Mammals

Professor Anjali Goswami is an evolutionary biologist and palaeontologist recognised for her groundbreaking research on the evolution and development of mammals. She’s currently a Research Leader at London’s Natural History Museum, a Professor at University College London and President of the Linnean Society. In 2024 Anjali was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society. She’s made significant contributions to understanding the origins, diversity and adaptation of mammals through deep time by combining palaeontological data with cutting-edge techniques in morphometrics, 3D imaging and computational biology.

Born in India and raised in the USA, Anjali earned her PhD in Evolutionary Biology from the University of Chicago. She’s since held prestigious academic positions, including a faculty role at the University of Cambridge and a fellowship at Imperial College London. Her research has taken her across the globe on fieldwork expeditions, from South America to Africa and Asia, where she’s studied the evolutionary history of a wide range of mammals, from the smallest rodents to the largest whales. In addition to her research, Anjali has written books for children and appeared as an expert on numerous TV and radio programmes, where she shares her expertise on the evolutionary processes that have shaped the natural world.