Simon Stuart

Dr Simon Stuart is the Senior Species Scientist for the Conservation International Center for Applied Biodiversity Science. He is also Chair of the IUCN/SSC Biodiversity Assessments Sub-Committee.

In 2004 he completed the Global Amphibian Assessment and in 2005 he was a finalist in the nominations for the inaugural Indianapolis Prize, which is awarded to individuals in the forefront of animal species conservation. Simon has undergraduate and doctoral degrees in conservation biology from the University of Cambridge, and has undertaken fieldwork in Tanzania and Cameroon. He previously worked with BirdLife International. From 1991 to 2000 he served as programme head of the IUCN Species Survival Commission, and from December 2000 to April 2001 as Acting Director-General of IUCN. He lives near Bath, in the UK, with his wife Ann and daughters Claire and Jyoti.