David Leslie Hawksworth

David Leslie Hawksworth CBE (born 1946 in Sheffield, UK) is a British mycologist and lichenologist currently with a professorship in the Universidad Complutense de Madrid in Madrid, Spain and also a Scientific Associate of The Natural History Museum in London. In 2002, he was honoured with an Acharius Medal by the International Association for Lichenology.[1] He married Patricia Wiltshire, a leading forensic ecologist and palynologist in 2009.[2] As of 2022, he is the Editor-in-Chief of the journals IMA Fungus[3] and Biodiversity and Conservation.[4]

  1. ^ "Acharius Medallists". International Association for Lichenology. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Biography at lichenology.org". Archived from the original on 19 July 2007. Retrieved 17 August 2009.
  3. ^ "IMA Fungus - The global mycological journal, Editorial Board". IMA Fungus. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Biodiversity and Conservation". Springer Science+Business Media. Retrieved 20 August 2022.