John Speakman

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John Speakman
FRS FRSE FRSB FRSA FMedSci FRSS
Speakman in 2018
Born
John Roger Speakman

November 1958 (age 65–66)[3]
NationalityBritish
EducationLeigh Grammar School
Alma materUniversity of Stirling
SpouseMary Speakman
AwardsRoyal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2016)
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsUniversity of Aberdeen
Chinese Academy of Sciences
ThesisThe energetics of foraging in wading birds (Charadrii) (1984)
Doctoral advisorDavid Bryant[2]
Websitewww.abdn.ac.uk/energetics-research/speakman/

John Roger Speakman (born 1958)[3] is a British biologist working at the University of Aberdeen, Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, for which he was Director from 2007 to 2011.[4] He leads the University's Energetics Research Group,[5] which uses doubly labeled water (DLW) to investigate energy expenditure and balance in animals.[6] Between 2011-2020, he was  a '1000 talents' Professor at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Beijing, China, where he ran the molecular energetics group. In 2020 he moved to the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shenzhen, China where he works at the Center for Energy Metabolism and Reproduction and Head of the Shenzhen Key laboratory of Metabolic Health.[citation needed]

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  3. ^ a b Anon (2005). "John Roger SPEAKMAN". companieshouse.gov.uk. London: Companies House. Archived from the original on 18 May 2018.
  4. ^ "John Speakman". University of Aberdeen, UK. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  5. ^ "Energetics Research Group". University of Aberdeen, UK. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  6. ^ Anon (2018). "Professor John Speakman FMedSci FRS". London: Royal Society. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:

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