Robert Poulin is an evolutionary ecologist specialising in the ecology of parasitism. He is a professor of zoology at the University of Otago and a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
Robert Poulin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Canada |
| Academic background | |
| Education | McGill University Université Laval |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Evolutionary ecology |
| Sub-discipline | Parasitism specialist |
| Institutions | University of Otago |
Biography
editRobert Poulin grew up in Canada, taking his bachelor's degree in aquatic biology at McGill University, Montreal and gaining his doctorate at Université Laval, Quebec City. He became a researcher in Quebec.[1] He moved to New Zealand in 1992, where he is a professor of zoology, leading a research group studying the ecology of parasites at the University of Otago.[2]
He has written over 450 peer-reviewed journal papers and at least 25 book chapters.[3] His book Evolutionary Ecology of Parasites has been cited at least 2600 times; his co-written Parasites in food webs: the ultimate missing links has been cited over 1000 times; his The diversity of parasites has been cited over 800 times; his Parasite Biodiversity has been cited over 770 times, while Parasitism and group size in social animals: a meta-analysis and five other papers have each been cited over 500 times; 14 further works have been cited over 300 times each. In all he has been cited over 50,000 times, with an h-index over 112 and an i10-index over 585.[4]
Poulin is married with two sons.[1]
Awards and distinctions
editPoulin became a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2001, and won the New Zealand Association of Scientists' Research Medal the same year.[1] In 2002 he was awarded a James Cook Research Fellowship by the Royal Society Te Apārangi.[1] In 2007 he won the Robert Arnold Wardle Award of the Canadian Society of Zoologists.[1] In 2011 he won the Hutton Medal of the Royal Society of New Zealand.[1] He was awarded the University of Otago's Distinguished Research Medal in 2013.[1]
The North African tortoise pinworm Tachygonetria poulini is named for him,[1] as is the New Zealand parasitic fluke Maritrema poulini,[5] and the parasitic cryptogonimid trematode Siphoderina poulini.[6]
Books
editAuthored
edit- Poulin, R., & Morand, S. (2004). Parasite biodiversity. Smithsonian Books.
- Poulin, R. (2004). Going in circles: the complex transmission routes of parasites. University of Otago.
- Poulin, R. (2011) [1998]. Evolutionary ecology of parasites (2nd ed.). Princeton University Press. (1st ed. Chapman and Hall)
Edited
edit- Poulin, R., Morand, S., & Skorping, A. (Eds.). (2000). Evolutionary Biology of Host-Parasite Relationships: Theory meets Reality. Elsevier.
- Poulin, R. (Ed.). (2002). Parasitology – Parasites in Marine Systems (Supplement, No. 124, Parasitology). Cambridge University Press.
- Morand, S., Krasnov, B. R., & Poulin, R. (Eds.). (2006). Micromammals and macroparasites: From evolutionary ecology to management. Springer.
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h Dougherty, Ian. "The accidental parasitologist". University of Otago Magazine. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Professor Robert Poulin". University of Otago. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ Dougherty, Ian (October 2013). "The accidental parasitologist" (PDF). University of Otago Magazine. pp. 6–8.
- ^ "Robert Poulin". Google Scholar. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ Presswell, Bronwen; Blasco-Costa, Isabel; Kostadinova, Aneta (23 February 2014). "Two new species of Maritrema Nicoll, 1907 (Digenea: Microphallidae) from New Zealand: morphological and molecular characterisation". Parasitology Research. 113 (5): 1641–1656. doi:10.1007/s00436-014-3809-9. PMID 24562817. S2CID 253973754.
- ^ Miller, Terrence; Cribb, Thomas (1 January 2008). "Eight new species of Siphoderina Manter, 1934 (Digenea, Cryptogonimidae) infecting Lutjanidae and Haemulidae (Perciformes) off Australia". Acta Parasitologica. 53 (4). doi:10.2478/s11686-008-0053-4. S2CID 19291276.