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Siddall studies [[phylogenetics]] and evolution.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/07/science/his-subject-highly-evolved-and-exquisitely-thirsty.html|title=His Subject: Highly Evolved and Exquisitely Thirsty (Published 2006)|first=Carl|last=Zimmer|date=February 7, 2006|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> He began his career publishing on blood parasites.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1550-7408.1990.tb01257.x|title=Gametogenesis and Sporogonic Development of Haemogregarina balli (Apicomplexa: Adeleina: Haemogregarinidae) in the Leech Placobdella ornata|first1=Mark E.|last1=Siddall|first2=Sherwin S.|last2=Desser|date=November 3, 1990|journal=The Journal of Protozoology|volume=37|issue=6|pages=511–520|via=Wiley Online Library|doi=10.1111/j.1550-7408.1990.tb01257.x}}</ref> He has published extensively on [[leech]] [[systematics]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00017378|title=Leeches (Oligochaeta?: Euhirudinea), their phylogeny and the evolution of life-history strategies|first1=Mark E.|last1=Siddall|first2=Eugene M.|last2=Burreson|date=October 1, 1996|journal=Hydrobiologia|volume=334|issue=1|pages=277–285|via=Springer Link|doi=10.1007/BF00017378|s2cid=21736028}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790397904553|title=Phylogeny of Leeches (Hirudinea) Based on Mitochondrial CytochromecOxidase Subunit I|first1=Mark E.|last1=Siddall|first2=Eugene M.|last2=Burreson|date=February 1, 1998|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|volume=9|issue=1|pages=156–162|via=ScienceDirect|doi=10.1006/mpev.1997.0455|pmid=9479704}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/messages/downloadsexceeded.html|title=Download Limit Exceeded|website=citeseerx.ist.psu.edu}}</ref> Siddall has been described as "a staunch supporter of [[Maximum parsimony (phylogenetics)|parsimony]] and a harsh critic of maximum likelihood approaches” to inferring phylogenies;<ref name="auto2" />
Siddall studies [[phylogenetics]] and evolution.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/07/science/his-subject-highly-evolved-and-exquisitely-thirsty.html|title=His Subject: Highly Evolved and Exquisitely Thirsty (Published 2006)|first=Carl|last=Zimmer|date=February 7, 2006|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> He began his career publishing on blood parasites.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1550-7408.1990.tb01257.x|title=Gametogenesis and Sporogonic Development of Haemogregarina balli (Apicomplexa: Adeleina: Haemogregarinidae) in the Leech Placobdella ornata|first1=Mark E.|last1=Siddall|first2=Sherwin S.|last2=Desser|date=November 3, 1990|journal=The Journal of Protozoology|volume=37|issue=6|pages=511–520|via=Wiley Online Library|doi=10.1111/j.1550-7408.1990.tb01257.x}}</ref> He has published extensively on [[leech]] [[systematics]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00017378|title=Leeches (Oligochaeta?: Euhirudinea), their phylogeny and the evolution of life-history strategies|first1=Mark E.|last1=Siddall|first2=Eugene M.|last2=Burreson|date=October 1, 1996|journal=Hydrobiologia|volume=334|issue=1|pages=277–285|via=Springer Link|doi=10.1007/BF00017378|s2cid=21736028}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790397904553|title=Phylogeny of Leeches (Hirudinea) Based on Mitochondrial CytochromecOxidase Subunit I|first1=Mark E.|last1=Siddall|first2=Eugene M.|last2=Burreson|date=February 1, 1998|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|volume=9|issue=1|pages=156–162|via=ScienceDirect|doi=10.1006/mpev.1997.0455|pmid=9479704}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/messages/downloadsexceeded.html|title=Download Limit Exceeded|website=citeseerx.ist.psu.edu}}</ref> Siddall has been described as "a staunch supporter of [[Maximum parsimony (phylogenetics)|parsimony]] and a harsh critic of maximum likelihood approaches” to inferring phylogenies.<ref name="auto2" />
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Mark E. Siddall is a Canadian[1] biologist. Siddall has studied the evolution and systematics of blood parasites and leeches, and systematic theory.[2] Siddall was hired as an assistant curator at the American Museum of Natural History in July, 1999[1] and served there as a curator until September, 2020.[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] He is the author of the 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[3], 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.[3] Siddall has denied that the student was under his supervision, and denied that a sexual encounter took place.[3] Siddall did state that the student had initiated a physical encounter with him, which he had rejected. [3] A year after that incident, 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. [3] He asked that his name be removed from the paper if it was going to be published in its flawed form. [3] A few days later, she brought the charges for which Siddall was later dismissed. [3] He 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.[3] 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]

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 d e f g h i j 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.
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