Francisco Sánchez-Bayo is an environmental scientist and

ecologist Ecology () is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms and their environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere levels. Ecology overlaps with the closely re ...

at the

University of Sydney The University of Sydney (USYD) is a public university, public research university in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in both Australia and Oceania. One of Australia's six sandstone universities, it was one of the ...

. The author or co-author of over 80 articles and book chapters, Sánchez-Bayo's research interests have focused on the ecological effects of

pesticide Pesticides are substances that are used to control pests. They include herbicides, insecticides, nematicides, fungicides, and many others (see table). The most common of these are herbicides, which account for approximately 50% of all p ...

s. In 2019 he was the lead author of a study that predicted the large-scale extinction of insect species."Insect population faces 'catastrophic' collapse: Sydney research"
University of Sydney, 12 February 2019. He serves on the board of associate editors of the journal ''

Entomologia Generalis ''Entomologia Generalis'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering general and applied entomology. Established in 1978 as ''Entomologica Germanica'' by German entomologist Wilhelm August Steffan, the journal publishes original research on ins ...

''.

Early life and education

Born in

Candelario Candelario is a municipality located in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León Castile and León is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwestern Spain. Castile and León is the largest autonomous community in ...

, Spain, Sánchez-Bayo got his master's degree in environmental sciences at the

Autonomous University of Madrid The Autonomous University of Madrid (; UAM), commonly known as la Autónoma, is a Spanish public university located in Madrid, Spain. The university was founded in 1968 by royal decree. UAM is widely respected as one of the most prestigious univ ...

(UAM) in 1980, and his doctorate in ecology in 1985, also at UAM, for a thesis entitled "Analysis of the spatial and temporal organisation of a bird community in riverine forests of the Duero basin". In 1990 he received a diploma in applied science, specializing in arid lands management, from the

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1949. The university comprises seven faculties, through which it offers bachelor's, master's and docto ...

Career

Sánchez-Bayo worked as an assistant professor at

Chiba University is a national university in the city of Chiba, Chiba, Chiba, Japan. It offers doctoral degrees in education as part of a coalition with Tokyo Gakugei University, Saitama University, and Yokohama National University. The university was formed in ...

in Japan for five years from 2001, before taking up a position at the Centre for Ecotoxicology in the Office of the Environment & Heritage of New South Wales, Australia. As of February 2019 he is an honorary associate at the Sydney Institute of Agriculture at the University of Sydney. Sánchez-Bayo was the lead author of a study published in the journal '' Biological Conservation'' in 2019 that indicated there has been a dramatic decline in insect populations and predicting the large-scale extinction of insect species, as a result of "the loss of habitat, due to agricultural practices, urbanisation and deforestation".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sánchez-Bayo, Francisco Living people Spanish emigrants to Australia Spanish ecologists Spanish scientists Academic staff of the University of Sydney Year of birth missing (living people)