Person
Andersen, Alan
FAA
- Occupation
- Entomologist
Summary
Alan Andersen is internationally recognised as a leader in research on the global ecology of ant communities, looking at biogeography, systematics, behavioural dominance and functional composition in relation to environmental stress and disturbance. He also is interested in the ecology of tropical savannas, and the ecology and management of fire. For over 20 years he led the CSIRO Tropical Ecosystems Research Centre in Darwin and has been involved in a number of regional conservation initiatives.
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Chronology
- 1980
- Education - BSc (hons) Monash University
- 1985
- Education - PhD, University of Melbourne
- 1995 - 2016
- Career position - Officer-In-Charge, CSIRO Tropical Ecosystems Research Centre, Darwin
- 1998 - 2001
- Career position - Member, Management Group, CRC for Sustainable Development of Tropical Savannahs
- 1999
- Career position - Distinguished Visiting Ecologist, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A.
- 2001 - 2005
- Career position - Member, Management Group, CRC for Tropical Savannahs Management
- 2001 - 2006
- Career position - Member, Scientific Panel, Queensland fire ant eradication program
- 2002 - 2007
- Career position - Chair, Christmas Island Crazy Ant Management Steering Committee
- 2004 - 2007
- Career position - Member, Northern Territory Research and Innovation Board
- 2006 -
- Career position - Associate Editor, Diversity and distributions
- 2006
- Award - Service Award, Australian Entomological Society
- 2006
- Award - Leadership Award, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems
- 2007 -
- Career position - Associate Editor, Austral ecology
- 2007 - 2010
- Career position - Co-Chair, Tiwi Expert Biological Reference Group
- 2008 -
- Career position - Chair, Christmas Island Crazy Ant Scientific Committee
- 2009
- Award - Charles Darwin Medal for Research and Innovation, Northern Territory Government
- 2010 - 2012
- Career position - Member, Northern Territory Land and Sea Management Board
- 2011 -
- Career position - Professorial Fellow, Charles Darwin University
- 2011 -
- Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Insectes sociaux
- 2011 -
- Career position - Member, Territory Wildlife Park Biodiversity Conservation Committee
- 2011 - 2012
- Career position - Member, Local Organising Committee, Oceania Conservation Biology Conference
- 2012 -
- Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Hot topics in ecology
- 2013
- Award - Outstanding Team Award, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences
- 2013 - 2014
- Career position - Member, Dhimurru Indigenous Protected Area Advisory Group
- 2014 -
- Career position - Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Land and Water Flagship
- 2014 -
- Career position - Member, Australian Wildlife Conservancy Science Advisory Network
- 2014
- Career position - Member, Scientific Committee, Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) Conference, Cairns
- 2018 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science
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Published resources
Resources
- Staff profile: Dr Alan Anderson, Chief Research Scientist, with Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organisation (CSIRO), CSIRO, 2019. https://people.csiro.au/A/A/Alan-Andersen.aspx. Details
- 'Alan Andersen - Citation at year of election, 2018', Fellows of the Academy, Australian Academy of Science, 2019, https://www.science.org.au/profile/alan-andersen. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 18 December 2018