Kate Jones (scientist) explained

Kate Jones
Birth Name:Katherine Elizabeth Jones
Other Names:Cocktail Kate
Workplaces:University College London
Thesis Title:Evolution of bat life-histories
Thesis Url:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.265505
Thesis Year:1998
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Known For:Bat Detective
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Katherine Elizabeth Jones (born 1972) is a British biodiversity scientist, with a special interest in bats. She is Professor of Ecology and Biodiversity, and Director of the Biodiversity Modelling Research Group, at University College London.[1] She is a past chair of the Bat Conservation Trust.[2] [3]

Education

Jones graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology from the University of Leeds in 1993 and with a Ph.D. from the University of Surrey in 1998.[4]

Research

Jones is interested in understanding how biodiversity is maintained and conserved globally.[5] She won a 2008 Philip Leverhulme Award in Zoology (given to "outstanding young scholars … whose future contributions are held to be of correspondingly high promise") and holds a number of scientific advisory board positions for national and international conservation charities.[6]

Jones has researched bats in Transylvania where she developed new ways of monitoring bat populations through sound.[7] [8]

Jones has been involved in a number of citizen science projects including Bat Detective and a phone related bat monitoring project.[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] According to Google Scholar and Scopus her most cited papers have been published in Science[14] and Nature.[15] [16] [17] [18]

Honours and awards

Jones was awarded the Philip Leverhulme Prize in 2011. In 2022 she was awarded the Marsh Award for Conservation Biologyby the Zoological Society of London [19] and the Marsh Ecology Award from the British Ecological Society.[20]

Personal life

Jones is also known for her love of cocktails, which she discussed with Jim Al-Khalili on the BBC radio programme The Life Scientific.

In a Guardian feature on "Why more women should consider a career in science", Jones said:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prof Kate Jones . UCL Division of Biosciences . 20 March 2020 . en . 4 March 2019.
  2. Web site: Board of Trustees – Bat Conservation Trust . Bats.org.uk . 2015-06-25.
  3. Web site: Changes at the Bat Conservation Trust - News . Bat Conservation Trust . 20 March 2020 . en . 18 June 2014.
  4. PhD. University of Surrey. Evolution of bat life-histories.. Katherine Elizabeth.. Jones. 1998. 556734183.
  5. The dawn of an era of de-extinction . Science Weekly . . Ruz . Camila . 2013-04-01 . 2023-02-21.
  6. Web site: Awards Made in 2008 . Leverhulme.ac.uk . 2015-06-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024709/https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/sites/default/files/imported_pdfs/2008.pdf . 2016-03-04 . dead .
  7. Web site: Dr Kate E. Jones | Independent Blogs . Blogs.independent.co.uk . 2011-07-28 . 2015-06-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150624022823/http://blogs.independent.co.uk/author/dr-kate-e-jones/ . 2015-06-24 . dead .
  8. Web site: Bat Detective | A Zooniverse Project Blog . Blog.batdetective.org . 2015-06-25.
  9. Web site: BBC Radio 4 – The Life Scientific, Kate Jones . Bbc.co.uk . 2015-06-25.
  10. Web site: Professor Kate Jones . Invisibledust.com . 2015-06-25.
  11. Web site: Prof Kate Jones's and the Bat Detective project launched plus interview on BBC World . Ucl.ac.uk . 2015-06-25.
  12. News: Website calls on people to become 'bat detectives' – BBC News . BBC News . 2 October 2012. 2015-06-25.
  13. Web site: Becoming A Bat Detective – Planet Earth Online – Professor Kate Jones, University College London & Charlotte Walters, Zoological Society Of London . Thenakedscientists.com . 2012-12-02 . 7 February 2017.
  14. 10.1126/science.1116030. 16037416. Multiple Causes of High Extinction Risk in Large Mammal Species. Science. 309. 5738. 1239–41. 2005. Cardillo. M.. Mace. G. M.. Jones. K. E.. Bielby. J. Bininda-Emonds. O. R.. Sechrest. W. Orme. C. D.. Purvis. A. 2005Sci...309.1239C. 10.1.1.327.7340. 378183.
  15. 10.1038/nature09575. 21124449. Impacts of biodiversity on the emergence and transmission of infectious diseases. Nature. 468. 7324. 647–52. 2010. Keesing. Felicia. Belden. Lisa K.. Daszak. Peter. Dobson. Andrew. Harvell. C. Drew. Holt. Robert D.. Hudson. Peter. Jolles. Anna. Jones. Kate E.. Mitchell. Charles E.. Myers. Samuel S.. Bogich. Tiffany. Ostfeld. Richard S.. 2010Natur.468..647K. 7094913.
  16. Bininda-Emonds . O.. Cardillo . M.. Jones . K.. MacPhee . R.. Beck . R.. Grenyer . R.. Price . S.. Vos . R.. Gittleman . J.. Purvis . A.. The delayed rise of present-day mammals. Nature. 446. 7135. 507–512. 2007. 17392779. 10.1038/nature05634. 2007Natur.446..507B . 4314965.
  17. 10.1038/nature06536. 18288193. 5960580. Global trends in emerging infectious diseases. Nature. 451. 7181. 990–3. 2008. Jones. Kate E.. Patel. Nikkita G.. Levy. Marc A.. Storeygard. Adam. Balk. Deborah. Gittleman. John L.. Daszak. Peter. 2008Natur.451..990J.
  18. 10.1038/nature05237. 17080090. Global distribution and conservation of rare and threatened vertebrates. Nature. 444. 7115. 93–6. 2006. Grenyer. Richard. Orme. C. David L.. Jackson. Sarah F.. Thomas. Gavin H.. Davies. Richard G.. Davies. T. Jonathan. Jones. Kate E.. Olson. Valerie A.. Ridgely. Robert S.. Rasmussen. Pamela C.. Ding. Tzung-Su. Bennett. Peter M.. Blackburn. Tim M.. Gaston. Kevin J.. Gittleman. John L.. Owens. Ian P. F.. 2006Natur.444...93G. 4391288.
  19. Web site: Prestigious awards honour the stars of conservation science .
  20. Web site: British Ecological Society announces 2022 award winners . 2 September 2022 .

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