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After studying at [[University College of Wales, Aberystwyth]], Fay was awarded a PhD in 1989, having started working at Kew in 1986. In 2000, he was awarded the [[Bicentenary Medal of the Linnean Society]], and has served on its governing council for several terms since 2003. He is currently Chair of the Orchid Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of [[IUCN]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kew.org/science-conservation/research-data/science-directory/people/fay-michael-f|title=Fay, Mike|publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|accessdate=8 March 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324171721/http://www.kew.org/science-conservation/research-data/science-directory/people/fay-michael-f|archivedate=24 March 2014}}</ref> He |
After studying at [[University College of Wales, Aberystwyth]], Fay was awarded a PhD in 1989, having started working at Kew in 1986. In 2000, he was awarded the [[Bicentenary Medal of the Linnean Society]], and has served on its governing council for several terms since 2003. He is currently Chair of the Orchid Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of [[IUCN]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kew.org/science-conservation/research-data/science-directory/people/fay-michael-f|title=Fay, Mike|publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|accessdate=8 March 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324171721/http://www.kew.org/science-conservation/research-data/science-directory/people/fay-michael-f|archivedate=24 March 2014}}</ref> He as chief editor of the ''[[Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://academic.oup.com/botlinnean/pages/Editorial_Board|title=Editorial Board|publisher=OxfordUniversityPress|accessdate=10 December 2017}}</ref> Fay researches conservation genetics. |
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Revision as of 15:34, 9 December 2023
Michael Francis Fay (born 1960) is a British geneticist and botanist currently serving as Senior Research Leader, Conservation Genetics, at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Life
After studying at University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, Fay was awarded a PhD in 1989, having started working at Kew in 1986. In 2000, he was awarded the Bicentenary Medal of the Linnean Society, and has served on its governing council for several terms since 2003. He received the 2022 JBS Haldane Lecture from the Genetics Society. He is currently Co-Chair of the Orchid Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of IUCN.[1] He served as chief editor of the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society from 2008 to 2023.[2] Fay researches conservation genetics. Among many other publications, he is an author of all iterations to date of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, and in 2017 he co-authored an encyclopedia on vascular plants entitled Plants of the World with Maarten Christenhusz and Mark Wayne Chase.
References
- ^ "Fay, Mike". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ^ "Editorial Board". OxfordUniversityPress. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. M.F.Fay.
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