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After completing his PhD, Siddall completed a postdoc at the [[Virginia Institute of Marine Science]].<ref name="auto2"/> Subsequently, he was a fellow in the Michigan Society of Fellows from 1996 - 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lsa.umich.edu/herbarium/news-events/all-events.detail.html/37412-6534097.html|title=All Events &#124; U-M LSA University of Michigan Herbarium|website=lsa.umich.edu}}</ref> Siddall was hired as an assistant curator at the [[American Museum of Natural History]] in 1999<ref name="auto1"/> and served there as a curator until 2020.<ref name="auto"/> He has written a popular science book, Poison: Sinister Species with Deadly Consequences.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Poison/4PVBmQEACAAJ?hl=en |title=Poison: Sinister Species with Deadly Consequences - Mark Siddall - Google Books |publisher=Google.com |date= |accessdate=2021-03-12}}</ref>
After completing his PhD, Siddall completed a postdoc at the [[Virginia Institute of Marine Science]].<ref name="auto2"/> Subsequently, he was a fellow in the Michigan Society of Fellows from 1996 - 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lsa.umich.edu/herbarium/news-events/all-events.detail.html/37412-6534097.html|title=All Events &#124; U-M LSA University of Michigan Herbarium|website=lsa.umich.edu}}</ref> Siddall was hired as an assistant curator at the [[American Museum of Natural History]] in 1999<ref name="auto1"/> and served there as a curator until 2020.<ref name="auto"/> He has written a popular science book, Poison: Sinister Species with Deadly Consequences.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Poison/4PVBmQEACAAJ?hl=en |title=Poison: Sinister Species with Deadly Consequences - Mark Siddall - Google Books |publisher=Google.com |date= |accessdate=2021-03-12}}</ref>


The [[American Museum of Natural History]] let him go in September 2020 after an outside law firm, Kaplan Hecker & Fink, made a determination that he had sexually harassed and bullied a graduate student who Siddall had discovered fabricating data. As part of the investigation, he was cited for violating a museum policy that prohibits sexual relationships between staff and mentees under their academic supervision. Dr. Siddall has denied that the student was under his supervision, and denied that a sexual encounter took place. Dr. Siddall did state that the student had initiated a physical encounter with him, which he had rejected. Nearly a year after that, Siddall found a serious error in the findings of a research paper she was writing for a peer-reviewed publication, of which he was one of the co-authors. Dr. Siddall asked that his name be removed from the paper if it was going to be published in its flawed form. A few weeks later, she brought the charges for which Siddall was later dismissed. Siddall publicly disagreed with the findings by the museum that led to his dismissal, however, after 3 months of mounting legal costs, he chose to not appeal the decision in order to protect his family from financial ruin. Even though there had been no prior harassment or bullying complaint against him, the Museum responded with immediate termination.<ref name="auto"/>
The [[American Museum of Natural History]] let him go in September 2020 after an outside law firm, Kaplan Hecker & Fink, made a determination that he had sexually harassed and bullied a graduate student who Siddall had discovered fabricating data. As part of the investigation, he was cited for violating a museum policy that prohibits sexual relationships between staff and mentees under their academic supervision. Dr. Siddall has denied that the student was under his supervision, and denied that a sexual encounter took place. Dr. Siddall did state that the student had initiated a physical encounter with him, which he had rejected. Nearly a year after that, Siddall found a serious error in the findings of a research paper she was writing for a peer-reviewed publication, of which he was one of the co-authors. Dr. Siddall asked that his name be removed from the paper if it was going to be published in its flawed form. A few days later, she brought the charges for which Siddall was later dismissed. Siddall publicly disagreed with the findings by the museum that led to his dismissal, however, after 3 months of mounting legal costs, he chose to not appeal the decision in order to protect his family from financial ruin. Even though there had been no prior harassment or bullying complaint against him, the Museum responded with immediate termination.<ref name="auto"/>


==Research==
==Research==

Revision as of 20:42, 5 April 2021

Mark E. Siddall is a Canadian[1] biologist. Siddall has studied the evolution and systematics of blood parasites and leeches, and systematic theory.[2] He was formerly a curator at the American Museum of Natural History. In September 2020, Siddall was fired from the American Museum of Natural History for violating sexual harassment guidelines.[3]

Education

Siddall completed a Masters[4] and PhD[5] under the supervision of Sherwin S. Desser at the University of Toronto in 1991 and 1994, respectively.[6]

