Christopher R. Dickman

Christopher Richard Dickman is an Australian ecologist specialised in the ecology of small vertebrates in Australia in general, and of marsupials in particular. He is an Emeritus professor in terrestrial ecology at the School of Life and Environmental Sciences of the University of Sydney, and a co-director of its Desert Ecology Research Group.

Recognition Dickman is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, Fellow of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales and fellow of the Zoological Society of India. In 2022 he was made an international honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

He has received the Ellis Troughton Memorial Award of the Australian Mammal Society (1980), the NSW Science & Engineering Award (2010), the Clarke Medal of the Royal Society of New South Wales (2015) and a gold medal from the Ecological Society of Australia (2018).

Books As author Secret lives of carnivorous marsupials. (Clayton South, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing, 2018), 328 pp. A Fragile Balance: the Extraordinary Story of Australia's Marsupials. (Fishermans Bend (Vic.) : Craftsman House, 2007), 246 pp. Details A Zoological Revolution: Using Native Fauna to Assist in its Own Survival. (Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales and Australian Museum, 2002), 176 pp. Details

As editor A Clash of Paradigms: Community and Research-Based Conservation. (Mosman: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales., 2002), 104 pp. Details Desert Channels: The Impulse to Conserve. (Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2010), 352 pp.