Alison Kellow is a botanist and research scientist from Australia, and a lecturer at

La Trobe University La Trobe University is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its main campus is located in the suburb of Bundoora. The university was established in 1964, becoming the third university in the state of Victoria an ...

. As of 2023, she is curator of the La Trobe University Herbarium. Kellow completed a Bachelor of Science degree at the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor ...

, and postgraduate studies in environmental science at

Monash University Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university has a ...

. She completed her doctoral degree in Natural Resource Sciences at the

University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide (informally Adelaide University) is a public research university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. The university's main campus is located on N ...

. Kellow is the joint author, with Michael Bayly, of ''An Illustrated Guide to New Zealand Hebes'', which was a finalist in the 2007

Montana New Zealand Book Awards The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are literary awards presented annually in New Zealand. The awards began in 1996 as the merger of two literary awards events: the New Zealand Book Awards, which ran from 1976 to 1995, and the Goodman Fielder W ...

. The pair worked on the project while both were researchers for the

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. Kellow also held a position at Industrial Research Ltd, working on flavonoid chemistry.

Eponym

''Veronica kellowiae'' was named in Kellow's honour by Phil Garnock-Jones, in 2007.

References

Living people 21st-century Australian botanists University of Melbourne alumni Monash University alumni University of Adelaide alumni Academic staff of La Trobe University Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Australian women scientists {{Australia-botanist-stub