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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Robins, Hendy GSA 2014
Cristina Robins with her poster (co-authored with Claudia Grant, Aaron Wood, Shari Ellis, and Bruce MacFadden) about the various outreach methods used to communicate the PCP PIRE scientific findings in the digital age.
Austin Hendy showcases the FOSSIL project poster right across the aisle from the PCP PIRE poster.
Wesley von Dassow at GSA
Summer 2014 PCP PIRE intern Wes von Dassow presents this morning on the field course in the Azuero Peninsula in Panama. He is viewing it from the vantage point of international collaboration, as the bilingual geological field camp was run by Universidad de Los Andes in Colombia and attended by Colombians, Panamanians, and Americans. Former interns Michelle Barboza and Robyn Henderek (who presented on Sunday) were also in attendance.
Victor Perez and fossil sharks
Stop by the poster hall tonight to meet with Victor Perez and hear him explain about his fossil sharks!
Austin Hendy at GSA 2014
Large scale trends in the Phanerozoic using abundance data. Standing room only!
Michal Kowalewski at GSA 2014 Vancouver
Michal Kowalewski of the FLMNH presents on his research on the Po Plain in Italy. Troy Dexter, former FLMNH Postdoc, is a co author. It’s a full house!
Brendan Anderson and Panamanian turritellid snails
Brendan Anderson, who traveled to Panama with Austin Hendy last spring, is presenting on his research on turritellid snails – high spired, filter feeding mollusks. Anderson is a graduate student at Cornell University, and wrote an eNewsletter article (see flmnh web page) about his research in April of this year.
Austin Hendy and Michal Kowalewski, both of FLMNH, will present their research in the same session (room 219) later this afternoon.
K/T Boundary Session
This morning’s extinction session at GSA 2014 brings together geologists, including Gerta Keller and Walter Alvarez, trying to decipher the timing and cause of mass extinction events, including the demise of non-avian dinosaurs. Interesting new research on the Chicxulub Impact and the catastrophic Deccan Traps (massive volcanism in India). Maid the impact trigger even greater volcanism worldwide?
Photo courtesy of Wikipedia, showing an artist’s rendering of a bolide impact.
Victor Perez and fossil sharks
Victor Perez of FOSSIL and PCPPIRE will present a poster on the fossil sharks he has been studying at booth 221 Tuesday at GSA. Stop by and learn about some Miocene toothy terrors!
Jobs for students and recent graduates
We have multiple positions open with PCP PIRE! Make sure to stop by the University of Florida booth, the GSA Employment Center, or our website http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/panama-pire/funding-opportunities/museum-internship-program/. We have internships for upper level undergrad and grad students in both a museum and field setting, as well as a new post-doc opportunity.
