Awards
- PhD prize, Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM), 1989
- PhD prize, University of Osnabrueck, Germany, 1989
External Positions
- Member of Evaluation Committee, Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), University of Oulu, Finland, 2021
- Member of Steering Committee, Priority Program TaxonOMICS, German Research Foundation, 2020
- Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, 2019 - 2022
- Foreign Faculty, Global Initiative for Academic Networks (GIAN), India, 2017
- UK representative and member of Management Committee, DNAqua-Net, H2020 COST Action CA15219, 2016 - 2021
- UK Representative, Advisory Board, International Barcode-of-Life Initiative (iBOL), 2009 - 2011
- Member of Council, Systematics Association UK, 2007 - 2009
- Member, Peer Review College, NERC, 2006 - 2010
- Member, Management Committee, NERC Molecular Genetics Facilities, 2004 - 2009
- Member, Council, Society for Systematic Biology, 2000 - 2003
Membership of Professional Bodies
- Visiting Professor (2009), Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
- Steering Committee (2004-2009), NERC Molecular Genetics Facility
- Member (2006 - 2009), NERC Peer Review College
- Member of Council (2000-2003), Society for Systematic Biology
- Member of Council (2007 - 2010), Systematics Association U.K.
Links with Other Academic Bodies
- Honorary Professor, University College London, 2013
- Honorary Professor, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 2009
- Joint Appointment, Natural History Museum, 1995
Commercial Spinoffs
- NatureMetrics, Co-founder, 2015
Fellowships
- International Academic Fellowship, The Leverhulme Trust, 2018 - 2019
- President's International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI), Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China, 2017
Editorial Boards
- Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Associate Editor, 2008
- Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research, Advisory Board, 2006
- Zoologica Scripta, Advisory Board, 2005
- BMC Evolutionary Biology, Editorial Board, 2005
- Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Editorial Board, 2002 - 2007
- Conservation Genetics, Associate Editor, 2002
- Systematic Entomology, Editorial Board, 1998 - 2008