Timothy Eglinton

Tim Eglinton
Timothy Eglinton in 2014, portrait via the Royal Society
Born	Timothy Ian Eglinton
Alma mater	Plymouth Polytechnic Newcastle University
Awards	FRS (2014)
Website	www.biogeoscience.ethz.ch/the-group/people-a-z/person-detail.html?persid=170221 www.whoi.edu/profile/teglinton/
Scientific career
Fields	Geology, carbon cycle, sedimentology
Institutions	ETH Zürich Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution University of Oslo Delft University of Technology
Thesis	An investigation of kerogens using pyrolysis methods (1988)

Timothy Ian Eglinton FRS is a professor of biogeoscience at the Geological Institute, ETH Zürich.

Eglinton was educated at Plymouth Polytechnic where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental science in 1982. He went on to study at Newcastle University, where he was awarded a Master of Science degree and a PhD in 1988 for research investigating kerogens using pyrolysis.

Eglinton's research is:

Eglinton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2014. His nomination reads:

Eglinton is the son of the organic chemist Geoffrey Eglinton FRS. he is married to Lorraine Eglinton, and has two daughters and one son.