Two New MS Students

Nikka Hubert and Andrew Studzinski have joined the lab group. Ethan Blair is continuing through his senior year as an Iowa Office of Undergraduate Research Fellow.

First Fieldwork Since Pandemic

Myself, Fran, Ryan, and Ethan will be heading out June 06–26 in a dual-Suburban convoy to the wilds of the Great Basin for the first time we have been able to do fieldwork since October, 2019. Three weeks seems like a long time, but I have way more things needing done than there'll be time to do them. Energy permitting, I hope to post daily updates on the Field Work page.

New Post-Doc

Francesc Pérez-Peris has joined the lab on a two year Swiss National Science Foundation post-doctoral fellowship. Fran comes to us from the University of Lausanne, where he completed a PhD on cheirurid trilobite systematics and biogeography.

New MS Student

Sebastien Mure-Ravaud has joined the lab group to pursue an MS.

New Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates Fellow

Ethan Bley has joined the lab group on an academic year ICRU fellowship. Ethan will begin by working on the systematics of some Upper Ordovician cheiruroidean trilobites.