Geoffrey Boxshall

Geoffrey Allan Boxshall FRS (born 13 June 1950 ) is a British zoologist and a merit researcher at the Natural History Museum, working primarily on copepods.

Early life

Geoffrey Boxshall's parents were Jack Boxshall, a Canadian bank manager, and Sybil Boxshall (née Baker), a civil servant in the procurement department of the Ministry of Defence.

He was educated at Churcher's College, Petersfield from 1961 to 1968.

Academic achievements Boxshall earned a First Class BSc in Zoology in 1971, and PhD in 1974, from the University of Leeds.

Awards In 1986, Boxshall was awarded the Scientific Medal of the Zoological Society of London for outstanding contributions to zoology by a scientist under 40. In 1994, he became a fellow of The Royal Society, In 2004, he received the Linnean Society medal for Zoology from the Linnean Society of London. In 2007, he was elected as honorary vice-president of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. He delivered the 24th Annual Plymouth Marine Science Lecture in 2010 on the topic "The magnitude of marine biodiversity: towards a quarter of a million species but not enough copepods!" In 2017, he was awarded the Achievement Award from the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).

Appointments In 1974, Boxshall joined the Natural History Museum's Department of Zoology as a higher scientific officer. He progressed to senior scientific officer (1976), principal scientific officer (1980), senior principal scientific officer (1991), deputy chief scientific officer (merit researcher Band 2) (1997) and finally, to merit researcher Band 1 (2014) in the Department of Life Sciences. from 2011 to 2021, and was vice-president of the Linnean Society Council from 2012 to 2013. (WoRMS) from 2009 to 2013, and he served as chair of the committee from 2013 to 2016.

Works Rony Huys, Geoffrey Allan Boxshall, Copepod evolution, Ray Society, 1991,

Geoffrey Allan Boxshall, Sheila H. Halsey, An introduction to copepod diversity, Volume 2, Ray Society, 2004,