Georgina Mace

Who is Georgina Mace?

Georgina Mary Mace CBE FRS is Professor of Biodiversity and Ecosystems at University College London. She was previously Professor of Conservation Science and Director of the Natural Environment Research Council Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College London and was Director of Science at the Zoological Society of London

Her research interests are in measuring the trends and consequences of biodiversity loss and ecosystem change. Mace completed a PhD on evolutionary ecology of small mammals and thereafter joined the Smithsonian Institution to study the impact on inbreeding in zoological collections. Mace continued this work and further researched captive population ecology by studying population viability in zoos. Mace commented that "It was exciting to make quantitative scientific contributions to conservation"

She has been President of the British Ecological Society, President of the Society for Conservation Biology, a member of the Science Committee of Diversitas. Mace was editor of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society from 2008-2010.