Neil Shubin is an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and popular science writer. He is the Robert R. Bensley Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, Associate Dean of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, and Professor on the Committee of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago. Additionally, he serves as the Provost of the Field Museum of Natural History.

Neil Shubin is renowned for his co-discovery of Tiktaalik roseae alongside Ted Daeschler and Farish Jenkins.