Jānis Arnolds Roze, born in Latvia in 1926, is a herpetologist and Professor of Biology Emeritus of City College and Graduate School of the City University of New York.[1] He was professionally associated with the American Museum of Natural History and the United Nations.[1] A founder of the International Center for Integrative Studies,[1] he published several books and narrated several videos on Creative Evolution. He co-edited What Does it Mean to Be Human.[2]
A short résumé from the "Be Human" film site of The Ecological Institute of Búzios, Atlantic Rain Forest, Brazil:[3]
- Fulbright Senior Scholar.
- Co-Director of UASD International Exchange Program of University of New York.
- Advisor at United Nations Center of Science and Technology.
- Member of the expert group of UN for the establishment of a new international order.
- Member of the ICIS (International Center of Integrative Studies), and Elpis Foundation, Argentina.
Books
- Coral snakes of the Americas: biology, identification, and venoms. Malabar, Florida: Krieger. (1996).[4]
Other publications
- On Hallowell's type specimens of reptiles from Venezuela in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. (1958).
- Taxonomic notes on a collection of Venezuelan reptiles in the American Museum of Natural History. (1959).
- La taxonomía y zoogeografía de los ofidios en Venezuela. (1966).
- A check list of the New World venomous coral snakes (Elapidae), with descriptions of new forms. (1967).
- Ciencia y fantasía sobre las serpentes de Venezuela. (1970).
- New species and subspecies of coral snakes, genus Micrurus (Elapidae): with notes on type specimens of several species. American Museum of Natural History Novitates. (1989).[5]
- Evolución y magia: el camino del hombre. (2000).
Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pages. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Roze", page 228). What Does it Mean to Be Human? : reverence for life reaffirmed by responses from around the world. [edited by] Frederick Franck, Janis Roze and Richard Connoly. New York: St. Martin's Griffin, August 2000. 288 pages. ISBN 978-0-312-27101-5.