Person
Horak, Marianne (1944 - )
AO
- Born
- 1944
Glarus, Switzerland - Occupation
- Lepidopterist
Summary
Marianne Horak is considered one of the world's leading experts on southern hemisphere moths, particularly the family Tortricidae. Her research has also focused on the families Pyralidae, Oecophoridae and Bucculatricidae. She has described many new species and several new genera, including Aglaogonia, Atriscripta and Cnecidophora. Horak was a lepidopterist with the Australian National Insect Collection for over 25 years; she retired in 2010 as Head of the Lepidoptera section and is now an Honorary Fellow at the Collection. She is Chief Editor of the Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera series and played a leading role in establishing the website, Australian Moths Online. In 2016 she founded the Australian Lepidoptera Endowment Fund to facilitate studies of Lepidoptera at Australian National Insect Collection.
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Chronology
- 1967 - 1969
- Career event - Fieldwork in New Zealand
- 1970
- Education - MSc, Federal Institute of Technology(ETH), Zürich, Switzerland
- 1971 - 1973
- Career event - Fieldwork, based in Bulolo, Papua New Guinea
- 1982
- Career event - Joined Australian National Insect Collection
- 1983
- Education - PhD, Federal Institute of Technology(ETH), Zürich Switzerland
- 1983 - 1985
- Career position - Visiting Research Fellow, CSIRO Division of Entomology
- 1986 - 1988
- Career position - Post-doctoral Fellow, CSIRO Division of Entomology
- 1988 - 1998
- Career position - Research Scientist (later Senior Research Scientist), CSIRO Division of Entomology
- 1998 - 2010
- Career position - Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Entomology
- 2001 - 2010
- Career position - Head of the Lepidoptera section, Australian National Insect Collection
- 2002 -
- Career position - Editor-in-Chief, Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera
- 2008
- Award - Inaugural J.O. Westwood Medal, Royal Entomological Society, United Kingdom
- 2010 -
- Career position - Honorary Fellow, Australian National Insect Collection
- 2010
- Career event - Retired
- 2016 -
- Career position - Co-founder and benefactor, The Australian Lepidoptera Research Endowment
- 2019
- Award - Karl Jordan Medal, International Lepidopterists Society
- 2022 -
- Career position - Patron, Moths and Butterflies Australasia Inc.
- 2023
- Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to entomology, to taxonomic and phylogenetic research, and to philanthropic endeavours
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Horak, Marianne, Olethreutine moths of Australia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) (Collingwood, Vic.: CSIRO, 2006), 522 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Braby, M. F., Edwards, E. D. and Horak, M., 'Obituary. John Michael Landy AC MBE, 12 April 1930 - 24 February 2022', Moths and Butterflies Australasia Inc. newsletter, 2 (2022), 19-22. Details
- Edwards, Ted and Horak, Marianne, 'John Landy's moth collection donated to ANIC', ANICdotes 10:4-5, 10 (2017), 4-5. Details
- Horak, M., Day, M. F., Barlow, C., Edwards, E. D., Su, Y. N. and Cameron, S. L., 'Systematics and biology of the iconic Australian scribbly gum moths Ogmograptis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae) and their unique insect-plant interaction', Invertebrate systematics, 26 (4) (2012), 357-98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS12022. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Dr Marianne Horak: Officer of the Order of Australia', in It's an Honour, Australian Awards and Honours Secretariat, Australian Government, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, 2023. https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2014253. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 30 November 2023