Associate Professor Diego Garcia-Bellido
Associate Prof/Reader
School of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
My main interest is the taxonomic diversity and functional morphology of the early metazoans generated during the so-called Cambrian "explosion" (some 540 million years ago), and the phylogenetic relationships among the major animal groups (phyla) that appeared with this unique event in the history of the biosphere. I am also interested on the Edicara Biota (570-550 Ma) and on finding the morphological, ecological and phylogenetic links of these fossils with the Cambrian faunas.
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My main interest is the taxonomical diversity and functional morphology of the early metazoans generated during the so-called Cambrian "explosion" (some 540 million years ago), and the phylogenetic relationships among the major animal groups (phyla) that appeared with this unique event in the history of the biosphere.
I got my Graduate Degree in Biology-Zoology (1995) and a Postgraduate Degree in Palaeontology (1997) from the Complutense University in Madrid. My first contact with Burgess Shale-type fossils was in the summer of 1994, when I visited the University of Cambridge, studying soft-bodied (non-mineralized) fossils from the Lower Cambrian Kinzers Formation of Pennsylvania with Prof. Conway Morris and early Cambrian organic-walled microfossils from northwestern Canada with Prof. Butterfield. During the summers of 1995, 1997 and 2000 I excavated at the Burgess Shale (British Columbia) with the Royal Ontario Museum-Toronto, under the direction of Dr. Collins. In parallel with my research on soft-bodied fossils, and due to the scarcity of such type of fossils in Spain, I took a different topic for my PhD Thesis: the Palaeozoic Porifera from the Iberian Peninsula (Madrid, 2002). I did a two-year postdoc at the ROM (2003-2004), working with Dr. Collins on some of the Burgess Shale's most emblematic arthropod fossils (Marrella, Leanchoilia, Isoxys...). Upon my return to Madrid (2005) I headed a research project for the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) to search for Ediacaran, Burgess Shale and Orsten-type fossils in Spain, and study their palaeogeographic implications. My latest work comes from collaborations with the South Australian Museum in excavating and studying the early Cambrian Emu Bay Shale Lagerstätte in Kangaroo Island (South Australia), having joined The University of Adelaide in January 2013 as a Senior Research Fellow. In late 2013 I became an Australian Research Council Future Fellow, with a 4-year research project entitled "Testing our knowledge on the dawn of Animal life: evidence from the fossil record against modern ecological and morphological analogues". It focused on comparing the Ediacara Biota and the Emu Bay Shale and other Cambrian lagerstätten from a palaeocological perspective, and included experiments on Modern marine invertebrate predation to test against what we observe in the fossil record. In the last 5 years I have also been working on the anatomy, functional morphology and behaviour of the Ediacara Biota from the Flinders Ranges, with the goal of finding the links of these strange fossils with the Cambrian faunas. Since January 2018 I have a ongoing position as Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide and as Senior Researcher at the South Australian Museum.
As part of my research on the Ediacara Biota, I have support from Australian Research Council Discovery Project DP220102772 and NASA Exobiology Grant #20-EXO20-0009 (in collaboration with Prof. Droser, from the University of California - Riverside) to work in northern South Australia. My team's research helps underpin the UNESCO Flinders Ranges World Heritage bid, in collaboration with a range of government and NGO partners including the Department of Environment and Water and the Flinders Ranges Ediacara Foundation.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2018 - ongoing Associate Professor University of Adelaide, Adelaide 2018 - ongoing Senior Researcher - Palaeontology South Australian Museum, Adelaide 2014 - 2017 ARC Future Fellow University of Adelaide -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 1998 - 2002 Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid Spain PhD -
Postgraduate Training
Date Title Institution Country 2008 - 2012 Ramón y Cajal Researcher Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid Spain 2005 - 2007 Juan de la Cierva Researcher Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid Spain 2003 - 2004 Postdoctoral Researcher Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto Canada -
Research Interests
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Journals
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Books
Year Citation 2016 Laurie, J., Kruse, P., Garcia-Bellido, D., & Holmes, J. (Eds.) (2016). Palaeo Down Under 2, Adelaide, July 2016.. Adelaide: Geological Society of Australia. 2011 Gutiérrez-Marco, J., Rábano, I., & Garcia-Bellido, D. (Eds.) (2011). Ordovician of the World. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME). 2011 Gutiérrez-Marco, J., Rábano, I., & Garcia-Bellido, D. (Eds.) (2011). Ordovician of the World. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME). 2011 Gutierrez-Marco, J., Rabano, I., Plaza, L., & Garcia-Bellido, D. (Eds.) (2011). Geología y paleontología de Almadén en el siglo XIX: la contribucción de Casiano de Prado, Edouard de Verneuil y Joachim Barrande al descubrimiento científico del Paleozoico centroibérico. Spain: Informa. 2008 Capdevila, D. G. -B. (2008). Advances in Trilobite Research. IGME. 2008 Capdevila, D. G. -B. (2008). Advances in Trilobite Research. IGME. -
Book Chapters
Year Citation 2022 Gutiérrez-Marco, J. C., Pereira, S., García-Bellido, D. C., & Rábano, I. (2022). Ordovician trilobites from the Tafilalt Lagerstätte: new data and reappraisal of the Bou Nemrou assemblage. In A. W. Hunter, J. J. Alvaro, B. Lefebvre, P. Van Roy, & S. Zamora (Eds.), The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event: Insights from the Tafilalt Biota, Morocco (Vol. 485, pp. 97-137). London, UK: Geological Society of London.
