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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2017-12-05 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-05-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005943b.htm person Yen Alan Louey AACR2 20 May 1950 20 March 2017 Place of Birth Kew, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Entomologist Invertebrate ecologist Alan Yen was an entomologist and invertebrate ecologist whose research interests ranged from the promotion of habitat preservation of the Gippsland giant earthworm and the potential for insects to become a major source of dietary protein. He was a recognised authority on the systematics and ecology of psyllids. During his 20 years with the National Museum of Victoria Yen was instrumental in the cataloguing of taxa in significant Victorian habitats both as a record of the biota and as a means of measuring environmental health. Other research was on risks associated with wind dispersal of insects. His advocacy led to the inclusion of living arachnids in highly popular Museum displays. Yen was active in the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria for over 30 years being President from 2007 to 2009, and a moving force behind the inauguration of the Terrestrial Invertebrates Group and the 2005 symposium to celebrate the Club's history. His published output included popular guides of Victoria's spiders and scorpions, and Australia's invertebrates. He worked with colleagues to publish the manuscript of the 6th volume of Charles French's Handbook of the destructive insects of Victoria, "lost" for 100 years. 1981 2001 Career position - Curator, Invertebrate Survey Department, National Museum of Victoria 2001 Career position - Associate Professor, La Trobe University 2001 Career position - Research Leader in Invertebrate Sciences, Victorian Department of Primary Industries 2001 2010 Career position - Council Member, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 2002 2013 Career position - Convenor, Terrestrial Invertebrate Group, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria 2005 2007 Career position - Member of Council, Royal Society of Victoria 2007 2009 Career position - President, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Museum Victoria (1998 - )

Curator, Invertebrate Survey Department 1998 - 2017

 Museum of Victoria (1983 - 1998)

Curator, Invertebrate Survey Department 1983 - 1998

 National Museum of Victoria (1858 - 1983)

Curator, Invertebrate Survey Department 1981 - 1983

 The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Inc (1880 - )

President 2007 - 2009

 La Trobe University (1964 - )

Associate Professor 2001 -

 Royal Society of Victoria (1859 - )

Member of Council 2005 - 2007

 Yen, Alan Louey (18500520-20170320)

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 'Yen, Alan Louey', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Yen, Alan Louey Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: The contribution of the Horn Expedition to our knowledge of terrestrial invertebrates in central Australia Yen, Alan L. The contribution of the Horn Expedition to our knowledge of terrestrial invertebrates in central Australia Chipping Norton, N.S.W. Surrey Beatty & Sons 1996 Exploring Central Australia: society, the environment and the 1894 Horn Expedition Morton, S. R. and Mulvaney, D. J. 230-44 Journal Article: McCoy's Prodromus of the zoology of Victoria: an unfinished task Yen, A. L. [and others] McCoy's <span style="font-style:italic">Prodromus of the zoology of Victoria</span>: an unfinished task 2001 The Victorian naturalist 118 6 242-55 Journal Article: Vale Alan Louey Yen 20 May 1950 - 20 March 2017 Vale Alan Louey Yen 20 May 1950 - 20 March 2017 2017 Victorian Entomologist 47 3 63-5 Journal Article: Alan Louey Yen 20 May 1950 - 20 March 2017 Presland, Gary Alan Louey Yen 20 May 1950 - 20 March 2017 2017 The Victorian naturalist 143 3 84-5 Journal Article: Obituary: Alan Louey Yen 20 May 1950 - 20 March 2017 New, Tim and Walker, Ken Obituary: Alan Louey Yen 20 May 1950 - 20 March 2017 2017 Myrmecia: News Bulletin of the Australian Entomological Society 53 2 2-5