Claire Ozanne
Claire Ozanne is an insect ecologist in the UK, she is Professor of Ecology and Deputy Director and Provost at SOAS.[1]
Claire Ozanne | |
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| Alma mater | University of Oxford (BSc, DPhil) |
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| Institutions | University of Roehampton, Heythrop College, University of London, SOAS University of London |
Education and career[]
Ozanne was educated at the University of Oxford where she did a BA and then a DPhil in Agriculture and Forest Sciences graduating in 1991.[2]
She was Head of Biological & Health Sciences and also Assistant Dean (Learning & Teaching) and from 2010 to 2020 was Vice Provost (Academic Partnerships and International) at the University of Roehampton.
Between 2017 and 2019 Ozanne was Principal of Heythrop College, University of London, she was appointed to oversee the college's 'orderly closure.[3]
In September 2020 she moved to SOAS as Deputy Director and Provost.[1]
Research[]
Ozanne's research looks at insects in habitats affected by human activities, in particular in temperate and tropical forests. She has surveyed insects all around the world, including in Ethiopia which she talked about to Brett Westwood on the BBC Radio 4's Saving Species programme.[4]
She helped found the Global Canopy Programme[2] and has written several book chapters on insects on forests:
- Chapter 4 Sampling methods for forest understory vegetation, & Chapter 7 Techniques and methods for sampling canopy vegetation, in Insect sampling in forest ecosystems, edited by Simon R Leather, published by Blackwell in 2005.[5]
- Chapter 14 Collecting arthropods and arthropod remains for primate studies, in Field and Laboratory Methods in Primatology: A Practical Guide, edited by Joanna M. Setchell & Deborah J. Curtis, published by Cambridge University Press in 2012.[6]
- Chapter 10 Canopies and climate change, in Treetops at Risk: Challenges of Global Canopy Ecology and Conservation, edited by Margaret Lowman, Soubadra Devy & T. Ganesh, published by Springer in 2013.[7]
Awards and honours[]
Ozanne is a principal fellow of the Higher Education Academy.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b SOAS. "Professor Claire Ozanne". www.soas.ac.uk. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "Claire Ozanne". University of Roehampton Research Explorer. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Heythrop College appoints new principal | Jesuits in Britain". www.jesuit.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
- ^ "BBC – Press Office – Network Radio Programme Information BBC Week 42 7-Day Version". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
- ^ Leather, Simon R., ed. (2005-12-07). Insect Sampling in Forest Ecosystems. doi:10.1002/9780470750513. ISBN 9780470750513.
- ^ Setchell, Joanna M; Curtis, Deborah J, eds. (2011). Field and Laboratory Methods in Primatology: A Practical Guide. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511921643. ISBN 9780511921643. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Lowman, Margaret; Devy, Soubadra; T, Ganesh, eds. (2013). Treetops at Risk: Challenges of Global Canopy Ecology and Conservation. New York: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-1-4614-7160-8.
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- Living people
- British ecologists
- British entomologists
- 21st-century British scientists
- 21st-century British women scientists
- Women entomologists
- Women ecologists
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- Academics of the University of Roehampton