Terry Callaghan

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Terry Callaghan
CMG
Born
Terence Vincent Callaghan

(1945-03-11) March 11, 1945 (age 79)
Stockport
NationalityBritish
EducationBurnage Grammar School
Alma materUniversity of Manchester (BSc)
University of Birmingham (PhD)
Known forArctic ecology
AwardsZayed International Prize for the Environment (2007)
Scientific career
FieldsEcology
InstitutionsUniversity of Sheffield
Tomsk State University
ThesisEcophysiological and taxonic studies on bi-polar Phleum alpinum L. (1972)
Websitewww.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/people/academic-staff/terry-v-callaghan Edit this at Wikidata

Terence Vincent Callaghan

CMG (born 1945)[1] is a British biologist specialized in the ecology of the Arctic. Much of his work on arctic plants has taken place in Abisko in northernmost Sweden, based at the Abisko Scientific Research Station where he served as director.[2][3] He was a lead author of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Reports chapter on polar regions.[4][5]

Education and early life

Callaghan was born in

PhD from the University of Birmingham in 1972[1] for ecophysiological and taxonic studies on Phleum alpinum.[7]

Career and research

Callaghan's research has focussed on the arctic and subarctic environment and the ecology of plants,[8] animals, and ecosystem processes,[9][10] including ecological responses to climate change,[11][12] atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations and UV-B radiation.[4] He has held academic positions at the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, the University of Sheffield, the University of Manchester, the University of York and Tomsk State University.[1][13]

Awards and honours

Callaghan was awarded the Zayed International Prize for the Environment in 2007, the Vega Medal by the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography in 2011, the International Arctic Science Committee medal in 2017. He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to advancing knowledge and international collaboration in Arctic science.[1]

References

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    doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U290267. (Subscription or UK public library membership
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  3. PMID 33863118
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    PMID 22864691
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  5. YouTube
  6. ^ Anon (2013). "From Levy to the Nobel Prize". manchestereveningnews.co.uk. Manchester Evening News.
  7. OCLC 911142098
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  8. Wikidata Q30446383
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  9. Wikidata Q33351730
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  10. Wikidata Q33501895
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  11. Wikidata Q34089721
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  12. Wikidata Q59072344
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  13. ^ www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/people/academic-staff/terry-v-callaghan Edit this at Wikidata
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