Ben Sheldon#

Present and Previous Positions

• 2016 - 2021 Head of Department, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
• 2011 - 2016 Associate Head of Department, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
• 2004 - present Luc Hoffmann Chair in Field Ornithology, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
• 2004 - present Director, Edward Grey Institute, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
• 2000 - 2005 Royal Society University Research Fellow, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
• 1999 - 2000 Senior Res Fellow, Swedish Natural Sciences Research Council, Evolutionary Biology Ctr, Uppsala University, Sweden
• 1997 - 1998 Assistant Professor in Animal Ecology, Department of Zoology, Uppsala University, Sweden
• 1995 - 1997 NERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK
• 1993 - 1995 Swedish Natural Science Research Council Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept of Zoology, Uppsala University, Sweden
• 1990 - 1993 PhD in Zoology, Department of Animal & Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield
• 1986 - 1989 B.A. (Hons) Natural Sciences (Part II Zoology), Cambridge University

• Animal behaviour
• Behavioural ecology
• Ecology
• Evolution
• Ornithology

• 2022 Fellow of the Royal Society
• 2020 Linnean Medal of the Linnean Society of London
• 2020 Elected Fellow of the Linnean Society
• 2019 University of Oxford Award for “Exemplary leadership, at the highest level, under the most challenging circumstances”
• 2018 Distinguished Naturalist Award of the American Society of Naturalists
• 2017 Honorary Fellow of the American Ornithological Society
• 2016 President, Portland Bird Observatory
• 2013 Wolfson Merit Award of the Royal Society
• 2009 ERC Advanced Grant
• 2005 Scientific Medal of the Zoological Society of London
• 1998 Outstanding New Researcher Award of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour

Curriculum Vitae

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Publication list

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Highlights of my work and anecdotes

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