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Tim Cockerill
FRES
Alma materUniversity of Leeds (BSc, MRes) University of Cambridge (PhD) Imperial College London (MSc)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of South Wales, Falmouth University

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]

Education and career

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Cockerill 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

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Cockerill 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

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Cockerill 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

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Cockerill 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

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  1. ^ a b "Dr Tim Cockerill | Falmouth University". www.falmouth.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Biogography". timcockerill.com. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  3. ^ "USW lecturer captures dramatic images of African wildlife". www.southwales.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  4. ^ "BBC World Service – Science in Action, The First Americans". BBC. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  5. ^ "BBC Radio 4 – BBC Inside Science, Mice & Men; Fuel from CO2; fRMI; Insect calls, Angry insect disrupts radio report". BBC. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  6. ^ "BBC World Service – CrowdScience, Why are Cats Loners?". BBC. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  7. ^ "BBC Radio 4 – Natural Histories, Fleas". BBC. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  8. ^ "BBC Radio 4 – The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 16, Will insects inherit the earth?". BBC. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "BBC World Service – The Evidence – Available now". BBC. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  11. ^ "Food Climate Research Network (FCRN) | Knowledge for better food systems". www.fcrn.org.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ "BBC Radio 4 – Natural Histories, Fleas – The rise and demise of the flea circus". BBC. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Secrets of the Flea Circus | SHOW ME". www.show.me.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  15. ^ Lawton, Graham. "Fleadom or death: Reviving the glorious flea circus". New Scientist. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  16. ^ Administrator (8 August 2013). "Size Matters – The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures 2010". www.zoo.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ "Grants awarded: Science Media Studentships | Wellcome". wellcome.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  19. ^ Administrator (8 August 2013). "Celebrating Ecology – BES Photographic Competition". www.zoo.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  20. ^ "Winning Photographs 2014 | National Insect Week". www.nationalinsectweek.co.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  21. ^ 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.
  22. ^ "Governance". Royal Entomological Society. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
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