Tyson R. Roberts
Tyson Royal Roberts[1] is an American ichthyologist. He has been described as "the world's foremost authority on Regalecus".[2]
Roberts attended Stanford University where he earned his B.A. in 1961 and a Ph.D. in 1968.[1] His doctoral thesis was titled "Studies on the osteology and phylogeny of characoid fishes."[3] He won a 1999 Guggenheim Fellowship in the field of "Organismic Biology & Ecology",[4] and is a Research Associate at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama and is also affiliated to the Conservation Genetics and Ecology Laboratory of Mahidol University, Thailand.[2]
Selected publications
- Systematics, biology, and distribution of the species of the oceanic Oarfish genus Regalecus : (Teleostei, Lampridiformes, Regalecidae) (2012, Paris: Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, ISBN 978-2856536773)
References
- 1 2 "Tyson Royal Roberts". Affiliated Research Staff Listing. Smithsonsian. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
- 1 2 "About the author: Tyson R. Roberts". Chicago University Press. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
- ↑ "Worldcat record for Roberts' thesis". Retrieved July 25, 2013.
- ↑ "Fellows (search result)". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
External links
- "Tyson Roberts and teacher work attachments". News about NUS' Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, Singapore - Archives. Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research. December 1, 2006. Retrieved July 25, 2013. News item including photograph of Roberts
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