Bland Finlay
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Bland Finlay | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 March 1952 |
| Died | 24 December 2021 (aged 69) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Stirling |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | biology |
| Institutions | Freshwater Biological Association Queen Mary, University of London |
| Main interests | protists |
Bland J. Finlay FRS (16 March 1952 – 24 December 2021[1][2]) was a British biologist.
Finlay received his bachelor's and PhD degrees from the University of Stirling. He worked as a lecturer at University of Jos for a year, before moving to the Freshwater Biological Association's laboratory at Windermere where he was based from 1978 to 2003.[1] Many of his research studies were conducted at the nearby pond of Priest Pot in the Lake District.[3] He then worked at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology from 2003 to 2007.[1] In 2007 he was appointed Professor of Microbial Ecology, Queen Mary, University of London, before retiring in 2012.[4] His research focused on the ecology and physiology of single celled eukaryotic microbes (protists), particularly those from low-oxygen habitats.[2]
