Allen Kerr AO, FRS, FAA (born 21 May 1926) is a Scottish-born Australian biologist. He served as Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of Adelaide. His most significant work was his study of crown gall — a plant cancer induced by Agrobacterium tumerfaciens.

Biography

Kerr was born in Edinburgh on 21 May 1926. He gained a B.Sc. degree at the University of Edinburgh.

From 1947-1951 he was an assistant Mycologist at the North of Scotland College of Agriculture.
From 1951-1980 he was Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer, then Reader in Plant Pathology at the University of Adelaide.
From 1978-1983 he was Vice-President of the International Society for Plant Pathology.
From 1980-1983 he was President of the Australasian Plant Pathology Society.

In 1978, he was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.
In 1986 he was elected Fellow of the Royal Society.
In 1990 he received the inaugural Australia Prize for his work with plant genetics and biology.

In 1990, he became Head of the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Adelaide, and in 1991 he became Head of the Department of Crop Protection at the University of Adelaide.[1]

Kerr celebrated his 90th birthday in 2016.[2]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Kerr, Allen (1926 - ), Encyclopedia of Australian Science, www.eoas.info
  2. ↑ "90th birthdays". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  3. ↑ 1990 Australia Prize Archived 2007-08-29 at the Wayback Machine, sciencegrants.dest.gov.au



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