William W. Murdoch
| William W. Murdoch | |
|---|---|
| Born | United Kingdom |
| Residence | Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A. |
| Fields | Population Ecology |
| Institutions | UC Santa Barbara |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow, University of Oxford |
| Doctoral advisor | Charles Sutherland Elton |
| Known for | Population regulation, predator–prey dynamics, biological control |
| Influences | Charles Sutherland Elton and Dennis H. Chitty |
| Influenced | H. Godfray, I. Valiela, A. Shmida, G. Peterson, and P. Abrams. |
| Notable awards | Guggenheim Fellowship, Robert H. MacArthur Award, and AAAS Fellow |
| Notes | |
William W. Murdoch (born 1939) is a Charles A. Storke II professor of population ecology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Over the years, his research has focused primarily on the subjects of population regulation, predator–prey dynamics, and biological control. He has also contributed extensively to understanding the scientific and socioeconomic ramifications caused by human overpopulation and environmental degradation. He was the recipient of the 1990 Robert H. MacArthur Award granted by the Ecological Society of America. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and the Ecological Society of America (ESA).
William W. Murdoch received his Bachelor of Science degree in zoology (with honors) at the University of Glasgow. After graduation, he headed to the University of Oxford to study insect population dynamics at the Bureau of Animal Population under Charles Sutherland Elton. Upon obtaining his doctorate in population ecology, Murdoch won a Guggenheim Fellowship that allowed him to undertake postdoctoral research at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.
In 1965, Murdoch joined the faculty of the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he has conducted research until the present. He has held visiting professorships at various universities around the world including the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and University College London. Murdoch has also been a McMaster Fellow in Australia, a Miller Research Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, director of the University of California Natural Reserve System, and editor in chief of the journal Issues in Ecology.
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