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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-02-08 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-02-03 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003160b.htm person Kikkawa Jiro AACR2 15 December 1929 30 May 2016 Place of Birth Japan Ornithologist Jiro Kikkawa, Head of the Department of Zoology, University of Queensland 1980-1988,was well known for his work on silvereyes on the off-shore islands of the Great Barrier Reef and his publications on the biogeography of Australian rainforest birds. He also fostered scientific links between Australia and Japan. In 2018 the Jiro Kikkawa Research Award was inaugurated by Birds Queensland 1950 1950 Education - Degree in marine biology, University of Tokyo, Japan 1950 1953 Career position - Technical Officer, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Japan 1954 1954 Education - Postgraduate study, Kyoto University, Japan 1955 1957 Award - British Council Scholarship for postgraduate study at University of Oxford 1958 1958 Career position - Member of Water Pollution Study Team touring United States 1958 1961 Career position - Teaching Fellow, University of Otago, New Zealand 1961 1964 Career position - Temporary Lecturer, University of New England 1965 1979 Career position - Senior Lecturer (later Reader) in Zoology, University of Queensland 1972 1975 Career position - President, Queensland Ornithological Society 1974 1976 Career position - President, Ecological Society of Australia 1980 1988 Career position - Professor and Head of Department of Zoology, University of Queensland 1986 1986 Award - Ecological Society of Australia Gold Medal 1999 1999 Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for service to ecological research, to conservation and to the ornithology of Australian tropical rainforests 1999 1999 Award - D. L. Serventy Medal, BirdLife Australia D. L. Serventy Medal, BirdLife Australia (1991 - )

Awarded the Medal 1999

 Ecological Society of Australia Gold Medal (1983 - )

Awarded the Medal 1986

 Ecological Society of Australia, Inc (1960 - )

President 1974 - 1976

 The University of Queensland (1910 - )

Professor and Head of Department of Zoology 1980 - 1988

 Kikkawa, Jiro (1929-)

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 'Kikkawa, Jiro', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Kikkawa, Jiro Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Newspaper Article: Kikkawa, Jiro Kikkawa, Jiro 2016 The Courier Mail Edited Book: Conservation biology in Australia and Oceania Moritz, Craig; and Kikkawa, Jiro Conservation biology in Australia and Oceania Chipping Norton, N.S.W. Surrey Beatty & Sons 1994 Edited Book: Australian tropical rainforests : science - values -meaning Webb, L. J.; and Kikkawa, J. Australian tropical rainforests : science - values -meaning Melbourne CSIRO 1990 Review: Historical Records of Australian Science Kikkawa, Jiro 2002 Historical Records of Australian Science 14 2 241-243 Book: The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 Robin, Libby The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2001