Pamela Anne Wills

Pamela Anne Wills (4 December 1927 – 10 June 1999) was an Australian research biologist and radiology scientist. She developed development of industrial uses for radiation particularly in relation to insect control, notably to save bee populations, and radiation sterilisation of medical products and equipment. She was also an advocate for food irradiation.

Biography Wills was born in Rockdale and spent her childhood in Cronulla, both suburbs of Sydney. She went to school at St George Girls High School before completing her leaving certificate at the Methodist Ladies' College in 1944. There she focused on the development of industrial uses for radiation including in regards to insect control, medical instrument sterilisation and food irradiation. One of her major breakthroughs in this area was in irradiation beehives to reduce the spread of a fatal blood disease. She used similar methods to control the spread of the Bactrocera tryoni (Queensland fruit fly).