Prof John Beddington

Professor John Beddington was appointed as Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA) on 1 January 2008. John's main research interests are the application of biological and economic analysis to problems of Natural Resource Management including inter alia: fisheries, pest control, wildlife management and the control of disease. He has been at Imperial College since 1984, he was promoted to Reader in 1987 and was Professor of Applied Population Biology until his appointment as GCSA.

He has acted as a Senior Adviser to several major national and international bodies including the British Government, the European Commission and the United Nations Environment Programme and Food and Agriculture Organisation. In June 1997 he was awarded the Heidelberg Award for Environmental Excellence and in 2001 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society. In 2003 he was awarded the Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George by the Queen for services to fisheries science and management.