Dave Wilkinson is Visiting Professor in Ecology at the University of Lincoln, and an Honorary Research Fellow in Archaeology at the University of Nottingham. He has authored and co-authored over 150 scientific publications in biology, environmental science, archaeology and the history of science. He authored the award winning book for Oxford University Press, "Fundamental Processes in Ecology; an Earth systems approach" in 2006. His most recent book is “Big Questions in Ecology and Evolution”; co-authored with Prof Tom Sherratt and published in 2009. He has wide research and teaching interests in biology and environmental sciences.