Lesley Joy Rogers

Lesley Joy Rogers
Born (1943-07-31) 31 July 1943
Brisbane
Nationality Australian
Alma mater University of Adelaide
Sussex University
Known for discovery of lateralisation of the chick brain
Awards Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
Fellow of the Australian Institute of Biology
Clarke Medal
Academic Women's Special Achievement Award
Scientific career
Fields Neuroscience
Animal Behaviour
Physiology
Institutions University of New England
Website www.une.edu.au/staff-profiles/lrogers

Lesley Joy Rogers B.Sc. (Hons) (Adel), D.Phil., D.Sc. (Sus), FAIBiol., FAA (Australian, born 31 July 1943[1]) is a neurobiologist and emerita professor of neuroscience and animal behaviour at the University of New England (Australia).[2]

Education

Professor Rogers studied a Bachelor of Science at the University of Adelaide obtaining a first class honours in 1964.[1] After three years as teaching fellow at Harvard University and research assistant at the New England medical centre hospital in Boston she studied for a PhD at the University of Sussex. Professor Rogers obtained her Doctor of Philosophy in 1971 and was also awarded a Doctor of Science from the University of Sussex in 1987 for the body of research accumulated after the completion of her PhD compiled in her thesis entitled for her thesis entitled "Neuroethological Studies of Brain Development and Behaviour".[1][3] During the mid-1960s, Rogers protested the Vietnam war, and this caused her to be "told to leave Harvard". To avoid being deported, Rogers worked at the New England Medical Center Hospitals as a research assistant to Marshall Kaplan and they developed a technique for finding out whether a cancer might be in the bone or in the liver.[4]


Awards

Professor Rogers was made a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2000,[5] is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Biology and has been awarded many accolades including the Clarke Medal in zoology in 2003 from the Royal Society of New South Wales.[6] She is the recipient of the Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research, the Academic Women's Special Achievement Award and also the Centenary Medal in 2003.[2][7]

Professional activities

Selected publications

Professor Rogers has published over 200 journal articles and 14 books predominantly focussing on the brain and development.

Books
  • Rogers, Lesley J; Vallortigara, Grigorio; Andrew, Richard J (2013). "Divided Brains: The Biology and Behaviour of Brain Asymmetries". Cambridge University Press . ISBN 9780521183048.
Journal articles
  • Rogers L.J, Rigosi E, Frasnelli E, Vallortigara (June 2014). "A right antenna for social behaviour in honeybees". Scientific Reports. 3. doi:10.1038/srep02045.
  • Frasnelli E, Vallortigara G, Rogers LJ (2012). "Left-right asymmetries of behaviour and nervous system in invertebrates" (PDF). Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 36: 1273–1291. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.02.006.
  • Rogers L.J (2012). "The two hemispheres of the avian brain: their differing roles in perceptual processing and the expression of behaviour". Journal of Ornithology. 153 (1): 61–74. doi:10.1007/s10336-011-0769-z.
  • MacNeilage PF; Rogers L.J; Vallortigara G (2009). "Origins of the Left & Right Brain". Scientific American. 301: 60–67. doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0709-60.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Rogers, Lesley Joy - Biographical entry - Encyclopedia of Australian Science". Eoas.info. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  2. 1 2 "lrogers - University of New England". UNE. 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  3. ↑ "Rogers, Lesley J. (Lesley Joy) (1943-) - People and organisations - Trove". Trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  4. ↑ https://www.science.org.au/learning/general-audience/history/interviews-australian-scientists/professor-lesley-rogers
  5. ↑ Post Nominals: DPhil DSc FAA. "Professor Lesley Rogers - Australian Academy of Science". Science.org.au. Archived from the original on 2014-08-15. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  6. ↑ "Clarke Medal". Royalsoc.org.au. Archived from the original on 2015-02-10. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  7. ↑ "Lesley Rogers – The Conversation". Theconversation.com. 2012-01-09. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  8. ↑ "Lesley Rogers". Voiceless. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
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