William J. Sutherland

William J. Sutherland
Born (1956-04-27) 27 April 1956 (age 68)
Alma materUniversity of East Anglia (BSc); Liverpool Polytechnic (PhD)
Known forPresident of the British Ecological Society; Creator of ConservationEvidence.com
SpouseNicola Jane Crockford
Children2 daughters
AwardsDistinguished Service Award, Society for Conservation Biology, 2013; Sir John Burnett Memorial Lecture Medal, 2013
Scientific career
FieldsConservation Biology
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
ThesisOystercatchers and cockles : a predatory-prey study (1980)
Doctoral advisorWilliam G. Hale

William James Sutherland CBE FRS[1][2] (born 27 April 1956) is the Director of Research at the University of Cambridge Department of Zoology, and was previously the Miriam Rothschild Professor of Conservation Biology.[3] He has been the president of the British Ecological Society.[4] He has been a Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge since 2008.[5]

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  3. ^ "Professor William Sutherland". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  4. ^ "BES Trustees". British Ecological Society. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  5. ^ "St Catherine's College Cambridge – Fellows". St Catherine's College Cambridge. Retrieved 20 March 2015.