Rob Dunn is an American biologist and nonfiction writer known for his books on ecology and evolution. He is the author of Every Living Thing (2009), Never Home Alone (2018), and A Natural History of the Future (2021). Dunn is best known for studying overlooked species in the human environment and engaging the public as citizen scientists.
Rob Dunn grew up in the town of Hartland, Michigan. He received his Ph.D. in ecology and evolution from the University of Connecticut in 2003. His doctoral research focused on tropical forest restoration in Costa Rica, Peru and Bolivia. During his work in Amazon forests, he realised, as he later remarked, "I knew less about the rainforest than the average eight-year-old Amazonian child".
Dunn was a Fulbright scholar in Australia and is currently a professor in the Department of Applied Ecology at North Carolina State University. His research focuses on understudied species in everyday places such as homes and backyards. He has led public science projects on ants, bacteria, fungi and skin mites. His team has studied the biodiversity of belly buttons, the fungal communities in showers and the bacteria on kitchen worktops.
Dunn's work is guided by a central belief: "Most of the living world remains poorly or completely unknown." He writes that scientific discovery does not always require remote fieldwork, but can begin "in your backyard, your bedroom, or even your roommate". He supports students and researchers in exploring the unnoticed species around them.
His books reflect this view. Every Living Thing (2009) examines humanity's attempt to catalogue life. The Wild Life of Our Bodies (2011) explores the evolutionary connections between humans and other species.
The Man Who Touched His Own Heart (2015) tells the story of Werner Forssmann, the German doctor who pioneered cardiac catheterisation. Never Out of Season (2017) explores the fragility of global food systems.
Never Home Alone (2018) documents the life forms that share human homes. In A Natural History of the Future (2021), he outlines how evolution will continue to shape the human experience.
Dunn's essays have appeared in Scientific American, Smithsonian Magazine, National Geographic, and BBC Wildlife Magazine.
Photo credit: cals.ncsu.edu
Rob Dunn grew up in the town of Hartland, Michigan. He received his Ph.D. in ecology and evolution from the University of Connecticut in 2003. His doctoral research focused on tropical forest restoration in Costa Rica, Peru and Bolivia. During his work in Amazon forests, he realised, as he later remarked, "I knew less about the rainforest than the average eight-year-old Amazonian child".
Dunn was a Fulbright scholar in Australia and is currently a professor in the Department of Applied Ecology at North Carolina State University. His research focuses on understudied species in everyday places such as homes and backyards. He has led public science projects on ants, bacteria, fungi and skin mites. His team has studied the biodiversity of belly buttons, the fungal communities in showers and the bacteria on kitchen worktops.
Dunn's work is guided by a central belief: "Most of the living world remains poorly or completely unknown." He writes that scientific discovery does not always require remote fieldwork, but can begin "in your backyard, your bedroom, or even your roommate". He supports students and researchers in exploring the unnoticed species around them.
His books reflect this view. Every Living Thing (2009) examines humanity's attempt to catalogue life. The Wild Life of Our Bodies (2011) explores the evolutionary connections between humans and other species.
The Man Who Touched His Own Heart (2015) tells the story of Werner Forssmann, the German doctor who pioneered cardiac catheterisation. Never Out of Season (2017) explores the fragility of global food systems.
Never Home Alone (2018) documents the life forms that share human homes. In A Natural History of the Future (2021), he outlines how evolution will continue to shape the human experience.
Dunn's essays have appeared in Scientific American, Smithsonian Magazine, National Geographic, and BBC Wildlife Magazine.
Photo credit: cals.ncsu.edu
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