Dr Simon Loader
Principal Curator in Charge, Vertebrates
Department: Collections
Division: Vertebrates
- Phone: 207942 6459
Summary
I am a Principal Curator of Vertebrates at the Natural History Museum. My research encompasses Africa as my geographical area of research, and vertebrates as my group of expertise. Using both Africa and vertebrates I apply a range of approaches in systematics, investigating the current patterns and processes behind the maintenance and formation of biodiversity.
Qualifications
Degrees
- BSc in Zoology, University of Leeds, Leeds, 1995 - 1998
- MSc in Advanced methods in Taxonomy and Biodiversity, Imperial College, UK, 1998 - 1999
- PhD, University of Glasgow, UK, 2000 - 2005
Academic
- Senior Lecturer in Zoology, University of Roehampton, London Borough of Wandsworth, Life Sciences, United Kingdom, 2015 - 2017
- Lecturer, University of Basel, Institute of Biogeography, Switzerland, 2007 - 2015
Non-academic
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group Regional Chair for East Africa, IUCN, 2012 - ongoing