Person
Collins, Brian Gordon (c. 1937 - )
- Born
- c. 1937
- Occupation
- Zoologist, Physiologist and Ornithologist
Summary
Brian Collins is Dean of Science at Curtin University. He has been on a number of Western Australian government advisory committees, particularly in the area of conservation. His main ornithological interest is in the nectar-feeding birds, especially their foraging behaviour, energetics and importance as pollinators of flowering plants.
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Born ca 1937. Educated University of Melbourne (BSc 1957, DipEd 1958), University of Western Australia (MSc 1971) and Syracuse University (PhD 1975). Science and mathematics teacher, Victorian secondary schools 1959-66; lecturer in biology, Monash Teachers' College 1967; senior lecturer in biology/physiology, Pharmacy Department, Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT) 1968-73; principal lecturer and head, Department of Biology, WAIT / Curtin University of Technology 1974-80, professor and head, School of Environmental Biology, Curtin University of Technology 1981-98, Dean of Science 1999 to date. President, Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union 1989-95; president, Australasian Pollination Ecologists' Society ca 1999.
Published resources
Resources
- 'Collins, B G (1937-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-523685. Details
See also
- Robin, Libby, The Flight of the Emu: a Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901-2001 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2001), 492 pp. Details
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Created: 31 January 2001, Last modified: 9 March 2018
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