Chris Thorogood

Chris Thorogood lectures biology at the University of Oxford where he holds the position of Deputy Director and Head of Science at the Botanic Garden and Arboretum. Chris’s research focusses on evolution, conservation, floras in biodiversity hotspots, and biomimetics – applying evolutionary adaptations to technology.

Chris is a Visiting Professor at the University of the Philippines, an Adjunct Fellow at Linacre College, and a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London. He is an Editor for the journal Plants People Planet of the New Phytologist Trust, and a member of the journal’s strategic steering group. He is also a wildlife artist, and a Fellow of the Society of Botanical Artists.

Chris’s next book Natural Intelligence: the Living Solutions to a World in Crisis will be published by Headline in 2027.