Rana Ellen Munns is an Australian scientist who studies salinity tolerance in crop plants. Career BSc (Hons 1st Class) 1966 Biochemistry Department, University of Sydney Doctor of Philosophy 1972, CSIRO Plant Physiology Unit, University of Sydney. Chloroplast Development 1973–1976 Senior Tutor, Macquarie University, NSW 1977–1980 Research Fellow, Department of Agronomy, University of Western Australia 1981–2005 Research Scientist CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra 2005–2010 Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry, Canberra 2011–present Honorary Fellow, CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra 2011–2013 Winthrop Research Professor, School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia 2014–present Emeritus Professor, ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, jointly with School of Plant Biology Former Editor-in-chief of Functional Plant Biology Honours and awards 2006 Corresponding Member of American Society of Plant Biologists 2012 Thomson Reuters Australia Citation Award for most highly cited plant scientist during 2002–2012 References Living people 20th-century Australian botanists 20th-century Australian women scientists Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science University of Sydney alumni University of Western Australia faculty Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Australian botanists