Person
Whittington, Ian David (1960 - 2014)
- Born
- 19 September 1960
Birmingham, United Kingdom - Died
- 27 October 2014
Pasadena, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Parasitologist
Summary
Ian Whittington was a recognised internationally as a specialist on monogenean parasites of marine fishes. He pursued innovative studies of whole parasites to understand parasitism in relation to structure, ecology, evolution, behaviour, life history, systematics and taxonomy and that of their hosts. In particular he used monogenean parasites as models to examine events at host-parasite interface, to draw conclusions as to how parasite larvae recognise their hosts and choose specific sites in/on their hosts. During 15 years at the University of Queensland he built and led the Monogenean Research Laboratory, the only Australian research team working on this group of fish parasites. Whittington made many overseas trips to further study monogeneans and led 40 major research projects to completion. In 2002 he was appointed jointly to the Department of Zoology, University of Adelaide, and Head of the Parasitology Section, South Australian Museum. International journals for which he served on editorial boards include Systematic Parasitology, Folia Parasitologica, Journal of Natural History and Acta Parasitologica. Whittington donated Monogenea specimens to both the Australian Helminthological Collection at the South Australian Museum and the Queensland Museum.
Details
Chronology
- 1982
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of East Anglia
- 1986
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of East Anglia
- 1987
- Life event - Migrated to Australia
- 1987 - 1989
- Career position - Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Parasitology, University of Queensland
- 1990 - 1992
- Award - Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship, Department of Parasitology, University of Queensland
- 1993 - 1996
- Career position - Lecturer, Department of Parasitology, University of Queensland
- 1996 - 1999
- Career position - Director, Heron Island Research Station, University of Queensland
- 1997 - 2002
- Career position - Senior Lecturer, Department of Parasitology, University of Queensland
- 2002 - 2006
- Career position - Senior Research Scientist, University of Adelaide
- 2002 - 2012
- Career position - Head of Parasitology Section, South Australian Museum
- 2006 - 2014
- Career position - Principal Research Scientist and Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Adelaide
- 2012 - 2014
- Career position - Head of Biological Science, South Australian Museum
- 2015
- Award - Fellow (posthumous), 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
- Hutson, K. S.; and Chisholm, L. A., 'Associate Professor Ian David Whittington (1960 - 2014)', Australian Marine Science Bulletin, 195 (2014), 35-6. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21337545. Details
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Last modified: 10 August 2016