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University of Exeter

Biology Ecology

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5.05/4/2026

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Professor Dave Hodgson serves as Professor of Ecology and Head of the Department of Ecology and Conservation at the University of Exeter's Penryn Campus in Cornwall. Originally from New Zealand, where he completed his PhD via a Commonwealth Scholarship as an undergraduate ecologist and statistician, Hodgson previously worked at a research institute in Oxfordshire. He joined the University of Exeter in 2002 on a two-year fixed-term contract to lead undergraduate training in conservation biology and ecology during the transition to the Penryn Campus. Securing a permanent lectureship upon the campus opening, he progressed through roles including Director of the Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Associate Dean for Education, and Director of Education, culminating in his current leadership position. Under his stewardship, the department has expanded from six to seventy staff members, significantly grown student numbers across specialized degrees in conservation, ecology, zoology, animal behaviour, evolutionary biology, and marine biology, and increased research funding by several orders of magnitude, achieving a global ranking of 12th for ecological research quality.