DOI Scopus112022 Gutiérrez-Marco, J. C., & García-Bellido, D. C. (2022). The international fossil trade from the Paleozoic of the Anti-Atlas, Morocco. In A. W. Hunter, J. J. Alvaro, B. Lefebvre, P. Van Roy, & S. Zamora (Eds.), The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event: Insights from the Tafilalt Biota, Morocco (Vol. 485, pp. 69-96). London, UK.: Geological Society of London.
DOI Scopus62013 Gutiérrez-Marco, J., Rábano, I., Sá, A., Garcia-Bellido, D., & Sarmiento, G. (2013). Patrimonio paleontológico del Ordovícico Medio del Parque Nacional de Cabañeros (Castilla-La Mancha). In J. Vegas, A. Salazar, E. Díaz-Martínez, & C. Marchán (Eds.), Patrimonio geológico, un recurso para el desarrollo (pp. 591-599). Madrid, Spain: Instituto Geológico y Minero de España. 2011 Cózar-Maldonado, P., Garcia-Bellido, D., Gutiérrez-Marco, J. C., Rodríguez, S., & Coronado, I. (2011). Paleozoico marino perigondwánico. In E. M. Pérez-Monserrat, & M. Charco (Eds.), Primera Reunión Científica del Instituto de Geociencias (CSIC-UCM) (pp. 47-50). Madrid, Spain: Instituto de Geociencias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. 2010 Garcia-Bellido, D. (2010). Dr Diego Garcia-Bellido. In Fossil Hunters 02 : Stories from the Palaeontologists (pp. 56-66). Australia: South Australian Museum. 2009 Braga, J., Fernandez-Martinez, E., Garcia-Bellido, D., Mendez-Bedia, I., Moreno-Elris, E., Perejon, A., . . . Soto, F. (2009). Poriferos y Cnidarios. In M. Martinez Chacon, & Y. Rivas (Eds.), Paleontologia de Invertebrados (pp. 33-110). Spain: Instituto Geologico y Minero de Espana. 2004 Senowbari-Daryan, B., & Garcia-Bellido, D. (2004). “Sphinctozoa” or chambered sponges (polyphyletic). In J. N. A. Hooper, & R. W. M. Van Soest (Eds.), Systema Porifera A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (Vol. Volume 2, pp. 1511). Kluwier Academic/Plenum Press. 2002 Senowbari-Daryan, B., & Garcia-Bellido, D. (2002). Bibliography on Fossil “Sphinctozoans”. In J. N. A. Hooper, & R. W. M. Van Soest (Eds.), Systema Porifera A Guide to the Classification of Sponges (Vol. Volume 2, pp. 1534-1538). Kluwier Academic/Plenum Press. -
Conference Papers
Year Citation 2016 Gutierrez-Marco, J., & Garcia-Bellido, D. (2016). Dos casos de intrusismo científico en la paleontologia peruana. In Geotemas Vol. 16 (pp. 359-362). Spain: Sociedad Geologica de Espana. 2016 Gutiérrez-Marco, J., Sá, A., Villas, E., Bernárdez, E., Colmenar, J., Zamora, S., . . . Jiménez-Sánchez, A. (2016). Cronoestratigrafía del Ordovícico ibérico. In Proceedings of the IX Congreso Geologico de Espana, as published in Geo-Temas Vol. 16 (pp. 145-148). Huelva, Spain: Sociedad Geologica de Espana. 2016 Gutiérrez-Marco, J., Sá, A., & Garcia-Bellido, D. (2016). Dos casos de intrusismo científico en la paleontología peruana. In Proceedings of the IX Congreso Geológico de España, as published in Geo-Temas Vol. 16 (pp. 359-362). Huelva: Sociedad Geológica de España. 2014 Sá, A., Gutiérrez-Marco, J., Meireles, C., Garcia-Bellido, D., & Rábano, I. (2014). A revised correlation of Lower Ordovician sedimentary rocks in the Central Iberian Zone (Portugal and Spain). In R. Rocha, J. Pais, C. Kulberg, & S. Finney (Eds.), STRATI 2013: First International Congress on Stratigraphy: At the Cutting Edge of Stratigraphy (pp. 441-446). Switzerland: Springer Geology.
DOI Scopus4 WoS62013 Barragan, T., Esteve, J., Garcia-Bellido, D., Zamora, S., & Alvaro, J. (2013). New mid-Cambrian palaeoscolecid sclerites of Hadimopanella oezgueli from the Cantabrian Mountains, northern Spain. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Geoscience Programme Project (IGCP) 591 Annual Meeting (pp. 42-44). Sweden. 2011 SA, A., Gutierrez-Marco, J., Picarra, J., Garcia-Bellido, D., Vaz, N., & Acenolaza, G. (2011). Ordovician vs. 'Cambrian' Ichnofossils in the Armorican quartzite of central Portugal. In J. Gutierrez Marco, D. Garcia Bellido, & I. Rabano (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on the Ordovician System (Ordovician of the World) (pp. 483-492). Madrid, Spain: Instituto Geologico y Minero de Espana (IGME). 2011 Gutiérrez-marco, J., Sá, A., Piçarra, J., Garcia-Bellido, D., Vaz, N., & Aceñolaza, G. (2011). Ordovician Vs. “Cambrian” ichnofossils in the Armorican Quartzite of central Portugal. In J. Gutiérrez-Marco, I. Rábano, & D. Garcia-Bellido (Eds.), Ordovician of the World: Cuadernos del museo Geominero No 14. Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Ordovician System (pp. 483-492). Online: Instituto Geológico y Minero (IGME). 2011 Gutiérrez-marco, J., Sá, A., Piçarra, J., Garcia-Bellido, D., Vaz, N., & Aceñolaza, G. (2011). Ordovician Vs. “Cambrian” ichnofossils in the Armorican Quartzite of central Portugal. In J. Gutiérrez-Marco, I. Rábano, & D. Garcia-Bellido (Eds.), Ordovician of the World: Cuadernos del museo Geominero No 14. Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Ordovician System (pp. 483-492). Online: Instituto Geológico y Minero (IGME). 2011 Gutiérrez-Marco, J., Garcia-Bellido, D., Rábano, I., Baeza Chico, E., & Sarmiento, G. (2011). Geotouristic trails in the Cabañeros National Park (central Spain). In D. Rocha, & A. Sá (Eds.), Geotourism in Action. Proceedings of the International Congress of Geotourism–Arouca 2011, Arouca (Portugal). (pp. 125-128). Arouca, Portugal. 2008 Paterson, J., Jago, J., Gehling, J., Garcia-Bellido, D., Edgecombe, G., & Lee, M. (2008). Early Cambrian Arthropods from the Emu Bay Shale Lagerstätte, South Australia. In Proceedings of the Fourth International Trilobite Conference (pp. 319-326). Madrid: Instituto Geologico Y Minero De Espana. -
Conference Items
Year Citation 2016 Reed, E. H., & Reardon, T. (2016). Fossil bats from Quaternary cave deposits at Naracoorte, South Australia.. Poster session presented at the meeting of Geological Society of Australia Abstracts. Hornsby, NSW: Geological Society of Australia. 2016 Gray, J., Reed, E. H., Hutchinson, M., Jones, M., & McDowell, M. (2016). Agamid lizard fossils from South Australian caves and their implications for environmental change during the Quaternary. Poster session presented at the meeting of Geological Society of Australia Abstracts. Hornsby, NSW: Geological Society of Australia. 2016 Treloar, J., Hutchinson, M. N., & Medlin, G. C. (2016). A pre-European mammal assemblage of the northwestern Flinders Ranges, South Australia from subfossil deposits. Poster session presented at the meeting of Geological Society of Australia Abstracts 117. The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia: The Geological Society of Australia. 2014 Gutiérrez-Marco, J. C., & Garcia-Bellido, D. (2014). Gondwanan stratigraphy and palaeontology of the Cabañeros National Park (Central Iberian Zone, Variscan Belt). Field Trip Guide. Poster session presented at the meeting of Gondwana 15. Madrid, Spain: Instituto Geológico y Minero de España. 2013 Gutierrez-Marco, J., SA, A., Garcia-Bellido, D., & Rabano, I. (2013). The extent of the Dapingian Stage Middle Ordovician in peri-Gondwanan Europe and north Africa: stratigraphic record, biostratigraphic tools, and regional chronostratigraphy. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 3rd International Geoscience Programme Project (IGCP) 591 Annual Meeting. Sweden: Lund University. 2011 Cozar-Maldonado, P., Garcia-Bellido, D., Gutierrez-Marco, J., Rodriguez, S., & Coronado-Vila, E. (2011). Paleozoico marino perigondwánico. Poster session presented at the meeting of 1ª Reunión Científica del Instituto de Geociencias (CSIC-UCM). Madrid. -
Report for External Bodies
Year Citation 2016 Paterson, J., Garcia-Bellido, D., & Kruse, P. (2016). Kangaroo Island: Emu Bay Shale Konservat-Lagerstätte and White Point Conglomerate archaeocyaths.: Palaeo Down Under 2. Geological Field Excursion Guide. Cryogenian-Ediacaran-Cambrian of the Adelaide Fold Belt. Adelaide: Depatment of State Development, South Australia. -
Internet Publications
PROJECT TITLE: “Evolutionary dynamics in deep time: faunal turnover during the Ediacaran”. DP220102772
GRANTING BODY: ARC Discovery Project DURATION: 3 years (from May 2022) GRANT: $488,000
CHIEF INVESTIGATORS: Assoc. Prof. D. García-Bellido, Prof. J. Gehling (SAM), Prof. M. Droser (University of California - Riverside) & Prof. R. Gaines (Pomona College).
PROJECT TITLE: “A welcome mat for complex life: Implications of diverse and ubiquitous Ediacaran organic surfaces for the development of animals and the recognition of microbial structures on other planets". Grant #20-EXO20-0009
GRANTING BODY: NASA DURATION: 3 years (from Jan. 2022) GRANT: US$310,000
CHIEF INVESTIGATORS: Prof. M. Droser (University of California - Riverside), Assoc. Prof. D. García-Bellido & Dr. S. Evans (Virginia Polytechnic and State University).
PROJECT TITLE: “Did the small inherit the Earth? Analysis of mm-scale Ediacara body and trace fossils (South Australia) with implications for the early evolution of animals". Grant #18-EXO18-0096
GRANTING BODY: NASA DURATION: 2 years (from Jan. 2019) GRANT: US$295,000
CHIEF INVESTIGATORS: Prof. M. Droser (University of California - Riverside), Assoc. Prof. D. García-Bellido, Prof. J. Gehling (South Australian Museum) & Dr. L. Tartan (Yale University).
PROJECT TITLE: “Marine ecosystems and environmental changes in the margins of Gondwana during the Cambrian Explosion and the Ordovician Biodiversification”. CGL2017-87631-P
GRANTING BODY: Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities DURATION: 3 (from Jan. 2018) GRANT: €229,000
CHIEF INVESTIGATORS: Dr. J. Álvaro & Dr. J.C. Gutiérrez-Marco (both CSIC, Spanish Research Council).
PROJECT TITLE: “Exploring new frontiers of the Cambrian Explosion: the Emu Bay Shale Drilling Project and new insights from a unique early Cambrian fossil deposit”. Grant #9932-16
GRANTING BODY: National Geographic Society DURATION: 1 year (from Jan. 2016) GRANT: US$20,000
CHIEF INVESTIGATORS: Dr. Diego C. García-Bellido, Prof. R. Gaines (Pomona College, California) & Prof. J. Paterson (UNE).
