Myron P. Zalucki

Myron P. Zalucki (pronounced Meron; born 26 May 1954) is an Australian professor emeritus of entomology at the University of Queensland (UQ).[1] Zalucki is a Fellow of the Entomological Society of America,[2][3] a member and secretary of the Council of the International Congresses of Entomology,[4] and a co-editor of the Annual Review of Entomology.[5]

Myron Philip Zalucki
Born (1954-05-26) May 26, 1954
Canberra, Australia
Alma materAustralian National University, Griffith University
Scientific career
FieldsEntomology
InstitutionsUniversity of Queensland
Websitebiological-sciences.uq.edu.au/profile/489/myron-zalucki

Early life and education

Myron Philip Zalucki[6] was born on 26 May 1954 in Canberra, Australia.[2]

Zalucki attended Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Australia, receiving his B.Sc. (first class honours) in zoology in 1976. He then attended Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia, earning his Ph.D. in ecology in 1982.[6]

Career

Zalucki joined the Department of Entomology at the University of Queensland (UQ) with a temporary position in 1981. He reached the rank of full professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Queensland in 2001.[2]

Research

Zalucki is internationally recognized for his work on insect-plant interactions, primarily in members of the order Lepidoptera including monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) and pests such as Helicoverpa armigera in the family Noctuidae, and Diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella).[2] He has also studied fruit flies.[7] His laboratory carries out field research and laboratory experiments to better understand the ecology of insects.[2]

As an insect ecologist he uses ecosystem models[8] such as ecological niche modelling[9] to understand and predict the behavior of insect populations as an ecological system, and the underlying processes that influence them.[8] He often uses Monarch butterflies and milkweed as a model study system.[6]

Zalucki explores issues such as the spatial characteristics of milkweed planting and their impact on monarch butterfly movement and egg-laying; the influence of weather patterns on migration; and the impact of spatial-temporal climatic variability. He is known for incorporating movement patterns and behavior into agent-based models.[8] Zalucki has also studied oviposition behaviour and the interactions of oviposition, landscape characteristics, climate, and learning, with caterpillar survival, insect abundance and species distribution.[6]

Awards

References
  1. "Emeritus Professor Myron Zalucki". University of Queensland. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  2. "Myron P. Zalucki, ESA Fellow (2014)". Entomological Society of America. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  3. Fletcher, Murray J.; Monteith, Geoff B. (2016). "History of the Australian entomological society". Austral Entomology. 55 (2): 121–131. doi:10.1111/aen.12196. ISSN 2052-1758. S2CID 87556193. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  4. "ICE Council – ICE2020 Helsinki". International Congresses of Entomology. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  5. "Co-editors of the Annual Review of Entomology". Annual Reviews. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  6. "Myron Philip Zalucki". Entomological Society of America. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  7. "Obituary: Gordon Harry Sydney Hooper" (PDF). Fruit Fly News. No. 49. April 2020. p. 1. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  8. Grant, Tyler J.; Bradbury, Steven P. (2019). "The Role of Modeling in Monarch Butterfly Research and Conservation". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7. doi:10.3389/fevo.2019.00197. ISSN 2296-701X.
  9. Batalden, Rebecca V.; Oberhauser, Karen; Peterson, A. Townsend (1 December 2007). "Ecological Niches in Sequential Generations of Eastern North American Monarch Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Danaidae): The Ecology of Migration and Likely Climate Change Implications". Environmental Entomology. 36 (6): 1365–1373. doi:10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[1365:ENISGO]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0046-225X. PMID 18284764. S2CID 5842016. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  10. Garvey, Kathy Keatley (30 July 2014). "Three of the 10 New ESA Fellows Received Their Doctorates in Entomology from UC Davis". Entomology and Nematology News. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
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