Career

After completing his PhD, Siddall completed a postdoc at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.[2] Subsequently, he was a fellow in the Michigan Society of Fellows from 1996 - 1999.[7] Siddall was hired as an assistant curator at the American Museum of Natural History in 1999[1] and served there as a curator until 2020.[3] He has written a popular science book, Poison: Sinister Species with Deadly Consequences.[8]

The American Museum of Natural History let him go in September 2020 after an outside law firm, Kaplan Hecker & Fink, made a determination that he had sexually harassed and bullied a graduate student who Siddall had discovered fabricating data. As part of the investigation, he was cited for violating a museum policy that prohibits sexual relationships between staff and mentees under their academic supervision. Dr. Siddall has denied that the student was under his supervision, and denied that a sexual encounter took place. Dr. Siddall did state that the student had initiated a physical encounter with him, which he had rejected. Nearly a year after that, Siddall found a serious error in the findings of a research paper she was writing for a peer-reviewed publication, of which he was one of the co-authors. Dr. Siddall asked that his name be removed from the paper if it was going to be published in its flawed form. A few days later, she brought the charges for which Siddall was later dismissed. Siddall publicly disagreed with the findings by the museum that led to his dismissal, however, after 3 months of mounting legal costs, he chose to not appeal the decision in order to protect his family from financial ruin. Even though there had been no prior harassment or bullying complaint against him, the Museum responded with immediate termination.[3]

Research

Siddall studies phylogenetics and evolution.[9] He began his career publishing on blood parasites.[10] He has published extensively on leech systematics.[11][12][13]

Siddall has been described as "a staunch supporter of parsimony and a harsh critic of maximum likelihood approaches” to inferring phylogenies;[2] notably, Siddall was involved in the Twitter controversy #Parsimonygate in 2016[14]

References

  1. ^ a b "INTRODUCTION OF PRESIDENT MARK E. SIDDALL - ProQuest". search.proquest.com.
  2. ^ a b c Burreson, Eugene M.; Siddall, Mark E.; Connors, Vincent A. (2002). "Society Business". The Journal of Parasitology. 88 (6): 1053–1070. doi:10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[1053:IOMESA]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 3285473 – via JSTOR.
  3. ^ a b c Jacobs, Julia (October 2, 2020). "Museum Fires Curator Who It Says Sexually Harassed Student Researcher" – via NYTimes.com.
  4. ^ "U of T Magazine | Winter 2014". Issuu.
  5. ^ "Mark Siddall". World Science Festival. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  6. ^ Siddall, Mark E. (2016). "Presidential Address: Reinvention and Resolve". The Journal of Parasitology. 102 (6): 566–571. doi:10.1645/16-113. JSTOR 44810235. PMID 27626125. S2CID 11802614.
  7. ^ "All Events | U-M LSA University of Michigan Herbarium". lsa.umich.edu.
  8. ^ "Poison: Sinister Species with Deadly Consequences - Mark Siddall - Google Books". Google.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  9. ^ Zimmer, Carl (February 7, 2006). "His Subject: Highly Evolved and Exquisitely Thirsty (Published 2006)" – via NYTimes.com.
  10. ^ Siddall, Mark E.; Desser, Sherwin S. (November 3, 1990). "Gametogenesis and Sporogonic Development of Haemogregarina balli (Apicomplexa: Adeleina: Haemogregarinidae) in the Leech Placobdella ornata". The Journal of Protozoology. 37 (6): 511–520. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1990.tb01257.x – via Wiley Online Library.
  11. ^ Siddall, Mark E.; Burreson, Eugene M. (October 1, 1996). "Leeches (Oligochaeta?: Euhirudinea), their phylogeny and the evolution of life-history strategies". Hydrobiologia. 334 (1): 277–285. doi:10.1007/BF00017378. S2CID 21736028 – via Springer Link.
  12. ^ Siddall, Mark E.; Burreson, Eugene M. (February 1, 1998). "Phylogeny of Leeches (Hirudinea) Based on Mitochondrial CytochromecOxidase Subunit I". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 9 (1): 156–162. doi:10.1006/mpev.1997.0455. PMID 9479704 – via ScienceDirect.
  13. ^ "Download Limit Exceeded". citeseerx.ist.psu.edu.
  14. ^ "Twitter Nerd-Fight Reveals a Long, Bizarre Scientific Feud" – via www.wired.com.
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