Andrew Cockburn (ornithologist)
| Emeritus Professor Andrew Cockburn FAA | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | Monash University |
| Known for | Evolution of bird mating systems |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | ornithology, evolutionary ecology |
| Theses |
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| Doctoral students | Raoul Mulder |
Andrew Cockburn FAA is an Australian ornithologist based at the Australian National University in Canberra. He has worked, and published extensively, on the breeding behaviour of white-winged choughs and superb fairy-wrens. In 2004 he was awarded the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union's D.L. Serventy Medal which recognises excellence in published work on birds in the Australasian region.[3]
In 2001 Cockburn was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)[4] and awarded the Centenary Medal.[5] Since 2014 he has been Emeritus Professor of Evolutionary Ecology and Natural History at the ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment.[6][7]
References
- ↑ Andrew Cockburn (1975) The ecology of the genus pseudomys in Victorian heath communities Honours thesis, Monash University.
- ↑ Andrew Cockburn (1979) The ecology of Pseudomys spp. in south-eastern Australia. PhD thesis, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria.
- ↑ Penny Olsen (2004). D.L. Serventy Medal 2004: Citation. Andrew Cockburn. Emu 104: 297-298.
- ↑ Professor Andrew Cockburn, Fellows elected in 2001, www.science.org.au
- ↑ Centenary Medal, 1 January 2001, It's an Honour. "For service to Australian society and science in botany and zoology".
- ↑ Emeritus Professor Andrew Cockburn, anu.edu.au
- ↑ Andrew Cockburn biography, anu.edu.au
Further reading
- The evolution of virulence and the birth of Darwinian medicine, Frank Fenner's science today and tomorrow, 4 October 2011, Australian Academy of Science
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