| RefNo | EC/2020/50 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Wilson, Alan Martin: certificate of election to the Royal Society |
| Date | 14 April 2020 |
| Description | Certificate endorsing election of Alan Wilson as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Includes personal details of the elected Fellow, citaion giving the reasons for election, and names of proposers. Signed by the Executive Director of the Royal Society, Julie Maxton. |
| Citation | Wilson is an inspiring leader in the field of animal locomotion. He has made remarkable advances in research technology using high accuracy GPS and inertial sensors to transform the quantity and continuity, of data from freeranging animals. He has revealed the performance characteristics of cheetah and lion hunting, that high muscle efficiency enables long-distance economical locomotion in wildebeest, leg tendons suffer heat damage in galloping racehorses, and a damping mechanism that reduces the danger of fatigue failure of tendons. His discoveries and innovations have changed our understanding of animal locomotion and opened new areas for inquiry. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Computer printout |
| PhysicalDescription | A4 papers |
| AccessStatus | Closed |
| AccessConditions | Election certificates are subject to 50 year closure period from date of election. Details of proposers are kept confidential until the 50 year closure period has elapsed. |