Dr. Timothy J. Littlewood
- D.Sc., University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, 2003-2004
- Ph.D. in Zoology, University of the West Indies-Mona, Kingston, Jamaica, 1982-1988
- B.Sc. (Hons) in Zoology, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, 1979-1982
Dr. Littlewood is head of the Life Sciences Department at the Natural History Museum in London England.
His main interests include: the systematics of platyhelminths (flatworms) and other phyla, particularly with a view to revealing evolutionary patterns associated with parasitism, the development and application of molecular tools for species diagnosis, life cycle completion and biodiversity assessment.
Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Littlewood has published the following:
Williams, S. T., D. G. Reid, and D. T. J. Littlewood. 2003. A molecular phylogeny of the Littorininae (Gastropoda: Littorinidae): unequal evolutionary rates, morphological parallelism, and biogeography of the Southern Ocean. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 28: 60–86.