Christine Lynette Lambkin is an Australian

entomologist Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

, scientific illustrator, and Curator of Entomology at the

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, Australia.

Career

Lambkin began her career as a science teacher in

Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

and

after graduating from the

University of Queensland The University of Queensland is a Public university, public research university located primarily in Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. Founded in 1909 by the Queensland parliament, UQ is one of the six sandstone ...

with a Bachelor of Science and Diploma of Education in 1976. She became a Scientific Illustrator at the

in 1986, then with the

CSIRO The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an Australian Government agency that is responsible for scientific research and its commercial and industrial applications. CSIRO works with leading organisations arou ...

Division of Entomology,

Long Pocket Long Pocket is a rural locality in the Shire of Hinchinbrook, Queensland, Australia. In the , Long Pocket had a population of 150 people. History Long Pocket State School opened on 26 July 1915. A new school building was erected in 1924. It c ...

, Queensland in 1993. In 1994 Lambkin completed a Certificate of Visual Arts and Design at the

Queensland College of Art The Queensland College of Art and Design (QCAD), established as Brisbane School of Arts and formerly known as Queensland College of Art or (QCA) after other name changes, is a specialist visual arts and design college located in South Bank, Br ...

. In 1995, she joined The Department of Entomology at the University of Queensland as a Scientific Illustrator and Research Assistant. In 2001, she attained a Ph.D. at the University of Queensland and became a Post-doctoral Fellow (2001–2005) and Research Scientist (2003-2006) at the CSIRO Division of Entomology, Canberra. In 2004, Lambkin was a visiting Post Doctoral Fellow at

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in their Department of Entomology. In 2006, Lambkin returned to the Queensland Museum as the Curator of Entomology. She was the President of the Entomological Society of Queensland in 2008 and 2015 and was awarded an Honorary Membership.

Awards

March 1997:

Australian Postgraduate Award The Australian Postgraduate Awards (APA) was a scholarship program, founded by the Australian Federal Government, designed to support postgraduate research training, which was awarded to students of "exceptional research potential". The allocation ...

, Ph.D., 1997 - 2000, University of Queensland August 2014: Peter Doherty Awards 2014 - Science Education Partnership Award for the Queensland Museum community engagement program, Backyard Explorer. March 2015: Honorary Membership of the Entomological Society of Queensland.

References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) University of Queensland alumni Queensland College of Art alumni Australian entomologists Australian scientific illustrators Australian schoolteachers 21st-century Australian illustrators Australian women illustrators {{Entomologist-stub