Steve Brusatte

Steve Brusatte is a paleontologist who hunts and writes about dinosaurs. He is a professor at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, but grew up in the Midwestern USA. Steve has traveled around the world digging up dinosaurs and, working with many international colleagues, has named more than 15 new species, including the tyrannosaur 'Pinocchio rex' (Qianzhousaurus) and the raptor Zhenyuanlong. He has written several books for kids and adults, most notably the New York Times bestselling adult pop science books The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs (2018) and The Story of Birds (2026), along with The Rise and Reign of the Mammals (2022) and the leading academic textbook Dinosaur Paleobiology (2012). Steve also serves as paleontology consultant for the Jurassic World film franchise and for BBC's Walking With Dinosaurs. He has a BS in geophysical sciences from the University of Chicago, MSc in palaeobiology from the University of Bristol, and PhD in Earth & Environmental Sciences from Columbia University in New York.