Chris D. Thomas

Christian David Thomas FRES FRS (born 9 September 1959) is a past president of the Royal Entomological Society.[1] He is also Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity at the University of York.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4] In July 2012, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society.[5]

Selected publications
  • Inheritors of the Earth: How Nature Is Thriving in an Age of Extinction. 2017. ISBN 978-0241240755

References
  1. "Professor C D Thomas FRES FRS". Royal Entomological Society. Royal Entomological Society. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  2. "Professor Chris D Thomas". University of York.
  3. "Professor Chris D Thomas". University of York.
  4. "Professor Chris D Thomas". University of York.
  5. "The Royal Society". The Royal Society.
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