Punjab-origin expert appointed trustee of history museum in UK
LONDON: Prime Minister (PM) Boris Johnson on Wednesday appointed Yadvinder Malhi, professor of ecosystem science at the University of Oxford, as a trustee of one of London’s most popular visitor attractions: the Natural History Museum.
A leading science research centre, the museum in south Kensington is host to around 80 million specimens spanning billions of years and welcomes more than five million visitors annually. Malhi, 52, has focused his research on the impact of climate change and other types of change on the biosphere.