Person

Jones, Rhondda Elizabeth (1945 - )

AM FTSE

Born
2 November 1945
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation
Entomologist and University Administrator

Summary

Rhondda Jones is an entomologist whose interests include biological modelling, biostatistics, population ecology, animal behaviour and health. Between 1985 and 2000 she was Professor of Zoology at the James Cook University of North Queensland (and its successor, the James Cook University), also being Head of the School of Biological Sciences and Deputy Vice-Chancellor. Jones was President of the Australian Antomological Society from 1994 to 1996.

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Chronology

1971 - 1972
Career position - Experimental Officer in the Division of Entomology at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
1973 - 1975
Career position - Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Animal Resource Ecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
1975 - 1976
Career position - Research Entomologist (Cotton agro-ecosystems), University of California Davis, U.S.A.
1977 - 1984
Career position - Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in zoology at James Cook University of North Queensland
1985 - 1994
Career position - Head, Department of Zoology,James Cook University of North Queensland
1985 - 1997
Career position - Professor of Zoology, James Cook University of North Queensland
1987 - 1988
Career position - Chair, Academic Bhoard, James Cook University of North Queensland
1989 - 1998
Career position - Board Member, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
1991 - 1994
Career position - Head (joint), School of Biological Sciences, James Cook University of North Queensland
1992
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
1993 - 1995
Career position - Education Program Leader, CRC for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management
1993 - 1998
Career position - Chair, Editorial Board, Australian journal of zoology
1993 - 2003
Career position - Director, Sugar Research and Development Corporation
1994 - 1996
Career position - President, Australian Entomological Society
1995 - 1997
Career position - Director, JCU Technologies, James Cook University of North Queensland
1995 - 1997
Career position - Deputy Vice-Chancellor, James Cook University of North Queensland
1996 - 1998
Career position - Board Member, CRC for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management
1998 - 2000
Career position - Deputy Vice-Chancellor, James Cook University
1998 - 2000
Career position - Professor of Zoology, James Cook University
1998 - 2001
Career position - Director, JCU Technologies, James Cook University
2001 -
Career position - Emeritus Professor, James Cook University
1 Jan 2001
Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in environmental science
2001 - 2002
Career position - Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Central Queensland University
2020
Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for significant service to tertiary education administration, to science, and to tropical health

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Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regularly edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Books

  • Bhathal, Ragbir, Profiles, Australian women scientists (Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1999), 191 pp. Details
  • Kitching, R. L. and Jones, R. E., The ecology of pests: some Australian case histories (Melbourne: CSIRO, 1981), 254 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Jones, R. E., 'Movement patterns and egg distribution in cabbage butterflies', Journal of aminal ecology, 46 (1) (1977), 195-212. Details
  • Kemp. Darrell J. and Jones, Rhondda E., 'Phenotypic plasticity in field populations of the tropical butterfly Hypolimnas bolina (L.) (Nymphalidae)', Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 72 (1) (2001), 33-45, https://doi.org/10.1006/bij1.2000.0484. Details

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See also

  • Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Handbook 2001 (Victoria: Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 2001), 271 pp. Details
  • Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details

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