Robert Raven

Robert Raven
EducationUniversity of Queensland
Scientific career
FieldsArachnology
WorkplacesQueensland Museum

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

References

  1. 1 2 The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre. "Raven, Robert J. - Biographical entry - Encyclopedia of Australian Science". www.eoas.info. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  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. (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. PMC 5408190. PMID 28346332. Wikidata Q33611996. {{Cite Q}}: Missing first/last names in Wikidata for Renan C Santana, David Perez, James Dobson (help)
  5. ↑ David L A Wood; Tomas Miljenović; Shuzhi Cai; et al. (2009). "ArachnoServer: a database of protein toxins from spiders". BMC Genomics. 10: 375. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-10-375. PMC 2907703. PMID 19674480. Wikidata Q34010298. {{Cite Q}}: Missing first/last names in Wikidata for David L A Wood, Tomas Miljenović, Shuzhi Cai (help)
  6. ↑ Isbister, Geoffrey Kennedy; Michael R Gray; Corrine R Balit; et al. (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. PMID 15850438. Wikidata Q28246719. {{Cite Q}}: Missing first/last names in Wikidata for Michael R Gray, Corrine R Balit (help)