John Sumpter

{{Short description|British ecotoxicologist}}

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John Philip Sumpter {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}} is a distinguished professor of Brunel University, UK.{{cite web|title=Staff Profile - Professor John Sumpter|url=http://www2.brunel.ac.uk/research/profiles/ife/sumptor.bspx|work=Brunel University|accessdate=25 March 2011}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|last=Milton|first=Simon|title=Author Commentaries: John Sumpter|url=http://sciencewatch.com/ana/st/bis/10febBisSump/|work=Science Watch|accessdate=25 March 2011}} He is an ecotoxicologist, and was amongst the team that first discovered endocrine disruption in fish, and the role of endocrine disrupting chemicals.{{cite news|title=Research proves 'gender-bending' chemicals affect reproduction|url=http://www.physorg.com/news/2010-10-gender-bending-chemicals-affect-reproduction.html|accessdate=25 March 2011|newspaper=PhysOrg|date=October 26, 2010}} He also developed the yeast estrogen assay (YES).

In 2009, Sumpter received an honorary doctorate from ETH Zurich.[https://www.ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/associates/intranet/News/life/print/2009/eth_life_print_09_12_04.pdf Persönlichkeiten ausgezeichnet], ETH Life, December 2009, p. 11.ETH Zürich: [https://www.ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/main/eth-zurich/history/documents/Ehrendoktoren.pdf Ehrendoktorinnen / Ehrendoktoren der letzten 10 Jahre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402124656/https://www.ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/main/eth-zurich/history/documents/Ehrendoktoren.pdf |date=2015-04-02 }}. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to ecotoxicology in the aquatic environment.{{London Gazette|issue=61450|supp=y|page=N15|date=30 December 2015}}