Dr Iain Stott, senior lecturer at the School of Life Sciences and member of the EDI committee, has been awarded the prestigious Equality and Diversity Champion award by the British Ecological Society. This annual award (established in 2016) “honours and celebrates those who have made significant, innovative and cumulatively outstanding contributions to enhancing the practice of equality and diversity in the ecological community“. Now in its fourth year, the award aims to highlight the work done by those working tirelessly to make the ecological community more welcoming for everyone. Iain is the single recipient of the award this year.
On receiving his award Iain said: “I wouldn’t say anything I’ve done is extraordinary, and in many ways I was surprised to win this award. On reflection however, I certainly could have done with many of these things as an early career researcher and I’ve never really felt like I know a senior LGBT+ academic role model to look up to.”
We are very proud of the work that Iain has already done, and look forward to his insights and contributions to our committee.
Congratulations to Iain!