Ben Sheldon#
| Membership Number: | 5321 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://zoology.web.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-ben-sheldon |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2016 - 2021 Head of Department, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
- 2011 - 2016 Associate Head of Department, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
- 2004 - present Luc Hoffmann Chair in Field Ornithology, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
- 2004 - present Director, Edward Grey Institute, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
- 2000 - 2005 Royal Society University Research Fellow, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
- 1999 - 2000 Senior Res Fellow, Swedish Natural Sciences Research Council, Evolutionary Biology Ctr, Uppsala University, Sweden
- 1997 - 1998 Assistant Professor in Animal Ecology, Department of Zoology, Uppsala University, Sweden
- 1995 - 1997 NERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK
- 1993 - 1995 Swedish Natural Science Research Council Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept of Zoology, Uppsala University, Sweden
- 1990 - 1993 PhD in Zoology, Department of Animal & Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield
- 1986 - 1989 B.A. (Hons) Natural Sciences (Part II Zoology), Cambridge University
Fields of Scholarship
- Animal behaviour
- Behavioural ecology
- Ecology
- Evolution
- Ornithology
Honours and Awards
- 2022 Fellow of the Royal Society
- 2020 Linnean Medal of the Linnean Society of London
- 2020 Elected Fellow of the Linnean Society
- 2019 University of Oxford Award for “Exemplary leadership, at the highest level, under the most challenging circumstances”
- 2018 Distinguished Naturalist Award of the American Society of Naturalists
- 2017 Honorary Fellow of the American Ornithological Society
- 2016 President, Portland Bird Observatory
- 2013 Wolfson Merit Award of the Royal Society
- 2009 ERC Advanced Grant
- 2005 Scientific Medal of the Zoological Society of London
- 1998 Outstanding New Researcher Award of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour
