David Beerling

David Beerling FRS
David Beerling at the Royal Society admissions day in 2014
Born	David John Beerling Tunbridge Wells
Alma mater	University of Wales, College of Cardiff (BSc, PhD)
Known for	The Emerald Planet
Spouse	Juliette Dawn Fraser (m. 2011)
Children	Joshua
Awards	Philip Leverhulme Prize (2001) European Research Council Advanced Grant (2010) Leverhulme Research Centre Award (2015)
Scientific career
Fields	Plant evolution Geobiology Global change
Institutions	University of Sheffield University of London Durham University
Thesis	The ecology and control of Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica Houtt.) and Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera Royle.) on river banks in South Wales (1990)
Doctoral advisor	Ron Walter Edwards

Website	www.sheffield.ac.uk/aps/staff-and-students/acadstaff/beerling

David John Beerling FRS FLSW (born 21 June 1965) is the Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Climate change mitigation and Sorby Professor of Natural Sciences in the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences (APS) at the University of Sheffield, UK. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.