Paul Selden
Paul Antony Selden (* 1954 ) is a British paleontologist with a research focus on fossil arthropods , in particular jawbearers (Chelicerata) and millipedes (Myriapoda).
Life
Paul Selden completed his bachelor's degree in geology and zoology at the University of Manchester in 1975 and then moved to the University of Cambridge (Darwin College) around 1979 under the direction of Harry Blackmore Whittington his Ph.D. in Paleontology ( Functional Morphology of Baltoeurypterus ). After teaching geology as a demonstrator at the University of London (Goldsmith College) for a year and a half , he moved back to Manchester . In 1981 he became a lecturer in geology, in 1991 senior lecturer in paleontology and in 2003 reader. In 2005 he accepted a position as a research associate in the field of palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum in London , which he left to become Director at the Paleontological Institute of the University of Kansas and Gulf-Hedberg Distinguished Professor of Invertebrate Paleontology on January 1, 2007 work.
He was visiting professor in Beijing.
He is a member of the Geological Society of America , the Paleontological Society , the Cambridge Philosophical Society and the Linnean Society of London . He was also Vice President of the Palaeontological Association (1991-1993) and the Palaeontographical Society (1995-1998), and served as President of the Manchester Geological Association (1991-1993), the British Arachnological Society (1997-2000) and the International Society of Arachnology (2001-2004). He has been the editor of the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology since 2007 .
From 2000 to 2013 he was co-editor of the Journal of Arachnology and he is editor of Arachnology and co-editor of PALAIOS.
In 2011 he received the Humboldt Research Award . He is an Honorary Research Fellow of the Natural History Museum London.
Paul Selden is married to Maria Selden and has a daughter, Jennie Dunlop, who is a fashion designer in London .
Fonts
- with John R. Nudds: Fossil Ecosystems of North America: a guide to the sites and their extraordinary biotas, University of Chicago Press 2008
- with John R. Nudds: Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems, University of Chicago Press 2004
- with David Penney: Fossil Spiders: the evolutionary history of a mega-diverse order, Siri Scientific Press
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Paleontological Institute Staff of the University of Kansas
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Selden, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Selden, Paul A .; Selden, Paul Antony |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1954 |