Person
Rohde, Klaus (1932 - )
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- Born
- 30 March 1932
Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany - Occupation
- Parasitologist
Summary
Klaus Rohde is known particularly for his work on the evolutionary ecology, zoogeography and phylogeny of marine parasites. This includes hypotheses on latitudinal gradients in species diversity, niche theory, the phylogeny of Platyhelminthes, and the taxonomy of trematodes and monogeneans. He was the first to supply quantitative evidence for the enormous species diversity of marine parasites in tropical (coral reef) waters, and for differences in latitudinal gradients between endo- and ectoparasites. He is a member of the editorial boards of Acta Parasitologica and Folia Parasitologica. Over 2,200 specimens of monogenean parasites of fishes collected by Rohde were donated to Queensland Museum in 1998. The genera Rohdea Kabata (1992) and Rohdella Deblock (2001) and numerous species were named in his honour.
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Chronology
- 1957
- Education - PhD, University of Münster, Germany
- 1960 - 1967
- Career position - Lecturer in Zoology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur
- 1966 - 1967
- Career position - President, Malaysian Society of Parasitology
- 1968 - 1970
- Career position - Research Fellow, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
- 1970 - 1972
- Career position - Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Parasitology, University of Queensland
- 1972
- Career position - Reader in Zoology, University of Khartoum, Sudan
- 1973 - 1976
- Career position - Director, Heron Island Research Station, Queensland
- 1975
- Award - DSc, University of Queensland
- 1976 - 1978
- Career position - Lecturer, Department of Zoology, University of New England
- 1978 - 1993
- Career position - Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, University of New England
- 1979 - 1984
- Career position - Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Parasitology
- 1985
- Award - Fellow, Institute of Biology
- 1987
- Award - Fellow, Australian Institute of Biology
- 1987
- Career position - Visiting Professor, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
- 1989
- Award - Fellow, Australian Society for Parasitology
- 1993 - 2001
- Career position - Professor (Personal Chair), Department of Zoology, University of New England
- 1994 -
- Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Acta Parasitologica
- 1994 -
- Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Folia Parasitologica
- 1996
- Award - Clarke Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales
- 1996
- Award - University of New England Vice-Chancellor's inaugural award for excellence in science
- 2001
- Career position - Professor Emeritus, University of New England
- 2022 -
- Award - Distinguished Fellow, International Biogeography Society
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Angus, B. M.; Cannon, L. G. R.; and Adlard, R. D., 'Parasitology and the Queensland Museum, with Biographical Notes on Collectors', Memoirs of the Queensland Museum: Nature, 53 (2007), 1-156. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q119654. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/102430904. Details
- 'Rohde, Klaus (19320330-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617371. Details
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Last modified: 10 August 2023