Rosie Woodroffe

Rosie Woodroffe
Born	Rosemary Brigitte Woodroffe England
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Alma mater	Somerville College, Oxford (BA, DPhil)
Known for	Behavioural ecology conservation biology wildlife management
Awards	Marsh Ecology Award [1] (2014) Marsh Award for Conservation Biology (2021)
Scientific career
Fields	Ecology
Institutions	Institute of Zoology University of Cambridge University of Warwick University of California, Davis
Thesis	Factors affecting reproductive success in the European badger, Meles meles L.  (1992)
Doctoral advisor	David Macdonald
Website	www.zsl.org/users/rosie-woodroffe

Rosemary Brigitte Woodroffe is a British ecologist and academic.

Education

Woodroffe was educated at Somerville College, Oxford, and was awarded the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1989 ^[2] followed by a Doctor of Philosophy in 1992 for research on factors affecting reproductive success in the European badger, Meles meles L. ^[3] supervised by David Macdonald.

Career

From 1993 to 1994 she was a research associate at the Institute of Zoology, the research division of the Zoological Society of London. From 1994 to 1998 she held a research fellowship at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. From 1998 to 2001 she was a lecturer in ecology and epidemiology at the University of Warwick. From 2001 to 2007 she was at the Department of Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology ^[4] of the University of California, Davis holding positions of assistant professor, associate professor and finally full professor of conservation biology. She retained the position of adjunct professor from 2007 to 2009 after returning to the Institute of Zoology. In 2007 Woodroffe returned to the Institute of Zoology in London as a senior research fellow, where she currently holds the position of Professor ^{[5] [6]}

Personal life

Rosie is the daughter of fantasy artist Patrick Woodroffe. ^[7]

References

1. "Marsh Ecology Award". Marsh Charitable Trust - Marsh Ecology Award. Marsh Charitable Trust. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
2. Lonsdale, AM, ed. (1989). Oxford University Calendar 1989-90. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 407. ISBN   0199515859.
3. Woodroffe, Rosemary Brigitte. (1992). Factors affecting reproductive success in the European badger, Meles meles L. (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. OCLC   53523309.
4. https://academicaffairs.ucdavis.edu/chancellors-fellows-recipients
5. "Rosie Woodroffe". 14 August 2025.
6. Donnelly, Christl Ann; Woodroffe, Rosie (2015). "Bovine tuberculosis: Badger-cull targets unlikely to reduce TB". Nature. 526 (7575): 640. Bibcode:2015Natur.526..640D. doi: 10.1038/526640c . PMID   26511569.
7. Blackburn, Craig (16 May 2014). "World-renowned Falmouth artist Patrick Woodroffe dies aged 73". The West Briton . Archived from the original on 17 May 2014.