1. Georgina Mace was Professor of Biodiversity and Ecosystems at University College London, and previously Professor of Conservation Science and Director of the Natural Environment Research Council Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College London and Director of Science at the Zoological Society of London.
Georgina Mace's father was Dr Bill Mace, a rheumatologist, and her mother was Josephine Mace, a nurse.
Georgina Mace was awarded a PhD on the evolutionary ecology of small mammals in 1979 from the University of Sussex for research supervised by Paul H Harvey.
Georgina Mace started her career at the Smithsonian Institution to study the impact of inbreeding in zoological collections.
Georgina Mace commented that "It was exciting to make quantitative scientific contributions to conservation".
Georgina Mace was President of the British Ecological Society, President of the Society for Conservation Biology, a member of the Science Committee of Diversitas.
Georgina Mace was editor of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society from 2008 to 2010.
In 2000, Georgina Mace became Director of Science at the Institute of Zoology in London, during which time she was instrumental in developing the criteria for listing species in the IUCN Red List, the most comprehensive inventory on the conservation status of the world's species conservation contributing to the maintenance of global biodiversity and managed by IUCN.
Georgina Mace was actively involved in the biodiversity sections of the "Millennium Ecosystem Assessment" which was conducted from 2002 through 2005.
In 2006, Georgina Mace became director of the Imperial College Natural Environment Research Council's Centre for Population Biology at Silwood Park.
Georgina Mace was an Academic Editor of PLOS Biology, the open access online journal and supported open-access policy to scientific publications.
In 2018, Georgina Mace was appointed as a member of the Adaptation Committee of the Committee on Climate Change, advising the UK and devolved governments on progress made in preparing for and adapting to the impacts of climate change.
Georgina Mace was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1998, Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2007 for services to environmental science, and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to science.
Georgina Mace was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2002.
Georgina Mace was the winner of the 2007 International Cosmos Prize.
Georgina Mace received a President's Medal from the British Ecological Society, and the 2018 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the category of Ecology and Conservation Biology, jointly with Gretchen Daily, for developing vital tools facilitating science-based policies "to combat species loss".