Katherine J. Willis

**Katherine Jane Willis** CBE FGS, ita ce masaniyar ilimin halitta, wanda kuma ke nazarin dangantakar dake tsakanin dogon lokaci da canjin yanayi. Ita ce Farfesa a ilimin halittu a Sashen Zoology, Jami'ar Oxford, kuma mataimakiyar Farfesa a fannin Biology a Jami'ar Bergen. A cikin shekarar 2018, an zabe ta a matsayin shugabar St Edmund Hall, kuma ta dauki wannan matsayi daga 1, ga Oktoba.Ta rike Tasso Leventis Shugabar Diversity a Oxford kuma ta kasance Daraktan kafa, yanzu Mataimakin Darakta, na Cibiyar Biodiversity Oxford. Willis ya kasance Daraktan Kimiyya a Lambunan Botanic na Royal, Kew daga 2013-2018.

## Ilimi.

Willis ta sami digiri na farko a fannin ilimin kasa da kimiyyar muhalli daga Jami'ar Southampton, sannan ta samu digirin digirgir a fannin kimiyar shuka daga Jami'ar Cambridge don bincike kan tarihin ciyayi na marigayi Quaternary a Epirus, arewa maso yammacin Girka.

## Sana'a da bincike.

Bayan ta PhD, Willis ta gudanar da Kwalejin Selwyn, Cambridge Postdoctoral Research Fellowship a Jami'ar Cambridge, Cibiyar Nazarin Muhalli ta Halitta (NERC) Fellowship Postdoctoral a cikin Sashen Kimiyyar Shuka, da Fellowshipungiyar Binciken Jami'ar Royal Society (URF) a cikin Godwin Cibiyar Nazarin Quaternary, Jami'ar Cambridge. A 1999, ta koma karatu a Makarantar Geography da Muhalli, Jami'ar Oxford, inda ta kafa Oxford Long-term Ecology Laboratory a 2002. An yi Willis farfesa a fannin ilimin halittu na dogon lokaci a cikin 2008, kuma a ranar 1, ga Oktoba 2010, ta zama Farfesa Tasso Leventis na Farko na Biodiversity kuma darektan Cibiyar James Martin Biodiversity Institute a Zoology. Baya ga matsayinta a Oxford, ta kasance mataimakiyar farfesa ( farfesa II) a Sashen nazarin halittu a Jami'ar Bergen, Norway. Ita ce mai kula da WWF-UK, mamba a kwamitin ba da shawara ga Hukumar ba da tallafin karatu ta Commonwealth, ma'aikacin Percy Sladen Memorial Trust, memba na duniya a kwamitin kimantawa na Hukumar Bincike ta Sweden na FORMAS, kuma memba na koleji na Birtaniya. Majalisar Binciken Muhalli ta Halitta (NERC). Daga 2012, zuwa 2013, ta rike zaɓaɓɓen matsayi na darekta-large na International Biogeography Society. A cikin 2013, an nada ta Daraktar Kimiyya a Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, akan karatun shekaru 5, daga Jami'ar Oxford. Rediyon BBC ya fara watsa shirye-shirye a watan Oktoban 2014, jerin maganganun "marasa iyaka" game da tarihin kimiyya da zamantakewa na tarin Kew. A ranar 1, ga Oktoba 2018, Willis ya gaji Keith Gull a matsayin shugaban St Edmund Hall, Oxford.

Binciken Willis ya mayar da hankali kan sake gina martani na dogon lokaci game da yanayin muhalli ga canjin muhalli, gami da canjin yanayi, tasirin ɗan adam da hawan matakin teku. Ta yi jayayya cewa fahimtar bayanan dogon lokaci na canjin yanayin muhalli yana da mahimmanci don kyakkyawar fahimtar martanin yanayin muhalli na gaba. Yawancin binciken kimiyya sun iyakance ga bayanan ɗan gajeren lokaci waɗanda ba kasafai suke wuce shekaru 40, zuwa 50, ba, kodayake yawancin halittu masu girma, gami da bishiyoyi da manyan dabbobi masu shayarwa, suna da matsakaicin lokacin tsara wanda ya zarce wannan lokacin. Don haka bayanan ɗan gajeren lokaci ba za su iya sake gina sauye-sauyen yanayi na tsawon lokaci ba, ko ƙimar ƙaura sakamakon canjin muhalli. Ta kuma ba da hujjar cewa tsarin ɗan gajeren lokaci yana ba da ra'ayi mai mahimmanci game da yanayin halittu, kuma yana haifar da samuwar ra'ayi na "ka'ida" marar gaskiya wanda dole ne a kiyaye shi ko maido da kariya. Rukunin bincikenta a dakin gwaje-gwaje na Ecology na dogon lokaci don haka yunƙurin sake gina abubuwan da ke tattare da yanayin muhalli ga canjin muhalli akan lokutan da suka kama daga shekaru goma zuwa miliyoyin shekaru, da aikace-aikacen bayanan dogon lokaci a cikin kiyaye halittu. Ta yi jayayya cewa tasirin sauyin yanayi na zamani kan biota na shuka ba shi da tabbas kuma mai yuwuwa bai yi tsanani kamar yadda masu bincike ke zato ba, kuma ta kalubalanci zato da aka yi a cikin fassarar taƙaitaccen bayanin yanayin zafi. Rahoton *Kew's State of the World's Plants* (2016), ya nuna sauye-sauyen murfin ƙasa a matsayin babbar barazana ga bambancin halittu na duniya, ba sauyin yanayi ba.

An buga binciken Willis a cikin manyan mujallolin kimiyya da aka yi bitar takwarorinsu ciki har da *Nature*, *Science*,, *Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B*, *Biological Conservation*. da *Quaternary Science Reviews*. Tare da Jennifer McElwain ta haɗu da rubuta littafin *The Evolution of Plants*. Hukumar Binciken Muhalli ta Halitta (NERC), da Cibiyar Nazarin Arts da Humanities Research Council (AHRC), ce ta ba da kuɗin bincikenta.

### Kyaututtuka da karramawa.
Willis ta lashe kyaututtuka da dama, ciki har da:

*Ƙungiyar Binciken Jami'ar Royal Society (URF)
*Asusun Lyell, Geological Society of London a cikin 2008
*An zabe ta 'yar'uwar kungiyar Geological Society of London (FGS) a 2009
*ta kasance memba na kasashen waje a Cibiyar Kimiyya da Wasika ta Norwegian
*An ba ta kyautar Michael Faraday Prize ta Royal Society, 2015
* Doctorate na girmamawa, Jami'ar Bergen, 2017.
*An nada ta Kwamanda mafi kyawun odar daular Burtaniya (CBE) a cikin karramawar ranar haihuwa ta 2018.
*An ba ta lambar yabo ta Marsh Ecology Award ta British Ecological Society, 2018 

## Manazarta.