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Annual Scientific Award winners announced

Wednesday 21 June 2006

ZSL is delighted to announce the winners of its Annual Scientific Awards, recognising noteworthy achievements in Zoology, both at an advanced academic level and at earlier stages in the scientists’ careers.

Scientific Award Winners 2006

The awards also recognise the importance of the work of those working outside academic institutions, focusing on communication of zoology and its significance in a world where public understanding of science and related issues is vital to the success of the conservation of our planet.

Presented by the President of ZSL, Professor Sir Patrick Bateson FRS, the awards were given to:

The Frink Medal for British Zoologists:
Professor Geoff Parker FRS, Liverpool University

The Scientific Medal:
Dr Daniel T. Haydon, Environmental & Evolutionary Biology, University of Glasgow
Professor Andy Purvis, Division of Biology, Imperial College, London.

The BIOSIS award for Communicating Zoology:
Charles Clover for his book, ‘The End of the Line: How overfishing is changing the world and what we eat’.

The Silver Medal:
Alastair Fothergill, BBC Natural History Unit.

The Marsh Award for Conservation Biology:
Professor Bill Sutherland, University of East Anglia.

The Marsh Award for Freshwater and Marine Conservation:
Professor Ian Boyd, Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews.

The Stamford Raffles Award:
Dr Peter Grubb

The Thomas Henry Huxley Award:
Dr Andrew Gardner, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh.

The Prince Philip Prize:
Ailsa G. Bradbury of Wallington High School for Girls, for her project, ‘Investigation into the sensory responses of Calliphora larvae.

Honorary Fellowship of the Society:
Professor Sir John Krebs FRS
Professor Sir Brian Heap FRS
Professor Katherine Ralls

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