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:''For the American state legislator, see Allen Kerr (Arkansas politician)'' Dr. Allen Kerr AO, FRS, FAA (born 1926) was a Scottish-born 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. He was born in 21 May 1926 in Edinburgh and gained a BSc degree at Edinburgh University. From 1947-1951 he was 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.〔(Kerr, Allen (1926 - ) ), Encyclopedia of Australian Science, www.eoas.info〕 He retired in 1991, but since then has received many awards. ==Awards== *1978 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) *1978 - Walter Buffitt Prize of the Royal Society of New South Wales *1982 - Ruth Allen Award of the American Phytopathological Society *1986 - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) *1990 - Inaugural Australia Prize〔(1990 Australia Prize ), sciencegrants.dest.gov.au〕 *1991 - Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences *1991 - Elvin Charles Stackman Award of the University of Minnesota *1992 - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) *1995 - Fellow of the Australasian Plant Pathology Society *1996 - Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society *2001 - Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Allen Kerr」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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