Staff of the Canadian Museum of Nature
H
Erich Haber
Research Associate
Research Services
Tel.: 613.566.4284
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: lbeaudoin@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: vascular plants
Education: Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1972
Research interests: systematics of the subfamily Pyroloideae (Ericaceae); plant endemism and disjunction; phytogeography of invasive weeds; rare and endangered plants of Canada
Paul B. Hamilton
Senior Research Assistant
Research Services
Tel.: 613.566.4228
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: phamilton@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: phycology
Education: M.Sc., Phycology, University of Waterloo, 1983
Research interests: taxonomy and systematics of Neidiaceae, Naviculaceae and Bacillariaceae of the Bacillariophyta; polar ecology; herbicide impacts on aquatic environments; nutrient manipulations in aquatic environments; single-cell preservation techniques
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C. Richard Harington, O.C.
Researcher Emeritus, Research Associate
Research Services
Tel.: 613.364.4052
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: dharington@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: Quaternary zoology
Education: Ph.D., Zoology (Vertebrate Palaeontology), University of Alberta, 1977
Research interests: ice age mammals of northern North America and Eurasia; climatic change in Canada during the Quaternary; Champlain Sea vertebrates; Pliocene vertebrates of Arctic Canada
Edward A. Hendrycks
Senior Research Assistant
Research Services
Tel.: 613.364.4065
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: ehendrycks@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: crustaceans
Education: B.Sc. (Hons.), Zoology, Carleton University, 1984
Research interests: systematics, ecology and behaviour of amphipods
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Robert B. Holmes
Research Associate
Research Services
Tel.: 613.566.4280
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: rholmes@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: fossil vertebrates
Education: Ph.D., McGill University, 1982
Research interests: anatomy, diversity and systematics of Palaeozoic amphibians and Cretaceous marine reptiles and dinosaurs
Michel Houle
Director and Chief Financial Officer
Financial Management Services
Tel.: 613.566.4715
Fax: 613.364.4025
Email:
mhoule@mus-nature.ca
Education: CMA, 1993; B.Comm. (Hons), Finance, University of Ottawa, 1990
Anne T. Howden
Research Associate
Research Services
Tel.: 613.566.4284
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: hhowden@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: entomology
Education: M.Sc., Entomology, North Carolina State University, 1950
Research interests: systematics and biology of Curclionoidea; oviposition behaviour and associated morphology of adults
Henry F. Howden
Research Associate
Research Services
Tel.: 613.566.4284
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: hhowden@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: entomology
Education: Ph.D., Entomology, North Carolina State University, 1953
Research interests: systematics, biology and evolutionary biogeography of the Geotrupinae (Scarabaeidae) of the world; systematics and relationships of various tribes of Scarabaeoidae
J
Denyse Jomphe
Director
Human Resources Management Services
Tel.: 613.566.4294
Fax: 613.364.4028
Email: djomphe@mus-nature.ca
K
Clayton Kennedy
Senior Collection Technician, Earth Sciences
Collection Services
Tel.: 613.364.4062
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: ckennedy@mus-nature.ca
Research interests: vertebrate fossil preparation; collection and conservation
Kamal Khidas
Chief Collection Manager, Vertebrate Collection
Collection Services
Tel.: 613.364.4098
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: kkhidas@mus-nature.ca
Education: Ph.D., Biology (Ecology), Algeria, 1998
Research interests: biology and ecology of terrestrial mammals; environmental factors governing species distribution and abundance; mathematical modeling of communities and species responses to environmental changes; biological conservation of mammals
Maggie Kilian
Head, Education Programmes
Community Services
Tel.: 613.566.4725
Fax: 613.566.4739
Email: mkilian@mus-nature.ca
Linda Kincaid
Senior Development Officer
Development & Fundraising Services
Tel.: 613.364.4043
Fax: 613.364.4013
Email: lkincaid@mus-nature.ca
John Kubicek
Head, National Education Programmes
Community Services
Tel.: 613.566.4707
Fax: 613.566.4746
Email: jkubicek@mus-nature.ca
Marcie Kwindt
Conservation Technician, Conservation Section
Collection Services
Tel.: 613.566.4787
Fax: 613.364.4022
Email:
mkwindt@mus-nature.ca
Education: B.Sc. (Hons.), Biology and Anthropology, Trent University, 1995. Certificate, Museum Management and Curatorship Programme, Sir Sandford Fleming College, 1996.
