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I am a broadly-trained vertebrate paleontologist. I received my BSc in biology from the University of Michigan in 1995, and my PhD in geology (with a concentration in vertebrate paleontology) from Southern Methodist University in 2002. I held a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biological Informatics at the Smithsonian Institution and Queen Mary, University of London from 2002-2005, and was faculty at the George Washington University, University of Toronto, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln prior to joining the Department of Zoology in 2015.

Museum- and field research are fundamental components of my research and teaching, and I have 25 years of natural history museum experience ranging from specimen preparation and conservation, database development, public education and outreach, to curation and staff management. My field research has spanned the Triassic to Pleistocene of the Americas, Africa, and South Asia. My current focus is on the Neogene of East Africa.

 

Professor of Vertebrate Evolution and Ecology
Director of Postgraduate Education
Professor Jason Head

Contact Details

Museum of Zoology, David Attenborough Building, Downing St
Cambridge
CB2 3EJ