John Krebs#
| Membership Number: | 1654 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Section: | ORGANISMIC & EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY |
| Username: | jkrebs |
| Elected: | 1995 |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2005 Principal of Jesus college, Oxford
- 2000 - 2005 Chairman of the UK Food Standards Agency
- 1988 - 2005 Royal Society Research Professor at Oxford
- 1994 - 1999 Chief Executive of the Natural Environment Research Council
- 1981 - 1988 EP Abraham Fellow of Pembroke College
- 1975 - 1981 University Lecturer in Zoology in the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology
- 1973 - 1975 Lecturer in Zoology at the University College of North Wales in Bangor
- 1970 - 1973 Assistant Professor of Ecology at the University of British Columbia
- 1970 DPhil at Pembroke College Oxford
Fields of Scholarship
- Behavioural ecology of birds
- Ornithology
- Population biology
- Quantitative and experimental behavioural ecology
- Bioethics
Honours and Awards
- Chairman of the House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee (2010-2014)
- Chairman of the UK Science and Technology Honours Committee (2008-2014)
- Honorary Degrees
- DSc University of Sheffield (1993)
- DSc University of Wales (1997)
- DSc University of Birmingham (1997)
- DSc University of Exeter (1998)
- DUniv University of Stirling (2000)
- DSc University of Warwick (2000)
- DSc Cranfield University (2001)
- DSc University of Plymouth (2001)
- DSc University of Kent (2001)
- DSc Queen's University Belfast (2002)
- DSc Heriot-Watt University (2002)
- DSc South Bank University (2003)
- DSc Lancaster University (2005)
- DSc University of Guelph (2006)
- DSc University of Aberdeen (2010)
- DSc University of Newcastle upon Tyne (2012)
- Fellowships
- Fellow of the Royal Society (1984)
- External scientific member of the Max Planck Society (1985)
- President, International Society of Behavioural Ecology (1988-1990)
- President, Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (1993-1994)
- Member of Academia Europaea (1995)
- Honorary Member, British Ecological Society (1999)
- Honorary Fellow, Cardiff University(1999)
- Foreign Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2000)
- Foreign Member, American Philosophical Society (2000)
- Honorary Fellow, German Ornithologists' Society (DO-G) (2003)
- Foreign Honorary Member, US National Academy of Sciences (2004)
- Fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences (2004)
- Honorary Fellow, Pembroke College, Oxford (2005)
- Honorary Fellow, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (2006)
- Honorary Fellow, Zoological Society of London (2006)
- Honorary Fellow, University of Wales Bangor (2007)
- Honorary Fellow, The Salters Company and Freeman of the City of London (2007)
- Honorary Member, UK National Heart Forum (2008)
- Honorary Member, Association for Nutrition (2011)
- Member, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (2013)
- Prizes, Awards and Medals
- Nuffield Foundation Science Fellowship (1981)
- Scientific Medal of the Zoological Society (1981)
- Bicentenary Medal of the Linnaean Society (1983)
- Frink Medal of the Zoological Society, London (1997)
- Knighthood for services to Behavioural Ecology (1999)
- Elliott Coues Award, American Ornithologists' Union (1999)
- Association of the Study of Animal Behaviour Medal (2000)
- Benjamin Ward Richardson Gold Medal, Royal Society for Promotion of Health (2002)
- ISI Highly Cited Researcher (within top 0.5% of all scientists) (2002)
- Wooldridge Medal, British Veterinary Association (2003)
- Croonian Medal, Royal Society, London (2004)
- Lord Rayner Memorial Medal (Royal College of Physicians) (2005)
- Award for Outstanding Achievement (Society for Food Hygiene Technology) (2005)
- Harben Gold Medal, Royal Institute of Public Health (2006)