PROJECT TITLE: “Systematic excavation and palaeoecological analysis of a newly discovered, pristine Ediacaran seafloor assemblage in the northern Flinders Ranges”, 2015-F005.
GRANTING BODY: Environment Institute, University of Adelaide DURATION: 1 year FROM: Jan. 2015 GRANT: $15,000
CHIEF INVESTIGATORS: Dr. Diego C. García-Bellido, Prof. C. Bradshaw (UoA) & Dr J. Gehling (SAM)
PROJECT TITLE: “Testing our knowledge on the dawn of Animal life: evidence from the fossil record against modern ecological and morphological analogues”, FT130101329.
GRANTING BODY: Australian Research Council & University of Adelaide DURATION: 4 years FROM: Jan. 2014 GRANT: $732,079
CHIEF INVESTIGATOR: Dr. Diego C. García-Bellido.
PROJECT TITLE: “Interplay of volcanism, hydrothermalism and carbonate productivity in the Cambrian Explosion of West Gondwana”, CGL 2013.
GRANTING BODY: Spanish Ministry of Economy & Competitiveness (MINECO) DURATION: 3 years FROM: Jan. 2014 GRANT: €102,000
CHIEF INVESTIGATOR: Dr. J. Álvaro (Spanish Research Council, CSIC) NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING RESEARCHERS: 8
PROJECT TITLE: “Iberian Ordovician chronostratigraphy and its correlation with the Global Scale”, CGL 2012 - 39471.
GRANTING BODY: Spanish Ministry of Economy & Competitiveness (MINECO) DURATION: 3 years FROM: Jan. 2013 GRANT: €124,800
CHIEF INVESTIGATOR: Dr J.C. Gutiérrez Marco (Spanish Research Council) NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING RESEARCHERS: 6
PROJECT TITLE: “The early Cambrian Emu Bay Shale biota of Kangaroo Island – Revealing exceptionally preserved fossils from Australia’s only Burgess Shale-type deposit”, Grant #8991-11
GRANTING BODY: National Geographic Society DURATION: 1 year FROM: Jan. 2012 GRANT: US$29,800
CHIEF INVETIGATOR: Dr John R. Paterson (UNE, Armidale) NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING RESEARCHERS: 3
PROJECT TITLE: “The Rise of Animal Life (Cambrian-Ordovician) – Organization and tempo: evidence from exceptionally preserved biotas”, SIMI 5/6 - RALI
GRANTING BODY: French National Research Agency (ANR - Agence Nationale de la Recherche).
DURATION: 5 years FROM: Nov. 2011 GRANT: €409,000
CHIEF INVESTIGATOR: Dr. Jean Vannier (Université de Lyon, France) NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING RESEARCHERS: 24
PROJECT TITLE: “Palaeobiogeographical study of the Perigondwanan Margin during the Ediacaran and Cambrian: sedimentological, biostratigraphical, biogeographical and geochemical analyses in areas of the Iberian Peninsula and SE Australia”, CGL 2009 - 07073.
GRANTING BODY: Spanish Ministry of Science & Innovation (MICINN) DURATION: 3 years FROM: Jan. 2009 GRANT: €96,800
CHIEF INVESTIGATOR: Dr. Diego García-Bellido NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING RESEARCHERS: 7
PROJECT TITLE: “Perigondwanan Precambrian and Palaeozoic: stratigraphy and palaeontology”, UCM Group 910231
GRANTING BODY: Complutense University of Madrid (UCM)
DURATION: 1 year FROM: January 2011 GRANT: €4,680
DURATION: 2 years FROM: January 2009 GRANT: €12,550
DURATION: 1 year FROM: January 2008 GRANT: €12,109
DURATION: 1 year FROM: January 2007 GRANT: €14,050
DURATION: 1 year FROM: January 2006 GRANT: €16,330
CHIEF INVESTIGATOR: Dr. S. Rodríguez (UCM) NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING RESEARCHERS: 15-18
PROJECT TITLE: “Paleobiodiversity and phylogenetic relationships of the first metazoans”, RYC2007-07073
GRANTING BODY: Spanish Research Council (CSIC)
DURATION: 2 years FROM: Jan. 2008 GRANT: €15,000€
RECIPIENT: Dr Diego García-Bellido
PROJECT TITLE: “Geobiological and geochemical study of the Neoproterozoic and Cambrian of the Iberian Peninsula: sedimentological, isotopic, palaeontological and chronostratigraphical analyses”, CGL 2006-12245BTE.
