Tim Thompson

Biography

Tim Thompson is a Professor of Applied Biological Anthropology in the School of Science & Engineering. In 2014, Tim was awarded a prestigious National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy for excellence in teaching and support for learning in higher education.  

Research Interest

Tim's main areas of research focus on the human body and how it changes, particularly in the modern context. Here, most of his research examines the effects of burning on the skeleton and the development of new analytical tools to examine this challenging biomaterial through our 'Analytical Instrumentation, Measurement and Control Engineering' research theme. Tim is also interested the recording and visualisation of forensic evidence and heritage artefacts, and the resolution of commingled graves from contexts of mass violence.