Tim Birkhead is a professor of behaviour and evolution at the University of Sheffield.
His research on promiscuity and sperm competition in birds helped to re-shape current understanding of bird mating systems.
Tim is committed to the public understanding of science and he has written for New Scientist, BBC Wildlife, Natural History magazine, the Independent and the Times Higher Education.
His popular science books have gained widespread recognition.
His most recent book ‘The Wisdom of Birds‘ is an illustrated account of how we know what we know about birds.
