Person

Stanisic, John Hooper

Occupation
Malacologist and Museum curator

Summary

John Stanisic is one of Australia's leading experts on the systematics and biogeography of snails, particularly their association with rainforests and limestone, He was Curator of Molluscs at the Queensland Museum from 1980 to 2006. During this time he expanded the Museum's mollusc collections to over 200,000 specimens, making it the most significant such collection in Australia. Stanisic published descriptions of over 400 new species and 100 new genera of Australian snails. Among his publications is Australian land snails (2 volumes, 2010, 2nd edition 2017). Since retiring from the Museum Stanisic has been Director and Principal Biodiversity Scientist with Biodiversity and Management Pty Ltd, a specialist fauna and habitat consultancy firm. He conducts large-scale biodiversity surveys with a focus on the use of invertebrates as indicators of environmental health.

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Chronology

1972 - 1992
Education - BSc (hons), University of Sydney
1978
Education - MSc, University of Sydney
1980 - 2006
Career position - Curator of Molluscs, Queensland Museum
1988
Education - PhD, University of Queensland
2006 -
Career position - Director and Principal Biodiversity Scientist, Biodiversity Assessment and Management Pty Ltd
2006 -
Career position - Honorary Research Fellow, Queensland Museum
2011
Award - Queensland Museum Medal
2018
Award - Queensland Natural History Award, Queensland Naturalists' Club

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Published resources

Journal Articles

  • Anon, 'The Queensland Natural History Award, 2018: Dr John Stanisic', Queensland naturalist, 56 (1/2) (2018), 1-2. Details
  • Stanisic, John, 'The Colliver shell collection', Queensland naturalist, 31 (3/4) (1992), 54-7. Details

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