Thomas J. Near

Thomas J. Near is an American evolutionary ichthyologist who is currently a Professor and Chair of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University as well as the Bingham Oceanographic Curator of Ichthyology at the Peabody Museum of Natural History. Since 2015, Near has been Head of Saybrook College, one of Yale University's residential colleges. (The title was originally "Master" but this was replaced with "Head" in 2016.)