Research interests: preservation and conservation of natural history collections
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Mario Lacasse
Multimedia Technician
Facilities Management Services
Tel.: 613.566.4715
Fax: 613.566.4759
Email: mlacasse@mus-nature.ca
Sylvie Laframboise
Assistant Collection Manager, Vertebrate Section
Collection Services
Tel.: 613.364.4087
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: slaframboi@mus-nature.ca
Education: B.Sc., Biology, University of Ottawa, 1982
Research interests: management of ichthyological collections; identification of freshwater fish of Canada; conservation of alcohol-preserved collections
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Marie Lasnier
Director
Community Services
Tel.: 613.364.4101
Fax: 613.566.4746
Email: mlasnier@mus-nature.ca
Jean Lauriault
Museum Associate
Research Services
Tel.: 613.566.4217
Fax: 613.364.4022
Email: jlauriault@mus-nature.ca
Education: B.Sc. (Hons.), Biology-Ecology, University of Ottawa, 1973; C.S.E. Université du Québec à Hull, 1995
Research interests: training in biodiversity and development of national strategies for the conservation of biodiversity; environmental education; botany; conservation of the monarch butterfly
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Carole Leblond
Clerk
Communications Services
Tel.: 613.364.4084
Fax: 613.364.4021
Email: cleblond@mus-nature.ca
Danna Leaman
Research Associate
Research Services
Tel.: 613.364.4033
Fax: 613.364.4022
Email: lbeaudoin@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: conservation biology
Education: Ph.D., Biology (Ethnobotany), University of Ottawa, 1995
Research interests: conservation and sustainable use of medicinal and other socially and economically important plant species worldwide
Carolyn Leckie
Conservator
Collection Services
Tel.: 613.566.2465 (Ottawa) or 613.364.4079 (Gatineau)
Fax: 613.364.4015
Email:
cleckie@mus-nature.ca
M
Stewart D. MacDonald
Curator Emeritus, Research Associate
Research Services
Tel.: 613.364.4033
Fax: 613.364.4022
Email: lbeaudoin@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: vertebrate ethology, ornithology
Education: M.Sc., Zoology, State University of Iowa, 1966
Research interests: behavioural adaptations and anatomical modifications in High Arctic animals, especially birds, and including photographic documentation; habitat conservation; lectures on polar wildlife
Jacqueline Madill
Senior Research Assistant
Research Services
Tel.: 613.566.4786
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: jmadill@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: general invertebrates and Hirudinea
Education: B.Sc. (Hons.), Zoology, McGill University, 1969
Research interests: environmental issues; taxonomy of Hirudinea; aquatic invertebrates; Arctic
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André Martel
Research Scientist
Research Services
Tel.: 613.364.4061
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: amartel@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: malacology
Education: Ph.D., Zoology, University of Alberta, 1990
Research interests: malacology; larval biology and ecology of marine benthic invertebrates; benthos ecology (marine and freshwater); biology and conservation of freshwater mussels (Unionidae); use of freshwater benthic invertebrates, including Unionidae, as indicators of ecosystem health in watersheds; fish-unionids linkage; coastal biodiversity and conservation biology
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Richard Martin
Intellectual Property Officer (Direct Mail)
Information and Technology Services
Tel.: 613.566.4292
Fax: 613.566.4763
Email: rmartin@mus-nature.ca
Elizabeth McCrea
Director
Communications Services
Tel.: 613.566.4249
Fax: 613.364.4021
Email: emccrea@mus-nature.ca
Alan McDonald
Collection Technician, Earth Sciences
Collection Services
Tel.: 613.364.4024
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email:
amcdonald@mus-nature.ca
Research interests: preparation, preservation and conservation of vertebrate fossil material; Jurassic theropod dinosaurs; Tertiary whales; big cats
Roger McNeely
Research Associate
Research Services
Tel.: 613.364.4080
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: rmcneely@mus-nature.ca
Samia Messaoudi
Administrative Assistant
VMMB Renewal Project
Tel: 613.566.4244
Fax: 613.364.4105
Email: smessaoudi@mus-nature.ca
Diane Mongrain
Sales and Reservations Coordinator, Rentals and Events
Community Services
Tel.: 613.566.4712
Fax: 613.566.4759
Email:
dmongrain@mus-nature.ca
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Donna Naughton
Senior Research Assistant
Research Services
Tel.: 613.364.4053
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: dnaughton@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: Quaternary zoology/zooarchaeology
Education: B.Sc. (Hons.), Carleton University, 1974
Research interests: taxonomy and distribution of Canadian Peromyscus; Quaternary palaeontology and palaeoecology; technical photography and illustration techniques
O
Peter Outridge
Research Associate
Research Services
Tel.: 613.364.4033
Fax: 613.364.4022
Email:
lbeaudoin@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: Arctic environmental science with specialization in toxic metals such as mercury, lead and calcium
Education: Ph.D., Ecology, University of Toronto, 1990
Research interests: the interaction between climate change and the pathways and dynamics of contaminants in the Arctic; reconstructing historic to modern trends of heavy metals from environmental archives including animal teeth, hair and feathers, lake sediments, peatlands and ice cores; heavy metals in the Inuit food chain (wildlife, etc.)
