Ben Sheldon

Ben Sheldon
Alma mater	University of Cambridge University of Sheffield
Awards	Linnean Medal (2020) Fellow of the Linnean Society of London (2020) Fellow of the Royal Society (2022) ZSL Scientific Medal (2004)
Website	www.zoo.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-ben-sheldon
Academic career
Institutions	Department of Zoology (2016–) Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology (2004–)
Doctoral students	Marta Szulkin

Ben C. Sheldon is the Luc Hoffmann Chair in Field Ornithology and Director of the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology of the University of Oxford's Department of Zoology. He was awarded the 2020 Linnean Medal for "his service to science in the field of Zoology".

Early life and education

Sheldon obtained his Ph.D. at University of Cambridge and did postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Uppsala and University of Edinburgh.

Awards and honours

• 2000 Royal Society University Research Fellow
• 2020 Linnean Medal

Select publications

• Ben C. Sheldon; S Verhulst (1 August 1996). "Ecological immunology: costly parasite defences and trade-offs in evolutionary ecology". Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 11 (8): 317–321. doi:10.1016/0169-5347(96)10039-2. ISSN 0169-5347. PMID 21237861. Wikidata Q34159212.

• Anne Charmantier; Robin H McCleery; Lionel R Cole; Chris Perrins; Loeske E B Kruuk; Ben C Sheldon (1 May 2008). "Adaptive phenotypic plasticity in response to climate change in a wild bird population". Science. 320 (5877): 800–803. doi:10.1126/SCIENCE.1157174. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 18467590. Wikidata Q31155027.

• Tim Clutton-Brock; Ben C. Sheldon (7 September 2010). "Individuals and populations: the role of long-term, individual-based studies of animals in ecology and evolutionary biology". Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 25 (10): 562–573. doi:10.1016/J.TREE.2010.08.002. ISSN 0169-5347. PMID 20828863. Wikidata Q37786711.