Charles Barry Osmond FAA FRS (born 20 September 1939) is an Australian plant biologist.
[1] Barry Osmond was born in Cooranbong, New South Wales in 1939.
He studied at the University of New England, earning a BSc(Hons) in 1961 and MSc in 1963, followed by a PhD from the University of Adelaide in 1965.
In 1967 he joined the Australian National University as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow.
He was Professor of Environmental Biology 1978–1987, Director, Research School of Biological Sciences 1991-1998 and Professor, Photo Bioenergetics Group 1998–2001.