P007830 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2025-08-27 human Gavan McCarthy updated 2026-03-24 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007830b.htm corporateBody James Cook University AACR2 JCU 1 January 1998 Start Place Townsville, Queensland, Australia Education University James Cook University (JCU) is a public university in North Queensland, Australia. The second oldest university in Queensland, JCU is a teaching and research institution. The university's main fields of research include environmental sciences, biological sciences, mathematical sciences, earth sciences, agricultural and veterinary sciences, technology and medical and health sciences. It was formerly known as the James Cook University of North Queensland (1970-1997). JCU has campuses in Townsville, Cairns, Mt Isa and other centres. CRC for Aquaculture (1993 - 2000) CRC for Coastal Zone, Estuary and Waterway Management (1999 - 2006) CRC for Ecologically Sustainable Development of the Great Barrier Reef (1993 - 1999) CRC for Sustainable Sugar Production (1995 - 2003) CRC for Sustainable Tourism (1997 - 2010) CRC for The Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (1999 - 2006) CRC for the Sustainable Development of Tropical Savannahs (1995 - 2001) CRC for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management (1993 - 2006) CRC for Tropical Savannah Management (2001 - 2009) James Cook University of North Queensland (1970 - 1997) Carter, Robert Merlin (Bob) (1942 - 2016)

Professor and Head of Department of Geology 1998 - 1999

 Bellwood, David Roy

Professor of Marine Biology 2003 - 2015; Distinguished Professor 2015 -

 Universities Australia (2007 - ) Blair, David (1949 - )

Professor, Department of Zoology, School of Molecular and Biological Sciences 1998 -

 Junk, Peter C.

Nevitt Professor of Chemistry 2012 - ; Distinguished Professor 2021 -

 Crozier, Rossiter Henry (1943 - 2009)

Professor of Evolutionary Genetics, School of Marine and Tropical Biology 2000 - 2009

 Dowe, John Leslie (1951 - )

Botanist (Riparian Floristics & Ecology), Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research 2002 - 2015; Lecturer (Part-time), Tutor and Postgraduate Student Supervisor, School of Tropical Biology 2002 - 2009

 Lach, Lori

Associate Professor 2019 - ; Deputy Director, ARC Plant Biosecurity Training Centre 2023

 Ladds, Philip William (1939 - 2018)

Associate Professor of Pathology, Graduate School of Tropical Veterinary Science 1998

 Leggat, Peter Adrian (1961 - 2023)

Professor 2007 - 2023; Member of Council 2005 - 2018

 Lucas, John S (1940 - 2020)

Personal Chair in Marine Biology 1998 - 2000. He was the first Head of the Department of Aquaculture at JCU

 Marsh, Helene Denise (1945 - )

Professor of Environmental Science and Head of the Department of Tropical Environment Studies and Geography 1998 - 2010; Director, Australian Institute of Marine Studies 2004 - 2008; Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science 2010 -

 Porter, Robert (1932 - )

Planning Dean (Medicine) 1998 -

 Jackes, Betsy Rivers (1935 - )

Professor of Botany 1998 - 2018; Member, Academic Board 1998 - 2000

 Jones, Rhondda Elizabeth (1945 - )

Professor of Zoology 1998 - 2000; Deputy Vicve-Chancellor 1998 - 2000

 Hughes, Terrence Patrick (Terry) (1956 - )

Director, Centre for Coral Reef Biodiversity 2001 - 2004; Distinguished Professor 2009 -

 Berger, Lee (1970 - )

Associate Dean, Research, College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences 2017 - 2018

 'James Cook University', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology James Cook University Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Sir Charles Maurice Yonge Collection James Cook University Library Sir Charles Maurice Yonge Collection James Cook University Library 2018