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'''Mark E. Siddall''' is a [[Canadians|Canadian]]<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://search.proquest.com/openview/826ba0e832e279739fb0691b74b947f6/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=41450|title=INTRODUCTION OF PRESIDENT MARK E. SIDDALL - ProQuest|website=search.proquest.com}}</ref> invertebrate zoologist and infectious disease expert<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/disease-dangers-pandemic-influenza-ebola-2017-5|title=Disease experts reveal their biggest worries about the next pandemic|date=2021-03-12}}</ref>.
'''Mark E. Siddall''' is a [[Canadians|Canadian]]<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://search.proquest.com/openview/826ba0e832e279739fb0691b74b947f6/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=41450|title=INTRODUCTION OF PRESIDENT MARK E. SIDDALL - ProQuest|website=search.proquest.com}}</ref> invertebrate zoologist and infectious disease expert<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/disease-dangers-pandemic-influenza-ebola-2017-5|title=Disease experts reveal their biggest worries about the next pandemic|date=2021-03-12}}</ref>.


Siddall's research has focused on the diversity and evolutionary biology of a wide range of parasites, from single-celled microbes to leeches. He has led expeditions throughout the world, most recently including South Sudan, Cambodia and the Lower Amazon of Brazil. His work in the Sackler Institute of Comparative genomics ranges from sequencing the whole genome of bed bugs uncovering hemotoxic venom compounds in blood feeding animals, to leveraging iDNA as a measure of endangered animal diversity in protected tropical forests<ref name = "ECintro">{{cite web|link=https://www.explorers.org/events/detail/public_lecture_series_with_mark_siddall|title=Public Lecture Series with Mark Siddall - The Bloodsucker Proxy: Terrestrial Leeches and Revolutionary New Techniques For Genetic Forest Sampling|author=The Explorers Club|date=2018-04-30}}</ref>. In addition to over 160 peer reviewed publications<ref name = "SiddallScholar">{{cite web|link=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=e3xDoBMAAAAJ&hl=en|title= Google Scholar Profile for Mark Siddall|date=|accessdate=2021-03-12}}</ref>, he is author of the whimsical<ref name = "ECintro"/> 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>.
Siddall's research has focused on the diversity and evolutionary biology of a wide range of parasites, from single-celled microbes to leeches. He has led expeditions throughout the world, most recently including South Sudan, Cambodia and the Lower Amazon of Brazil. His work ranges from sequencing the whole genome of bed bugs uncovering hemotoxic venom compounds in blood feeding animals, to leveraging iDNA as a measure of endangered animal diversity in protected tropical forests<ref name = "ECintro">{{cite web|link=https://www.explorers.org/events/detail/public_lecture_series_with_mark_siddall|title=Public Lecture Series with Mark Siddall - The Bloodsucker Proxy: Terrestrial Leeches and Revolutionary New Techniques For Genetic Forest Sampling|author=The Explorers Club|date=2018-04-30}}</ref>. In addition to over 160 peer reviewed publications<ref name = "SiddallScholar">{{cite web|link=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=e3xDoBMAAAAJ&hl=en|title= Google Scholar Profile for Mark Siddall|date=|accessdate=2021-03-12}}</ref>, he is author of the whimsical<ref name = "ECintro"/> 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>.
Siddall is a committed science communicator making frequent public program appearances, at venues around New York City and more widely; even garnering recognition from the Entertainment Exchange of the National Academy of Sciences<ref name = "ECintro"/>. He has curated of the Irma and Paul Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life and other exhibitions including The Power of Poison, Life at the Limits: Stories of Amazing Species, Picturing Science, Undersea Oasis and Countdown to Zero: Defeating Disease<ref name = "ECintro"/> in collaboration with President [[Jimmy_Carter]]. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 1994, is a recipient of the Henry Baldwin Ward Medal from the American Society of Parasitologists and is a Fellow of The Explorers Club<ref name = "ECintro"/>.
Siddall is a committed science communicator making frequent public program appearances, at venues around New York City and more widely; even garnering recognition from the Entertainment Exchange of the National Academy of Sciences<ref name = "ECintro"/>. He has curated of the Irma and Paul Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life and other exhibitions including The Power of Poison, Life at the Limits: Stories of Amazing Species, Picturing Science, Undersea Oasis and Countdown to Zero: Defeating Disease<ref name = "ECintro"/> in collaboration with President [[Jimmy_Carter]]. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 1994, is a recipient of the Henry Baldwin Ward Medal from the American Society of Parasitologists and is a Fellow of The Explorers Club<ref name = "ECintro"/>.


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Mark E. Siddall is a Canadian[1] invertebrate zoologist and infectious disease expert[2].

Siddall's research has focused on the diversity and evolutionary biology of a wide range of parasites, from single-celled microbes to leeches. He has led expeditions throughout the world, most recently including South Sudan, Cambodia and the Lower Amazon of Brazil. His work ranges from sequencing the whole genome of bed bugs uncovering hemotoxic venom compounds in blood feeding animals, to leveraging iDNA as a measure of endangered animal diversity in protected tropical forests[3]. In addition to over 160 peer reviewed publications[4], he is author of the whimsical[3] book “Poison: Sinister species with deadly consequences”[5]. Siddall is a committed science communicator making frequent public program appearances, at venues around New York City and more widely; even garnering recognition from the Entertainment Exchange of the National Academy of Sciences[3]. He has curated of the Irma and Paul Milstein Family Hall of Ocean Life and other exhibitions including The Power of Poison, Life at the Limits: Stories of Amazing Species, Picturing Science, Undersea Oasis and Countdown to Zero: Defeating Disease[3] in collaboration with President Jimmy_Carter. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in 1994, is a recipient of the Henry Baldwin Ward Medal from the American Society of Parasitologists and is a Fellow of The Explorers Club[3].


Education

Siddall completed a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology and Immunology, a Masters [6] and PhD in Parasitology[7] under the supervision of Sherwin S. Desser at the University of Toronto in 1998, 1991 and 1994, respectively.[8]

Career

After completing his PhD, Siddall completed a postdoc at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Subsequently, he was a fellow in the Michigan Society of Fellows from 1996 - 1999.[9] 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.


The American Museum of Natural History let him go in September 2020 after an outside law firm, Kaplan Hecker & Fink[10] led by Roberta Kaplan famous for #TimesUp[11], provided the museum with a determination that he had sexually harassed and bullied a graduate student. 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[12]. Siddall denied that the graduate student was ever under his supervision[13]. The AMNH graduate school roster from that time period does not indicate any student being under his academic supervision[14].

Siddall has denied that anything of a sexual nature ever took place[13]. Worried about data-fabrication in a paper they were coauthoring, Siddall asked to remove his name from the paper on 22 May 2020[10][13]. The graduate student filed her complaint within days of that request[13].

Siddall publicly disagreed with the findings by the museum that led to his dismissal, however, he chose to not appeal the decision to protect his family and due to legal costs[10][13]. The Museum responded with termination even though there is no record of a prior sexual harassment complaint against Siddall[13]. The New York Times noted that in 2017, Dr. Siddall and Dr. Susan Perkins had filed competing work-related complaints against each other[10][13] while Perkins was in the position of power (Chair of the Faculty Senate[15]). The museum found that Dr. Siddall had not violated any of the institution's policies, and exonerated him in full. Dr. Perkins admitted that the museum concluded "nothing wrong had happened"[10].

Research

Siddall studies phylogenetics and evolution.[16] He began his career publishing on blood parasites.[17] He has published extensively on leech systematics.[18][19][20]

References

  1. ^ a b "INTRODUCTION OF PRESIDENT MARK E. SIDDALL - ProQuest". search.proquest.com.
  2. ^ "Disease experts reveal their biggest worries about the next pandemic". 2021-03-12.
  3. ^ a b c d e The Explorers Club (2018-04-30). "Public Lecture Series with Mark Siddall - The Bloodsucker Proxy: Terrestrial Leeches and Revolutionary New Techniques For Genetic Forest Sampling". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help); Unknown parameter |link= ignored (help)
  4. ^ "Google Scholar Profile for Mark Siddall". {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help); Unknown parameter |link= ignored (help)
  5. ^ "Poison: Sinister Species with Deadly Consequences - Mark Siddall - Google Books". Google.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  6. ^ "U of T Magazine | Winter 2014". Issuu.
  7. ^ "Mark Siddall". World Science Festival. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "All Events | U-M LSA University of Michigan Herbarium". lsa.umich.edu.
  10. ^ a b c d e Jacobs, Julia (October 2, 2020). "Museum Fires Curator Who It Says Sexually Harassed Student Researcher" – via NYTimes.com.
  11. ^ "Time's Up Co-Founder to Represent Media Men List Creator". New York Times. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  12. ^ "Richard Gilder Graduate School Handbook for Students and Faculty on Academic and Conduct Policies and Procedures" (PDF). AMNH.org. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g "Response to New York Times Inquiry – September 23, 2020". Internet Archive. Retrieved 2021-02-22.
  14. ^ "Meet Our PhD Students". Internet Archive. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  15. ^ "Resolution To Appoint Susan Perkins with Immediate Tenure" (PDF). CUNY.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  16. ^ Zimmer, Carl (February 7, 2006). "His Subject: Highly Evolved and Exquisitely Thirsty (Published 2006)" – via NYTimes.com.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ "Download Limit Exceeded". citeseerx.ist.psu.edu.
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