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Professor Jonathan Majer
Head, Department of Environmental Biology

Email: J.Majer@curtin.edu.au
Phone: +61 8 9266 7041
Fax: +61 8 9266 2495
Address: Curtin University of Technology,
GPO Box U1987, Perth WA 6845


Curriculum Vitae (Abbreviated)

Degrees and academic distinctions:

  • B.Sc. (Hons) (Bristol)
  • Ph.D. (Ghana)
  • D.I.C., Cert. Ed. (London),
  • F.R.E.S.

Professional affiliations (current):

  • Fellow of the Entomological Society of London
  • Member of the following: Australian Entomological Society, Ecological Society of Australia; British Ecological Society; Association for Tropical Biology; International Union for the Study of Social Insects; Royal Society of Western Australia.

 

Professional employment (outline):

  • 1970-72 Demonstrator in Zoology, University of Ghana.
  • 1973 Lecturer in Biology, Guildford Technical College, U.K.
  • 1975-76 Senior Tutor in Biology, Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT).
  • 1977-81 Lecturer in Animal Biology, WAIT.
  • 1982-90 Senior Lecturer in Animal Biology, WAIT/Curtin University of Technology.
  • Visiting Professor, Federal University of Viçosa, Brasil
  • 1991-8 Associate Professor in Animal Biology, Curtin University of Technology.
  • 1999- Professor and Head of School of Environmental Biology, Curtin University of Technology
  • 2001-2 Head of School of Chemical and Biological Sciences

 

Teaching responsibilities:

  • Animal Biology 102
  • Resource Management 302
  • Invertebrate Animals 201
  • Plant Protection 201
  • Landcare Revegetation 501
  • Ecology 3010
  • Environmental Awareness 102.

 

Research interests:

  • Conservation and ecology of terrestrial invertebrates
  • ant ecology
  • role of animals in land reclamation
  • tropical insect ecology
  • insect-plant interactions
  • insect-vertebrate interactions
  • assessment of arthropod diversity.

Professional affairs:

Australian Entomological Society(National Secretary 1990-1992, Convenor of Conservation Committee. 1995-2002); Editorial Board of Restoration Ecology (1994-present) and Pacific Conservation Ecology (1996-present).

 

Publications:

I have published 2 books, 6 monographs, 41 chapters in refereed books, 97 refereed journal articles, 62 articles in miscellaneous publications, 86 conference papers or abstracts and 7 book reviews. (see full reference list).

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Prof. Jonathan Majer