Ilkka Hanski#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1792 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 1998 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
Ilkka Hanski passed away May 10, 2016.
Positions Held
- 1996 - 2011 Research professor, Academy of Finland (National Research Council)
- 1993 - Professor of Zoology (Animal Ecology), University of Helsinki, Finland
- 1991 - 1992 Senior Research Scientist, Academy of Finland
- 1988 - 1991 Acting Professor of Zoology (Animal Ecology), University of Helsinki
- 1988 Senior Research Scientist, Academy of Finland
- 1981 - 1987 Junior Research Scientist, Academy of Finland
- 1979 D.Phil. Zoology, Univ. Oxford
Fields of Scholarship
- Evolutionary biology
- Conservation biology
- Population ecology
Honours and Awards
- 2011 The Kempe Award for Distinguished Ecologists, Umeå University, Sweden
- 2011 Honorary Fellowship of the Queens’s College, Oxford
- 2011 Crafoord Prize in Biosciences
- 2010 European Latsis Prize 2010 for biodiversity
- 2010 The Environment Award of the Finnish Association for Nature Conservation
- 2010 Foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences (US)
- 2010 Honorary doctorate, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- 2007 Finnish Science Award
- 2007 Finnish State Prize for Dissemination of Information
- 2006 Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
- 2005 Foreign Member of the Royal Society
- 2005 Marsh Award for Ecology, the British Ecological Society
- 2002 Foreign Member of Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina
- 2001 Sewall Wright Award
- 2000 Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- 2000 Balzan Prize for Ecological Sciences
