Dr Robert Prys-Jones
Scientific Associate - Vertebrates
Department: Life Sciences
Division: LS Vertebrates Division
- Phone: 020-7942-6153
Summary
Responsible for all non-fossil bird collections in the Natural History Museum and for their associated staff. Organise and participate in the Bird Group collections management programme, the provision of access to the bird collections and the communication of information and advice concerning them. Undertake and supervise collections-based research aimed at developing techniques to improve the quality of data associated with museum specimens and, where necessary, to establish the reliability of existing specimen data.
Qualifications
Degrees
- DPhil, Oxford University, United Kingdom, 1970 - 1977
- BSc (Hons), Nottingham University, United Kingdom, 1967 - 1970
Academic
- Bird Collections Manager, Natural History Museum, Life Sciences, GBR, 1992 - ongoing
- Head of Estuaries Unit, British Trust for Ornithology, United Kingdom, 1987 - 1992
- Lecturer, University of Cape Town, Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, South Africa, 1982 - 1987
- Research Fellow, Stirling University, Department of Biology, United Kingdom, 1980 - 1982
- Research Fellow, Queensland University, Department of Zoology, Australia, 1979 - 1980
- Royal Society Research Assistant, Aldabra Research Station, Seychelles, 1974 - 1978