Mary Ann Augustin (born 16 April 1954, Kedah, Malaysia) is an Australian food chemist and dairy scientist who leads the Food Science Research Program at CSIRO.
[3] She leads the research on CSIRO's patented microencapsulation system, a high-tech ingredient-delivery technology.
[5][6][7] Augustin graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree with First Class Honours from Monash University, where she was also awarded her PhD.
She began her career with CSIRO laboratories in 1988 and as of 2019, she was the Chief Research Scientist for its Agriculture and Food department.
[8] In addition to her extensive career with the CSIRO, Augustin has also contributed to other food science organisations: