Jeremy Thomas, one of Europe’s most accomplished butterfly experts, is an Emeritus Professor of Ecology at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of New College. He previously worked as a research scientist at the Nature Conservancy’s Monks Wood laboratory, at the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology’s Furzebrook Research Station, and as director at CEH’s Dorset laboratory. He is also a former President of the Royal Entomological Society. Thomas is particularly known for his work in restoring the extinct Large Blue to Britain. He has received an array of awards, including leading prizes for advancing the sciences of both Conservation Biology and Ecology, for natural history writing, and for practical conservation.