William James Sutherland#
| Membership Number: | 6570 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/bill-sutherland |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-6498-0437 |
| X: | @Bill_Sutherland |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2023 - present Director of Research, Department of Zoology, The University of Cambridge
- 2023 Chair, Cambridge Conservation Initiative
- 2008 Professorial Fellow, St Catharine's College
- 2006 - 2023 Miriam Rothschild Chair in Conservation Biology, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
- 1996 - 2006 Professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia
- 1985 - 2006 Lecturer, Reader then Professor, School of Biological Sciences, The University of East Anglia
- 1992 - 1993 Nuffield Fellowship
- 1985 - 1993 Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia
- 1983 - 1985 Demonstrator, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
- 1982 - 1983 Temporary Lecturer, Zoology Department, Liverpool University
- 1980 - 1982 NERC Postdoctoral Fellowship, Zoology Department, Oxford University
Fields of Scholarship
- Horizon scanning
- Evidence-based conservation
- Testing effectiveness of conservation actions
- Conservation biology
- Improving the effectiveness of policy making
- Behaviour-based population models
- Identifying priority research questions
- Population ecology
Honours and Awards
- 1997 Scientific Medal, Zoological Society London
- 2001 Marsh Award for Ecology
- 2005 Marsh Award for Conservation Biology.
- 2012 British Ecological Society Ecological Engagement Award
- 2013 Distinguished Service Award, Society for Conservation Biology
- 2013 The Sir John Burnett Memorial Lecture Medal
- 2015 University of East Anglia established annual UEA Bill Sutherland Scholarship in Conservation Biology
- 2016 ISI Highly Cited Researcher
- 2019 Honorary Member British Ecological Society
- 2021 Commander of the British Empire, Queen’s Birthday Honours List
- 2023 Fellow of Royal Society
- 2023 ECI Prize in Ecology
- 2024 International Cosmos Prize
