Robert Whittaker#
| Membership Number: | 6981 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/staff/rwhittaker.html |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-7775-3383 |
Present and Previous Positions
- From Oct 2023, Emeritus Professor of Biogeography, University of Oxford
- 2004 - Sept 2023, Professor of Biogeography, University of Oxford
- June 2015-Dec 2019, Full Professor (part time), Centre for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen
- June 2008-2013, Honorary Professor in Macroecology and Climate, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen
- 1999 - 2004, Reader in Biogeography, University of Oxford
- 1990 - 1999, University Lecturer, University of Oxford
- Oct 1990-Sept 2023, Official Fellow, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford
Fields of Scholarship
- Island biogeography
- Diversity theory
- Macroecology
- Dispersal ecology
- Scale in ecological and biogeographical analysis
- Conservation biogeography
Honours and Awards
- 2023 Recipient of the biennial Alfred Russel Wallace lifetime achievement award by the International Biogeography Society.
- 2022 Distinguished Fellow of the International Biogeography Society, July 2022 in recognition of the contribution to Biogeography, especially in the fields of island biogeography and the application of biogeography to conservation.
- 2011 Elected Member of Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Portugal, July 2011.
- 2008 appointed as Honorary Professor in Macroecology and Climate, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen for a 5 year period.