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Lyanne Payette
Supervisor
Guest Services
Tel.: 613.566.4749 or 1.800.263.4433
Fax: 613.566.4739
Email: lpayette@mus-nature.ca
Davina Pearl
Clerk, Membership Programme
Communications Services
Tel.: 613.566.4271
Fax: 613.364.4021
Email: dpearl@mus-nature.ca
Michel Picard
Assistant Collection Manager, Earth Sciences Section
Collection Services
Tel.: 613.364.4056
Fax: 613.364.4125
Email: mpicard@mus-nature.ca
Education: B.A.Sc., Geology, Université de Montréal, 1975
Research interests: mineral collection management; mineralogical and geological exploration; establishment of the paragenesis (mineral sequence) of localities; identification; conservation and processing; exhibits
Paula C. Piilonen
Research Scientist
Research Services
Tel: 613.566.4285
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: ppiilonen@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: mineralogy, petrology, geochemistry, materials science
Education: Ph.D., Mineralogy, University of Ottawa, 2001
Research interests: mineralogy, petrology and geochemistry of alkaline complexes; systematics and crystal-chemistry of Nb-Ta minerals; speciation/local environment of Nb-Ta in silicate glasses/melts
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Glenn Poirier
Senior Research Assistant
Research Services
Tel: 613.364.4088
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: gpoirier@mus-nature.ca
Speciality: microanalysis and electron microscopy of minerals
Education: M.Sc., Geology, McGill University, 1989
Research interests: microchemical analysis of minerals, mineral zoning
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Pierre Poirier
CineMuse Network Sales and Support Officer
Communications Services
Tel.: 613.566.4235
Fax: 613.566.4763
Email:
ppoirier@mus-nature.ca
Michel Poulin
Research Scientist
Research Services
Tel.: 613.566.4788
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: mpoulin@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: phycology
Education: Ph.D., Biology, Université Laval, 1982
Research interests: taxonomy and conservation of diversity for microscopic algae, particularly diatoms; multidisciplinary approach to the study of biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems
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Judith Price
Assistant Collection Manager, Invertebrate Section
Collection Services
Tel.: 613.566.4263
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: jprice@mus-nature.ca
Education: B.Sc. (Hons.), Biology, University of Guelph, 1978
Research interests: care and documentation of invertebrate collections, particularly crustacean and parasite specimens; categories of specimens; larval parasites in gammarids
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Gilles Proulx
Project Leader, Education Programmes
Community Services
Tel.: 613.566.4706
Fax: 613.566.4746
Email: gproulx@mus-nature.ca
R
Xavier Rankin
Deputy Project Director, Construction
VMMB Renewal Project
Tel.: 613.231.8509
Fax: 866.284.0008
Email:
xrankin@mus-nature.ca
Claude B. Renaud
Research Scientist
Research Services
Tel.: 613.364.4069
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: crenaud@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: ichthyology
Education: Ph.D., Biology, University of Ottawa, 1989
Research interests: taxonomy, systematics, evolution, functional morphology and ecology of lampreys (Petromyzontiformes) and codfishes (Gadinae)
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Nathalie Rodrigue
Project Leader
Community Services
Tel.: 613.566.4762
Fax: 613.566.4759
Email:
nrodrigue@mus-nature.ca
Katja Rodriguez
Project Officer, National Education Programmes
Community Services
Tel.: 613.566.4708
Fax: 613.566.4739
Email: krodriguez@mus-nature.ca
Education: B.Sc. (Hons.), Biology, University of Ottawa, 1990; Certificate in Adult Education, St Francis Xavier University 2003
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Ralph Rowe
Research Assistant
Research Services
Tel.: 613.364.4039
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: rrowe@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: identification of micro-minerals
Education: B.Sc., Geology, University of Ottawa, 2003
Research interests: micro-minerals from Mont Saint-Hilaire and other significant Canadian localities
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Dale A. Russell
Researcher Emeritus, Research Associate
Research Services
Tel.: 613.364.4033
