John R. Speakman#
| Membership Number: | 3116 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 2011 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/energetics-research/speakman |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2011 - date '1000 talents A' Professor at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- 2007 - 2011 Director, Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences (IBES)
- 2000 - 2005 Seconded part time Head Division of Appetite and obesity, Rowett research Institute
- 2002 – 2007 Head, Integrative animal physiology
- since 2003 Honorary clinical research professor NHS Grampian
- since 1997 Senior lecturer (1993-1995), reader (1995-1997), Professor
- 1989 - 1993 University of Aberdeen, research fellow (1985-1989), lecturer
Fields of Scholarship
- Comparative and environmental physiology
- Energetics
- Nutrition
- Obesity
Honours and Awards
- 1995 Zoological Society of London Awarded the Zoological Society scientific medal
- 1996 Royal Society of Edinburgh Caledonian Research Foundation Support Research Fellowship
- 1999 Royal Society Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship
- 2001 Laboratory News Industry Awards 2001 short-listed finalist in the category Best UK academic research group.
- 2003 Royal Society of Edinburgh/Saltire Society Awarded the Scottish Science Medal
- 2004 Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- 2007 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE)
- 2005 Kwarazmi International festival Prizewinner. International Guest of Honour
- 2005 William Dick memorial lecture, Edinburgh Science festival
- 2007 Royal Society of Edinburgh/ Lloyds TSB Research Fellowship
- 2008 Elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci)
- 2009 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA)
- 2010 Bing Zhi Forum Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences IOZ, Beijing, China
- 2011 Clive McCay endowment lecture, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
