Laureates of the Japan Prize
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Prof. John H. Lawton
- Nationality:
UK
- Date of Birth:
24 September 1943
Outline of Achievements
The 2004 Japan Prize
- Field:
Science and Technology for Conservation of Biodiversity
- Achievement:
Observational, experimental and theoretical achievements for the scientific understanding and conservation of biodiversity
- Lecture:
biodiversity, conservation and sustainability
Major Awards Received
1987 |
Awarded the first President's Gold Medal of the British Ecological Society |
1989 |
Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of London |
1993 |
Honorary D. Sc. University of Lancaster |
1996 |
Elected Member of European Environmental Research Organisation |
1996 |
ECI Prize Winner in the field of Terrestrial Ecology |
1996 |
Marsh Award for Ecology |
1997 |
CBE in The Queens Birthday Honours List |
1998 |
Distinguished Statistical Ecologist Award,INTECOL |
1998 |
Kempe Award for Distinguished Ecologist, Sweden |
1998 |
Institute of Zoology frink Medal |
2001 |
Honorary Fellow,Royal Entomological Society |
2001 |
Leader of the EU BIODEPTH Project,selected as the winner of the Earth Science Section Nominations for the Descartes Prize |
2002 |
Society for Conservation Biology La Roe Award |
Major Honors, Memberships in Scientific Societies
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Honorary Visiting Research Fellow, Natural History Museum, London |
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Vice President, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds |
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Vice President, British Trust for Ornithology |
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Trustee, WWF UK, and Chair of Programme Committee |
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Member, Salters Nuffield Biology Advisory Panel |
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Member, Royal Society of London's International Policy Committee |
Academic Degrees
1965 |
B.A. (Zoology), University of Durham, United Kingdom |
1969 |
Ph. D. (Zoology), University of Durham, United Kingdom |
Professional Career
1968-71 |
Demonstrator in Animal Ecology, Department of Zoology,Oxford University |
1971-78 |
Lecturer, University of York |
1978-82 |
Senior Lecturer, University of York |
1982-85 |
Reader, University of York |
1985-89 |
Professor, University of York |
1989-99 |
Director,NERC Centre for Population Biology and Professor of Community Ecology, Imperial College of Science,Technology and Medicine, London |
1998 |
Honorary Visiting Professor, University of York |
1999 |
Honorary Visiting Professor, Imperial College, Silwood Park |
1999- present |
Chief Executive, Natural Environment Research Council |
Title
- Chief Executive, Natural Environment Research Council
Major Books and Papers
- Editor, Bulletin of the British Ecological Society, 1971-1978
- Editor, Ecological Entomology, 1979-1988
- Other Previous editorial Board membership: Animal Conservation, Ecological Entomology Journal of animal Ecology, Oecologia Oikos.
- Member, International Editorial Board, Encyclopaedia of Biodiversity, Academic Press
- Senior Editor, (jointly with Professor G. Likens). Methods in Ecology (Blackwell Science) 1989-continuing
- International Advisory Board, Frontiers in Ecology and Environment (ESA) 2000-continuing
- Strong, D.R. Lawton,J.H. Southwood, T.R.E., Insects on Plants: Community Patterns& Mechanisms, Blackwell, Oxford.293pp (1984).
- Chaloner, W.G. Harper, J.L. Lawton, J.H., The Evolutionary Interactions of Animals and Plants, The Royal Society, London 288pp (Editor,1991).
- Jones, C.G., Lawton,J.H., Linking Species and Ecosystems. Chapman and Hall, New York.387pp (Editors, 1995)
- Lawton, J.H., May, R.M., Extinction Rates. Oxford Univ. Press , Oxford. 233pp (Editors, 1995). 11. Lawton, J.H., Community Ecology in a Changing World. Excellence in Ecology
- Ecology Institute, Oldendorf / Luhe (2000).