Professor Sir John Krebs FRS

Since 1988 Sir John Krebs has held a Royal Society Research Professorship in the Department of Zoology, Oxford University, where he is a Fellow of Pembroke College. He has also held posts at the University of British Columbia and the University of Wales, Bangor. Sir John is internationally renowned for his scientific research on the behaviour and ecology of animals.

Between 1994 and 1999, Sir John was Chief Executive of the Natural Environment Research Council. In January 2000 he was appointed as the first Chairman of the UK Food Standards Agency.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, a member of Academia Europaea and of the Max Planck Society, an Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Foreign Member of the American Philosophical Society. He has received numerous awards and honorary degrees for his scientific work.