Person
Cribb, Thomas Henry (Tom) (1960 - )
- Born
- 15 August 1960
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Parasitologist
Summary
Thomas Cribb is recognised as a world authority on trematode systematics. His research interests are in the taxonomy, phylogeny, biodiversity and evolution of digenean trematodes, particularly those of freshwater and marine fishes and native Australian mammals, and co-evolution of the trematodes with their hosts. Cribb has strong international connections through working throughout tropical Indo-Pacific region His research has greatly increased understanding of numbers of these parasitic species; he has described over 300 new species and 65 genera and substantially revised several families. Over 1300 specimens of digenean trematodes from fish from the Great Barrier Reef collected by Cribb are in the collections of the Queensland Museum.
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Chronology
- 1982
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Queensland
- 1986
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Queensland
- 1990 - 1992
- Career position - Queen Elizabeth II Research Fellow, Queensland Museum
- 1992 - 1996
- Career position - Lecturer, Department of Parasitology, University of Queensland
- 1996 - 2001
- Career position - Reader in Helminthology, School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, Centre for Marine Studies, University of Queensland
- 2001 -
- Career position - Associate Professor, School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, Centre for Marine Studies, University of Queensland
- 2002 - 2003
- Career position - President, Australian Society for Parasitology
- 2007
- Award - Bancroft-Mackerras Medal for Excellence, Australian Society for Parasitology
- 2014 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Society for Parasitology
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Angus, B. M.; Cannon, L. G. R.; and Adlard, R. D., 'Parasitology and the Queensland Museum, with Biographical Notes on Collectors', Memoirs of the Queensland Museum: Nature, 53 (2007), 1-156. Details
- Anon, 'Bancroft-Mackerras Medal: Thomas Cribb', Newsletter, Australian Society for Parasitology, 18 (2) (2007), 11. Details
- Anon, '2014 Fellow of the Australian Society for Parasitology: Professor Thomas H. Cribb 26(1):10-11', Newsletter, Australian Society for Parasitology, 216 (1) (2014), 10-11. Details
- Cribb, T. H., 'Living on the Edge: Parasite Taxonomy in Australia', International Journal of Parasitology, 34 (2) (2004), 117-123. Details
- Cribb, Thomas H., 'Retrobulla angelae n.gen. and n.sp. (Digenea: Cryptogonimidae) from the Spangled Perch Leiopotherapon unicolor (Günther, 1859)', Journal of parasitology, 71 (6) (1985), 815-9. https://doi.org/10.2307/3281720. Details
- Cribb, Tom, 'Profile: John Carwadine Pearson', Systematic Parasitology, 27 (1994), 237-8. Details
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