Walker, Brian Harrison (1940 - )

Summary

Brian Walker has made significant contributions to the area of ecology and agriculture. He has been a member of boards, committees and other scientific and research organisation across the globe from China to Africa. In addition Brian Walker served as Chief of the CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology.

Details

"Brian Walker is an ecologist at the forefront of the inter-disciplinary area of resilience in complex adaptive systems. His major contributions have been his pioneering studies of the functional significance of biodiversity, understanding the dynamics of ecosystems that exhibit alternate stable states, and his novel insights into the resilience of linked social-ecological systems. He has an outstanding record of scholarship and international and national science leadership across multiple disciplines." [from https://www.science.org.au/profile/brian-walker 24.4.2021]

Chronology

1961

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc)(Agriculture), University of Natal, South Africa

1964 - 1968

Award - Canadian Commonwealth Scholar

1966

Education - MSc (Plant Ecology), University of Saskatchewan, Canada

1968

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Plant Ecology, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

1969 - 1975

Career position - Lecturer(later Senior Lecturer), Division of Biological Sciences, University of Rhodesia

1971

Award - Charles Bullard Research Fellow, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

1975 - 1983

Career position - Director, Centre for Resource Ecology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

1975 - 1985

Career position - Professor, Department of Botany, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

1983 - 1985

Career position - Head of Department of Botany, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

1985 - 1987

Career position - Chief, CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Rangelands Research

1986

Award - Distinguished Graduate in Agriculture Award, University of Saskatchewan 75th Anniversary of the College of Agriculture

1987 - 1990

Career position - Member, Special Committee for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)

1987 - 1994

Career position - Member, IUCN Commission on Ecology

1987 - 1996

Career position - Member, Australian Committee for UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Programme

1987 - 1998

Career position - Member, National Committee for the IGBP (Australia)

1987 - 1999

Career position - Chief, CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology

1989 - 1993

Career position - Member, Australian Endangered Species Advisory Committee

1990 - 1996

Career position - Member, Scientific Committee of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme of ICSU

1990 - 1997

Career position - Chairman, Scientific Steering Committee of the IGBP core project on Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems

1991

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE)

1992 - 1999

Career position - Member of the Board, CRC for Biological Control of Vertebrate Pest Popultions Control

1993 - 1999

Career position - Member of the Board, CRC for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management

1995 - 1999

Career position - Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University

1995 - 1999

Career position - Member of the Board, CRC for the Sustainable Development of Tropical Savannas

1998 - 2000

Career position - Member of the Board, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

1999

Award - Ecological Society of Australia Gold Medal

2000 -

Career position - Member, Beijer International Institute for Ecological Economics

2000 - 2003

Career position - Chair of the Board, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

2000 - 2006

Career position - Scientist, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems

2000 - 2008

Career position - Science Program Director, The Resilience Alliance

2000 - 2014

Career position - Chairman of the Board, The Resilience Alliance

2001

Award - Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry.

2001

Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in ecology

2004

Award - Sustainability Award (jointly), Ecological Society of America

2006 -

Career position - Hon. Research Fellow, CSIRO Land and Water Flagship

2006 - 2010

Career position - Member, International Scientific Council for the Knowledge Systems for Innovation Program, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands

2006 - 2012

Career position - Board Member, Australia 21

2007

Award - Fellow, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

2007

Award - Joint recipient, Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

2008 -

Career position - Research Fellow, The Stockholm Resilience Centre, University of Stockholm

2008 -

Career position - Hazard and Risk Science Base Project, Beijing Normal University, China - Member of the 'Core International Experts'

2008 - 2012

Career position - Advisory Board member, Institute of Applied Ecology, University of Canberra

2010 - 2019

Career position - Chairm Advisory Board, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies

2013 -

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

2018

Award - Blue Planet Prize, Asahi Glass Foundation

2020

Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - for distinguished service to science, partuicularly to ecosystem ecology and research, and to professional scientific bodies

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Published resources

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4965557. Details
• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/46838358. Details
• Brian Harrison Walker - Curriculum Vitae, Curriculum Vitae, http://people.csiro.au/~/media/People%20Finder/W/B/Brian-Walker/B%20Walker%20CV-June%202015.ashx. Details

Resource Sections

• 'Dr Brian Walker', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), http://people.csiro.au/W/B/Brian-Walker. Details