Curriculum Vitae 2005-2009

A. PERSONAL INFORMATION:

Area of interest: biodiversity, evolution, biogeography, amphibian, reptilian, ecological valuation, species indicators, small vertebrates.

B. EDUCATION:  

C. AWARDS and recognitions:  

D. PROFESSIONAL APPOINMENT

 E. MEMBERSHIPS IN ACADEMIES AND SOCIESTIES:

• Research Associate, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois.
• Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises Specialist Group IUCN.
• Coordinator, Indonesian representative. Amphibian Specialist Group, IUCN. (Declining of Amphibians Task Force)
• Perhimpunan Biologi Indonesia.
• Penggalang Taksonomi Indonesia.
• International Society for the Study and Conservations of Amphibians
• Perhimpunan Herpetologi Indonesia
• Reviewer Scientific, Menristek

F. CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES-PROJECTS:  

G. PUBLICATIONS 2006-2010 : ( SCOPUS: 19 Docs, 76 coauthors; 458 refs, 117 Citations, Hirsch index 7; Web Search 2133 )

•  Blackburn, D.C., D. Bickford, A. Diesmos, D. Iskandar & R. Brown. 2010. An ancient origin for the enigmatic Flat-Headed Frogs (Bombinatoridae: Barbourula ) from the islands of Southeast Asia. PLoS ONE (in press).

•  Brown, R.M. , C W. Linkem, C.D. Siler, J. Sukumaran J.A. Esselstyn, A.C. Diesmos, D.T. Iskandar, D. Bickford, B.J. Evans, J.A. McGuire, J. Supriatna, & N. Andayani. 2010. Paradoxical distribution of genetic diversity in a "widespread" treefrog: human-mediated panmixia in a Southeast Asian archipelago? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. In press

•  Hoffmann et al. (+200 authors). 2010. Status and Conservation of the World's Vertebrates. Science (in press).

•  Iskandar, D.T., D.P. Bickford & Umilaela. 2010. A New Ingerana (Anura, Dicroglossidae) with no external tympanum from Borneo, Indonesia Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (submitted)

•  Iskandar, D.T. & M. Kamsi 2010. On the second specimen of Opisthotropis rugosus (van Lidth de Jeude, 1890) (Colubridae, Natricinae) Hamadryad 35 (1): in press.

•  Iskandar, D.T., Umilaela, & A. Rachmansah, 2010. A new frog (Amphibia, Anura, Dicroglossidae) from the Eastern Peninsula of Sulawesi, Indonesia, related to Occidozyga semipalmatus (Smith, 1927). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (submitted)

•  Ramadhan G., & D.T. Iskandar 2010. A new species of cat snake (Serpentes: Colubridae), related to Boiga cynodon from the Nusa Tenggara Islands, Indonesia. Asian J. Herpetology (accepted).

•  Umilaela, D.T. Iskandar, R.M. Brown, Sujatha N. Kutty & R. Meier &, 2008. Phyllogenetic relationshipwithin the genus Staurois (Amphibia, Ranidae) based on 16sRNA sequences. Zootaxa . ( submitted ).

•  Wanger, T. C., I. Motzke, S. Saleh & D. T. Iskandar, 2010. The amphibians and reptiles of Lore Lindu National Park area, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Salamandra (accepted)

•  Kurniawan, N.; Islam, Md.; Tjong, D.; Yong, H.S.; Belabut, D.; Wanichanon, R.; Khan, Md.; Iskandar, D.T; Nishioka, M. & Sumida, M.2010. "Genetic divergence and speciation in Fejervarya cancrivora from Indonesia and other Asian countries inferred from allozyme and mtDNA sequence analyses" Zoological Science . 27: 222-233.

•  Rowley, J., R. Brown, R.l Bain, M. Kusrini, R. Inger, B. Stuart, G. Wogan, N. Thy, T. Chan-ard, C. T. Trung, A. Diesmos, D. T. Iskandar, M. Lau, Leong T. M., S. Makchai, N. Q. Truong & S. Phimmachak. 2010. Impending conservation crisis for Southeast Asian Amphibians. Biol. Lett. 6 , 336-338.

•  Wanger, T.C., D.T. Iskandar, I. Motzke, B.W. Brook, N.S. Sodhi, Y. Clough & T. Tscharntke. 2010. Effects of Land-Use Change on Community Composition of Tropical Amphibians and Reptiles in Sulawesi, Indonesia Conservation Biology . DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.

•  Günther, R., S. Richards, B. Tjaturadi & D.T. Iskandar. 2009. A new species of the microhylid frog genus Oreophryne from the Mamberamo Basin of northern Papua Province, Indonesian New Guinea Vertebrate Zoology 59 (2): 147 – 155.

•  Inger, R.F., B.I. Stuart and D.T. Iskandar. 2009. Systematics of a widespread Southeast Asian frog, Rana chalconota (Amphibia: Anura: Ranidae). Zool. J. Linnean Soc. 155 : 123–147.

•  Koch, A., E. Arida, J.A. McGuire, D.T. Iskandar & W. Böhme. 2009. A new species of Calamaria (Squamata: Colubridae) similar to C. ceramensis de Rooij, 1913, from the Banggai Islands, east of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Zootaxa . 2196: 19–30 .

