Janis Roze

Jānis Arnolds Roze, born in Latvia in 1926, is a herpetologist and Professor of Biology Emeritus of City College and Graduate School of the City University of New York. ^[1] He was professionally associated with the American Museum of Natural History and the United Nations. ^[1] A founder of the International Center for Integrative Studies, ^[1] he published several books and narrated several videos on Creative Evolution. He co-edited What Does it Mean to Be Human. ^[2]

Biography

A short résumé from the "Be Human" film site of The Ecological Institute of Búzios, Atlantic Rain Forest, Brazil: ^[3]

• Fulbright Senior Scholar.
• Co-Director of UASD International Exchange Program of University of New York.
• Advisor at United Nations Center of Science and Technology.
• Member of the expert group of UN for the establishment of a new international order.
• Member of the ICIS (International Center of Integrative Studies), and Elpis Foundation, Argentina.

Published works

Books

• Coral snakes of the Americas: biology, identification, and venoms. Malabar, Florida: Krieger. (1996). ^[4]

Other publications

• On Hallowell's type specimens of reptiles from Venezuela in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. (1958).
• Taxonomic notes on a collection of Venezuelan reptiles in the American Museum of Natural History. (1959).
• La taxonomía y zoogeografía de los ofidios en Venezuela. (1966).
• A check list of the New World venomous coral snakes (Elapidae), with descriptions of new forms. (1967).
• Ciencia y fantasía sobre las serpentes de Venezuela. (1970).
• New species and subspecies of coral snakes, genus Micrurus (Elapidae): with notes on type specimens of several species. American Museum of Natural History Novitates. (1989). ^[5]
• Evolución y magia: el camino del hombre. (2000).

Awards

• Golden medal of merit, Central University of Venezuela.
• National award of Scientific Research of Venezuela. (1962).
• Doctor Honoris Causa, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás. October 18, 2016. ^[6]

Eponyms

A species of worm lizard, Amphisbaena rozei , is named in his honor. ^[1]

References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pages. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Roze, page 228).
2. What Does it Mean to Be Human? : reverence for life reaffirmed by responses from around the world. [edited by] Frederick Franck, Janis Roze and Richard Connoly. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, August 2000. 288 pages. ISBN   978-0-312-27101-5.
3. "JANIS ROZE. BE HUMAN – SER HUMANO – Una serie de documantales para televisión, producidas por el INSTITUTO ECOLOGICO BÚZIOS MATA ATLANTICA, con el soporte de inversores privados, y la cooperación de científicos de UNESCO, del Museo Americano de Historia Natural de New York, y de City University of New York. DESCUBRA EL VERDADERO SIGNIFICADO Y PROPOSITO DE SER HUMANO". Archived from the original on 2007-06-26. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
4. Roze, Janis A (March 26, 1996). Coral snakes of the Americas: biology, identification, and venoms. Krieger. OCLC   28181835 – via Open WorldCat.
5. Roze, Janis A (March 26, 1989). New species and subspecies of coral snakes, genus Micrurus (Elapidae): with notes on type specimens of several species. American Museum of Natural History. OCLC   19687793 – via Open WorldCat.
6. "Universidade concede título de honoris causa ao prof. Janis Roze - PUC Notícias". Archived from the original on 2019-09-27. Retrieved 2025-02-12.