Inaugural Jiro Kikkawa Memorial Lecture & Student Prize Giving

Event Details

Date:

Wednesday, 03 October 2018

Time:

6:45 pm - 8:00 pm

Room:

Room 200 GHD Auditorium, Advanced Engineering Building (49)

URL:

http://bit.ly/kikkawa2018

Event category(s):

Full Description:: Please join us to honour the legacy of Professor Jiro Kikkawa, the beloved Head of the Department of Zoology at the University of Queensland between 1980-1988. Jiro Kikkawa is well known for his outstanding work on silvereyes on the off-shore islands of the Great Barrier Reef and his publications on the biogeography of Australian rainforest birds.

The inaugural lecture, Saving Nature in Places that Matter, will be presented by Professor Stuart Pimm, a world leader in the study of present day extinctions from Duke University, USA.