Andrew C. Scott

Andrew C. Scott is Distinguished Research Professor the Department of Earth Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London. He holds a B.Sc in Geology, a PhD in Palaeobotany and a D.Sc. In ancient terrestrial ecosystems from the University of London. His taught at Chelsea College, University of London before joining to form the new Geology Department at Royal Holloway. He became Professor of Applied Palaeobotany in 1996. He held a visiting Professorship at Yale University in 2006-7. In 2007 he was given the Gilbert Cady award by the Geological Society of America. His research has deals with aspects of palaeobotany, palynology, and the geological history of wildfire and the role of fire on Earth. His work on charcoal in deep time had led to an understanding of the role of fire in the Earth System. He has published more than 260 scholarly articles and written or edited 12 books. He is the lead author of the text-book “Fire on Earth: An Introduction” published by Wiley. He co-edited the Royal Society volume on ‘The interaction of wildfire and mankind’, published in 2016, his book “Burning Planet” was Published by Oxford University Press in 2018 and ‘Fire- A very short introduction’, by Oxford University Press was published in 2020.