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The Conservation Scholars series continues now with conservation biologists that were not highlighted in our book Tropical Conservation Biology (where we produced a series of ‘Spotlights’ describing the contributions of great thinkers in conservation science). Each highlight of a Conservation Scholar includes a small biography, a list of major scientific publications and a Q & A on the person’s particular area of expertise.

I thought I’d start this new batch with one of my good friends and colleagues, Navjot Sodhi. He is our eleventh Conservation Scholar…

Biography

I am currently Professor of Conservation Ecology at the National University of Singapore. I received my PhD from the University of Saskatchewan (Canada), and I have been studying the effects of rain forest loss and degradation on Southeast Asian fauna and flora for over the last 13 years. I have published over 100 scientific papers in international and regional scientific journals such as Nature, Science, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, Auk, Current Biology, BioScience, Ecological Applications, Journal of Applied Ecology, Conservation Biology, Biological Conservation, and Biodiversity and Conservation. I have written/edited several books/monographs such as Southeast Asian Biodiversity in Crisis (2006, Cambridge University Press), Winged Invaders: ‘Pest’ birds of Asia-Pacific (2006, SNP, Singapore), Tropical Conservation Biology (2007, Blackwell) and Biodiversity and Human Livelihoods in Protected Areas: case studies from the Malay Archipelago (2008, Cambridge University Press), and I am currently co-editing a textbook called Conservation Biology  for All (2009, Oxford University Press).  I have also spent time at Harvard University as a Bullard Fellow (2001-02) and Hrdy Fellow (2008-09) where I now hold an adjunct associate position. I am (or have been) an Associate Editor/Editor of prestigious journals such as Conservation Biology, Biological Conservation, Animal Conservation, the Auk and Biotropica. Read the rest of this entry »