Professor Marilyn Anderson
Professor Marilyn Anderson AO FTSE FAA Exec Director, Hexima Ltd

Fellow status Elected 2010 Division VIC
Fellowship Affiliations La Trobe University Classification Industry Sector Expertise 211 - Molecular biology

Biography at time of election

Professor Anderson is Chief Science Officer of Hexima Ltd which listed on the ASX in 2007 after raising $40M to commercial application of her discoveries to enhance crop productivity (corn, soy, canola cotton). She was instrumental in securing a route to market for application of these technologies for corn and soy, two of the largest food crops globally, through a partnership with DuPont Pioneer. She is an outstanding scientist [recognised by peers (94 publications) and creation of Intellectual Property (named inventor on 8 patent families with numerous divisional]. Her community contributions are through regulatory bodies, water boards, education and training of graduate students.