Rosemary Brigitte Woodroffe is a British ecologist and academic.
Rosie Woodroffe | |
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| Born | Rosemary Brigitte Woodroffe England |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Somerville College, Oxford (BA, DPhil) |
| Known for | |
| Awards | Marsh Ecology Award (2014) Marsh Award for Conservation Biology (2021) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ecology |
| Institutions | Institute of Zoology University of Cambridge University of Warwick University of California, Davis |
| Thesis | Factors affecting reproductive success in the European badger, Meles meles L. (1992) |
| Doctoral advisor | David Macdonald |
| Website | www |
Education
editWoodroffe was educated at the Somerville College, Oxford and was awarded Bachelor of Arts degree in 1989 followed by a Doctor of Philosophy in 1992 for research on factors affecting reproductive success in the European badger, Meles meles L.[1] supervised by David Macdonald.
Career
editFrom 1993-1994 she was a research associate at the Institute of Zoology, the research division of the Zoological Society of London. From 1994-1998 she was a research fellow at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. From 1998 to 2001 she was a lecturer in ecology & epidemiology at the University of Warwick. From 2001 to 2007 she was at the Department of Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology at the University of California, Davis as assistant professor, associate professor and finally professor of conservation biology.[2] In 2007 returned to the Institute of Zoology in London as a senior research fellow.[3][4]
Personal life
editRosie is the daughter of fantasy artist Patrick Woodroffe.[5]
References
edit- ^ Woodroffe, Rosemary Brigitte. (1992). Factors affecting reproductive success in the European badger, Meles meles L. (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. OCLC 53523309.
- ^ "News". 3 March 2021.
- ^ "Rosie Woodroffe".
- ^ Donnelly, Christl Ann; Woodroffe, Rosie (2015). "Bovine tuberculosis: Badger-cull targets unlikely to reduce TB". Nature. 526 (7575): 640. Bibcode:2015Natur.526..640D. doi:10.1038/526640c. PMID 26511569.
- ^ Blackburn, Craig (16 May 2014). "World-renowned Falmouth artist Patrick Woodroffe dies aged 73". The West Briton. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014.