Claire Ozanne

Claire Ozanne is an insect ecologist in the UK, she is Professor of Ecology and Vice Provost (Academic Partnerships and International) at the University of Roehampton.[1]

Claire Ozanne
Alma materUniversity of Oxford (BSc, DPhil)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Roehampton

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.[1]

She was Head of Biological & Health Sciences and also Assistant Dean (Learning & Teaching) and then since 2010 has been 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.[2]

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.[3]

She helped found the Global Canopy Programme[1] 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.[4]
  • 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.[5]
  • 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.[6]

Awards and honours

Ozanne is a principal fellow of the Higher Education Academy.[1]

References
  1. "Professor Claire Ozanne, Vice-Provost (Academic Partnerships and International)". Roehampton University. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  2. "Heythrop College appoints new principal | Jesuits in Britain". www.jesuit.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  3. "BBC – Press Office – Network Radio Programme Information BBC Week 42 7-Day Version". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  4. Leather, Simon R., ed. (2005-12-07). Insect Sampling in Forest Ecosystems. doi:10.1002/9780470750513. ISBN 9780470750513.
  5. 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.
  6. 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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