Dr Dean Lomax is an internationally recognised multi-award-winning palaeontologist, author and science communicator. He travels across the world excavating and researching dinosaurs and other ancient animals, discovering and naming new species, and regularly appears on TV as an expert and presenter. He is the author of ten books and more than 50 academic papers, is a leading authority on ichthyosaurs, and won a gold medal for science communication at the Houses of Parliament. Dean earned his PhD at the University of Manchester where he is currently a Visiting Scientist. — In 2021, he led the excavation of the ‘Rutland Sea Dragon’, the most complete skeleton of a large prehistoric reptile ever found in the UK. Watch his TED talk about this sensational discovery.