GRANTING BODY: Spanish Ministry of Education and Science.
DURATION: 3 years FROM: March 2007 GRANT: €42,697
CHIEF INVESTIGATOR: Dr Elena Moreno (UCM)NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING RESEARCHERS: 8
PROJECT TITLE: “The Cambrian Explosion of arthropods in Australia: Ediacaran origins, evolution and biodiversity”, LP0774959
GRANTING BODY: Australia Research Council.
DURATION: 3 years FROM: January 2007 GRANT: $360,000
CHIEF INVESTIGATOR: Dr. M.S.Y. Lee (SAM) NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING RESEARCHERS: 6
PROJECT TITLE: “Sedimentological, palaeobiological, tectonic and metallogenic aspects of the Cambrian successions in the Iberian Peninsula, and their effect on the biological crises of the early metazoans”, BTE2003-04076
GRANTING BODY: Spanish Ministry of Education and Science.
DURATION: 3 years FROM: January 2004 GRANT: €44,300
CHIEF INVESTIGATOR: Dr Antonio Perejón (CSIC) NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING RESEARCHERS: 8
PROJECT TITLE: “Cambrian and Carboniferous bioherms in Sierra Morena in a palaeobiological, palaeogeographical and palaeotectonic context: postsedimentary evolution and economic potential”, BTE2000-1423
GRANTING BODY: Spanish Ministry of Education and Science
DURATION: 3 years FROM: Dic. 2000 GRANT: €61,280
CHIEF INVESTIGATOR: Dr Elena Moreno (UCM) NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING RESEARCHERS: 11
PROJECT TITLE: “Study of the organism-environment interactions in Carboniferous and Cambrian reef building in the Sierra de Córdoba: Analyses of the biotas, morphology and evolution of bioherms”, PB96-0842
GRANTING BODY: Spanish Ministry of Education and Science DURATION: 3 years FROM: Jan. 1997 GRANT: €24,000
CHIEF INVESTIGATOR: Dr Antonio Perejón (CSIC) NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING RESEARCHERS: 4
TITLE: “Excavation and study of Burgess Shale-type fossils in Emu Bay Shale (Early Cambrian)”, PA10011981
FROM: Spanish Research Council (CSIC) DURATION: 35 days FROM: March 2009 GRANT: €4,500
TITLE: “SAM 2008 Palaeontology Week – International Keynote Guest”
FROM: South Australian Museum DURATION: 25 days FROM: March 2008 GRANT: $4,500
TITLE: “Excavation of the early Cambrian Emu Bay Shale (Kangaroo Is.) with Burgess Shale-type fossils and study of the fossil Arthropod and Priapulid collections in the South Australia Museum”, PA1001105
FROM: CSIC DURATION: 30 days FROM: Sept. 2007 GRANT: €2,985
TITLE: “Excavation of the early Cambrian Emu Bay Shale (Kangaroo Is.) with Burgess Shale-type fossils and study of the fossil Arthropod and Priapulid collections in the South Australia Museum”.
FROM: UCM DURATION: 30 days FROM: Sept. 2007 GRANT: €1,800
PROJECT TITLE: “Study of the collections of Palaeozoic fossil sponges at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (Canada)”.
