Michael Thorndyke#
| Membership Number: | 3170 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ORGANISMIC & EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.bioenv.gu.se/english/staff/michael-thorndyke |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2008 - Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Distinguished Chair & Head of International Development, Lovén Centre U. Göteborg
- 2002 - 2008 Director Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Kristineberg Marine Research Station, Sweden
- 1994 - 2002 Director of Research, School of Biological Sciences, RoyalHolloway, University of London
- 1991 - 1995 President, IUBS (Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry Division)
- 1991 - 2001 Professor of Comparative Endocrinology, Royal Holloway, University of London
- 1974 - 1990 Lecturer and Senior Lecturer, Department of Zoology, Bedford College University of London
- 1973 - 1974 Lecturer and Research Fellow, Institute of Urology, University of London
- 1971 - 1973 Lecturer, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Dundee
Fields of Scholarship
- Marine Genomics
- Developmental Biology and Evolution of Marine Invertebrates
- Climate Change and Ocean Acidification
- Cell and molecular biology of regeneration
- Marine Research Infrastructures
Honours and Awards
- 1968 Drapers Company Prize and Best Student Award in Zoology, University of London
- 1997 Professore a Contratto, University of Padova, Italy
- 2004 Elected Fellow Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- 2011 Royal Swedish Academy of Science Linnaeus Gold Medal
- 2012 Member of the Academia Europaea
