Christopher Dickman

Christopher Dickman FAA
Born	Christopher Richard Dickman 1955 (age 69–70) London, UK
Nationality	Australian
Alma mater	Australian National University
Occupation	Ecologist
Awards	Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science Fellow of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2022) Clarke Medal (2015)
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Sydney

Christopher Richard Dickman is an Australian ecologist specialised in the ecology of small vertebrates in Australia in general, and of marsupials in particular. He is a professor in terrestrial ecology at the School of Life and Environmental Sciences of the University of Sydney, ^[1] and a co-director of its Desert Ecology Research Group.

Recognition

Dickman is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, ^[2] Fellow of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales and fellow of the Zoological Society of India. ^[3] In 2022 he was made an international honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. ^[4]

He has received the Ellis Troughton Memorial Award of the Australian Mammal Society (1980), ^[5] the NSW Science & Engineering Award (2010), ^[6] the Clarke Medal of the Royal Society of New South Wales (2015) ^[7] and a gold medal from the Ecological Society of Australia (2018). ^[8]

Books

As author

• Secret lives of carnivorous marsupials. (Clayton South, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing, 2018), 328 pp. ^[9]
• A Fragile Balance: the Extraordinary Story of Australia's Marsupials. (Fishermans Bend (Vic.) : Craftsman House, 2007), 246 pp. Details ^{[10] [11]}
• A Zoological Revolution: Using Native Fauna to Assist in its Own Survival. (Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales and Australian Museum, 2002), 176 pp. Details

As editor

• A Clash of Paradigms: Community and Research-Based Conservation. (Mosman: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales., 2002), 104 pp. Details
• Desert Channels: The Impulse to Conserve. (Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2010), 352 pp. ^[12]

References

1. Professor Chris Dickman. The Australian National University, Canberra> Accessed October 2024.
2. "Academy of Science awards Sydney scientists with highest honour". The University of Sydney.
3. "Zoological Society of India".
4. "Christopher R. Dickman". amacad.org. 5 October 2024.
5. "Ellis Troughton Memorial Award | the Australian Mammal Society Inc".
6. "Honour Roll". 16 November 2023.
7. "Annual black-tie dinner 2016". The Royal Society of NSW.
8. "Ecology is non-linear – ESA Gold Medal winner Chris Dickman". 27 November 2018.
9. Hamede, Rodrigo (September 2019). "Secret Lives of Carnivorous Marsupials . By Andrew Baker and Chris Dickman. Clayton South (Australia): CSIRO Publishing. AU $140.00. viii + 320 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-1-4863-0514-8. 2018". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 94 (3): 298. doi:10.1086/705064. ISSN   0033-5770.
10. "A Fragile Balance". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 January 2008.
11. Cardillo, Marcel (September 2008). "A Fragile Balance: The Extraordinary Story of Australian Marsupials . By Christopher Dickman and , Rosemary Woodford Ganf; foreword by , Tim Flannery. Chicago (Illinois): University of Chicago Press. $65.00. x + 246 p.; ill.; index. 978-0-226-14630-0. 2007". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 83 (3): 323. doi:10.1086/592663. ISSN   0033-5770.
12. Armstrong, Graeme (December 2012). "Desert Channels: The Impulse to Conserve . LibbyRobin, ChrisDickman and MandyMartin ( eds ). CSIRO Publishing , Collingwood , 2010 . xxii + 330 pp. Price A$59.95 (hardback, also available in paperback). ISBN 9780643097490 ". Austral Ecology. 37 (8). Bibcode:2012AusEc..37E..39A. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2012.02435.x. ISSN   1442-9985.

External links

• Christopher Dickman publications indexed by Google Scholar