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Jeremy A. Thomas
Born
Jeremy Ambler Thomas
NationalityBritish
Known forResearch on functional and evolutionary ecology of insects [1]
Scientific career
Fields Ecology
InstitutionsNERC’s Institute of Terrestrial Ecology

Jeremy Ambler Thomas OBE is a British ecologist noted for his work on the population, community, functional and evolutionary ecology of insects. [2]

Thomas is an emeritus professor of ecology and professorial fellow of New College, University of Oxford. He graduated from Cambridge University in 1969 and undertook a PhD based at The Nature Conservancy’s ( NERC) Monks Wood Experimental Station. He spent 30 years leading research groups and later sections at NERC’s Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (ITE) and Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) labs. He was also director and head of Station of NERC’s CEH Dorset laboratory (2003-2007). In 2007, Thomas moved to Oxford as professor of ecology. Other appointments include serving as president of the Royal Entomological Society (2012–14), a Helmholtz International Fellow, a visiting professor at the University of Reading, and a professorial fellow of the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. [3]

References

  1. ^ "Jeremy Thomas - Butterfly ecology and conservation | Insect Week". www.insectweek.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Jeremy A Thomas - University of Oxford".
  3. ^ "Professor Jeremy Thomas". University of Oxford. Retrieved 20 February 2019.