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He is author of the science book ''Poison: Sinister Species with Deadly Consequences''.<ref name="Siddall2014">{{cite book|author=Mark Siddall|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4PVBmQEACAAJ|title=Poison: Sinister Species with Deadly Consequences|publisher=Sterling Publishing Company, Incorporated|year=2014|isbn=978-1-4549-0764-0}}</ref>
He is author of the science book ''Poison: Sinister Species with Deadly Consequences''.<ref name="Siddall2014">{{cite book|author=Mark Siddall|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4PVBmQEACAAJ|title=Poison: Sinister Species with Deadly Consequences|publisher=Sterling Publishing Company, Incorporated|year=2014|isbn=978-1-4549-0764-0}}</ref>

In 2016, in the aftermath of a controversial ''Cladistics'' editorial, Siddall sent several expletive laden tweets to [[Jonathan Eisen]].<ref name=":0" />


The [[American Museum of Natural History]] fired Siddall in September 2020 for alleged [[sexual harassment]], citing museum policy that prohibits sexual relationships between staff and mentees under their academic supervision.<ref name="auto" /> The museum, through the investigation of an outside law firm, found that Siddall had "engaged in verbal, written, and physical conduct of a sexual nature that had the effect of unreasonably interfering with your academic performance."<ref name="auto" /> Siddall denied that any sexual encounter took place.<ref name="auto" />
The [[American Museum of Natural History]] fired Siddall in September 2020 for alleged [[sexual harassment]], citing museum policy that prohibits sexual relationships between staff and mentees under their academic supervision.<ref name="auto" /> The museum, through the investigation of an outside law firm, found that Siddall had "engaged in verbal, written, and physical conduct of a sexual nature that had the effect of unreasonably interfering with your academic performance."<ref name="auto" /> Siddall denied that any sexual encounter took place.<ref name="auto" />

Revision as of 02:39, 28 June 2021

Mark E. Siddall is a Canadian biologist. Siddall has studied the evolution and systematics of blood parasites and leeches, and systematic theory.[citation needed] Siddall was hired as an assistant curator at the American Museum of Natural History in July, 1999[1] and worked there as a curator until September, 2020, when he was terminated for having violated the museum's policy prohibiting sexual relationships between staff and mentees.[2]

Education

Siddall completed a Masters[3] and PhD[4] under the supervision of Sherwin S. Desser at the University of Toronto in 1991 and 1994, respectively.[5]

Career

After completing his PhD, Siddall completed a postdoc at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.[6] Subsequently, he was a fellow in the Michigan Society of Fellows from 1996 - 1999.[7] He also acter as treasurer of the Willi Hennig Society, publisher of the journal Cladistics.[8]

Siddall has worked and published on parasitic and other animals, including leeches[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][excessive citations] jellyfish,[21] guinea worms,[22] and bed bugs.[23][24]

He is author of the science book Poison: Sinister Species with Deadly Consequences.[25]

The American Museum of Natural History fired Siddall in September 2020 for alleged sexual harassment, citing museum policy that prohibits sexual relationships between staff and mentees under their academic supervision.[2] The museum, through the investigation of an outside law firm, found that Siddall had "engaged in verbal, written, and physical conduct of a sexual nature that had the effect of unreasonably interfering with your academic performance."[2] Siddall denied that any sexual encounter took place.[2]

Research

Siddall studies phylogenetics and evolution.[26] Siddall has been described as "a staunch supporter of parsimony and a harsh critic of maximum likelihood approaches” to inferring phylogenies.[6]

References

  1. ^ "INTRODUCTION OF PRESIDENT MARK E. SIDDALL - ProQuest". search.proquest.com.
  2. ^ a b c d Jacobs, Julia (October 2, 2020). "Museum Fires Curator Who It Says Sexually Harassed Student Researcher" – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ^ "U of T Magazine | Winter 2014". Issuu.
  4. ^ "Mark Siddall". World Science Festival. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b 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.
  7. ^ "All Events | U-M LSA University of Michigan Herbarium". lsa.umich.edu.
  8. ^ "Twitter Nerd-Fight Reveals a Long, Bizarre Scientific Feud". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  9. ^ Zimmer, Carl (2006-02-07). "His Subject: Highly Evolved and Exquisitely Thirsty". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  10. ^ Gorman, James (2012-06-25). "Falling in Love May Take a Lifetime of Research". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  11. ^ Rothstein, Edward (2013-11-14). "A Touch of the Toxic, for Good or Ill". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
  12. ^ Blum, Deborah (2014-07-31). "A Toxic Menagerie". Well. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  13. ^ Flegenheimer, Matt (2014-08-01). "A Night of Dinosaurs and Stargazing (No Children Allowed)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  14. ^ Dean, Cornelia (2015-09-07). "The Tardigrade: Practically Invisible, Indestructible 'Water Bears'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  15. ^ Ray, C. Claiborne (2017-05-22). "A Taste for Poison in Warmer Climates?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  16. ^ Barron, James (2018-09-02). "It's the Biggest Oyster Found in New York in 100 Years. And It Has Stories to Tell". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  17. ^ Gorman, James (2019-10-28). "Meet the Bloodsuckers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  18. ^ Jr, Ralph Gardner (2014-03-19). "At Natural History Museum, the Lowdown on Leeches". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  19. ^ "Leech Expert Mark Siddall's Tech Essentials". Wall Street Journal. 2014-09-05. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  20. ^ Hsu, Michael (2015-07-10). "Best Bets for Avoiding Mosquitoes, Bees, Ants and Leeches". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  21. ^ Yong, Ed (2016-08-22). "A Tiny Jellyfish Relative Just Shut Down Yellowstone River". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  22. ^ Palmer, Brian (2015-03-10). "We're on the Verge of the Greatest Public Health Triumph of the 21st Century". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  23. ^ Borel, Brooke (2016-02-02). "Bed bug genome shows how gnarly these creatures really are". The Verge. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  24. ^ Kolbert, Elizabeth. "Old Bugs". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
  25. ^ Mark Siddall (2014). Poison: Sinister Species with Deadly Consequences. Sterling Publishing Company, Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-4549-0764-0.
  26. ^ Zimmer, Carl (February 7, 2006). "His Subject: Highly Evolved and Exquisitely Thirsty (Published 2006)" – via NYTimes.com.
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