Recognition from the world’s oldest active biological society

A Teesside University academic has been recognised by the world’s oldest active biological society.

Professor Janey Henderson, Assistant Dean (Academic Quality, Learning and Teaching), School of Science & Engineering, has been elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London.

Founded in 1788, the Society takes its name from the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus whose botanical, zoological and library collections have been in its keeping since 1829.

The Society continues to play a central role in the documentation of the world’s flora and fauna, recognising the continuing importance of such work to biodiversity conservation.

Membership includes a full range of scientists and professionals with an interest in natural history.

The Fellowship, which has international membership, encourages and communicates scientific advances through its world-class journals, special publications, meetings and website while also reaching out to future biologists through schools and educational programmes.

Professor Henderson, who is also an invited fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, said: 'I am delighted to join such a prestigious society alongside a distinguished membership, many of whom have made outstanding and unique contributions to the biological sciences.'

---