John N. Thompson

John N. Thompson is a coevolutionary biologist and evolutionary ecologist who has written extensively about how coevolution shapes the web of life. His books explore why species evolve relentlessly, how mutualisms form among species, and why enemy species continue to coevolve. Thompson is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is Distinguished Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.