Curriculum Vitae
MICHAEL J. TYLER A.O.

Marital status:		     Married with three independent children

Tertiary qualifications:	     M.Sc. (Adel.) 1974, D.Sc. (Adel.) 2002

Occupational history:

•	Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Adelaide, 2002 –
•	Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Adelaide, 1984 - 2001
•	Senior Lecturer, Department of Zoology, University of Adelaide, 1979 - 83
•	Lecturer, Department of Zoology, University of Adelaide, 1975 – 78
•	Laboratory staff, Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Adelaide, 1961 - 74.  Final position - Laboratory Manager, 1971 - 74.

Distinctions:

•	Ig Nobel  Prize for Biology – 2005
•	Knight of  the Sovereign Order of St John of Jerusalem - 2002
•	Riversleigh Medal - 1998 (for contributions to Australian Palaeontology)
•	Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1998
•	 Michael Daley Eureka Prize for Science Communication - 1997
•	 Officer of the Order of Australia (A.O.) - 1995 (for contributions to Zoology).
•	 City of Adelaide, Australia Day Citizen of the Year - 1993 (for contributions to the community).
•	 Fellow, Australian Institute of Biology - 1988
•	 Australian Natural History Medallion - 1980 (for contributions to Australian Natural History)
•	 Sir Joseph Verco Medal - 1980 (for contributions to herpetology).

External Research Awards:

A.R.G.C.			1976 - 82	Evolution of Australian Frogs
A.R.G.S.			1983 - 85	Gastric Brooding Frog:  with Prof. D. Shearman et al.
				1983 - 84	Evolution of Australian frogs:  with Dr M. Davies 
A.R.C.				1988 - 93	Tertiary frogs of Queensland
				1988 - 91	Frog development:  with Dr M. Davies
				1993 - 95	Systematics of Australopapuan frogs:  with Dr M. 							  Davies, Dr S. Donnellan and Dr G.F. Watson
				1994 - 96	Skin Secretions of frogs:  with Professor J. Bowie
				1996		Cane Toad repellent
A.B.R.S.			1974 - 75	Systematics of Australian frogs
Utah Foundation		1977		Frogs of Kimberley
				1979		Frogs of Kimberley
				1981		Gastric Brooding Frog:  joint grant with Professor 							  D. Shearman
Anti-Vivisection Union		1980		Tadpoles as environmental monitoring organisms	
Dept. of Environment		1978 - 80	Frogs and macroinvertebrates as uranium monitoring
and Housing				 	 organisms:  joint grant with Prof. W.D. Williams	
				1981		Abnormality survey	
				1981 - 82	Frog feeding study	
ANZAAS			1970 &1996	Travel grant	
Society for Study of 		1977		USA travel award		
Amphibians and Reptiles	
National Heart Foundation	1978		Renin-angiotensin study in frogs:  joint grant with							 Dr G.C. Scroop
S.A. Museum			1965 &1970	Travel awards
				1977		Overseas travel grant supplement
Kidney Foundation		1978		Renal renin study in frogs:  joint grant with Dr G.C.					             	 Scroop
Savings Bank of SA		1982		Gastric Brooding Frog
Rotary Club of			1982		Gastric Brooding Frog
North Adelaide		1993		Frog peptides
Rotary Club of 				
West Adelaide			1987		Field studies in N.T.
Rotary Club of					
East Adelaide		1993	General studies
Mark Mitchell Foundation 	1966		Overseas travel grant									1977		Publication subsidy
				1982		Gastric Brooding Frog
				1984		Publication subsidy
				1987		Field studies in N.T.
				1992		Publication subsidy
Pacific Express 		1983		Travel grant
Travel Award	
Science & Industry		1970		USA travel award
Endowment Fund
Royal Society of S.A.		1971		Research grant
Australian National 		1971		Travel grant
University
Wildlife Fund			1989		Research grant
Australian Conservation	1988		Travel grant
Foundation
Australian Geographic	1988		Research grant
National Academy of 		1990		Travel grant
Science, USA.	
Mount Isa Mines		1994		Field studies in N.T.
Holdings Ltd.	
Australian Government/	1994 - 1999	Mosquito repellent
Hamilton Laboratories
Torrens Catchment Board	1998 - 1999	Research grant
Environment Protection	1998 - 1999	Research grant
Authority
Rotary Club of 		1998 - 1999	Publication subsidy
Kidman Park
Torrens Catchment Board	1999		Vacation scholarship
Environment Protection 	1999		Research grant
Agency 
National Parks Foundation	2002		Research grant
World Wildlife Fund		2003		Research grant

Publications:

