Emeritus Professor Leigh Burgoyne

Emeritus Professor & Web Supervisor

College of Science and Engineering

place Biological Sciences
GPO Box 2100, ADELAIDE, SA, 5001

Degrees: Bachelors 1962; Hons 1963;
Except for one year of relatively pure genetics at Yale, work has mainly been in the fields of molecular biology, biochemistry and research has mainly been with DNA and chromatin, genetics and genome structure since 1965. Been in Forensic-related DNA technology since 1987.

Fulbright Scholar 1967-68  P (Fulbright scholar) Yale University, Connecticut USA 1967-68; 
Certificate awarded to Flinders technologies and the Flinders University of South Australia, in "Excellence in the development of technology from a University." th May 1999.

SA-great award for Science, Awarded 28th December 1999 (Proclamation day). Details as per award- Science, 1999 SA great Award, Mentor South Australian Museum,

Teaching interests
Now retired from undergraduate teaching. Teach at post graduate level usually as co-supervisor in molecular-biology related topics.
Expert for media contact
DNA studies
Forensic science
Molecular biology
Dna Technology
Forensic Dna
Human Individualisation
Molecular Biology
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Media expertise
  • DNA studies
  • Forensic science
  • Molecular biology
Interests
  • Dna Technology
  • Forensic Dna
  • Human Individualisation
  • Molecular Biology
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