Amanda Reid | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Alma mater | Macquarie University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Malacology, taxonomy |
Institutions | Australian Museum |
Thesis | A systematic review of the Peripatopsidae (Onychophora) in Australia (1996) |
Doctoral advisor | Noel Tait, David Briscoe, George Wilson |
Amanda "Mandy" Louise Reid is an Australian taxonomist and malacologist. She held the position of collection manager of malacology at the Australian Museum from 2010 to 2023. She is a published researcher and author. Her research has resulted in the description of many species of velvet worms and cephalopods. [1]
Reid is an alumna of Macquarie University, a public research university in Sydney, Australia, where she completed a Bachelor of Science degree in 1984. She completed a Master of Science degree in 1990, with a thesis titled Taxonomic review of the Australian Rossiinae ( Cephalopoda : Sepiolidae). [2] She completed a PhD in 1996, with a thesis titled A systematic review of the Peripatopsidae ( Onychophora) in Australia. [3]
Reid has an interest in cephalopods, particularly bobtail or bottletail squids ( Sepiolidae), cuttlefishes ( Sepiidae), and pygmy squids ( Idiosepiidae). She has authored two books, [4] and her research has been published in a number of scientific journals, including Invertebrate Taxonomy, Bulletin of Marine Science, Australian Natural History, Zootaxa, and others. [5]
Reid is member of the Australian Marine Sciences Association (AMSA), the Cephalopod International Advisory Council, and Sustainable Population Australia. [1]
Amanda Reid | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Alma mater | Macquarie University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Malacology, taxonomy |
Institutions | Australian Museum |
Thesis | A systematic review of the Peripatopsidae (Onychophora) in Australia (1996) |
Doctoral advisor | Noel Tait, David Briscoe, George Wilson |
Amanda "Mandy" Louise Reid is an Australian taxonomist and malacologist. She held the position of collection manager of malacology at the Australian Museum from 2010 to 2023. She is a published researcher and author. Her research has resulted in the description of many species of velvet worms and cephalopods. [1]
Reid is an alumna of Macquarie University, a public research university in Sydney, Australia, where she completed a Bachelor of Science degree in 1984. She completed a Master of Science degree in 1990, with a thesis titled Taxonomic review of the Australian Rossiinae ( Cephalopoda : Sepiolidae). [2] She completed a PhD in 1996, with a thesis titled A systematic review of the Peripatopsidae ( Onychophora) in Australia. [3]
Reid has an interest in cephalopods, particularly bobtail or bottletail squids ( Sepiolidae), cuttlefishes ( Sepiidae), and pygmy squids ( Idiosepiidae). She has authored two books, [4] and her research has been published in a number of scientific journals, including Invertebrate Taxonomy, Bulletin of Marine Science, Australian Natural History, Zootaxa, and others. [5]
Reid is member of the Australian Marine Sciences Association (AMSA), the Cephalopod International Advisory Council, and Sustainable Population Australia. [1]