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Fields Evolutionary BiologistPrimatologistConservationistTelevision presenter Thesis Primates of the Caribbean: using historical-era introductions of monkeys in the lesser Antilles to understand rates of island evolution Doctoral advisor Helen ChatterjeeSamuel Turvey Known for Secrets of BonesAttenborough and the Giant Dinosaur Profiles | ||
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Ben Garrod (born 29 January 1982) is an English evolutionary biologist, primatologist and broadcaster. He is a Teaching Fellow at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, and lives in Bristol.
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- The power of one ben garrod tedxyouth manchester
- Bone collector ben garrod meet my planet earth unplugged
- Early life and education
- Academic and conservation work
- Public engagement
- References
Bone collector ben garrod meet my planet earth unplugged
Early life and education
Garrod was born in 1982 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and attended Northgate Primary School, St. Nicholas' Priory Middle School and Caister High School. After attending East Norfolk Sixth Form College in Gorleston, he changed his mind about pursuing a career in medicine and instead followed a path into zoology. After college, he travelled to Madagascar on a student volunteer placement for a marine conservation programme for several months.
He was an Animal Behaviour student at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge and graduated in 2005 with a first class Bachelor of Science degree. His dissertation investigated husbandry and welfare in captive weakly electric fish. He completed an Master of Science degree in Wild Animal Biology from the Royal Veterinary College, London and Zoological Society of London, where his thesis assessed the potential for the continued survival of an extinct Caribbean rodent.
Academic and conservation work
Garrod recently submitted a doctorate at University College London and the Zoological Society of London. His thesis focused on the evolution of monkeys in tropical islands and was titled "Primates of the Caribbean". He has published on primate pathology and osteoarchaeology.
Garrod has lived and worked all over the world, particularly working on great ape conservation. He spent several years in Central Africa working on the development and management of a leading field site for chimpanzee conservation with the Jane Goodall Institute - Uganda, where among other things he was responsible for habituating wild chimpanzees. He has also worked in Southeast Asia for an orangutan conservation organisation, in Madagascar studying marine life, and in the Caribbean studying introduced monkeys.
Garrod's institutional affiliations include being a Trustee for the UK Jane Goodall Institute; a board member of the Primate Society of Great Britain (PSGB); Ambassador for the Norfolk Wildlife Trust; Ambassador for Bristol Museum and Art Gallery; Patron of the Natural Sciences Collections Association (NatSCA); and Fellow of the Linnean Society.
Public engagement
Garrod has presented a series and several television shows, including Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur with David Attenborough as well as appearing in Springwatch, in addition to his own six-part series called Secrets of Bones on BBC Four. He has also presented numerous short films on the One Show.
He has delivered a TEDx talk and is a regular speaker at conferences, public debates and scientific festivals, including the Cheltenham Science Festival. He also writes scientific articles for The Guardian and The Conversation.