Tim Coulson is a biologist working at the interface of ecology and evolution. He develops theory to explore how ecological change influences evolution, and vice versa. He tests this theory using dynamic models parameterised with data from both experimental and observational systems. The resulting insights are used to explain how, why, and when nature responds to anthropogenic impacts. Field sites include Yellowstone, Queensland’s Heron Island, and the streams of Northern Trinidad.
He has served as Head of both the Department of Zoology and the Department of Biology at the University of Oxford where he is Professor of Zoology. He also enjoys popularizing science, publishing his first book “A Little History of Everything” with Penguin in 2025.
He has been awarded the Scientific Medal of the Zoological Society of London, the Per Brinck Oikos Award from the Nordic Society Oikos, and the Marsh Award from the British Ecological Society.
Professional position
- Statutory Professor of Zoology, Department of Biology, University of Oxford
