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Career History Career History

This is my abridged career history - for more details see my departmental website (www.shef.ac.uk/aps/contacts/acadstaff/osborne.html)

Education

1996

Ph.D. Physiological Plant Ecology (University of Essex).

1992

B.Sc. Plant Sciences (University of Manchester).

 
 


Appointments

2002 - present

Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Sheffield.

1996 - 2002

Post-Doc, University of Sheffield

Professional Service

2004 - present

Organiser of Departmental Seminar Series with Jens Rolff.

2004 - present

External examiner PhD King’s College London, University of London
External examiner MSc Rhodes University
Internal examiner PhD University of Sheffield

2005

Biological Sciences Panel for Royal Society Summer Studentships.

Public Understanding of Science

My research has been reported to a wider audience via:

  • A lecture to the Botanical Society of Scotland at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh (Nov 2006)
  • A Darwin Centre Live event at the Natural History Museum in London (Oct 2003)
  • A radio interview for the BBC World Service programme Science in Action (March 2001)

Reports of my work have also appeared in news media across the world:

  • Plants breathed easier - National Geographic Magazine (Oct 2005)
  • Carbon drop triggered big leaves - BBC Wildlife Magazine 'Discoveries' (Sept 2004)
  • How plants evolved big broad leaves - New Scientist (July 2004)
  • Declining CO2 made way for leaves - Science News interviews and reports by:
    • Die Zeit (German National Newspaper)
    • Spanish International News Wire Agencia EFE
    • Folha de Sao Paulo (Brazilian national newspaper)
    • The Dallas Morning News
    • (all July 2004)
  • Antarctic Scott's lasting legacy - BBC News Online (Oct 2003)
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