Christian David Thomas FRES FRS (born 9 September 1959) is a past president of the Royal Entomological Society. He is also Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity at the University of York.
He completed his first degree (BA) in Applied Biology at the University of Cambridge, followed by an MSc in Ecology at the University of Bangor and a PhD at the University of Texas at Austin. A Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of York, he also serves as director of the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity, a new £10 million transdisciplinary research centre funded for 10 years from 2019. In July 2012, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Selected publications
- Inheritors of the Earth: How Nature Is Thriving in an Age of Extinction. 2017. ISBN 978-0241240755
References
- "Professor C D Thomas FRES FRS". Royal Entomological Society. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- "Professor Chris D Thomas". University of York.
- "Professor Chris D Thomas". University of York.
- "Professor Chris D Thomas". University of York.
- "The Royal Society". The Royal Society.
- 1959 births
- Living people
- 20th-century British biologists
- 21st-century British biologists
- Fellows of the Royal Entomological Society
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Presidents of the Royal Entomological Society
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- Alumni of Bangor University
- University of Texas at Austin alumni
- Academics of the University of York