Lynn's Curriculum Vitae
Personal
information
Date
of Birth: 05-12-73
Nationality:
British
Marital
Status: married
Education
1998-2002 PhD. Department of Zoology, University of
Cambridge/Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Monk’s Wood. Supervisors: Dr S. A. Corbet, Dr R. F.
Pywell. Title: The Structure and Functioning of Flower-visiting Insect
Communities on Hay Meadows
1996-1997
Forum for the Future Scholarship
10 month ‘work-based learning’ course, accredited
by Middlesex University as a Master of Professional Studies (MProf) [Sustainable
Development]
1992-95 BA
Hons, Biological Sciences (Class I). New College, University of Oxford
Work Experience
From Oct 08 Communications Officer (part time), Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research (4CMR), Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge.
1998-08
Science writer and editor. Feature and news writer for New
Scientist, Focus magazine and BBC Wildlife Magazine. Life sciences writer for
European Service Network, Rue de Collège, 27, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Consultant researcher for The Environmental Justice Foundation, 5 St Peter's
Street, London N1 8JD. Writer and editor for the Tyndall Centre for Climate
Change Research and the UK Environment Agency. Consultant agricultural
ecologist, specialising in terrestrial invertebrates.
Jan
99-May 00 Supervising undergraduates
on Organisms, Conservation Biology and Ecology courses, Cambridge University
Natural Sciences Tripos. Also demonstrating at laboratory and field practical
classes for the above courses.
Feb-Oct
98 Manager of
bee-monitoring and insect research project on National
Trust Nature Reserve, Wicken Fen. Funded by Gales Honey Ltd. Managing 2
staff and volunteers, producing report, controlling a budget.
Oct-Dec
97 Research
assistant, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. Research into the
exposure of bumblebees to pesticides, funded by MAFF.
Apr-Aug
96 Arable
Flower Survey Co-ordinator, The Northmoor Trust, Little Wittenham, Oxon.
Carrying out botanical surveys on arable land, co-ordinating volunteers,
collating data and producing report for English Nature.
Oct
95-Apr 96 Picture Researcher, Science Photo
Library, 112 Westbourne Grove,
London W2 5RU.
Skills
Time-management,
literature research, working to deadlines, giving presentations, data analysis.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Editing and proof-reading.
Botanical
and entomological identification, specialising in Hymenoptera and Syrphidae.
Computer literate. I am highly competent in the use
of Windows, Microsoft Office and similar software for Apple Mac and PC. I have
experience with the following specialist packages: EndNote, Quark Xpress,
S-Plus, Minitab, CANOCO. I also
have experience of web authoring using FrontPage. Typing speed: 50wpm.
Full clean driving license, with own car. Language skills: Spanish (basic) and French (intermediate).
Other
information
Winner
of the BASF/Daily Telegraph Young Science Writer of the Year Award, 1999.
Member
of the Association of British Science Writers and the Royal Entomological
Society.
Piano and violin player. Keen interest in natural history and organic gardening.
Refereed
Publications
Pywell,
R.F., Warman, E.A., Carvell, C., Sparks, T.H., Dicks, L.V., Bennett, D., Wright,
A., Critchley, C.N.R. and Sherwood, A., (2005). ‘Providing foraging resources
for bumblebees in intensively farmed landscapes.’ Biological Conservation 121:
479-494.
Dicks,
L.V., Corbet, S.A. and Pywell, R.F. (2002) 'Compartmentalization in plant-insect
flower visitor webs.' Journal of Animal
Ecology 71: 32-43.
Kay,
S., Gregory, S., Hunt, L. Sutcliffe, O. and Stevenson, M. (2000) 'Rare arable
flowers in the Oxford Heights.' Fritillary
2: 58-69.
Thompson,
H.M. and Hunt, L.V. (1999) 'Extrapolating from honeybees to bumblebees in
pesticide risk assessment.' Ecotoxicology 8(3):147-166.
Comba,
L., Corbet, S., Hunt, L. & Warren, B. (1998)
'Flowers, nectar and insect visits: evaluating British plant species for
pollinator-friendly gardens.' Annals of
Botany 83:
369-383.
Lynn
Dicks
Science writer and editor