Person

Veron, John Edward Norwood (Charlie) (1945 - )

Born
1945
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Marine zoologist
Alternative Names
  • Veron, Charlie (Also known as)

Summary

Charlie Veron is a marine zoologist with an international reputation for his research on the taxonomy of corals. He is thought to have discovered approximately 20% of the world's coral species. His discoveries include the Coral Triangle, an area of vast biodiversity encompassing many of the islands and seas of Southeast Asia. Veron is renowned for devising a taxonomic framework for corals now used throughout the world, and for applying the concept of reticulate evolution to marine biology. For many years he worked for the Australian Institute of Marine Science, including a term as Chief Scientist. Among his many publications is the book Corals in space and time: biogeography and evolution of the Scleractinia (1995) which challenged conventional concepts of evolution in corals and other marine invertebrates. Veron is a key contributor to the open-access website on coral taxonomy, biogeography and identification (www.coralsoftheworld.org). He is an outspoken campaigner on environmental issues and the threats to coral reefs and climate change.

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Chronology

1971
Education - PhD, University of New England
1972 - 1974
Career position - Postdoctoral fellow, James Cook University
1974
Career event - Joined the Australian Institute of Marine Science
1996
Award - Silver Jubilee Award, Australiam Marine Sciences Association
2004
Award - Darwin Medal, International Society for Reef Studies

Published resources

Books

  • Bell, Peter; edited by J. E. N. Veron, AIMS: the first twenty-five years (Townsville. Qld: Australian Institute of Marine Science, 1998), 173 pp. Details
  • Veron, J. E. N., Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1993), 644 pp. Details
  • Veron, J. E. N., Corals of the world, 3 vols (Townsville, Qld: Australian Institute of Marine Science, 2000). Details
  • Veron, J. E. N., A reef in time: the Great Barrier Reef from beginning to end (Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press, 2008), 289 pp. Details
  • Veron, J. E. N., A life underwater (Docklands, Vic.: Penguin Random House, 2017), 320 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Veron, Charlie, '1996 AMSA Silver Jubilee Award winner: Charlie Veron', Australian marine science bulletin, 135 (1996), 6-7. Details
  • Veron, J. E. N., 'Reflections', Atoll research bulletin, 494 (6) (2001), 109-17. Details
  • Veron, J. E. N.; and Marsh, L. M., 'Hermatypic corals of Western Australia: records and annotated species list', Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supp. 29 (1988), 1-136. Details

See also

Helen Cohn

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