Chris D. Thomas
Christian David Thomas FRES FRS (born 9 September 1959) is a past president of the Royal Entomological Society.[1] He has also served as 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 has also served as director of the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity until 2024, a new ÂĢ10 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
[edit]- Inheritors of the Earth: How Nature Is Thriving in an Age of Extinction. 2017. ISBNÂ 978-0241240755
References
[edit]- â "Professor C D Thomas FRES FRS". Royal Entomological Society. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- â "Lindsey Gillson". University of York.
- â "Professor Chris D Thomas". University of York.
- â "People". University of York.
- â "The Royal Society". The Royal Society.
Categories:
- 1959 births
- Living people
- 20th-century British biologists
- 21st-century British biologists
- Fellows of the Royal Entomological Society
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Presidents of the Royal Entomological Society
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- Alumni of Bangor University
- University of Texas at Austin alumni
- Academics of the University of York
