Dr. Will Hawkes is a leading expert in insect migration with numerous scientific publications on the subject. He has conducted extensive fieldwork from the Swiss Alps to the Maldives and is based currently at the "Move in Europe" project at the Swiss Ornithological Institute. 

As a guest lecturer, he has spoken for the BioMove group at the University of Potsdam, EntoSci attendees at Harper Adams University as well as various ecology and migration courses at the University of Exeter, Penryn. He has been featured in articles for the Guardian, the New York Times, BBC Wildlife magazine, National Geographic and spoken at TedX London and the Oxford Real Farming Conference among others. He also co-hosts the popular wildlife podcast "Will and Ben: The Wildlife Men".