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Biography
Steven L. Chown FAA is Professor of Biological Sciences at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, and Director of Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future, an Australian Research Council Special Research Initiative.
His research mainly concerns biodiversity variation through space and time, and the conservation implications of environmental change, including the means to mitigate it. He co-developed the field of macrophysiology – the investigation of large-scale patterns in and processes underlying physiological variation and their ecological implications. He has worked in Australia, Africa, the Pacific, the UK, and in the broader Antarctic region, where he has over 30 years of field experience.
Owing to his interest in the science-policy interface, for many years he represented the international Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), of which he was also President (2016-2021), at the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings, providing scientific advice on a broad range of environmental and science policy matters.
He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, and an International Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. For his science and policy work in the Antarctic, he has received the South African Antarctic Gold Medal, the inaugural Tinker-Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica, the SCAR Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research, and the French Republic’s Medal of the 30th Anniversary of the Madrid Protocol.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Antarctica
- Biogeography
- Biological invasions
- Climate change
- Ecology
- Entomology
- Insect physiology
- Macrophysiology
- Science-policy
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Terrestrial microbial biodiversity in the Vestfold Hills: structure, drivers, and protection
Greening, C. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Chown, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McGeoch, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Ferrari, B. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/01/20 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Assessing exposure pathways for pathogens causing gastrointestinal infection and antimicrobial resistance acquisition among children living in informal coastal settlements
Leder, K. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Clasen, T. F. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Luby, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McCarthy, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Chown, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Barker, F. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Henry, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Kwong, L. (Chief Investigator (CI))
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Australia)
1/01/20 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Health and economic benefits of environmentally sensitive watercycle management in informal urban settlements
Leder, K. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Brown, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wong, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ramirez, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Chown, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Luby, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Johnston, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Clasen, T. F. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Reidpath, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), El Sioufi, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McCarthy, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Forbes, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Allotey, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cahan, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Simpson, J. A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Greening, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Barker, F. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Henry, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Sinharoy, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ansariadi, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Burge, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Latief, I. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Taruc, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Tela, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Turagabeci, A. R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Winfrey, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Davis, B. (Chief Investigator (CI))
11/07/17 → 11/07/26
Project: Research
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Antarctic tourism: developing knowledge and tools to minimise cumulative impacts on biodiversity and wilderness values in Antarctica
Bastmeijer, K. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Chown, S. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Convey, P. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Lee, J. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Aerts, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bokhorst, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Leung, Y.-F. (Partner Investigator (PI))
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (University of Groningen)
Project: Research
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A meta-analysis of genetic structure in Antarctic species to support conservation decision-making
Chown, S., Baird, H. & Halanych, K.
1/01/20 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Body size shapes song in honeyeaters
Hay, E. M., McGee, M. D., White, C. R. & Chown, S. L., 30 Apr 2024, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 291, 2021, 12 p., 20240339.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Towards integrated cross-sectoral surveillance of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance: Needs, approaches, and considerations for linking surveillance to action
Lappan, R., Chown, S. L., French, M., Perlaza-Jiménez, L., Macesic, N., Davis, M., Brown, R., Cheng, A., Clasen, T., Conlan, L., Goddard, F., Henry, R., Knight, D. R., Li, F., Luby, S., Lyras, D., Ni, G., Rice, S. A., Short, F. & Song, J. & 4 others, , Oct 2024, In: Environment International. 192, 19 p., 109046.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Introduced and invasive alien species of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean Islands
Leihy, R. I., Peake, L., Clarke, D. A., Chown, S. L. & McGeoch, M. A., 11 Apr 2023, In: Scientific Data. 10, 1, 200.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access20 Citations (Scopus) -
Temperature change exerts sex-specific effects on behavioural variation
Brand, J. A., Yee, W. K. W., Aitkenhead, I. J., Martin, J. M., Polverino, G., Chown, S. L., Wong, B. B. M. & Dowling, D. K., 12 Jul 2023, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 290, 2002, 11 p., 20230110.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access7 Citations (Scopus) -
A multi-site method to capture turnover in rare to common interactions in bipartite species networks
Henriksen, M. V., Latombe, G., Chapple, D. G., Chown, S. L. & McGeoch, M. A., Feb 2022, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 91, 2, p. 404-416 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access6 Citations (Scopus)
Press/Media
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Antarctic bacteria live on air and make their own water using hydrogen as fuel
Bob Leung, Steven Chown & Chris Greening
15/11/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research