Bland_Finlay

Bland Finlay

Bland Finlay

British biologist

Bland J. Finlay FRS (16 March 1952 - 24 December 2021[1][2]) was a British biologist.

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Career

Finlay received his bachelor's and PhD degrees from the University of Stirling. He worked as a lecturer at University of Jos for a year, before moving to the Freshwater Biological Association's laboratory at Windermere where he was based from 1978 to 2003.[1] Many of his research studies were conducted at the nearby pond of Priest Pot in the Lake District.[3] He then worked at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology from 2003 to 2007.[1] In 2007 he was appointed Professor of Microbial Ecology, Queen Mary, University of London, before retiring in 2012.[4] His research focused on the ecology and physiology of single celled eukaryotic microbes (protists), particularly those from low-oxygen habitats.[2]

Selected works

  • Tom Fenchel, Bland J. Finlay, Ecology and evolution in anoxic worlds, Oxford University Press, 1995, ISBN 978-0-19-854838-6
  • Bland J. Finlay, Global Dispersal of Free-Living Microbial Eukaryote Species. Science 296, 1061-1063 (2002).

References

  1. [1]
    Fenchel, Tom (October 2022). "Bland James Finlay (March 16, 1952–December 24, 2021)". Protist. 173 (5): 125906. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2022.125906.
  2. [2]
    "Bland Finlay". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  3. [3]
    Berninger, Ulrike-G. (December 2022). "Some Personal Memories of Bland J. Finlay and Work on Protists in "Priest Pot"". Protist. 173 (6): 125910. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2022.125910.
  4. [4]
    "Bland J Finlay - School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences".
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