Timothy Eglinton

Eglinton was educated at Plymouth Polytechnic where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental science in 1982. He went on to study at Newcastle University, where he was awarded a Master of Science degree{{when|date=September 2018}} and a PhD in 1988 for research investigating kerogens using pyrolysis.{{cite thesis |degree=PhD |first=Timothy Ian|last=Eglinton |title=An investigation of kerogens using pyrolysis methods |publisher=Newcastle University |year=1988 |url=https://copac.jisc.ac.uk/id/21852217?style=html|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.380730}}|oclc=18424031}}

Eglinton's research{{Cite journal| year = 1997| journal = Nature | doi = 10.1038/38477| title =Sources and contribution of terrigenous organic carbon to surface sediments in the Gulf of Mexico| volume=389| issue = 6648 | pages=275–278| last1 = Goñi | first1 = Miguel A. | last2 = Ruttenberg | first2 = Kathleen C. | last3 = Eglinton | first3 = Timothy I. | bibcode = 1997Natur.389..275G | s2cid = 4413505 }}{{Cite journal| title = Evaluation of a protocol for the quantification of black carbon in sediments| journal = Global Biogeochemical Cycles| year = 2012 | doi = 10.1029/2000GB001380| bibcode=2001GBioC..15..881G| volume=15| issue = 4| pages=881–890| last1 = Gustafsson| first1 = Örjan| last2 = Bucheli| first2 = Thomas D.| last3 = Kukulska| first3 = Zofia| last4 = Andersson| first4 = Mette| last5 = Largeau| first5 = Claude| last6 = Rouzaud| first6 = Jean-Noël| last7 = Reddy| first7 = Christopher M.| last8 = Eglinton| first8 = Timothy I.| doi-access = free}}{{Cite journal | title = A reassessment of the sources and importance of land-derived organic matter in surface sediments from the Gulf of Mexico | journal = Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta | year = 1998 | doi = 10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00217-8 | bibcode=1998GeCoA..62.3055G | volume=62 | issue = 18 | pages=3055–3075| last1 = Goñi | first1 = Miguel A. | last2 = Ruttenberg | first2 = Kathleen C. | last3 = Eglinton | first3 = Timothy I. }}{{Cite journal

| pmid = 21619188

| year = 1996

| last1 = Eglinton

| first1 = T. I.

| title = Gas chromatographic isolation of individual compounds from complex matrices for radiocarbon dating

| journal = Analytical Chemistry

| volume = 68

| issue = 5

| pages = 904–12

| last2 = Aluwihare

| first2 = L. I.

| last3 = Bauer

| first3 = J. E.

| last4 = Druffel

| first4 = E. R.

| last5 = McNichol

| first5 = A. P.

| doi = 10.1021/ac9508513

| s2cid = 29957103

| url = https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2495&context=vimsarticles

}}{{Cite journal | title = Compound-specific D/H ratios of lipid biomarkers from sediments as a proxy for environmental and climatic conditions | year = 2001 | journal = Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta | doi = 10.1016/S0016-7037(00)00520-2 | bibcode=2001GeCoA..65..213S | volume=65 | issue = 2 | pages=213–222| last1 = Sauer | first1 = Peter E. | last2 = Eglinton | first2 = Timothy I. | last3 = Hayes | first3 = John M. | last4 = Schimmelmann | first4 = Arndt | last5 = Sessions | first5 = Alex L. }}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1126/science.277.5327.796| title = Variability in Radiocarbon Ages of Individual Organic Compounds from Marine Sediments| journal = Science| volume = 277| issue = 5327| pages = 796–799| year = 1997| last1 = Eglinton | first1 = T. I.| s2cid = 54810484| url = https://escholarship.org/content/qt3tj8h3jj/qt3tj8h3jj.pdf?t=ntqwn0}} is: {{centred pull quote|focussed on understanding of the processes that govern the Earth's carbon cycle from the molecular level to the global scale, and on the legacy of past biological activity and environmental conditions contained in organic signatures preserved in the geologic record.[http://www.biogeoscience.ethz.ch/the-group/people-a-z/person-detail.html?persid=170221 Professor Dr. Timothy Ian Eglinton, Geologisches Institut], ETH Zürich}}

Eglinton has revolutionised studies of Earth's carbon cycle. By developing an entirely new means of tracing the pathways of organic carbon in surface environments, ranging from eroding landforms to rivers, floodplains, the oceanic water column, microbial communities and marine sediments, he has replaced countless estimates and assumptions with accurately known transport times and carbon budgets. His findings have illuminated and reconciled formerly discrepant paleoclimatic records, revealed new forms of microbial life, demonstrated that microorganisms can attack and remobilise billion-year-old organic material, and traced the pathways of petroleum-derived carbon in surface environments.{{cite web |url=https://royalsociety.org/people/timothy-eglinton-11382/ |title = Professor Timothy Eglinton FRS |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825021239/https://royalsociety.org/people/timothy-eglinton-11382/|publisher=Royal Society|author=Anon|year=2014 |archivedate=2017-08-25 |location=London}} One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: {{quote|“All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.” --{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111170346/https://royalsociety.org/about-us/terms-conditions-policies/|title=Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies|date=2016-11-11}}}}

Eglinton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2014.

Eglinton is the son of the organic chemist Geoffrey Eglinton.{{Who's Who | title=Eglinton, Prof. Geoffrey | id = U14764 | year = 2014| author=Anon|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U282026 | edition = online edition via Oxford University Press}}{{cite web|url=http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/timothy-i--eglinton|title= Timothy I. Eglinton|website=whoi.edu|publisher=Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution}} He is married to Lorraine Eglinton, and has two daughters and one son.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}

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