A.	Books
1.	‘Frogs of South Australia.’  South Australian Museum Board, 1966.
2.	‘Frogs.’  William Collins, 1976.
3.	‘Frogs of South Australia.’  (Revised Edition).  South Australian Museum Board, 1977.
4.	‘Amphibians of South Australia.’  Handbooks Committee, Adelaide.  1978.
5.	‘Frogs.’  (Revised Edition).  William Collins, 1982.
6.	‘Frogs of  Western Australia.’  (with L.A. Smith & R.E. Johnstone).  Western Australian Museum.  1984.
7.	‘There’s a frog in my stomach.’  William Collins.  1984.
8.	‘Frogs of the Northern Territory.’  (with M. Davies).  Conservation Commission of  N.T. 1986.
9.	‘An introduction to frogs.’  Horwitz Grahame.  1987,  USA Edition 1989.
10.	‘An introduction to frogs.’  (Revised U.K. edition).  1989.
11.	‘Australian Frogs.’  Viking O’Neil.  1989.
12.	Encyclopaedia of Australian Animals ‘Frogs.’  Collins, Angus & Robertson.  1992.
13.	‘Earthworms.’  Ashton Scholastic.  1992.
14.	‘Natural History Museums.  Behind the scenes.’  Ashton Scholastic.  1992.	
15.	‘Frogs of Western Australia.’  (with L.A. Smith & R.E. Johnstone).  Western Australian Museum.  (Revised edition).  1994.
16.	‘Australian Frogs. A natural history.’  Reed.  1994; Cornell University Press. 1997; New Holland Publishers.  1999.
17.	‘A field guide to Australian frogs.’  (with J. Barker & G. Grigg).  Surrey Beatty.  1995, reprinted 1999.
18.	Encyclopaedia of Australian Animals ‘Frogs.’  Revised CD-ROM edition.  Webster.  1995.
19.	‘Frogs as Pets.  The Australian Green Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea).’  Graphic Print Group, Adelaide.  1996.
20.	‘Frogs’, Mondo, New York.  Revised edition.  1997.
21.	‘Frogs of Western Australia’.  (with L.A. Smith & R.E. Johnston) 3rd Revised Edition 1999.
22.	‘It’s true. Frogs are cannibals.’ Allen & Unwin, Melbourne 2004.  Korean Edition 2006.

B.	Papers and monographs in refereed journals (350+)

C.	Edited works
	Editor or co-editor of nine books.

Service to Profession:

Australian Institute of Biology		President 		1995 - 97
					Vice-President		1997 - 99
South Australian Museum		Chairman of Board	1982 - 92
					Honorary Associate 
					in Herpetology		1962 -
Australian Society of Herpetologists	President		1979 - 80
					Vice-President		1973 - 74, 1980 - 81
Royal Society of South Australia	President		1985 - 86
					Vice-President		1983 - 85, 1986 - 88
					Editor			1976 - 82
					Councillor		1967 - 68, 1970 - 73
					Secretary		1964 - 67, 1968 - 70
					Program Secretary	1962 - 64
Royal Zoological Society of SA	President & Chairman
					of the Board		1994 – 2001
University of Kansas Museum of	Honorary Associate	1973 - 94
Natural History
SA Science House Steering		Secretary		1966 - 68
Committee 						
Alytes					Editorial Committee	1983 - 87
California Academy of Science	Research Associate	1983 – 87
1st World Congress of Herpetology	International		1983 – 89
Herpetological 
Committee		

SA Museum Redevelopment			Member			1982 - 86
Steering Committee
Committee to review constitution of 		Chairman			1984 - 85
   Royal Zoological Society, Adelaide.
Interim Council of National Science & 	Member			1989 - 97
   Technology Centre, Canberra	
2nd World Congress of Herpetology		Director			1990 - 94
Australian Conservation Foundation		Leader of 
  for Bicentennial Conference, Sydney 	‘Wildlife’ Workshop		1988
IUCN Declining Amphibian Populations 	Director			1991
  Task Force								 
Australian Working Group, 
   IUCN Task Force on Declining 		Chairman			1991 - 1997
   Amphibian Populations						
IUCN Species Survival Commission		Member			1992 -
CSIRO Cane Toad Research 		Member			1990 – 1996
   Advisory Committee						
Cane Toad Management Committee 	Member			1986 - 1989
   supervising  investigation of biological
   control agent. CONCOM, Townsville				
3rd World Congress of Herpetology		Executive Committee		1994 - 2002
						Secretary-General		1997 - 2002
Council, Rabbit Eradication Foundation	Member			1994 - 1996
Chemical Contaminants Group,		Chairman			1995 - 96
   IUCN Task Force on the Roles of
   Chemical Contaminants, Climate and
   Atmosphere	
Nature Conservation Centre			Patron				1995 -
Investigator Science Centre			Patron				1993 – 2000
National Threatened Frog Working Group	Member			1997 –
Amphibia Section of Committee on		Chairman			1996
   Recently Extinct Organisms 	
‘Applied Herpetology’				Editor-in-Chief			2004 -

