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An internationally acclaimed writer, scientist and explorer, Tim Flannery has published more than 130 scientific papers and has written many books, including his recent bestseller on global warming, The Weather Makers: The History & Future Impact of Climate Change.
Professor Flannery was named Australian of the Year 2007 in recognition of his contribution to the environment and other fields.
He writes regularly for The New York Review and the Times Literary Supplement and he has edited and introduced many historical works including The Birth of Sydney and The Birth of Melbourne.
Professor Flannery spent a year as professor of Australian Studies at Harvard, where he taught in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology. His pioneering research as a field biologist in New Guinea prompted Sir David Attenborough to describe him as being in the league of the world's great explorers.
From 1984-1999 he was Principal Research Scientist in Mammalogy at the Australian Museum in Sydney. In 1999, he was appointed Director of the South Australian Museum and a professor at the University of Adelaide.
Professor Flannery is currently Adjunct Professor in the Division of Environmental and Life Sciences at Macquarie University. He is chairman of the SA Premier's Science Council and Sustainability Roundtable, a director of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, and the National Geographic Society's representative in Australasia. He is also an active member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, which reports independently to government on environmental issues of concern to Australians. In 2005, he was honoured as Australian Humanist of the Year.
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