Rosemary Brigitte Woodroffe is a

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and academic.

Education

Woodroffe was educated at the Somerville College, Oxford and was awarded

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degree in 1989 followed by a

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in 1992 for research on factors affecting

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in the European badger, ''Meles meles L.'' supervised by David Macdonald.

Career

From 1993-1994 she was a research associate at the

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, the research division of the

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. From 1994-1998 she was a research fellow at

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. From 1998 to 2001 she was a lecturer in ecology & epidemiology at the

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. From 2001 to 2007 she was at the Department of Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology at the

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as assistant professor, associate professor and finally professor of conservation biology. In 2007 returned to the Institute of Zoology in London as a senior research fellow.

Personal life

Rosie is the daughter of fantasy artist

Patrick Woodroffe Patrick James Woodroffe (27 October 1940 – 10 May 2014) was an English artist, etcher and drawer, specialised in fantasy science-fiction artwork, with images that bordered on the surreal. His achievements include several collaborations wi ...

References

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