Professor BONEBRAKE, Timothy Carlton
Director and Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, HKU
BSc (University of California, Berkeley), PhD (Stanford University)
Teaching Areas
- Conservation Biology
- Environmental Data Analysis
- Urban Ecology
- Biodiversity and AI
Research Interests
- Tropical climate change impacts
- Pangolins and pathogens
- Endangered species management
- Urban biodiversity
- Wildlife trade and overexploitation
- Night-time ecology
Fellowships and Awards
- Universitas 21 Fellowship (2018-19)
- Young Academy of Sciences Hong Kong, Founding Member (2018)
- NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund (2020)
- Outstanding Young Researcher Award (2019-2020)
- Research Output Prize (2024)
Recent Selected Publications
- Bonebrake TC (2026) Crime and Pangolins: A Mammalian Murder Mystery. HKU Press
- Ling YF, Bonebrake TC (2026) Distinct thermoregulatory strategies and challenges in subtropical butterflies and moths. The American Naturalist, doi: 10.1086/743798
- Tsang TPN, ... (plus 141 authors), Ponisio LC, Bonebrake TC (2025) Land use change consistently reduces α- but not β- and γ-diversity of bees. Global Change Biology, 31, e70006
- Bonebrake TC, Tsang TPN, Yu N, Wang Y, Ledger MJ, Tilley HB, Yau EYH, Andersson AA, Boyle MJW, Lee KWK, Li Q, Ling YF, Dongmo MAK, Güçlü C, Dingle C, Ashton LA (2025) Tropical cities as windows into the ecosystems of our present and future. Biotropica, 57, e13369
- Tinsman J, Gruppi C, Bossu CM, Prigge T-L, Harrigan RJ, Zaunbrecher V, Koepfli K-P, LeBreton M, Njabo K, Wenda C, Xing S, Abernethy K, Ades G, Akeredolu E, Andrew IB, Barrett TA, Bernáthová I, Černá Bolfíková B, Diffo JL, Difouo GF, Esong Ebong L, Godwill I, Flore Koumba Pambo A, Labuschagne K, Momboua BR, Mousset Moumbolou CL, Ntie S, Nwobegahay J, Rose-Jeffreys E, Simo FT, Sundar K, Swiacká M, Takuo JM, Talla VNK, Tamoufe U, Dingle C, Ruegg K, Bonebrake TC, Smith TB (2023) Genomic analyses reveal poaching hotspots and illegal trade in pangolins from Africa to Asia. Science, 382, 1282–1286