Stephanie Holt

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT STEPHANIE HOLT

I have been fascinated by the wildlife of the British Isles for as long as I can remember. After working in ecology in almost every role imaginable for local government, consultancy, NGO’s and academia, ten years ago I found myself lucky enough to start working for the Natural History Museum in London in the Centre for UK Nature. I have recently been awarded the David Bellamy Award for ‘Exceptional Field Naturalist’ by the British Naturalists Association. Today I am Fellow and trustee of the British Naturalists Association, Associate Editor of *Archives of Natural History,* the journal of the Society for the History of Natural History Fellow and past trustee of the Linnean Society of London (and former chair of their Linnean Futures committee), and member of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Managment. I am about to start a DPhil at the University of Oxford focusing on natural history in the late 18th Century, and it’s influence on networks of naturalists in modern amateur natural history, following a MSt in Historical Studies, part funded by the British Society for the History of Science. I am passionate about the intersection of ecology and history, and enthusiastic communicator with experience in writing and broadcasting for peer, student, and public audiences.