Person
Dyce, Alan Lindsay (1923 - 2019)
- Born
- 6 September 1923
Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 4 January 2019
Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Entomologist
Summary
Alan Dyce was known as Australia's foremost veterinary vector entomologist. Most of his career was spent with CSIRO, much of it spent at the Division of Animal Health McMaster Laboratory in Sydney. With colleagues Harry Standfast and Toby St George he revolutionised veterinary arbovirus research in Australia. They pioneered methods, now widely used, of collecting, feeding and identifying midges and mosquitoes for virus isolation studies. This work led to the National Arbovirus Monitoring Program which maps the distribution of livestock arboviruses and their vectors in Australia. Dyce also studied the taxonomy of Australian Culicoides and wrote a revision of Australian sandflies (Phlebotominae). His research extended to the Culicoides of the Americas and Southeast Asia.
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Chronology
- c. 1941 - 1945
- Career position - Served with the Royal Australian Navy
- 1953 - 1961
- Career position - Research officer, CSIRO Wildlife Survey
- 1961 - 1963
- Career position - Entomologist, F. D. McMaster Laboratory, CSIRO
- 1963 - 1991?
- Career position - Entomologist, CSIRO McMaster Laboratory
- 2004
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to science through research contributing to understanding of the taxonomy, biology and behaviour of a wide range of flies that affect native animals, livestock and humans
- 2008
- Award - Australian Medal for Agricultural Science, Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Bellis, G.; and Muller, M., 'Alan Dyce 6 September 1923 - 4 January 2019', Myrmecia: News Bulletin of the Australian Entomological Society, 55 (3) (2019), 4-6, https://doi.org/10.1111/aen.12356. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 31 May 2022