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: lbeaudoin@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: fossil reptiles (dinosaurs)
Education: Ph.D., Geology/Palaeontology, Columbia University, 1964
Research interests: dinosaurian taxonomy; evolution, ecology and extinction
Michael Ryan
Research Associate
Research Services
Tel.: 613.364.4033
Fax: 613.364.4022
Email: lbeaudoin@mus-nature.ca
Natalia Rybczynski
Research Scientist
Research Services
Tel.: 613.566.2462
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: nrybczynski@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: evolution of mammals
Education: Ph.D., Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, Duke University, 2003
Research interests: evolution of Mesozoic and Cenozoic terrestrial communities in the Canadian Arctic; evolution of Castoridae (beavers); biomechanics and evolution of vertebrate chewing mechanisms; evolution of herbivory.
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S
Jeffery M. Saarela
Research Scientist
Research Services
Tel.: 613.364.4080
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: jsaarela@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: vascular plant systematics (taxonomy and phylogenetics)
Education: Ph.D., Botany, University of British Columbia, 2007
Research interests: taxonomy and phylogenetics of grasses (Poaceae); monocot systematics; molecular evolution of the plastid genome; DNA barcoding; botanical nomenclature
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Tamaki Sato
Research Associate
Research Services
Tel.: 613.364.4033
Fax: 613.364.4022
Email: lbeaudoin@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: vertebrate palaeontology
Education: Ph.D., Geology (Vertebrate Palaeontology), University of
Calgary, 2003
Research interests: systematics and palaeobiogeography of the Sauropterygia (plesiosaurs and their relatives), Mesozoic marine vertebrate fauna of North America and Asia, reproductive biology of Mesozoic reptiles
Fred Schueler
Research Associate
Research Services
Tel.: 613.566.4284
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: lbeaudoin@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: herpetology, crayfishes, Unionid mussels, invasive plants, natural history documentation
Kieran Shepherd
Chief Collection Manager, Earth Sciences
Collection Services
Tel.: 613.364.4054
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: kshepherd@mus-nature.ca
Education: M.A., Palaeo-environmental Studies, Norwich University, 1993
Research interests: Tertiary mammals; Ceratopsian dinosaurs; preservation and conservation of fossil material; collection management of vertebrate fossil collections
Chang-tai Shih
Researcher Emeritus, Research Associate
Research Services
Tel.: 613.566.4284
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: ehendrycks@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: crustaceans
Education: Ph.D., Biological Oceanography, McGill University, 1966
Research interests: systematics and biology of Hyperiidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) and Copepoda (Crustacea); speciation of marine zooplankton
Lorna Sierolawski
Senior Producer and CineMuse Network Coordinator
Communications Services
Tel.: 613.566.4235
Fax: 613.566.4763
Email: lsierolaws@mus-nature.ca
Andrew B.T. Smith
Research Associate
Research Services
Tel.: 613.364.4070
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: asmith@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: entomology
Education: Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 2002
Research interests: scarab beetle biodiversity in southern South America; systematics and molecular phylogenetics of scarab beetles worldwide
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Greg Smith
Manager
Information and Technology Services
Tel.: 613.566.4214
Fax: 613.364.4020
Email: gsmith@mus-nature.ca
Laura Smyk
Conservation Technician, Conservation Section
Collection Services
Tel.: 613.566.4236
Fax: 613.364.4022
Email: lsmyk@mus-nature.ca
Education: B.A., Anthropology, Lakehead University, 1996; Diploma (Honours), Applied Museum Studies, Intensive Program, Algonquin College, 2000
Research interests: preservation and conservation of natural history collections
Dan Smythe
Senior Media Relations Officer
Communications Services
Tel.: 613.566.4781
Fax: 613.364.4021
Email: dsmythe@mus-nature.ca
Maria Somjen
Director
VMMB Renewal Project
Tel.: 613.364.4104
Fax: 613.364.4105
Email: msomjen@mus-nature.ca
James H. Soper
Curator Emeritus, Research Associate
