Senior Lecturer and Curator, University Museum of Zoology, Hon Research Professor, Rhodes University, Hon Associate Professor, and Member of the Centre for Marine Science, University of Queensland, Hon Research Fellow, Biodiversity Program, The Queensland Museum, Emeritus Professor of Developmental Neurobiology, 01223 (3)36630 (Research) or (3)36601 (HoD), 01223 (3)36623 (Lab) or 01223 (3)36653 (Offices), Strickland Curator of Ornithology, University Museum of Zoology, Director of Research and formerly Prince Philip Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Charles & Katharine Darwin Research Fellow, Zoology Research Fellow, University Museum of Zoology, Senior Lecturer and Curator of Insects (Emeritus), Clare Hall Research Fellow in the Sciences, Honorary Professor of Conservation Science, Curator of Vertebrate Palaeontology, University Museum of Zoology, Principal Research Associate/ERC Consolidator Fellow (Part-time), Stanley Elmore Research Fellow, Sidney Sussex College, University Reader & Curator of Malacology, University Museum of Zoology. We are a group of people passionate about Zoology! directory, Frequently asked [8], Much of the Museum’s material derives from the great collecting expeditions of the 19th century, which provided the first documentation of the fauna in many parts of the world. Research Stories Find out about research relating to the collections of the Museum of Zoology, and the people working to better understand and protect the natural world. Title of project Trading off chemical and physical defences: How do specialist caterpillars cope with stiff and sharp plant trichomes? Many of the collections were assembled during the nineteenth century, which was a key period for the development of modern biology. Hans Gadow [1855-1928]: Prussian Morphology meets Cambridge Zoology; The Bidders: a Cambridge zoological family. The Museum of Zoology is in the David Attenborough Building (formerly known as the Arup Building) on the New Museums Site, just north of Downing Street in central Cambridge, England. and Leonard Doncaster 1909-1914.[11]. Professor Rebecca Kilner, Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Director of the Museum of Zoology, Dr Jason Head, Curator of Vertebrate Palaeontology, Dr Michael Brooke, Strickland Curator of Ornithology, Russell Stebbings, Insect and Invertebrate Technician, The museum is supported by a very committed group of volunteers, without whom we would not be able to open our doors. and Colleges work. John Willis Clark 1866-1892, questions, How the The collections were designated in 1998 by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (now managed by the Arts Council England) as being of outstanding historical and international importance.[5]. Much of the material was accumulated between 1865 and 1915 through private collections and expeditions. Giant Finback whale at the Museum of Zoology, "ALVA - Association of Leading Visitor Attractions", "University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge | People", "Cambridge zoology museum to reopen after £4.1m revamp - Maev Kennedy - The Guardian".