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Gutteridge, Adrian N., Huveneers, Charlie, Marshall, Lindsay J., Tibbetts, Ian R. and Bennett, Mike B. (2013) Life-history traits of a small-bodied coastal shark. Marine and Freshwater Research, 64 1: 54-65. doi:10.1071/MF12140 Wueringer, Barbara E., Jnr, Lyle Squire, Kajiura, Stephen M., Tibbetts, Ian R., Hart, Nathan S. and Collin, Shaun P. (2012) Electric field detection in sawfish and shovelnose rays. PLoS One, 7 7 Article No. e41605: . doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041605 Day, Ryan D., German, Donovan P. and Tibbetts, Ian R. (2011) Why can't young fish eat plants? Neither digestive enzymes nor gut development preclude herbivory in the young of a stomachless marine herbivorous fish. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 158 1: 23-29. doi:10.1016/j.cbpb.2010.09.010
Ian was Director of the Centre for Marine Science at the University of Queensland, Australia (2013-2018). He is now Director of International Programs for the School of Biological Sciences at The University of Queensland, and a founding Director on the Board of The Moreton Bay Foundation and Chair of its Research Advisory Committee. He also Chairs the Expert Scientific Panel for the Queensland Government’s fisheries reform strategy.
He received his BSc (Hons) in Marine Biology from the University of Wales (1982) and Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Queensland (1992). He teaches ichthyology and marine biology and has published on a substantial size range fishes from gobies to tiger sharks. He has spent considerable marine field research and teaching time at the University of Queensland’s research stations on North Stradbroke Island (Minjerribah) and Heron Island. He has received the University of Queensland’s award for excellence in teaching.