Mike Bruford’s biosketch

Mike is a molecular ecologist interested in studying the demographic and evolutionary processes affecting populations, species and ecosystems of conservation concern. His group focuses on understanding the determinants of genomic diversity, population structure and fitness across species and at a variety of spatio-temporal scales, including studying the behaviour and movements of individuals within their breeding territories, examining how demography and social structure interact with genetic diversity in fragmented ecosystems, through to understanding the partitioning of genomic diversity in species with high vagility and continent-wide ranges. We focus our projects on trying to understand basic evolutionary processes but we place substantial emphasis on provision of data and recommendations to management authorities for action and policy development. He is Professor of Biodiversity and Dean of Environmental Sustainability at Cardiff University, Director of the biobanking charity the Frozen Ark, and co-Chair of the IUCN Conservation Genetics Specialist Group.