Christian David Thomas FRES FRS (born 9 September 1959) is a past president of the Royal Entomological Society. [1] He is also Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity at the University of York. [2]
He completed his first degree (BA) in Applied Biology at the University of Cambridge, followed by an MSc in Ecology at the University of Bangor and a PhD at the University of Texas at Austin. [3] A Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of York, he also serves as director of the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity, a new £10 million transdisciplinary research centre funded for 10 years from 2019. [4] In July 2012, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society. [5]
Selected publications
- Inheritors of the Earth: How Nature Is Thriving in an Age of Extinction. 2017. ISBN 978-0241240755
References
- ^ "Professor C D Thomas FRES FRS". Royal Entomological Society. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ^ "Professor Chris D Thomas". University of York.
- ^ "Professor Chris D Thomas". University of York.
- ^ "Professor Chris D Thomas". University of York.
- ^ "The Royal Society". The Royal Society.
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