Joy Bear
- gradwomenvic
- Aug 3, 2023
- 1 min read
Updated: Aug 10, 2023
1927 - 2021
Joy Bear had a stellar career as a chemist, but she was one of the most unassuming of
women. Committee members who had enjoying her company for years had no idea that she
was the first woman to win the prestigious Leighton medal for her research as a
chemist. Here is a link to an online article explaining how Joy and a colleague at the CSIRO
invented a word – petrichor – to describe the smell of rain. And here is an obituary from the
CSIROscope webpage.
