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1031
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Frink Medal, Zoological Society of London
  • 1998 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1987 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • Honorary Member of the British Ecological Society
  • Honorary Member of the British Ecological Society

Overview

Michael P. Hassell is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research encompasses a variety of topics primarily centered around mathematical and theoretical approaches to epidemiology and ecology.

The main topics of Hassell's work include:

  • Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Research fields and subfields related to their work cover:

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Genetics
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Sociology and Political Science

Hassell has published in several respected venues, including:

  • Historical Records of Australian Science
  • Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
  • Nature
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by them are:

  • "Lord Robert May of Oxford OM. 8 January 1936-28 April 2020" (2021), Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
  • "Lord Robert May of Oxford 1936-2020*" (2022), Historical Records of Australian Science
  • "Robert May (1936-2020)" (2020), Nature
  • "Table of Contents" (2022), Historical Records of Australian Science
  • "May, Robert McCredie [Bob], Baron May of Oxford (1936-2020), theoretical ecologist and public servant" (2024), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • John R. Krebs
  • Lord Krebs
  • Sir Charles Godfray
  • Charles Godfray
  • Ian D. Rae

In addition to journal publications, Hassell has contributed to academic book literature, such as:

  • The Dynamics of Arthopod Predator-Prey Systems. (MPB-13), Volume 13 (2020), published by Yale University Press

The scientist has been recognized with several awards, including:

  • Frink Medal, Zoological Society of London (2002)
  • Member of Academia Europaea (1998)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (1987)
  • Honorary Member of the British Ecological Society

Best Publications

  • The dynamics of arthropod predator-prey systems.

    Michael Patrick Hassell

  • New Inductive Population Model for Insect Parasites and its Bearing on Biological Control

    M P Hassell;G C Varley

  • Spatial structure and chaos in insect population dynamics

    Michael P. Hassell;Hugh N. Comins;Robert M. Mayt

  • STABILITY IN INSECT HOST-PARASITE MODELS

    M. P. Hassell;R. M. May;S W London

  • DENSITY-DEPENDENCE IN SINGLE-SPECIES POPULATIONS

    M. P. Hassell

  • Aggregation in predators and insect parasites and its effect on stability

    M. P. Hassell;R. M. May

  • Patterns of Dynamical Behaviour in Single-Species Populations

    M. P. Hassell;J. H. Lawton;R. M. May

  • Insect Population Ecology: An Analytical Approach

    George Copley Varley;George Ronald Gradwell;Michael Patrick Hassell

  • Sigmoid Functional Responses by Invertebrate Predators and Parasitoids

    M. P. Hassell;J. H. Lawton;J. R. Beddington

  • Foraging Strategies of Insects

    M. P. Hassell;T. R. E. Southwood

  • The spatial dynamics of host-parasitoid systems

    H. N. Comins;M. P. Hassell;R. M. May

  • The Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Host-Parasitoid Interactions

    Michael Patrick Hassell

  • Species coexistence and self-organizing spatial dynamics

    Michael P. Hassell;Hugh N. Comins;Robert M. May

  • Discrete time models for two-species competition.

    M.P. Hassell;H.N. Comins

  • Apparent competition structures ecological assemblages

    M. B. Bonsall;M. P. Hassell

  • The Components of Arthropod Predation: I. The Prey Death-Rate

    M. P. Hassell;J. H. Lawton;J. R. Beddington

  • Time delays, density-dependence and single-species oscillations

    R. M. May;G. R. Conway;M. P. Hassell;T. R. E. Southwood

  • Host–parasitoid population dynamics

    M. P. Hassell

  • Asymmetrical competition in insects

    J. H. Lawton;M. P. Hassell

  • Resource Competition and Community Structure

    M. P. Hassell;David Tilman

  • Insect Population Ecology: an Analytical Approach

    L. R. Taylor;G. C. Varley;G. R. Gradwell;M. P. Hassell

  • The Dynamics of Arthropod Predator-Prey Systems

    M. B. Usher;M. P. Hassell

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert M. May
Robert M. May University of Oxford
Michael B. Bonsall
Michael B. Bonsall University of Oxford
John H. Lawton
John H. Lawton Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
John Beddington
John Beddington University of Oxford
Wolfgang W. Weisser
Wolfgang W. Weisser Technical University of Munich
Stephen W. Pacala
Stephen W. Pacala Princeton University
Robert D. Holt
Robert D. Holt University of Florida
Vincent A. A. Jansen
Vincent A. A. Jansen Royal Holloway University of London
Roy M. Anderson
Roy M. Anderson Imperial College London
Pejman Rohani
Pejman Rohani University of Georgia

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