Background
Wood was born in Adelaide, South Australia and educated at Unley High School, the South Australian School of Mines and Industries and the University of Adelaide, where he was awarded Doctor of Science in 1933.
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Joseph Wood
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Foreign much of Wood"s career, his research was in the areas of stomatal physiology and the biochemistry of native plants under water stress. Wood contributed reviews on the biochemistry of nitrogen and sulphur metabolism in pasture plants to three international journals: Chronica Botanica in 1942, Annual Review of Biochemistry in 1945 and Annual Review of Plant Physiology in 1953. 1942 President of the Royal Society of South Australia (RSSA)
1944 (Sir Joseph) Verco Medal of the RSSA
1952 (West B) Clarke Medal of the Royal Society of New South Wales
1954 elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (Federal Aviation Administration)
1958 founding president of the Australian Society of Plant Physiologists.
Membership
1948-1959 member of the (interim) council of the Australian National University, Canberra
1950-1956, 1959 member of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) advisory council
1952-1959 member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) advisory committee on arid-zone research.
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Nationality
Australia
Awards
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Clarke Medal
The Clarke Medal is awarded by the Royal Society of New South Wales, the oldest learned society in Australia and in the Southern Hemisphere, for distinguished work in the Natural sciences.The Clarke Medal is awarded by the Royal Society of New South Wales, the oldest learned society in Australia and in the Southern Hemisphere, for distinguished work in the Natural sciences.