Tim Cockerill FRES is an zoologist, broadcaster and photographer in the UK, he is Senior Lecturer at Falmouth University and has a particular interest in Insects.[1]
Tim Cockerill FRES | |
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| Alma mater | University of Leeds (BSc, MRes) University of Cambridge (PhD) Imperial College London (MSc) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of South Wales, Falmouth University |
Education and career
editCockerill grew in Hull in Yorkshire, he studied a Zoology BSc and MRes at the University of Leeds and then a PhD in Insect Ecology and Biodiversity at the University of Cambridge; he moved to the Natural History Museum to do postdoctoral research and then did a Masters in Science Media Production at Imperial College London.[2] He was a Senior Lecturer at the University of South Wales where he taught natural history[3] before moving to Falmouth University in 2018 where he teaches natural history photography.[1]
Broadcasting
editCockerill is a regular on BBC Radio Science programmes such as Science in Action,[4] Inside Science[5] and Crowd Science.[6]
He was on the Natural Histories episode 'Fleas' with Brett Westwood in 2015[7] and the Infinite Monkey Cage episode 'Will insects inherit the earth' in 2017 with Brian Cox, Robin Ince and Amoret Whitaker.[8] In 2014 he was on the BBC Four television programme Spider House.[9]
In 2017 he presented a series of BBC World Service The Evidence episodes with Claudia Hammond about the relationships between humans and animals,[10] this included a live event at the Wellcome Collection,[11]
He contributed to the Guardian podcast episode 'Challenge of taxonomy and defining species' in 2018.[12]
Flea Circus
editCockerill has an interest in the history of flea circuses and he has spoken about them on radio[13] and in videos.[14] In 2010 he recreated a working flea circus[15] for the 2010 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures[16] and in 2021 he exhibited a flea circus at the virtual Insect Fear Film Festival.[17]
Honours and awards
editCockerill was awarded a Science Media Studentship from the Wellcome Trust in 2012–2014,[18]
He was runner up in the British Ecological Society's photography competition in 2013 for his image of an oil palm plantation in Borneo.[19] In 2014 his image of Wallace's beetle Cyriopalus wallacei won first prize in the Royal Entomological Society's National Insect Week photography competition category 'Small is Beautiful'[20] and in 2020 he became chair of the judging panel, working with Ashleigh Whiffin.[21]
Cockerill is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society and is a current Trustee of the society.[22]
References
edit- ^ a b "Dr Tim Cockerill | Falmouth University". www.falmouth.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Biogography". timcockerill.com. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "USW lecturer captures dramatic images of African wildlife". www.southwales.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "BBC World Service – Science in Action, The First Americans". BBC. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 – BBC Inside Science, Mice & Men; Fuel from CO2; fRMI; Insect calls, Angry insect disrupts radio report". BBC. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "BBC World Service – CrowdScience, Why are Cats Loners?". BBC. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 – Natural Histories, Fleas". BBC. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 – The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 16, Will insects inherit the earth?". BBC. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ Nicholson, Rebecca (3 October 2014). "Spider House; How To Get Away With Murder review – how not to treat a partner". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "BBC World Service – The Evidence – Available now". BBC. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Food Climate Research Network (FCRN) | Knowledge for better food systems". www.fcrn.org.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ Jackson, Presented by Graihagh; Sanderson, produced by Max (3 August 2018). "Tricky taxonomy: the problems with naming new species – Science Weekly podcast". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 – Natural Histories, Fleas – The rise and demise of the flea circus". BBC. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Secrets of the Flea Circus | SHOW ME". www.show.me.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ Lawton, Graham. "Fleadom or death: Reviving the glorious flea circus". New Scientist. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ Administrator (8 August 2013). "Size Matters – The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 2010". www.zoo.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ Leskosky, Richrad (21 February 2021). "Virtual Insect Fear Film Festival to feature a bit of new, old". The News-Gazette. The News-Gazette. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ "Grants awarded: Science Media Studentships | Wellcome". wellcome.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ Administrator (8 August 2013). "Celebrating Ecology – BES Photographic Competition". www.zoo.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Winning Photographs 2014 | National Insect Week". www.nationalinsectweek.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ Society, Royal Entomological (29 January 2021). "Royal Entomological Society: Discovering the miniature safari all around us". www.prnewswire.co.uk. PR Newswire. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
- ^ "Governance". Royal Entomological Society. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2020.