Pat Monaghan

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Patricia Monaghan is a British ornithologist who is Regius Professor of Zoology in the School of biodiversity, one health & veterinary medicine at the University of Glasgow.^[1][3][4][5]

Pat Monaghan FRS FRSE MAE
Born	Patricia Monaghan
Alma mater	Durham University (PhD)
Known for	Regius Professor of Zoology
Awards	Godman-Salvin Medal (2017) Frink Medal (2017) ASAB Medal (2015) Tinbergen Lecture (2006) Witherby Memorial Lecture (2004)
Scientific career
Fields	Behavioural ecology avian ecology Ornithology Molecular ecology Senescence[1]
Institutions	University of Glasgow
Thesis	The utilisation of urban resources by the herring gull (Larus arqentatus) (1977)
Academic advisors	J. C. Coulson[2]
Website	www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/bahcm/staff/patmonaghan/patmonaghan

Education

Monaghan was educated at Durham University where her PhD investigated the utilisation of urban resources by the herring gull Larus arqentatus.^[2]

Career and research

Monaghan's research interests are in behavioural ecology, avian ecology,^[6] ornithology, molecular ecology and senescence.^[1][5][7][8] She has served as president of Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) since 2017.

Awards and honours

She delivered the Tinbergen Lecture for ASAB in 2006 and the Witherby Memorial Lecture for the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) in 2004.^{[citation needed]} In 2011 she was appointed a member of the Academia Europaea (MAE).^[9] Other awards and honours include:

• 1997: Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE)^[10]
• 2002: Corresponding Fellow of the American Ornithologists Union
• 2017: Awarded the Godman-Salvin Medal by the British Ornithologists' Union
• 2017: Awarded the Frink Medal by Zoological Society of London
• 2015: Awarded the ASAB Medal
• 2024: Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)^[11]