Adrienne Elizabeth Clarke (nÊe Petty, born 6 January 1938) is Professor Emeritus of Botany at the University of Melbourne, where she ran the Plant Cell Biology Research Centre from 1982â1999.
She is a former chairman of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO, 1991â1996), former Lieutenant Governor of Victoria (1997â2000) and former Chancellor of La Trobe University (2011â2017).