John Sumpter

John Philip Sumpter OBE is a distinguished professor of Brunel University, UK.[1][2] He is an ecotoxicologist, and was amongst the team that first discovered endocrine disruption in fish, and the role of endocrine disrupting chemicals.[3] He also developed the yeast estrogen assay (YES).

For the lawyer and state legislator in Arkansas, see John J. Sumpter. For the English MP, see John Sumpter (MP).

In 2009, Sumpter received an honorary doctorate from ETH Zurich.[4][5] He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to ecotoxicology in the aquatic environment.[6]

References
  1. "Staff Profile - Professor John Sumpter". Brunel University. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  2. Milton, Simon. "Author Commentaries: John Sumpter". Science Watch. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  3. "Research proves 'gender-bending' chemicals affect reproduction". PhysOrg. 26 October 2010. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  4. Persönlichkeiten ausgezeichnet, ETH Life, December 2009, p. 11.
  5. ETH Zürich: Ehrendoktorinnen / Ehrendoktoren der letzten 10 Jahre Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. "No. 61450". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2015. p. N15.
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