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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005619b.htm person Whittington Ian David AACR2 19 September 1960 27 October 2014 Place of Birth Birmingham, United Kingdom Place of Death Pasadena, South Australia, Australia Parasitologist Ian Whittington was a recognised internationally as a specialist on monogenean parasites of marine fishes. He pursued innovative studies of whole parasites to understand parasitism in relation to structure, ecology, evolution, behaviour, life history, systematics and taxonomy and that of their hosts. In particular he used monogenean parasites as models to examine events at host-parasite interface, to draw conclusions as to how parasite larvae recognise their hosts and choose specific sites in/on their hosts. During 15 years at the University of Queensland he built and led the Monogenean Research Laboratory, the only Australian research team working on this group of fish parasites. Whittington made many overseas trips to further study monogeneans and led 40 major research projects to completion. In 2002 he was appointed jointly to the Department of Zoology, University of Adelaide, and Head of the Parasitology Section, South Australian Museum. International journals for which he served on editorial boards include Systematic Parasitology, Folia Parasitologica, Journal of Natural History and Acta Parasitologica. Whittington donated Monogenea specimens to both the Australian Helminthological Collection at the South Australian Museum and the Queensland Museum. 1982 1982 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of East Anglia 1986 1986 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of East Anglia 1987 1987 Life event - Migrated to Australia 1987 1989 Career position - Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Parasitology, University of Queensland 1990 1992 Award - Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship, Department of Parasitology, University of Queensland 1993 1996 Career position - Lecturer, Department of Parasitology, University of Queensland 1996 1999 Career position - Director, Heron Island Research Station, University of Queensland 1997 2002 Career position - Senior Lecturer, Department of Parasitology, University of Queensland 2002 2006 Career position - Senior Research Scientist, University of Adelaide 2002 2012 Career position - Head of Parasitology Section, South Australian Museum 2006 2014 Career position - Principal Research Scientist and Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Adelaide 2012 2014 Career position - Head of Biological Science, South Australian Museum 2015 2015 Award - Fellow (posthumous), Australian Society for Parasitology The University of Adelaide (1874 - 2026)

Principal Research Scientist and Associate Professor Department of Zoology 2006 - 2014

 South Australian Museum (1940 - )

Head of the Parasitology Section 2002 - 2012; Head of Biological Science 2012 - 2014

 Australian Society for Parasitology Inc (1964 - )

Elected Fellow, 2015 (posthumous)

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 'Whittington, Ian David', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Whittington, Ian David Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Parasitology and the Queensland Museum, with Biographical Notes on Collectors Angus, B. M.; Cannon, L. G. R.; and Adlard, R. D. Parasitology and the Queensland Museum, with Biographical Notes on Collectors 2007 Memoirs of the Queensland Museum: Nature 53 1-156 Journal Article: Associate Professor Ian David Whittington (1960 - 2014) Hutson, K. S.; and Chisholm, L. A. Associate Professor Ian David Whittington (1960 - 2014) 2014 Australian Marine Science Bulletin 195 35-6