Austin Burt#
| Membership Number: | 5461 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/a.burt |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-5146-9640 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2005 - present Professor of Evolutionary Genetics, Imperial College
- 2000 - 2005 Reader in Evolutionary Genetics, Imperial College
- 1995 - 2000 Governors' Lecturer in Ecology and Evolution, Imperial College
Fields of Scholarship
- Evolutionary genetics
- Gene drive
- Genetic control of pests
- Evolutionary modeling
- Population genetics
Honours and Awards
- 2017 President’s Medal for Excellence in Societal Engagement (Imperial College London)
- 2012 Cozzarelli Prize for PNAS paper of great “scientific excellence and originality” for MacCallum RM, Mauch M, Burt A, Leroi AM.
- 2012 Evolution of music by public choice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 109:12081-12086.
- 2011 - 2016 Wolfson Research Merit Award
- 2000 Institute of Zoology Science Medal
