A Celebration of the Life of Bob May 1936 – 2020

In 2020 we were saddened to lose two highly influential ecologists who both served as Presidents of the BES.

Bob May (Robert, Lord May) died on April 28 2020 after a long illness. He was amongst the most influential ecologists of the 20th century and contributed to other fields from epidemiology to economics, as well as being a very influential science advisor to government. The session was run in two parts, the first consisting of three talks describing Bob’s enduring contributions to different areas of ecology. The second was a discussion by a panel of people who knew Bob well and talked about the fun of working with him at different stages of his career.

00:00:00 - Introduction from Charles Godfray, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
00:02:23 - Tim Coulson, University of Oxford
00:17:40 - Jennifer Dunne, Santa Fe Institue
00:35:11 - Alison Galvani, Yale University
00:45:35 - Panel discussion with Roy Anderson (Imperial College London), Mike Hassell (Imperial College London), John Krebs (University of Oxford) and Simon Levin (Princetown University)

[godzillafanboy]

hi i wish to be a ecologist some day and also do ecologists study tornados and natural disasters??!?! pls tell me i need to know