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] A species of worm lizard, Amphisbaena rozei, is named in his honor.