Mark Siddall

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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, at which time he was terminated for having violated the museum's policy prohibiting sexual relationships between staff and mentees[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. 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 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 an 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 and attempted to prevent the paper from being published; the museum found that his efforts were motivated at least in part by a desire to retaliate against the student for refusing to engage with him [3]. He publicly disagreed with the findings by the museum that led to his dismissal, however, he chose to not appeal the decision for personal reasons and due to legal costs[3]. The Museum responded with termination[3]. There had been a prior complaint filed against him with the museum by Dr. Susan Perkins in 2017 [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 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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