SPEAKER'S PROFILES
John Krebs
Lord Krebs is currently Principal of Jesus College Oxford. He is a zoologist by training, receiving his MA and DPhil from Oxford University. He has taught at the Universities of British Columbia, North Wales and Oxford. Has received many awards and honours for his scientific research in the field of behavioural ecology, including 14 Honorary Degrees and Fellowships of the Royal Society, the US National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Between 1994 he was Chief Executive of the UK Natural Environment Research Council, and from 2000-2005 he was the first Chairman of the UK Food Standards Agency. He is an independent cross-bench member of the House of Lords.
