(Dandelion pollen grain, Taraxacum officinale) The scientific study of pollen is called palynology and can be used by forensic scientists to discover clues at crime scenes.

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Professor Georgina Mace CBE FR

Professor Georgina Mace OBE FR

 

  • Professor of Conservation Science at Imperial College London and Director of the NERC Centre for Population Biology since November 2006
  • Director of Science at the Zoological Society of London from 2000-2006, with responsibilities including the scientific research in the Institute of Zoology, overseeing the Society's scientific meetings and publications and the Library
  • Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2002
  • Member of NERC's Science and Innovation Strategy Board, a Vice President of the British Ecological Society, and a past Council member of the RSPB
  • Worked extensively with the IUCN in the 1990s to revise the systems used for classifying species at risk of extinction (these rules are now used in IUCN's Red Lists)
  • Postdoctoral appointments at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, University College London and at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
  • Obtained her DPhil from the University of Sussex, where she specialised in the evolutionary ecology of mammals

Last updated: 29 April 2010

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