Deborah Rathjen

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Deborah A. Rathjen FTSE is the executive chair and CEO of biOasis Technologies. She was previously head of Bionomics Incorporated. She is experienced in developing and managing biotechnology organisations.

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Career

Deborah Rathjen has a Bachelor of Science from Flinders University and a PhD in immunology from Macquarie University. [1]

She was employed as manager, business development and licensing for the Peptech Group until 2000, when she resigned to join Bionomics in 2000. [2] In 2016, she was assigned a term role in The Prime Minister's Science Engineering and Innovation Council and the Federal Government's Innovation and Science Australia's Biomedical Translation Fund Committee for a six-year term. [3] Also in 2016 Rathjen was appointed an inaugural member of the Australian Medical Research Advisory Board, the body chaired by Professor Ian Frazer which advises the Medical Research Future Fund [4] and is a board member of the Australian National Fabrication Facility. [5]

Rathjen moved from Bionomics to biOasis Technologies where, in 2019, she is executive chair and CEO. [6]

In April 2019 she was appointed to the Million Minds Mission Advisory Panel. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Deborah Rathjen, B.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D., MAICD, FTSE". Bioasis Technologies, Inc. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "Women Achiever's Special: Seizing opportunity however small it may be: Dr Deborah Rathjen, CEO, Bionomics, Australia". BioSpectrum, Asia Edition. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "Dr Deborah Rathjen". Australian Government Directory. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  4. ↑ "Appointments to the Australian Medical Research Advisory Board" (PDF). Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "Australian National Fabrication Facility Governance | www.anff.org.au". www.anff.org.au. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  6. ↑ MarketScreener. "Deborah A. Rathjen, PhD - Biography". www.marketscreener.com. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  7. ↑ "Million Minds Mission Advisory Panel". Australian Government Directory. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  8. ↑ "Meet our Fellows". Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  9. ↑ "Australia's power woman Deborah Rathjen wins BioSpectrum award". www.biospectrumasia.com. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
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