Fellow
Crewe Robin
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
Current nationality
South Africa
Current country of residence
South Africa
Affiliation / Institution
University of Pretyoria
Biodata
Crewe is a Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship, U. of Pretoria (UP); Em. Vice-principal of UP; former pres., Acad. of Science of South Africa; fellow, Royal Soc. of South Africa; fellow, African Acad. of Science, and Royal Entomological Soc. of London. He obtained degrees in chemistry and biochemistry at the U. of Natal in Pietermaritzburg. He obtained his PhD in entomology at the U. of Georgia where he developed his interest in chemical communication and social organization in social insects. He was director of the Communication Biology Research Group, U. of Witwatersrand, for 10 years; dean, Science Faculties at both the univ. of Witwatersrand and Pretoria, and pres., Entomological Society of Southern Africa. He has been awarded the Gold Medal, Zoological Society of South Africa, the Gold Medal, Acad. of Science of South Africa and Ordre National du Mérite rank Chevalier.
Sustainable Development Goals
Keywords
Social insects, chemical ecology, honey bee, social behaviour
ELECTED
2009
Place of birth
Johannesburg
Country of birth
South Africa
DATE OF BIRTH
18
February
1946
Section
02. Biological Sciences
Country where living and working for the majority of the last 10 years
South Africa
Last updated on 12/07/2023