Professor John Buckeridge

Position

Professor

School /
Work Unit

Civil, Environmental & Chemical Eng

Contact Details

+(61 3) 9925 2009

john.buckeridge@rmit.edu.au

Location

Building: 10
Level: 11
Room: 12

City Campus

College/Portfolio

Science, Engineering & Health

Prof John Buckeridge

Qualifications

BSc (Cant.), MSc (Hons), PhD (Auck.), F.AustIMM (CP Env), FGS (Lond.), F.IEAust

Professional memberships

  • Fellow: Institution of Engineers Australia
  • Fellow: Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (Chartered Professional: Environmental)
  • Fellow: The Geological Society (London)
  • President (2007-2009): International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS)
  • IUBS Executive (2004-2012): As an IUBS Officer 2007-2012.
  • Chair: International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) Ethics Commission
  • Chair: International Society of Zoological Sciences (ISZS) Working Group on Environmental Ethics
  • President (2000-2008): International Society of Zoological Sciences (ISZS)
  • Honorary Member (2010-): Hungarian Academy of Science

Research and consulting expertise

  • Part 1: Natural Resource Engineering
    • Assessment for Environmental Effects
    • Environmental management
    • Geotechnical: Slope stability studies
  • Part 2: Environmental Ethics
    • Ethics in science and engineering education
    • Development of universal ethical norms for the environment
  • Part 3: Marine Biology and Palaeobiology
    • Arthropod evolution and palaeoecology, special emphasis on the Cirripedia
    • Cretaceous - Recent biodiversity and palaeobiogeography of Porifera (Lithistida)
    • Cenozoic stratigraphy, evolutionary patterns and biogeography

Selected publications

PDFs of these papers are available – please email John Buckeridge.

