A science blog that brings you closer to the world of geology! Featuring the "A Day in the GeoLife" and "GeoProject" guest blog series from geoscientists around the world.
NAME: Sam Ocon (they/she)
PROJECT TITLE: Examining Evolutionary Rate in Xiphosura
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Sam has expertise in paleobiology, paleoecology, programming in R, and an overall background in geology. Over the course of their career, they have worked on everything from mammals to plankton to horseshoe crabs.
NAME: Irini Sifogeorgaki
CURRENT TITLE: PhD Candidate
AREA OF EXPERTISE: Geoarchaeology: Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction, Fieldwork Strategies, Palaeoclimate and Site Formation Processes using various techniques like Micromorphology, Sedimentology, and Stratigraphy
NAME: Joshua (Josh) F. Einsle CURRENT TITLE: Post-Doctoral Research Associate AREA OF EXPERTISE: Multi-scale Microscopy, nanoscale analytical characterisation, nanofabrication, sample preparation including Focused Ion Beam, SEM , S/TEM, x-ray micro and nano tomography YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 16 (10 years industry, 6 years in academics)…
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NAME: Dr. Sallie Burrough Current title: Trapnell Fellow of African Environments, University of Oxford, United Kingdom Area of expertise: Quaternary Science, Deserts, Long-term Ecology, Geochronology Years of experience: 8 years since finishing PhD Education: BA in Geography, MSc in Quaternary…
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NAME: Melanie A. D. During CURRENT TITLE: (UPDATED 9/6/18) Master in Earth Science AREA OF EXPERTISE: Vertebrate Paleontology, applying isotope geochemistry and synchrotron CT on bone histology. EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: I started my bachelor’s program in Earth Sciences in 2009, including a minor in…
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NAME: Matthew Warke CURRENT TITLE: PhD student at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, United Kingdom (2013-present) AREA OF EXPERTISE: Field geology, sedimentology, stratigraphy EDUCATION: BSc (Hons) Geology from the University of St Andrews (2009-2013), PhD at…
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NAME: Alfio Alessandro Chiarenza CURRENT TITLE: I’m a PhD student in Palaeontology at the Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London, focusing on North American dinosaur palaeoecology. AREA OF EXPERTISE: Dinosaur Palaeontology/Palaeoecology YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: I started doing…
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NAME: Dr. Tanya Samman CURRENT TITLE: Journal Coordinator, Canadian Science Publishing Open AREA OF EXPERTISE: Geoscience/Palaeontology YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 1+ year in the publishing industry; 4+ years freelance editing; 3 years contract teaching in academia at the end of and…
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NAME: John Carson CURRENT TITLE: Post-doctoral Researcher AREA OF EXPERTISE: Tropical palaeoecology, YEARS EXPERIENCE: 9 EDUCATION: Undergraduate degree in Geology and Archaeology (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom), Masters in Environmental Reconstruction (University of Manchester, United Kingdom), and PhD in Tropical…
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