Claire Spottiswoode

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Spottiswoode in 2001

Claire N. Spottiswoode, FRS is a South African evolutionary ecologist and naturalist, specialising in African birds and species interactions. She holds the Pola Pasvolsky Chair in Conservation Biology at the University of Cape Town, [1] and is also a visiting research associate at the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. [2]

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Biography

Spottiswoode studied zoology and botany at the University of Cape Town, graduating in 2001 with Bachelor of Science and Honours degrees. [3] She then undertook a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree at the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Nick Davies, which she completed in 2005. [1] Her doctoral thesis was titled "Behavioural ecology and tropical life-histories in African birds". [4]

She remained at the University of Cambridge after completing her PhD, [1] taking up a junior research fellowship at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. [5] She held the Royal Society's Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship from 2008 to 2013. [6] In 2013, she was awarded a L'Oreal "Women in Science" Fellowship. [7] By 2016, she was a senior research fellow at Magdalene College, Cambridge. [8] [9] That same year, she returned to the University of Cape Town to take up the Pola Pasvolsky Chair in Conservation Biology at its FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology. [1] She continued her association with Cambridge as a visiting research associate in the Department of Zoology and her fellowship at Magdalene College. [2]

In 2017, Spottiswoode was awarded the Bicentenary Medal by the Linnean Society of London. [5] [10] In 2025, she was elected Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. [11]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Prof Claire Spottiswoode". Department of Zoology. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  3. "Professor Claire Spottiswoode". nrf.ac.za. National Research Foundation. 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  4. Spottiswoode, Claire N. (2015). Behavioural ecology and tropical life-histories in African birds (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Dr Claire Spottiswoode is awarded the Linnean Society's Bicentenary Medal". Department of Zoology. University of Cambridge. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  6. "Case study: Professor Claire Spottiswoode". Royal Society. 2018. Archived from the original on 23 May 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  7. "L'Oréal UNESCO For Women in Science Award". Department of Zoology. University of Cambridge. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  8. "Claire Spottiswoode". The Conversation. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  9. "Professor Claire Spottiswoode". Magdalene College. University of Cambridge.
  10. "25th May 2017: Medal Winners 2017". The Linnean Society. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  11. "Exceptional scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society". royalsociety.org. Royal Society. 20 May 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.