Antony Underwood

Antony Underwood
Born1947 (age 76–77)
OccupationEcologist

Antony James (Tony) Underwood FAA (born 1947) is an Australian ecologist.[1][2]

Underwood was born in England in 1947. He studied at the University of Bristol: getting a BSc(first class honours) in 1968, a PhD in 1971, and a DSc in 1985. In 1972 he joined the University of Sydney as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, where he remained for the duration of his career.

He is the founder and a former director of the ARC Special Research Centre on Ecological Impacts of Coastal Cities at the University of Sydney.[1] Tony has written extensively about the processes that cause patterns of distribution and abundance in organisms in coastal habitats. In 1985 he received a D.Sc. from the University of Bristol.[3]

Tony is now an Emeritus Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Sydney.[4]

Although formally retired, Tony is still actively writing and thinking about experimental ecology.

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Underwood, Antony James (Tony) (1947 - )". Encyclopedia of Australian Science. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  2. ^ Chapman, Gee; Gray, John (2006). "Tony Underwood: A Short Biography". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 328 (2): 153–163. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2006.06.017. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  3. ^ ISI Web of Knowledge Archived 19 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ http://sydney.edu.au/science/bio/eicc/our_people/research_fellows/tony_underwood.shtml
Awards
Preceded by Clarke Medal
1987
Succeeded by