Rosie Woodroffe

Rosie Woodroffe
Born Rosemary Brigitte Woodroffe
England
Citizenship United Kingdom
Fields Ecology
Institutions Institute of Zoology
University of Cambridge
University of Warwick
University of California, Davis
Alma mater University of Oxford (BA, DPhil)
Thesis Factors affecting reproductive success in the European badger, Meles meles L. (1992)
Doctoral advisor David Macdonald
Known for
Website
www.zsl.org/users/rosie-woodroffe

Rosemary Brigitte Woodroffe is a British ecologist and academic.

Education

Woodroffe was educated at the Somerville College, Oxford and was awarded Bachelor of Arts degree in 1989 followed by a Doctor of Philosophy in 1992 for research on factors affecting reproductive success in the European badger, Meles meles L.[1] supervised by David Macdonald.

Career

From 1993-1994 she was a research associate at the Institute of Zoology, the research division of the Zoological Society of London. From 1994-1998 she was a research fellow at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. From 1998 to 2001 she was a lecturer in ecology & epidemiology at the University of Warwick. From 2001 to 2007 she was at the Department of Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology at the University of California, Davis as assistant professor, associate professor and finally professor of conservation biology.[2] In 2007 returned to the Institute of Zoology in London as a senior research fellow.[3][4]

Personal life

Rosie is the daughter of fantasy artist Patrick Woodroffe.[5]

References

  1. Woodroffe, Rosemary Brigitte. (1992). Factors affecting reproductive success in the European badger, Meles meles L. (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. OCLC 53523309.
  2. http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=7570
  3. http://www.zsl.org/science/ioz-staff-students/woodroffe,1203,AR.html
  4. Donnelly, Christl Ann; Woodroffe, Rosie (2015). "Bovine tuberculosis: Badger-cull targets unlikely to reduce TB". Nature. 526 (7575): 640–640. doi:10.1038/526640c. PMID 26511569.
  5. Blackburn, Craig (16 May 2014). "World-renowned Falmouth artist Patrick Woodroffe dies aged 73". The West Briton.
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