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Alexander (Alex) Bond is a conservation biologist, and the Senior Curator in Charge of Birds at The Natural History Museum in the London. He works mainly on marine environments and island biology.

Education
Alex Bond began his higher education career with a B. Sc. from Mount Allison University, Sackvillein which he received in 2005. He then went on to complete his MSc at the University of New Brunswick in 2007, and his PhD at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's in 2011.

Career
Following the completion of his PhD Alex Bond was a Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada for 2 years. He then held positions at a number of different institutions, including Senior Conservation Scientist at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

He has also been a subject editor for the Avian Conservation and Ecology scientific journal since 2012, and is the co-leader of the University of Tasmania's Adrift Lab where he co-supervises a number of graduate students and collects data on Lord Howe Island.

Research
As a conservation biologist, Alex Bond's work is mainly on marine environments and oceanic island. Within these areas he is particularly interested in subjects including seabirds, marine debris, invasive species as well as globally threatened and extinct species. He uses a combination of lab, field and analytical techniques to understand changes to the natural world brought about by natural and human causes.