Peter G. Kevan

Peter G. Kevan (/kĕvːăn/; born June 17, 1944) is a British-Canadian entomologist, applied ecologist and pollination biologist.

His research covers Arctic pollination, insect colour perception and floral colours, bee biology, thermoregulation in plants and insects; arctic, alpine, tropical and temperate zone forest and Carolinian ecology; paleontology, beekeeping, agricultural pollination, effects of pesticides on pollinators, and biodiversity.

Kevan was co-founder and scientific director of the Canadian Pollination Initiative (CANPOLIN), a national network of Canadian pollination researchers funded by the Canadian Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).

He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Sciences, the Linnean Society and the Royal Entomological Society of London.

He has been involved with issues around the conservation of pollinators and pollination through the International Commission for Plant-Pollinator Relations (ICPPR), the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).

He is currently a Professor Emeritus at the University of Guelph. Provided by Wikipedia