Consultative Services:

1.	Office of the Supervising Scientist, Alligator Rivers Region, N.T.  Uranium mining project at Jabiru, N.T.  Development of environmental monitoring system.
2.	Amax Pty Ltd:  Frog fauna at a bauxite deposit at Mitchell Plateau, W.A.  Environmental management plan.
3.	Gutteridge, Haskins & Davey:  Amphibians and reptiles at Honeymoon Creek uranium deposit.  Environmental Impact Statement.
4.	Kinhill Pty Ltd:  Amphibians as monitoring organisms at Roxby Downs.
5.	Gutteridge, Haskins & Davey:  Plan to minimise intrusion of frogs upon life at lakeside housing development at Townsville.
6.	Agricultural Protection Board (W.A.) & Vermin & Noxious Weeds Board (Vic):  Commission Study of Cane Toad.
7.	Report on caudate amphibians and their potential effects in Australia.  Prepared for wildlife organisations in all States.
8.	Roxby Management Services:  frogs as environmental indicator organisms.
9.	Vertebrate Pests Committee:  exotic frogs - requests to import received on periodic basis.
10.	Saltwatch, Dept. Of the Premier, Victoria:  inclusion of frogs in state-wide monitoring program.
11.	Australian National Parks & Wildlife Service - advice for CONCOM on endangered species.
12.	Ranger Uranium Mines - pilot frog abnormality study.
13.	Private consultancy - frog breeding in captivity.
14.	Mount Isa Mines - consultant (1991 - 95).
15.	Australian National Conservation Agency - Frog Action Plan for Australia.
16.	County Estates Pty Ltd, Sydney.  Advice on fauna impact statement. Expert witness at Appeal in Land and Environment Court.
17.	Kinhill Pty Ltd, Sydney.  Redevelopment of railway yards at Enfield - advice on endangered species.
18.	Brighton City Council, Adelaide.  Advice on frog population and development of natural spring.
19.	CSIRO, Geelong - Creation of SPF colony of cane toads.  
20.	Ardel Pty Ltd, Sydney.  Advice on species of frog population on development site.  Expert witness in appeal in Land and Environment Court.
21.	Hassell Pty Ltd, Adelaide - Torrens Catchment Management Plan.
22.	Energy Resources of Australia - Frog abnormality study at Jabiru, N.T.
23.	Federal Airports Corporation - Objection to listing of Perth Airport bushland on National Estate.
24.	Chanrich Properties, Sydney.  Advice on population of species of frog on development site.  Expert witness in appeal in Land & Environment Court (Case I).
25.	Ross Mining, Brisbane.  Advice on mining impact on frog population at mine site.
26.	Chanrich Properties, Sydney.  Advice on population of species of frog on development site.  Expert witness in appeal in Land & Environment Court (Case II).
27.	Bruce Lyon Pty Ltd, Sydney.  Advice on frogs on development site.  Expert witness in appeal in Land & Environment Court.
28.	Statewide Property Ventures, Sydney.  Advice on population of species of frog on development site.  Expert witness in appeal in Land and Environment Court.
29.	Australia Post, Melbourne.  Technical advice and promotion of frog postage stamps.
30.	Resource Strategies, Brisbane.  Advice on species management plan.
31.	Melbourne Water.  Enhancement of frog populations.
32.	Melbourne Port Corporation.  Advice on population of frogs on development site.
33.	‘WaterCare’, South Australia.  Promotion of environmental care.
34.	Tiwi Land Council, N.T. Advice on Cane Toads.
35.	Unilever, Melbourne.  Advice on environmental management.
36.	SA Farmers’ Federation.  Advice on environmental management.
37.	Dept. of Environment, Canberra.  Advice on declining frog populations., 
38.	CBD Prestige Sydney. Advice on frog populations on development site.

Public Lectures:

Audiences:
School students, General Public, Community Organisations, Professional Groups.

Australian Venues:
Adelaide, Canberra, Darwin, Melbourne, Perth,  Sydney, Katherine, Deniliquin, Geelong , Sale, Swan Hill, Townsville, Coober Pedy, Gawler, Mt Gambier, Renmark, Tumby Bay, Victor Harbor,

Overseas:
Argentina, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Portugal, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, U.K., USA.