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Featured Paleontologist: Thomas J. DeVries
Our featured paleontologist is Dr. Thomas DeVries. An invertebrate paleontologist, The Fossil Project Tom received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University. Recently retired, he spent his entire career as a high-school science teacher in Washington Vashon )sland , while at the same time @projectFOSS)L developing an active research career as a well-respected paleontologist, publishing numerous article in scientiic journals. Tom is an expert in geology and extinct molluscs, with his Dr. Tho as DeVries, www.myFOSS)L.org particular ield area being the rich Puerto Ca allas, Eo e e out rop Neogene sequences of coastal Peru where he has worked for decades. (e has been a research ailiate of the Burke Subscribe to our listserv Museum of Natural (istory and Culture in Seattle, WA. www.myfossil.org/ subscribe/listserv/ How did you discover your passion for paleontology? Subscribe to newsletter Collecting seashells at Cape Cod became a true hobby at age nine with a birthday gift www.myfossil.org/ of Ed-U-Kit shells with proper Latin names. At Amherst College, Richard Foose subscribe/newsletter/ persuaded me to add geology as a major; Ed Belt introduced me to paleontology; and Peter )saacson's enthusiasm led to ieldwork in West Virginia for a senior thesis on
Devonian brachiopods. Lisa Lundgren I understand that you have been conducting ield work in Peru for years. How did )nterim FOSS)L Project Coordinator you come to work in Peru and what keeps you going back? [email protected] - Bill Pearcy at Oregon State University ofered me an RA for an oceanography MS to study the record of ish scales in Quaternary sediments of the coast of Peru. )n , ) shifted back to geology and, looking for a Peru focus with mollusks, was taken on by The Fossil Project is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. Bill Zinsmeister at Ohio State University to do a doctoral study of the rich Plio- DRL- . Any opinions, indings, and Pleistocene molluscan fauna of the tablazos of northern Peru. )n , Christian conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily relect the views of the National Science Foundation.