•  Oliver, P., P. Edgar, Mumpuni, D.T. Iskandar & R. Lilley. 2009, A new bent toed Gecko ( Cyrtodactylus , Gekkonidae) from Seram Island, Indonesia. Zootaxa 2115: 47-55.

•  Rowley, J., R. Brown, R. Bain, M Kusrini, R. Inger, B. Stuart, G. Wogan, N. Thy, T. Chan-ard, C. T. Trung, A. Diesmos, D. T. Iskandar, M. Lau, T. M. Leong , S. Makchai, N. Q. Truong and S. Phimmachak. 2009. Impending conservation crisis for Southeast Asian amphibians. Biol. Lett . doi:10.1098/rsbl.2009.0793 .

•  Wanger, T.C., A. Saro, D.T. Iskandar, B.W. Brook, N.S. Sodhi, Y. Clough, T. Tscharntke. 2009. Conservation value of cacao agroforestry for amphibians and reptiles in Southeast Asia: combining correlative models with experiments. J. Appl. Ecol. 46 (4):823-832.

•  Bickford, D.P., D.T. Iskandar, & A. Barlian, 2008. A Lungless Frog found on Borneo Current Biology 18(9):R392-393.

•  Bickford, D.P., J. Supriatna, N. Andayani, D.T. Iskandar, B.J. Evans, R.M. Brown, T. Townsend, Umilaela, D. Azhari, and J.A. McGuire. 2008. Indonesia's protected areas need more protection – suggestions from island examples. In Sodhi, N.S., G. Acciaioli, M. Erb & A. K.-J. Tan (Eds). Biodiversity and human livelihoods in protected areas: case studies from the Malay Archipelago. Cambridge University Press, Pp. 53-77.

•  Bain, R., S.D. Biju,R. Brown, I. Das, A. Diesmos, S. Dutta, D. Gower, R. Inger, D. Iskandar, Y. Kaneko, M.W.N. Lau, M. Meegaskumbura, A. Ohler, T. Pappenfuss, R. Pethyagoda, B. Stuart, M. Wilkinson and F. Xie. 2008. Chapter 7. Amphibians of the Indomalayan Realm. Pp 74-84, In Stuart, S. J. Hoffmann, J. Chanson, N. Cox, R. Berridge, P. Ramani and B. Young (eds). Threatened Amphibians of the World . I UCN-Conservation International-Lynx Press.

•  Iskandar, D.T. 2008. Essai 7.1. An Overview of our knowledge on Indonesian Amphibians. p. 80. In Stuart, S. J. Hoffmann, J. Chanson, N. Cox, R. Berridge, P. Ramani and B. Young (eds). Threatened Amphibians of the World . I UCN-Conservation International-Lynx Press.

•  Hayden, C.J. R.M. Brown, G. Gillespie, M.I. Setiadi, C.W. Linkem, D.T. Iskandar, Umilaela, D. Bickford, A. Riyanto, Mumpuni and J.A. McGuire. 2008. A new Species of bent toed Gecko Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Herpetologica ; 64(1): 109-120.

•  Hero, J.M., S. Richards, R. Alford, A. Allison, P. Bishop, R. Günther, D. Iskandar, F. Kraus, F. Lemkert, J. Menzies, d. Roberts and M. Tyler, 2008. Amphibians of the Australasian Realm. Pp 65-70, In Stuart, S. J. Hoffmann, J. Chanson, N. Cox, R. Berridge, P. Ramani and B. Young (eds). Threatened Amphibians of the World . I UCN-Conservation International-Lynx Press.

•  Koch, A., I. Ives, E. Arida and D.T. Iskandar. 2008. On the occurrence of the Asiatic Softshell Turtle, Amyda cartilaginea (Boddaert, 1770), on Sulawesi, Indonesia. Hamadryad 32(2): 121-127.

•  Oliver, P., S.J. Richards, B. Tjaturadi and D.T. Iskandar. 2007. A new large green species of Litoria (Anura: Hylidae) from western New Guinea. Zootaxa 1519: 17-26 .

•  Howard, S.D., G.R. Gillespie, A. Riyanto, and D.T. Iskandar, 2007. A New Species of Large Eutropis (Scincidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia. J. Herpetology 41(4): 604-610.

•  Iskandar, D.T. and Umilaela. 2006. The Herpetofaunal composition of Maruwai, in Kitchener, D.R. and G. Paoli (eds). Report to BHPB Maruwai Coal Project: Phase II. Biodiversity Survey of Tuhup, Lampunut Block, North East Lampunut, Logistic Corridor, Transport Corridor and Melak Area . (Ch. XII): 1-79.

•  Iskandar, D.T. and W. Erdelen. 2006. Conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles in Indonesia. J. Amph. Rept. Cons . 4(1): 60-87.

•  Richards, S.J. and D.T. Iskandar. 2006. A new species of torrent dwelling frog (Hylidae, Litoria ) from the mountains of New Guinea. Current Herpetology . 25(2) 76-87.

Bandung, 10 June 2010,

Djoko T. Iskandar

Scientific achievement: 1972-2010

• 98 International publications (including 7 books)

  46 National publications (including 10 books)

  47 International Presentations

  81 National Presentations

  65 Graduates: 42 S1, 12 S2, 11 S3.

  28 new species described

Cooperation: UK; Netherland; USA; Canada; Swiss; Germany; Japan; Malaysia; Singapore; Australia, French.