Biogeosciences

Tim Eglinton

Tim Eglinton is a biogeochemist at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences of ETH Zurich, Switzerland. He is particularly interested in understanding processes that govern the Earth's carbon cycle and quantifying amounts and timescales of carbon transport. He uses a range of methods from molecular scale to global, and is renowned for his contributions in the application of compound specific radiocarbon analysis on environmental samples.

A paper that shaped my career – Tim Eglinton on Hayes et al., 1990

Tim Eglinton August 19, 2026

In this series, we ask senior researchers to reflect on how a paper or a series of contributions influenced their thinking and led to a change in their research direction and career. Our first reflection comes from Prof. Tim Eglinton, who was professor of Biogeoscience at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences of ETH …[Read More]