Prof Andrew Parker PhD

Biography

Employment history

Australian Museum (Sydney) 1990-1999; University of Oxford 1999-2005

 Green Templeton College, Oxford

Qualifications

BSc(Hons); PhD

Information

Awards

Scientist for the New Century, Royal Institution, 2000

External collaborations

MIT: optical biomimetics

Shanghai Jiao Tong University: optical biomimetics

Australian Museum: myodocopid systematics, ecology and evolution

Oxford/Leicester University: Cambrian biology

External committees

HRH The Prince of Wales Accounting for Sustainability

Royal Society committees (various)

Guest lectures

2000-2009, including: MIT, Stanford University, Oxford University, Cambridge University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Hewlett-Packard, Max-Planck Institute, Edinburgh Festival.

Editorial boards

Zoologischer Anzeiger

The Scientific World

Research

Interests

Myodocopid ostracod systematics, biogeography and evolution

Evolution and Ecology of Crustacea

Structural colour

Vision

Biomimetics

Water collecting beetle paper PDF (204.0 KB)

Popular Science

Other

Parker, A.R. In the Blink of an Eye (2003). Simon & Schuster (London)/Perseus Press (Cambridge, USA), 316pp.

Parker, A.R. 2005. Seven Deadly Colours. Simon & Schuster (London). 286pp.

Parker, A.R. 2009. The Genesis Enigma. Transworld (London)/Penguin (USA), 319pp.