Keryn Williams

Keryn Anne Williams (born 5 September 1949) is an Australian medical scientist who works in the field of ophthalmology. She is a Principal Research Fellow in the School of Medicine at Flinders University. Her research interests include corneal transplantation, ocular inflammation, ocular immunology and eye banking.
Early life and education.
Williams graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Science with first class honours in 1971. In 1974, she completed her doctoral thesis, "Immunochemical studies of human cell surface antigens", and flew to Britain on the day she submitted it. In England, she worked as a researcher at the University of Oxford with the Australian surgeon Peter Morris. Morris recommended her to his acquaintance Doug Coster, the first professor of ophthalmology at Flinders University, who hired her to work there as a research fellow in 1981.
Honours and achievements.
In 2017 Williams was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for "eminent service to medical science in the field of ophthalmology through the research and development of corneal transplantation, as an academic and mentor, and as a supporter of young women scientists".
Her achievements include: