Biography:Helen Roy
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Born | Plymouth, England | 6 November 1969
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Alma mater | University of Southampton University of Nottingham |
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Thesis | Interactions between aphid predators and the entomopathogenic fungus Erynia neoaphidis (1997) |
Helen Elizabeth Roy, MBE, FRES (born 6 November 1969) is a British ecologist, entomologist, and academic, specialising in ladybirds and non-native species. Since 2007, she has been a principal scientist and ecologist at the NERC's Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. From 1997 to 2008, she taught at Anglia Ruskin University, rising to the rank of Reader in Ecology. She is the co-organiser of the UK Ladybird Survey, alongside Dr Peter Brown, is a visiting professor in the School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, is co-chair of the IPBES assessment of invasive alien species, and is a past President of the Royal Entomological Society.[1][2][3][4]
Early life and education
Roy was born on 6 November 1969 in Plymouth, England.[1] She was educated at Cowes High School, a state secondary school on the Isle of Wight.[1] From 1989 to 1992, she studied biology at the University of Southampton, graduating with an upper-second class Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree.[2] From 1993 to 1994, she studied environmental science at the University of Nottingham, graduating with a Master of Science (MSc) degree.[5] She remained at Nottingham to undertake a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree, which she completed in 1997 with a doctoral thesis titled "Interactions between aphid predators and the entomopathogenic fungus Erynia neoaphidis".[6]
Honours
Roy was awarded the 2012 Silver Medal by the Zoological Society of London "for contributions to the scientific understanding of ladybird ecology and conservation".[7] In the 2018 New Year Honours, she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) "for services to biodiversity research, science communication and citizen science".[8] In 2020 she was awarded the British Ecological Society's Ecological Engagement Award for her work in citizen science and public engagement.[9]
Selected works
- Roy, Helen E.; Wajnberg, Eric, eds (2008). From biological control to invasion : the ladybird harmonia axyridis as a model species. Springer. ISBN 978-1402069383.
- Majerus, Michael (2016). Roy, Helen; Brown, Peter. eds. A natural history of ladybird beetles. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1107116078.
- Roy, Helen; Brown, Peter (2018). Field Guide to the Ladybirds of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Bloomsbury Wildlife. ISBN 978-1472935687.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Roy, Dr Helen Elizabeth". Oxford University Press. 1 December 2018. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-290884. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Prof. Helen Elizabeth Roy" (in en). 1 December 2014. https://www.ceh.ac.uk/staff/helen-roy. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ↑ "Visiting professor made a MBE in New Year Honours". 5 January 2018. https://www.reading.ac.uk/news-and-events/releases/PR753651.aspx. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ↑ "Celebrating and promoting the science of entomology". 3 June 2020. https://www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-media/blogs/celebrating-and-promoting-science-entomology. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ↑ "Helen Roy". 15 March 2019. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6050-679X. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ↑ Roy, Helen Elizabeth (1997). Interactions between aphid predators and the entomopathogenic fungus Erynia neoaphidis. E-Thesis Online Service (Ph.D). The British Library Board. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ↑ "Recipients of the Silver Medal". June 2018. https://www.zsl.org/sites/default/files/media/2018-06/ZSL%20Silver%20Medal%20Winners.pdf. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ↑ No. 62150. 30 December 2017. pp. N15–N22. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62150/supplement/N15
- ↑ "Announcing the 2020 British Ecological Society award winners" (html). August 2020. https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/announcing-the-2020-british-ecological-society-award-winners/. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
External links
- Roy giving a lecture for the Linnean Society, 2019: Unravelling the Ecology of Invasive Non-native Species.
- Roy speaks about citizen science at the 'Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science conference'. 11th April 2013.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen Roy.
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