John Norton Thompson (born November 15, 1951) is an American evolutionary biologist.
He is Jean H. Langeheim Professor of Plant Ecology and Evolution at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
[1] His dissertation was entitled "Patch Dynamics in the Insect - Pastinaca sativa Association: Life History Tactics and Population Consequences."
In 2000 he became Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he was Director of the STEPS Institute for Innovation in Environmental Research from 2002 to 2007.
[3] He is one of the ISI Highly Cited Researchers in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology.