Robert Raven

Robert Raven
Nationality	Australian
Alma mater	University of Queensland[1]
Scientific career
Fields	Arachnology
Institutions	Queensland Museum

Robert John Raven is an Australian arachnologist,[1] being the Head of Terrestrial Biodiversity and the Senior Curator (Arachnida) at the Queensland Museum. Dr Raven has described over 450[2] species of spider in Australia and elsewhere, and is spider bite consultant to the Royal Brisbane Hospital,[3] leading to much work on spider toxins.[4][5][6]

References

1. The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre. "Raven, Robert R. - Biographical entry - Encyclopedia of Australian Science". www.eoas.info. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
2. World Science Festival. "Robert Raven". worldsciencefestival.com. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
3. Queensland Museum, Queensland Government. "Dr Robert Raven". www.qm.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
4. Renan C Santana; David Perez; James Dobson; et al. (25 March 2017). "Venom Profiling of a Population of the Theraphosid Spider Phlogius crassipes Reveals Continuous Ontogenetic Changes from Juveniles through Adulthood". Toxins. 9 (4). doi:10.3390/TOXINS9040116. ISSN 2072-6651. PMC 5408190. PMID 28346332. Wikidata Q33611996.
5. David L A Wood; Tomas Miljenović; Shuzhi Cai; et al. (13 August 2009). "ArachnoServer: a database of protein toxins from spiders". BMC Genomics. 10: 375. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-10-375. ISSN 1471-2164. PMC 2907703. PMID 19674480. Wikidata Q34010298.
6. Geoffrey K Isbister; Michael R Gray; Corrine R Balit; et al. (1 April 2005). "Funnel-web spider bite: a systematic review of recorded clinical cases". Medical Journal of Australia. 182 (8): 407–411. doi:10.5694/J.1326-5377.2005.TB06760.X. ISSN 0025-729X. PMID 15850438. Wikidata Q28246719.

External links

• Dr Robert Raven at Queensland Museum
• Arachnids research at Queensland Museum