reviewer of researcher standings and grants, South African National Research Foundation

• 2004-2016

  Session lecturer, 3rd year plant science, RSB, ANU

• 1994-present

  Grant reviewer, Australian Research Council (IntReviewer)