He has contributed to over 143 scientific papers. Flannery is also a member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists, and a Governor of WWF-Australia. He left Macquarie University in mid-2013. In 2007, Flannery became professor in the Climate Risk Concentration of Research Excellence at Macquarie University. In 2002, Flannery was appointed as chair of South Australia's. In 1999 he held the year-long visiting chair of Australian studies at Harvard University. He was also principal research scientist at the Australian Museum, during which time he worked to save the bandicoot population on North Head. He spent many years in Adelaide, including a spell as professor at the University of Adelaide, and 7 years as director of the South Australian Museum.
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įlannery has held various academic positions throughout his career. In 1984, Flannery earned a doctorate at the University of New South Wales in Palaeontology for his work on the evolution of macropods (kangaroos). He then left Melbourne for Sydney, enjoying its subtropical climate and species diversity. He completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in English at La Trobe University in 1977, and then took a change of direction to complete a Master of Science degree in Earth Science at Monash University in 1981.
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Timothy Fridtjof Flannery FAA (born 28 January 1956) is an Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist, conservationist, explorer, and public scientist.