Age: 60.
Occupation: Curator of Sedimentary Geology and Palaeoecology, Royal Tyrrell Museum.
What got you interested in palaeontology? It started when I was in university doing an Evolutionary Biology course. I thought studying evolution was cool.
But, now you focus on geology? I took geology to better understand the environments these animals were living in and to do that, you need to look at the geology.
Where have you done fieldwork that really stands out? Mongolia is just an absolutely gorgeous, stunning country. The rocks produce amazing fossils.
Anywhere you’d want to do some fieldwork? It’d be great to go South Africa to see the Karoo Red Beds and look for fossils.
When and where would you travel to in time? To the early Permian. The ecosystems were so bizarre.
Who would you want to hang out with for a day? Charles Darwin.
What dinosaur would you want as a pet? A giant sauropod (long-necked dinosaur).
Favourite dinosaur movies: Jurassic Park and the first Land Before Time.
Any hobbies? I play guitar with Roadside Attraction.
What are you listening to these days? Afro Celt Soundsystem and my all-time favourtie album is Super Session, with Mike Bloomfield, Stephen Stills, and Al Kooper.
Any words of wisdom? Read Dilbert every day.
