P006169 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2018-12-18 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-02-03 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006169b.htm person Andersen Alan FAA AACR2 Entomologist Alan Andersen is internationally recognised as a leader in research on the global ecology of ant communities, looking at biogeography, systematics, behavioural dominance and functional composition in relation to environmental stress and disturbance. He also is interested in the ecology of tropical savannas, and the ecology and management of fire. For over 20 years he led the CSIRO Tropical Ecosystems Research Centre in Darwin and has been involved in a number of regional conservation initiatives. 1980 1980 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)) Monash University 1985 1985 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Melbourne 1995 2016 Career position - Officer-In-Charge, CSIRO Tropical Ecosystems Research Centre, Darwin 1998 2001 Career position - Member, Management Group, CRC for Sustainable Development of Tropical Savannahs 1999 1999 Career position - Distinguished Visiting Ecologist, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A. 2001 2005 Career position - Member, Management Group, CRC for Tropical Savannahs Management 2001 2006 Career position - Member, Scientific Panel, Queensland fire ant eradication program 2002 2007 Career position - Chair, Christmas Island Crazy Ant Management Steering Committee 2004 2007 Career position - Member, Northern Territory Research and Innovation Board 2006 Career position - Associate Editor, Diversity and distributions 2006 2006 Award - Service Award, Australian Entomological Society 2006 2006 Award - Leadership Award, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems 2007 Career position - Associate Editor, Austral ecology 2007 2010 Career position - Co-Chair, Tiwi Expert Biological Reference Group 2008 Career position - Chair, Christmas Island Crazy Ant Scientific Committee 2009 2009 Award - Charles Darwin Medal for Research and Innovation, Northern Territory Government 2010 2012 Career position - Member, Northern Territory Land and Sea Management Board 2011 Career position - Professorial Fellow, Charles Darwin University 2011 Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Insectes sociaux 2011 Career position - Member, Territory Wildlife Park Biodiversity Conservation Committee 2011 2012 Career position - Member, Local Organising Committee, Oceania Conservation Biology Conference 2012 Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Hot topics in ecology 2013 2013 Award - Outstanding Team Award, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences 2013 2014 Career position - Member, Dhimurru Indigenous Protected Area Advisory Group 2014 Career position - Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Land and Water Flagship 2014 Career position - Member, Australian Wildlife Conservancy Science Advisory Network 2014 2014 Career position - Member, Scientific Committee, Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) Conference, Cairns 2018 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 2024 2024 Award - Ecological Society of Australia Gold Medal Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Elected Fellow 2018

 CRC for Tropical Savannah Management (2001 - 2009)

Member, Management Group 2001 - 2005

 CRC for the Sustainable Development of Tropical Savannahs (1995 - 2001)

Member, Management Group 1998 - 2001

 Australian Entomological Society Inc (1965 - )

Service Award 2006

 Ecological Society of Australia Gold Medal (1983 - )

Awarded the Medal 2024

 'Andersen, Alan', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Andersen, Alan Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: The Academy's Fellows [including profiles and other relevant links] Australian Academy of Science The Academy's Fellows [including profiles and other relevant links] Canberra Australian Academy of Science 2019 Resource: Gold Medal of the Ecological Society of Australia Ecological Society of Australia Gold Medal of the Ecological Society of Australia Windsor, Qld Ecological Society of Australia 2025 Resource: Staff profile: Dr Alan Anderson, Chief Research Scientist Staff profile: Dr Alan Anderson, Chief Research Scientist CSIRO 2019