Alison Kellow is a botanist and research scientist from Australia, and a lecturer at La Trobe University.

She completed her doctoral degree in Natural Resource Sciences at the University of Adelaide.

[4] The pair worked on the project while both were researchers for the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

[1] Kellow also held a position at Industrial Research Ltd, working on flavonoid chemistry.

[6] Veronica kellowiae was named in Kellow's honour by Phil Garnock-Jones, in 2007.