Timothy Coulson

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Tim Coulson
Born
Cambridge
NationalityBritish
OccupationBiologist
TitleProfessor of Zoology
Academic work
DisciplineEcology and Evolution
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford

Timothy Neal Coulson is a biologist whose research focuses on how environmental change impacts the ecology and evolutionary biology of animals. He is the current Professor of Zoology and joint head of the Department of Biology at the University of Oxford and a Professorial Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford.

Life and career[edit]

He held a series of positions becoming Professor of Population Biology at Imperial College London in 2007. He was appointed Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford and professorial fellow of Jesus College Oxford in 2013.[1] He was head of Department of Zoology, University of Oxford between 2018 and 2021 and is currently joint head of Department of Biology, University of Oxford along with Mark Fricker.[2]

Coulson has been chief editor of Journal of Animal Ecology and Ecology Letters,[3] a member of council of the University of Oxford,[4] and is currently Vice President (membership) of the British Ecological Society.[5]

Awards and honours[edit]

Selected publications[edit]

  • Coulson, T. et al. (2001). Age, sex, density, winter weather, and population crashes in Soay sheep. Science, 292(5521), 1528-1531. DOI: 10.1126/science.292.5521.1528
  • Cubaynes, S. ... & Coulson, T. (2022). Disease outbreaks select for mate choice and coat color in wolves. Science, 378(6617), 300-303. DOI: 10.1126/science.abi8745
  • Coulson, T., Mace, G. M., Hudson, E., & Possingham, H. (2001). The use and abuse of population viability analysis. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 16(5), 219-221. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-5347(01)02137-1

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Professor Tim Coulson". Jesus College. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  2. ^ "Professor Tim Coulson". University of Oxford.
  3. ^ ""Spatial resolution and location impact group structure in a marine food web" on Publons". Publons.com. doi:10.1111/ele.13567/.
  4. ^ "Membership of Council as at 31 January 2021" (PDF). University of Oxford.
  5. ^ "Our committee structure". British Ecological Society. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  6. ^ "Zoological Medal awarded to Imperial College's Tim Coulson". Imperial News. 3 March 2008.
  7. ^ "Postgraduate Awards 2008". Imperial College London.
  8. ^ Bonte, Dries (September 2012). "Editorial". Oikos. 121 (9): 1335–1336. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.00172.x.
  9. ^ "Royal Society announces next round of prestigious Wolfson Research Merit Awards". Royal Society.
  10. ^ "Winners of the Marsh Award for Ecology". British Ecological Society.

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