William F. Laurance | |
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Born | 12 October 1957 |
Citizenship | Joint citizenship (US, Australia) |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Biologist, conservationist |
Institutions | James Cook University Smithsonian Institution |
William F. Laurance (born 12 October 1957), also known as Bill Laurance,[1] is Distinguished Research Professor at James Cook University, Australia and has been elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.[2] He has received an Australian Laureate Fellowship from the Australian Research Council.[3] He held the Prince Bernhard Chair for International Nature Conservation at Utrecht University, Netherlands from 2010 to 2014. [4]