Alan Madoc Roberts (born 1941) FRS is an English academic serving as

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professor of Zoology in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Bristol.

Education

Roberts was educated at Rugby School and the University of Cambridge, where he studied Natural Sciences (Zoology) at Trinity College, Cambridge. He went on to study at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where he was awarded a PhD in 1967 for research supervised by Theodore Holmes Bullock on the escape response of

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Awards and honours

Roberts was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2015. His certificate of election reads:

References

Living people Fellows of the Royal Society Alumni of the University of Cambridge University of California, Los Angeles alumni People from Rugby, Warwickshire People educated at Rugby School 1941 births {{England-scientist-stub