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