Research Services
Tel.: 613.364.4033
Fax: 613.364.4022
Email: lbeaudoin@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: botany (floristics and phytogeography)
Education: Ph.D., Harvard University, 1943
Research interests: flora of Ontario
Julian R. Starr
Research Scientist and Systematics Professor (University of Ottawa)
Research Services
Tel.: 613.566.4298
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: jstarr@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: systematics of vascular plants
Education: D.Phil., Plant Systematics, University of Oxford, 2001
Research interests: evolution, phytogeography, and phylogeny of vascular plants, especially Carex and other Cyperaceae; botanical history
Michèle Steigerwald
Assistant Collection Manager, Vertebrate Section
Collection Services
Tel.: 613.364.4086
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: msteigerwa@mus-nature.ca
Education: B.Sc., Biology, University of Ottawa, 1977
Research interests: management of wet collections, in particular herpetological and ichthyological specimens; conservation techniques for alcohol-preserved collections
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Patrice Stevenson
Librarian
Information Technology & Library Services
Tel.: 613.364.4045
Fax: 613.364.4026
Email: pstevenson@mus-nature.ca
Kathlyn M. Stewart
Research Scientist
Research Services
Tel.: 613.364.4051
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: kstewart@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: zooarchaeology
Education: Ph.D., Palaeontology/Archaeology, University of Toronto, 1989
Research interests: reconstruction of palaeoenvironment and vertebrate communities in Cenozoic Africa; vertebrates in archaeological context particularly in Africa and Canada with an emphasis on fish; evolution of fishing; hominid evolution
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Laura Sutin
Media Relations and Communications Officer
Communications Services
Tel: 613.566.4793
Fax: 613.364.4021
Email: lsutin@mus-nature.ca
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Stéphanie Tak
Supervisor, Rentals and Events
Community Services
Tel.: 613.566.4713
Fax: 613.566.4759
Email: stak@mus-nature.ca
Carol Thiessen
Acting Manager
Exhibition Services
Tel.: 613.566.4205
Fax: 613.364.4023
Email:
cthiessen@mus-nature.ca
Alex Tirabasso
3D Animator / Illustrator, Arius3D Imaging Centre
Collection Services
Tel: 613.566.2463
Fax: 613.566.4763
Email:
atirabasso@mus-nature.ca
Education: B.A., Biology, Carleton University, 1999; Diploma, Technical and Scientific Illustration, Sheridan College, 2002
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R. Robert Waller
Museum Associate
Collection Services
Tel.: 613.566.4771
Fax: 613.364.4022
Email: rwaller@mus-nature.ca
Education: Ph.D., Conservation, Göteborg University Institute for Conservation, 2003
Professional accreditation: Canadian Association of Professional Conservators; Fellow of the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
Research interests: preservation and conservation of natural history collections; collection risk assessment and management; assessment of fluid-preserved collections
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Willow Wight
Research Associate
Research Services
Tel.: 613.364.4078
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: wwight@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: gemmology
Education: B.A., Chemistry, University of Toronto, 1958; Diploma in gemmology, Gemmologic Association of Great Britain, 1970
Research interests: Canadian gemstones, their localities and systematic description including causes of colour (in particular, the gems of Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec); structure of gem ammolite shell
Pak Yau Wong
Collection Manager, Botany Section
Collection Services
Tel.: 613.364.4082
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: pywong@mus-nature.ca
Education: M.Sc., Lichen Ecology, Queen's University, 1969
Research interests: lichen flora of various parts of Canada, especially Ontario; rare species of Ontario
Xiao-chun Wu
Section Head, Earth Sciences
Research Scientist
Research Services
Tel.: 613.364.4035
Fax: 613.364.4027
Email: xcwu@mus-nature.ca
Specialty: fossil reptiles
Education: Ph.D., Biology, McGill University, 1991
Research interests: evolution and extinction of Mesozoic marine and terrestrial fossil reptiles, especially diapsids, of North America and China
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