Robert Keith Shepherd

Background

Shepherd, Robert Keith was born on September 13, 1953 in Portland, Victoria, Australia. Son of Keith Harold and D. Mary M. (Toye) Shepherd.

Education

Diploma in applied science, Gordon Institute Technology, Geelong, Australia, 1975; Bachelor of Science, Deakin U., Geelong, 1976; diploma in education, Hawthorn Institute, Melbourne, Australia, 1976; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Melbourne, 1987.

Career

Teacher mathematics and science, Education Department Victoria, Melbourne, 1978-1979; technical officer, U. Melbourne, 1975-1976; research fellow, U. Melbourne, 1980-1991; senior research fellow, U. Melbourne, 1991-1994; senior associate, lecturer, U. Melbourne, since 1994. Visiting research fellow Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, 1988, J.W. Goethe U., Frankfurt, Germany, 1994. Senior research fellow Australian Bionic Ear and Hearing Research Institute, Melbourne, since 1994.

Member Cochlear Implant Steering Committee, Sydney, Australia, 1981-1982. Member Biological Research Center steering committee Royal Victorial Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, 1990-1992, member animal ethic committee, since 1992. Member International Committee on Ethics in Otology, Matsyama, Japan, 1991.

Achievements

• Robert Keith Shepherd has been listed as a noteworthy Auditory physiologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Australian Conservation Foundation, Melbourne, since 1980, Mammal Survey Group Victoria, since 1992. Member health professional action group Amnesty International, Melbourne, since 1989. Member Association Research in Otolaryngology, Australian Neurosci.

Society, Tinnitus Society Australia, Australian Physiological Society, New York Academy Science.

Interests

• Avocations: bush walking, camping, cycling, reading.

Connections

Married Ursula Schuster, January 26, 1975. Children: Damon, Anna.

Father:

Keith Harold Shepherd

Mother:

D. Mary M. (Toye) Shepherd

Spouse:

Ursula Schuster

child:

Anna Shepherd

child:

Damon Shepherd