{"id":10,"date":"2014-03-04T09:50:56","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T09:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johngurnell.wpengine.com\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2024-09-20T14:17:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T14:17:09","slug":"professional-roles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/johngurnell.com\/?page_id=10","title":{"rendered":"Professional Roles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/johngurnell.com\/?attachment_id=236\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-236\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-236 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/johngurnell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/JG-bird-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johngurnell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/JG-bird-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/johngurnell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/JG-bird-768x524.jpg 768w, https:\/\/johngurnell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/JG-bird.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Current and former professional roles<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Journal editor<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Editor<\/em> Mammal Communications<\/li>\n<li><em>Associate Editor<\/em> Mammalia<\/li>\n<li><em>Associate Editor<\/em>\u00a0 Hystrix<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Mammal Society<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Council 1980-81, 1983, 1991, 2014-2021<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Survey<\/em> <em>(<\/em>Micromys minutus<em>) committee<\/em> 2021-pres<\/li>\n<li><em>Former Conference Secretary\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Honorary Secretary 1992-1996<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Zoological Society of London<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Publications Committee 1990-1996<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Beaver Trust &#8211; Independent Advisory Panel (2021-pres)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/johngurnell.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Image3b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-91\" src=\"http:\/\/johngurnell.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Image3b.jpg\" alt=\"Image3b\" width=\"260\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>River Otter Beaver Trial &#8211; Management and Steering Groups<\/p>\n<p>Beavers Advisory Committee for England (BACE)<\/p>\n<p>England Squirrel Forum \u2013 national committee for advising government<\/p>\n<p>Jersey, Channel Islands &#8211; advisor on small mammals.<\/p>\n<p>Dormouse Advisory Group, Natural England<\/p>\n<p>Advisory reports on wildlife management for Forestry Commission, Country Agencies and Jersey States (see Publications 2).<\/p>\n<p>Conference organiser (since 2000)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>2007 &#8211; Island Mammal Workshop Organiser,5<sup>th<\/sup> European Congress of Mammalogy, Siena, Italy.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>2006-7\u00a0 Scientific Committee for the 5<sup>th<\/sup> European Congress of Mammalogy. \u00a0Siena, Italy.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>2003-5 Scientific Committee for the 9<sup>th<\/sup> International Conference Rodens &amp; Spatium, Poland.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>University postgraduate examining<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Masters by Research: Universities of London: 1986, 2000; Natal: 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996, 2004.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>\u00a0Ph.D: Universities of: Belfast 1990; 1999; 2001; Cardiff 1991; Dublin 1998; 2000; 2008; Exeter 1982; 2012; Galway 2013; London: 1987; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1997; 1999; 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2008; 2009;\u00a0 2011; 2011; 2012; 2013; Manchester 1988; Natal\u00a0 1990; 1997; Oxford 1995; Pretoria 2009; Reading 1991; Southampton 1997; 2004.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>University of London<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Central Research Fund Committee. From June 2003 to 2010<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Deputy Chair of Central Research Fund Committee. From March 2004-2010.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Queen Mary University of London<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chair &#8211; Week Zero Committee 2009-2010.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Qualifications<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1969 &#8211; B.Sc. Hons. Zoology (Exeter)<\/li>\n<li>1973 &#8211; Ph.D. Biological Sciences Exeter on the behaviour of wild mice,\u00a0<i>Apodemus sylvaticus.\u00a0<\/i>(Supervisor Ian Linn.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Appointments<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1965\u201166\u00a0\u00a0 Assistant Scientific Officer, M.A.F.F., Pest Infestation Control Laboratory, Guildford,\u00a0 Surrey<\/li>\n<li>1973\u201174\u00a0\u00a0 Scientific Officer, M.A.F.F., Pest Infestation Control Laboratories,\u00a0 Tolworth, Surrey<\/li>\n<li>1974\u201184\u00a0\u00a0 Lecturer, Department of Zoology, Westfield College, University of London, London<\/li>\n<li>1984-90\u00a0 Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London<\/li>\n<li>1991-97\u00a0 Senior Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London<\/li>\n<li>1997-02\u00a0 Reader in Ecology, Queen Mary, University of London<\/li>\n<li>2002- 13\u00a0 Professor of Ecology, Queen Mary, University of London<\/li>\n<li>2013 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Emeritus Professor of Ecology, Queen Mary University of London<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Membership of professional bodies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour<\/li>\n<li>British Ecological Society<\/li>\n<li>The Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management ( MIEEM,Full Member 1992-2000)<\/li>\n<li>The Mammal Society<\/li>\n<li>Royal Society for the Protection of Birds<\/li>\n<li>Societe Europaea Mammalogica<\/li>\n<li>Universities Federation for Animal Welfare<\/li>\n<li>Zoological Society of London<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current and former professional roles Journal editor Editor Mammal Communications Associate Editor Mammalia Associate Editor\u00a0 Hystrix The Mammal Society Council 1980-81, 1983, 1991, 2014-2021 Survey (Micromys minutus) committee 2021-pres Former Conference Secretary\u00a0 Honorary Secretary 1992-1996 Zoological Society of London Publications Committee 1990-1996 Beaver Trust &#8211; Independent Advisory Panel (2021-pres) River Otter Beaver Trial &#8211; Management &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/johngurnell.com\/?page_id=10\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Professional Roles<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johngurnell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johngurnell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johngurnell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johngurnell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johngurnell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/johngurnell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johngurnell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}