I Colin PrenticeColin Prentice served as the scientific leader and Chair of the QUEST research programme for the UK Natural Environment Research Council. He is now a Professor at both Macquarie University, Sydney and Imperial College, London, where he and his collabrators are developing a 'next generation' biosphere model combining Earth system observations with developments in plant functional ecology. His overall research goal is to understand the interplay of the biosphere and its physical environment, including the causes and consequences of natural and human-caused changes in climate and the global carbon and nitrogen cycles. He was awarded the Milutin Milankovitch medal in 2002 and shared in the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) in 2007. Professor Prentice co-chaired the IGBP's Analysis, Integration and Modelling of the Earth System (AIMES) project until 2010 and now directs the Australian Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's modelling facility and jointly co-ordinates the biodiversity theme for Macquarie's Climate Futures Centre. Read More Read Less