Specific responsibility: Curation and development of the Biobank collection.

Research interests/expertise: Vertebrate collection curation and management,management of frozen tissues and associated data. Incorporation of new samples/specimens, collections-related data standards, collections access and research use, and research loans.

Selected publications

Moraitou, M., Richards, J.L., Bolyos, C., Saliari, K., Gilissen, E., Timmons, Z., Kitchener, A.C., Pauwels, O.S.G., Sabin R. et al. 2025. Host Traits Impact the Outcome of Metagenomic Library Preparation From Dental Calculus Samples Across Diverse Mammals. Molecular Ecology Resources. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.70039

Rossi, C., Sinding, MH.S., Mullin, V.E., Scheu, A., Erven, J.A.M., Pereira Verdugo, M., Daly, K.D., Ciucani, M.M., Mattiangeli, V., Teasdale, M.D., Diquelou, D., Manin, A., Bangsgaard, P., Collins, M., Lord, T.C. Zeibert, V., Zorzin, R., Vinter, M., Timmons, Z., Kitchener, A.C. et al. 2024. The genomic natural history of the aurochs. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08112-6

Schwab J.A., Young M.T., Walsh S.A., Witmer L.M., Herrera Y., Timmons Z.L., Butler I.B., Brusatte S.L. 2022. ‘Ear stones’ in crocodylians: a cross-species comparative and ontogenetic survey of otolith structures. Royal Society Open Science9: 211633. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.211633

Gharibi, H., Chernobrovkin, A.L., Eriksson, G., Saei, A.A., Timmons, Z., Kitchener, A.C., Kalthoff, D.C., Lidén, K., Makarov, A.A. and Zubarev, R.A. 2022. Abnormal (Hydroxy)proline Deuterium Content Redefines Hydrogen Chemical Mass. Journal of the American Chemical Society144 (6): 2484-2487. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c12512

Smith, K.J., Sparks, J.P., Timmons, Z.L., Peterson, M.J. 2020. Cetacean Skeletons Demonstrate Ecologically Relevant Variation in Intraskeletal Stable Isotopic Values. Frontiers in Marine Science7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00388