Professor Shubin is a Professor in the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and the Committee on Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago. Shubin’s research focuses on understanding the evolutionary origins of new anatomical features such as limbs. Neil Shubin is well known for his discovery of Tiktaalik roseae,the 375 million year old fossil link between fish and tetrapods. Shubin is the author of two popular science books including Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion Year History of the Human Body, named best book of 2008 by the National Academies of Science. Shubin is an elected member of the National Academy of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Neil Shubin is the author of two popular science books, The Universe Within: The Deep History of the Human Body (2013) and Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body (2008). The National Academy of Sciences named Your Inner Fish the best book of the year. The book was subsequently developed as a three-part miniseries for PBS, hosted by Shubin, that aired in 2014.