FROM: UCM DURATION: 4 months FROM: Aug 2000 GRANT: 2,550 Euros
2024: "Geochronology, Fossils & Palaeoenvironments", First Semester, School of Physical Sciences (UofA)
"Evolutionary Biology II"(lecturer & coordinator), Second Semester, School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
"Evolution of Australian Biota III", Second Semester, School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
"Field Palaeontology III" (lecturer & coordinator), Intensive 4th Term Course, School of Biological Sciences (UofA)
"Full-Year & Mid-Year Honours" Assist. Coordinator, School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
2023: "Geochronology, Fossils & Palaeoenvironments", First Semester, School of Physical Sciences (UofA)
"Evolutionary Biology II"(lecturer & coordinator), Second Semester, School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
"Evolution of Australian Biota III", Second Semester, School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
"Field Palaeontology III" (lecturer & coordinator), Intensive 4th Term Course, School of Biological Sciences (UofA)
"Full-Year & Mid-Year Honours" Assist. Coordinator, School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
2022: "Geochronology, Fossils & Palaeoenvironments", First Semester, School of Physical Sciences (UofA)
"Frontiers in Marine Biology III", First Semester, School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
"Evolutionary Biology II"(lecturer & coordinator), Second Semester, School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
"Evolution of Australian Biota III", Second Semester, School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
"Field Palaeontology III" (lecturer & coordinator), Intensive 4th Term Course, School of Biological Sciences (UofA)
"Mid-Year Honours Coordinator", School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
2021: "Geochronology, Fossils & Palaeoenvironments", First Semester, School of Physical Sciences (UofA)
"Frontiers in Marine Biology III", First Semester, School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
"Evolutionary Biology II"(lecturer & coordinator), Second Semester, School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
"Evolution of Australian Biota III", Second Semester, School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
"Field Palaeontology III" (lecturer & coordinator), Intensive 4th Term Course, School of Biological Sciences (UofA)
"Mid-Year Honours Coordinator", School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
2020: "Geochronology, Fossils & Palaeoenvironments", First Semester, School of Physical Sciences, Dept. of Earth Sciences (UofA)
"Frontiers in Marine Biology III", First Semester, School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
"Field Palaeontology III", Intensive Winter Course, School of Biological Sciences(UofA)
"Evolutionary Biology II", Second Semester, School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
"Evolution of Australian Biota III", Second Semester, School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
2019: "Geochronology, Fossils & Palaeoenvironments", First Semester, School of Physical Sciences, Dept. of Earth Sciences (UofA)
"Frontiers in Marine Biology III", First Semester, School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
"Field Palaeontology III", Intensive Winter Course, School of Biological Sciences(UofA)
"Evolutionary Biology II", Second Semester, School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
"Evolution of Australian Biota III", Second Semester, School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
2018: "Field Palaeontology III" Intensive Winter Course, School of Biological Sciences(UofA)
"Frontiers in Marine Biology III", First Semester, School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
"Evolutionary Biology II", Second Semester, School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
"Evolution of Australian Biota III", Second Semester, School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
2017: "Foundations in Marine Biology III", First Semester, School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
"Evolution of Australian Biotas III", Second Semester, School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
2016: "Foundations in Marine Biology III", School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
"Evolution of Australian Biotas III", School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
2015: "Issues in Evolutionary Biology III", School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
"Frontiers in Marine Biology III", School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
2014: "Issues in Evolutionary Biology" Undergraduate Y3, School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
"Frontiers in Marine Biology" Undergraduate Y3, School of Biological Sciences (UoA)
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2022 Principal Supervisor Miocene marine fossils of southern Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Mahala Ann Fergusen -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2020 - 2024 Principal Supervisor Morphology and ecology of Ediacaran fossils from Nilpena Ediacara National Park, Flinders Ranges, South Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Tory Lyn Botha 2017 - 2020 Principal Supervisor Ontogeny, Systematics and Soft-Part Anatomy of Early Cambrian Trilobites from South Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr James Dougal Holmes 2015 - 2019 Principal Supervisor Palaeoecology of Ediacaran communities from the Flinders Ranges of South Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Felicity Janet Coutts 2015 - 2016 Principal Supervisor Biogeographic and Biological Comparisons between the Emu Bay Shale (Kangaroo Island, South Australia) and other Cambrian Burgess Shale-Type Biotas Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr James Dougal Holmes -
Other Supervision Activities
Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name 2019 - 2020 Co-Supervisor Eoandromeda, the Ediacaran Fossil The University of Adelaide Bachelor of Science with Honours in Evolution and Palaeobiology Honours Full Time Tory Botha
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2019 - ongoing Member General Committee Geological Society of Australia - South Australia Division Australia 2014 - ongoing Secretary Executive Committee Australasian Palaeontologists - AAP Australia -
Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2014 - ongoing - Geological Society of Australia Australia -
Editorial Boards
Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country 2016 - ongoing Associate Editor Alcheringa: an Australian journal of palaeontology - -
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