Person
Hopper, Stephen Donald (1951 - )
AC FTSE
- Born
- 18 June 1951
Ballina, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Botanic gardens director and Botanist
Summary
Stephen Hopper is a Western Australian botanist, specialising in plant conservation biology. He is best known for pioneering research leading to positive conservation outcomes in south-west Australia - one of the few temperate-zone global biodiversity hotspots - and for the collaborative description of 300 new plant taxa (eucalypts, orchids, and the kangaroo paw family Haemodoraceae). He is author and co-author of over 250 scientific publications, and 14 books and monographs. For 12 years he was in charge of Kings Park and Botanic Garden (later Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority) before becoming Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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Chronology
- 1973
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Western Australia
- 1977 - 1988
- Career position - Australia's first Flora Conservation Research Officer, Western Australia
- 1978
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Western Australia
- 1988 - 1992
- Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist, Department of Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia
- 1990
- Career event - Fulbright Senior Scholar, University of Georgia and Miller Visiting Research Professor, University of California, Berkeley
- 1991
- Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus praetermissa Brooker & Hopper
- 1992 - 1999
- Career position - Director, Kings Park and Botanic Gardens
- 1995 - 1996
- Career position - President, Royal Society of Western Australia
- 1999 - 2004
- Career position - Chief Executive Officer of the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority, Western Australia
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal - for service to the community
- 2002 - 2005
- Career position - President, Australian Systematic Botany Society
- 2004 - 2006
- Career position - Foundation Professor of Plant Conservation Biology, University of Western Australia
- 2006 - 2012
- Career position - Chief Executive Officer, Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, London
- 2008
- Award - Nancy T. Burbidge Medal, Australian Systematic Botany Society
- 2010
- Award - DSc (honoris causa), University of Western Australia
- 2011
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)
- 2012 -
- Career position - Winthrop Professor of Biodiversity, University of Western Australia.
- 2012
- Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) - for eminent service to as a global science leader in the field of plant conservation biology, particularly in the delivery or world class research programs contributing to the conservation of endangered species and ecosystems
- 2014 - 2016
- Award - ARC Discovery Outstanding Researcher
- 2017
- Award - Honorary Bragg Member, Royal Institution of Australia
Related entries
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Smith, Ailie; Moje, Christine; Rigby, Rebecca, The Study of Australian Eucalypts, eScholarship Research Centre, 2013, http://www.eoas.info/eucalypts/index.html. Details
Journal Articles
- Brooker, M.I.H.; and Hopper, S.D., 'A taxonomic revision of Eucalyptus wandoo, E. redunca and allied species (Eucalyptus series Levispermae Maiden-Myrtaceae) in Western Australia.', Nuytsia, 8 (1) (1991), 1-189. Details
- Brooker, M.I.H.; and Hopper, S.D., 'New series, subseries, species and subspecies of Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae) from Western Australia and from South Australia.', Nuytsia, 9 (1) (1993), 1-68. Details
- Byrne, M and Hopper, SD, 'Granite outcrops as ancient islands in old landscapes: evidence from the phylogeography and population genetics of Eucalyptus caesia (Myrtaceae) in Western Australia.', Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 93 (2008), 177-188. Details
- Clarkson, John, 'Nancy Burbidge Medal [for 2008, awarded to Stephen Hopper]', Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, 136 (2008), 13-5. Details
- Hopper, Stephen, 'Dr M. I. H. (Ian) Brooker AM 2nd June 1934 - 25th June 2016', Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, 168/9 (2016), 54-62. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2082700. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/57980273. Details
- 'Hopper, Stephen Donald (1951-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1514385. Details
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Who We Are: Director (CEO & Chief Scientist) - Professor Stephen D Hopper FLS FTSE., Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2011, http://www.kew.org/about-kew/who-we-are/director-stephen-hopper/. Details
Reviews
- Cunningham, Sophie; and Wilmoth, Peter, Wonder: 175 years of Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (2021)
Hopper, Stephen, Australasian Systematic Botany Society newsletter, 190, (2022), 21-2. Details
See also
- 'List of eucalypts published under this authority using abbreviation search 'Hopper' and family 'Myrtaceae'', Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Australian National Botanic Gardens, 2012, http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni. Details
Christine Moje
Created: 25 July 2012, Last modified: 11 November 2021
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