Robert Poulin is an evolutionary ecologist specialising in the ecology of

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. He is a professor of zoology at the

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and a Fellow of the

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Biography

Robert Poulin grew up in Canada, taking his bachelor's degree in aquatic biology at

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, Montreal and gaining his doctorate at

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, Quebec City. He became a researcher in Quebec. He moved to New Zealand in 1992, where he is a professor of zoology, leading a research group studying the

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s at the

. He has written over 450 peer-reviewed journal papers and at least 25 book chapters. His book ''Evolutionary Ecology of Parasites'' has been cited at least 2600 times; his co-written ''Parasites in food webs: the ultimate missing links'' has been cited over 1000 times; his ''The diversity of parasites'' has been cited over 800 times; his ''Parasite Biodiversity'' has been cited over 770 times, while ''Parasitism and group size in social animals: a meta-analysis'' and five other papers have each been cited over 500 times; 14 further works have been cited over 300 times each. In all he has been cited over 50,000 times, with an

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over 112 and an

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over 585. Poulin is married with two sons.

Awards and distinctions

Poulin became a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2001, and won the

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' Research Medal the same year. In 2002 he was awarded a

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by the

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. In 2007 he won the Robert Arnold Wardle Award of the Canadian Society of Zoologists. In 2011 he won the

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of the

. He was awarded the University of Otago's Distinguished Research Medal in 2013. The North African tortoise pinworm ''Tachygonetria poulini'' is named for him, as is the New Zealand parasitic fluke '' Maritrema poulini'', and the parasitic cryptogonimid

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''Siphoderina poulini''.

Books

Authored

* Poulin, R., & Morand, S. (2004). ''Parasite biodiversity''. Smithsonian Books. * Poulin, R. (2004). ''Going in circles: the complex transmission routes of parasites''. University of Otago. * Poulin, R. (2011)

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''Evolutionary ecology of parasites'' (2nd ed.). Princeton University Press. (1st ed. Chapman and Hall)

Edited

* Poulin, R., Morand, S., & Skorping, A. (Eds.). (2000). ''Evolutionary Biology of Host-Parasite Relationships: Theory meets Reality''.

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. * Poulin, R. (Ed.). (2002). ''Parasitology – Parasites in Marine Systems'' (Supplement, No. 124, Parasitology).

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. * Morand, S., Krasnov, B. R., & Poulin, R. (Eds.). (2006). ''Micromammals and macroparasites: From evolutionary ecology to management''.

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References

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