  • Buckeridge, J. S., 2010. Some biological consequences of environmental change: a study using barnacles (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha) and gum trees (Angiospermae: Myrtaceae). Integrative Zoology 5: 122-131.
  • Buckeridge, J.S. and W.A. Newman, 2010. A review of the subfamily Elminiinae (Cirripedia: Thoracica: Austrobalanidae), including a new genus, Protelminius nov. from the Oligocene of New Zealand. Zootaxa 2349: 39-54.
  • Buckeridge, J.S., 2009. Darwin's Deliberations about Origin of Species. Oksana Hlodan (Ed.) ActionBioscience 4 pp
  • Buckeridge, J. S. 2009. The ongoing evolution of humanness: perspectives from Darwin to de Chardin. South African Journal of Science 105: 427-431.
  • Buckeridge, J.S and J.M. Reeves. 2009. Some insights into how barnacles survive as sessile organisms. Integrative Zoology 4: 395-401.
  • Kelly, M.; Edwards, A. R.; Wilkinson, M. R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P. R.; Buckeridge, J. S.; Campbell, H.; Reiswig, H. M.; Valentine, C., Vacelet, J., 2009. Phylum Porifera Sponges. In Gordon, D.P. (Ed.): The New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Volume 1(1): 23-46. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, and Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
  • Buckeridge, J.S. 2009. Ashinkailepaskermadecensis, a new species of deep-sea scalpelliform barnacle (Thoracica: Eolepadidae) from the Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific. Zootaxa2021: 57-65.
  • Buckeridge, J. S., 2008. Engineering, Commerce and the Humanities: A Clash or a Synergy of Cultures? In “Globalizing the Engineering Profession” The Inaugural International Conference on the Roles of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Engineering 2008. 5-6th December, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. pp. 4-12 [as Conference Book and CD].
  • Buckeridge, J.S., 2008. Two new species and a new subspecies of Tetraclitella (Cirripedia: Thoracica) from the Cainozoic of Australia and New Zealand and a consideration of the significance of tubiferous walls. Zootaxa 1897: 43-52.
  • Buckeridge, J. S., Jagt, J. W. M. and R. P. Speijer, 2008. Verrucapunica, a new species of verrucomorph barnacle (Crustacea, Cirripedia, Thoracica) from the lower Danian (Palaeocene) of Tunisia. Zootaxa1844: 37-46.
  • Aguirre, J., Martin, J.M., Braga, J.C., Betzler, C., Berning B. and J.S. Buckeridge, 2008. Densely packed concentrations of sessile barnacles (Cirripedia: Sessilia) from the Early Pliocene of SE Spain Facies54: 193-206.
  • Buckeridge, J. S., 2008. The barnacle and the building: a modern morality tale. Integrative Zoology 3: 68-74.
  • Buckeridge, J.S., 2008. 4 Es: Ethics, Engineering, Economics & Environment. RMIT University Press, Melbourne. 123 pp. ISBN 978-1-92116-671-6.
  • Bianucci, G., Di Celma, C., Landini, W. and J. Buckeridge, 2006. Palaeoecology and taphonomy of an extraordinary whale barnacle accumulation from the Plio-Pleistocene of Ecuador. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 242: 326-342.
  • Buckeridge, J. S. and W. A. Newman, 2006. A revision of the Iblidae and the pedunculate barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Thoracica), including new ordinal, familial and generic taxa, and two new species from New Zealand and Tasmanian waters. Zootaxa 1136: 1-38.
  • Giusberti, L., Fantin, M. and J. Buckeridge, 2005. Ovulasterprotodecimae, n. sp. (Echinoidea, Spatangoida) and associated epifauna (Cirripedia, Verrucidae) from the Danian of Northeastern Italy. RivistaItalianadiPaleontologia e Stratgrafia 11(3): 455-465.
  • Kelly, M. and J. S. Buckeridge, 2005. An early Paleogene sponge fauna, Chatham Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 39: 899-914.
  • Campbell, K. A., Grant-Mackie, J. A., Buckeridge , J. S., Hudson, N. Alfaro, A. C., Hoverd, C., Morgan, S., Horne, N. and A. Banfield, 2004. Paleoecology of an early Miocene, rapidly submerging rocky shore, Motuketekete Island, Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 47: 731-748.
  • Gulyaev, S. and J. Buckeridge, 2004. Terrestrial methods for monitoring cliff erosion in an urban environment. Journal of Coastal Research 20(3): 871-878.
  • Dennison, K. J., Keiser, J. A., Buckeridge, J. S., and P. J. Bishop, 2004. Post mortem cohabitation - shell growth as a measure of elapsed time: a case report. Forensic Science International. 139: 249-254.
  • Buckeridge, J. and N. Grünwald, 2003. Ethics and the Professional: a template for international benchmarking in engineering education. Global Journal of EngineeringEducation. 7(1): 51-57.
  • Buckeridge, J. S., 2000. A new deep-sea vent barnacle, Neolepasosheai sp. nov. (Cirripedia: Thoracica) from the Brothers Caldera, South-west Pacific Ocean. NewZealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 34: 409-418.
  • Buckeridge, J. S., 2000. A new species of Austrobalanus (Cirripedia, Thoracica) from Eocene erratics, Mount Discovery, McMurdo Sound, East Antarctica. Paleobiology and Paleoenvironments of Eocene Rocks, McMurdo Sound, East Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series 76: 329-333. American Geophysical Union.
  • Buckeridge, J. S. 1999. A new deep sea barnacle, Tetrachaelasmatasmanicum sp. nov. (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha) from the South Tasman Rise, South Pacific Ocean. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 33(4): 521-531.
  • Buckeridge, J. S., 1998. Monitoring and Management of Heavy Metals, Pesticides, PCBs, Dyes and Pigments. Regional Report: New Zealand. Commonwealth Science Council (London) Workshop on Monitoring and Management of Heavy Metals, Pesticides, PCBs, Dyes and Pigments. Islamabad, Pakistan, 7-12th June 1998, 14pp.
  • Buckeridge, J. S., 1996. A living fossil Waikalasmaboucheti sp. nov. (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha) from Vanuatu (New Hebrides), Southwest Pacific. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoirenaturelle, Paris, 4e Sér., 18, 1996, Section A( 3-4): 447-457.
  • Buckeridge, J. S., 1995. A systems approach to the geotechnical design of rigid seawalls. Transactions of the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand. November 1995. 22(1/CE): 32-37.
  • Buckeridge, J. S., 1994. Geological Conservation in a Rapidly Eroding Environment. In Geological and Landscape Conservation. O'Halloran, D., Green, C., Harley, M., Stanley, M., and Knill, J., (Eds), Geological Society, London. pp: 263-269.
  • Buckeridge, J. S. 1983. The fossil barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica) of New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontogical Bulletin 50: 1 -51 + 14pls. ISSN 0078 8589