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: Hebert Bruno Campos CURRENT TITLE: Pterosaurologist AREA OF EXPERTISE: Pterosaur paleontology, vertebrate paleontology YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 20 EDUCATION: Graduation (Licenciature in Biology, Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú, Brazil), Paleontology of Vertebrates. WEBSITE: https://pterosaurologist.wordpress.com/ What’s your job like? I am investigating the anatomy…
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NAME: Andy Farke CURRENT TITLE: Augustyn Family Curator, Director of Research & Collections, Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology at The Webb Schools YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: 10 EDUCATION: B.Sc., Geology, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology; Ph.D., Anatomical Sciences, Stony Brook…
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NAME: ReBecca Hunt-Foster CURRENT TITLE: Canyon Country District Paleontologist, Utah Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Mesozoic Vertebrate Paleontology AREA OF EXPERTISE: My current research includes a study of Early Cretaceous ornithomimosaurs from North America, along with an additional research project on the…
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NAME: Dr. Hazel Gibson CURRENT TITLE: Research Fellow in Public Perception of Geothermal Power AREA OF EXPERTISE: I work in Geoscience Cognition and Communication; basically how people think about geoscience, and how that influences how they talk about it. YEARS OF EXPERIENCE: Experience…
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Budding paleontologist, Autumn Jacobson, shows her rock and hammer skills!
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: Gary Vecchiarelli CURRENT TITLE: Paleontology Student AREA OF EXPERTISE: My current research involves Triassic beasts from New Mexico. I have been working under my mentor and good friend, Dr. Axel Hungerbuehler, with the Mesalands Dinosaur Museum for the past…
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NAME: Dean R. Lomax CURRENT TITLE: Palaeontologist; Honorary Scientist at the University of Manchester (UK); Honorary Research Associate at Doncaster Museum (UK) AREA OF EXPERTISE: Palaeontology, ichthyosaurs YEARS EXPERIENCE: 8 (unless you count my interest from childhood!) EDUCATION: I took…
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