Researcher biography

Jenny Martin trained as a pharmacist at the Victorian College of Pharmacy (VCP), where she was awarded the Gold Medal for top student over the BPharm course. After completing an MPharm in computational chemistry at the College, Jenny moved to Oxford University for a PhD by research in protein crystallography and drug design. Her DPhil was supported by a prestigious 1851 Science Research Scholarship and several other competitive scholarships. Jenny then undertook two years of postdoctoral research at Rockefeller University in New York, before returning to Australia in 1993 to establish the first protein crystallography laboratory in Queensland. Since then, she has held ARC QEII, ARC Professorial and NHMRC Fellowships and is currently an ARC Australian Laureate Fellow at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland. Jenny is the recipient of many honours including the ASBMB Roche Medal, the Queensland Smart Women Smart State Research Scientist award, and the Women in Biotech Outstanding Outstanding Biotechnology Achievement Award.