Pat Monaghan

Pat Monaghan holds the Regius Chair of Zoology at the University of Glasgow, affiliated with the Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine. His academic career spans over two decades at the University of Glasgow, transitioning from Professor of Animal Ecology to his current chair.

Research interests focus on:

• Life-history strategies and the impact of early-life conditions on organisms.
• Resource allocation trade-offs across short- and long-term ecological and evolutionary timescales.
• Behavioural and population ecology, particularly how individuals adapt to dynamic environmental conditions.

Scientific awards and honors include:

• 2011: Member of the Academia Europaea.
• 2009: British Association Science Media Fellowship (sponsored by NERC), held at the Scotsman newspaper.
• 2006: Tinbergen Lecture at the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour.
• 2005: Bernard Tucker Memorial Lecturer.
• 2004: Witherby Memorial Lecturer.
• 2002: Corresponding Fellow of the American Ornithologists Union.
• 1997: Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.