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Steven Chown

Professor

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6069-5105
1989 …2025

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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.

 

Research area keywords

  • Antarctica
  • Biogeography
  • Biological invasions
  • Climate change
  • Ecology
  • Entomology
  • Insect physiology
  • Macrophysiology
  • Science-policy

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):

  1. SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
    SDG 2 Zero Hunger
  2. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  3. SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
    SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
  4. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  5. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  6. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  7. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  8. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water
  9. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land

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  • How does glacier retreat threaten mountain biodiversity?

    Mackintosh, A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Chown, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Shaw, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Davies, B. J. (Partner Investigator (PI)), McKenna, D. D. (Partner Investigator (PI)) & Hock, R. (Partner Investigator (PI))

    1/08/25 → 30/07/28

    Project: Research

  • SAEF: Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future – An Evidence-Based, Informatics Approach

    Chown, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Robinson, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wilson, K. A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Mackintosh, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McGeoch, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bode, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Helmstedt, K. J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McGregor, H. V. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Arblaster, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Duffy, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Greening, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Henley, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Siems, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cressie, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kaye, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Barthelemy, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Zammit-Mangion, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Dunbabin, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Gonzalez, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Mengersen, K. L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Strugnell, J. M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cassey, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Clark, G. F. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Terauds, A. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Stark, J. S. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Hua, Q. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Meredith, K. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Stevens, M. I. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Wilson, N. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Smith, J. (Partner Investigator (PI)), McLennan, S. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Lim, E. (Partner Investigator (PI)), DeConto, R. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Brooks, C. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Cowan, D. A. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Charman, D. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Maclean, I. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Bollar, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Barbour, M. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Fraser, C. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Flexas, J. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Zuniga, G. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Olalla-Tarraga, M. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Balco, G. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Norton, K. P. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Njåstad, B. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Vaughan, D. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Kessick, M. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Lynnes, A. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Adams, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McCormack, F. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wheeler, M. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Weller, J. (Project Manager), Selwyn Jones, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Whitmore, R. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Fülöp, R.-H. (Partner Investigator (PI)), McLennan, S. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Amirghasemi, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Rhodes, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lappan, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Janion-Scheepers, C. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Liggett, D. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Wege, M. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Henley, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Suter, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Greve, M. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Kleshnina, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lee, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Waterman, M. (Chief Investigator (CI))

    La Trobe University, University of Sydney, University of Cape Town

    19/05/20 → 14/06/30

    Project: Research

  • 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 → 31/12/26

    Project: Research

  • 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. (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. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Winfrey, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Davis, B. (Chief Investigator (CI))

    11/07/17 → 31/12/26

    Project: Research

  • 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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