Barry Brook (scientist)
| Barry Brook | |
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 Prof. Barry W. Brook |
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| Nationality |  Australia |
| Fields | Environment, Energy |
| Institutions | University of Adelaide |
Barry William Brook (born 28 February 1974, in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian scientist. He is a professor in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Adelaide, where he holds the Sir Hubert Wilkins Chair of Climate Change. He is also Director of Climate Science at the Environment Institute. He has a B.Sc.(Hons I) and Ph.D. from Macquarie University. He is a member of the South Australian Premier's Climate Change Council, Premier's Science and Research Council and the not-for-profit Science Council for Global Initiatives.
He has published three books and over 170 peer-reviewed scientific papers, and regularly writes opinion pieces and popular articles for the media. He is known for his work in ecological systems models, conservation biology and climate change impacts. He is a strong advocate for nuclear power as a sustainable energy source, especially the Integral Fast Reactor.[1] His most recent book is Why vs Why: Nuclear Power.
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[edit] Personal
Brook has lived in Melbourne, Sydney, Darwin, Kyoto (Japan) and currently resides in Adelaide.
[edit] Awards and Prizes
2010: Community Science Educator of the Year, Science Excellence awards [2]
2007: Cosmos Bright Sparks Award: One of the top 10 young scientists in Australia [3]
2007: H.G. Andrewartha Medal: Royal Society of SA. Awarded for outstanding research by a scientist under 40 years (any discipline) [4]
2006: Fenner Medal: Australian Academy of Science. Awarded for distinguished research in biology by a scientist under 40 years [5]
2006: Edgeworth David Medal: Royal Society of NSW. Awarded for outstanding research by a scientist under 35 years (any discipline) [6]
1999: Australian Flora Foundation Prize, Australian Flora Foundation [7]
[edit] Selected bibliography
- Why vs Why: Nuclear Power. Brook, B.W. & Lowe, I. (2010) Pantera Press, ISBN 978-0-9807418-5-8
- Synergies among extinction drivers under global change. Brook, B.W., Sodhi, N.S. & Bradshaw, C.J.A. Trends Ecol Evol (2008) 23: 453-460
- Catastrophic extinctions follow deforestation in Singapore. Brook, B.W., Sodhi, N.S., & Ng, P.K.L. Nature (2003) 424: 420-423.
- Predictive accuracy of population viability analysis in conservation biology. Brook, B.W., O'Grady, J.J., Chapman, A.P., Burgman, M.A., Akçakaya, H.R., & Frankham, R. Nature (2000) 404: 385-387
- Southeast Asian Biodiversity in Crisis, Sodhi, N.S., Brook, B.W. (2006) Cambridge University Press, London, UK. ISBN 978-0-521-83930-3, 212 p.
- Tropical Conservation Biology, Sodhi, Navjot S., Barry W. Brook and Corey J. A. Bradshaw (2007) Wiley-Blackwell, ISBN 978-1405150736
[edit] References
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[edit] External links
- Barry Brook's University of Adelaide Home Page
- BraveNewClimate - Barry Brook's climate and sustainable energy blog
