top of page

The Research Team

Project Coordinators:

Prof. Nigel Hughes (Project Head)

Research Interests: Trilobite paleobiology and ontogenetic mechanisms in the early Paleozoic. Lower Paleozoic paleogeography and tectonics (particularly the early Paleozoic history of India and the peri-Gondwanan region).   

Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of California Riverside

United States

nigel.hughes@ucr.edu

​

Dr. Apsorn Sardsud

Research Interests: Evolution and stratigraphy of Paleozoic to Mesozoic sediments in Shan Thai (Sibumasu)Terrane, peri-Gondwana; Triassic conodonts; Geo-education and Geopark

Department of Mineral Resources 

Thailand

apsornsa@yahoo.com

Prof. Shanchi Peng

Research Interests: Trilobite morphology, ontogenetic development, and phylogenetics based systematics. Cambrian biostratigraphy, primarily in China but with global correlations, and refining the Cambrian interval of the geologic time scale.

State Key Laboratory on Geology and Palaeontology, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

China

scpeng@nigpas.ac.cn

Mr. Kyaing Sein

Research Interests: Ophiolites. Myanmar's stratigraphy including ophiolites, Precambrian/upper Cambrian boundary, the Bawdwin Volcanic Series, and the Cretaceous through Eocene succession. Myanmar's suture zones.

Myanmar Geosciences Society (President)

Myanmar

kyaingsein@gmail.com

Prof. Paul Myrow

Research Interests: Process-oriented sedimentary Geology. Paleoenvironmental analyses of lithofacies. Late Precambiran and Cambrian lithostratigraphy, detrital zircon geochronology, carbon isotope chemostratigraphy, and paleogeographic reconstructions.

Dept. of Geology, Colorado College

United States

pmyrow@coloradocollege.edu

​

​

Dr. Ryan McKenzie 

Research Interests: Evolution of the Earth-life system as recorded in sedimentary successions and understood through detrital sediment geochronology, geochemistry, and biostratigraphy.

Dept. of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong

China

ryan00@hku.hk

Prof. Sachiko Agematsu-Watanabe 

Research Interests: Conodont taxonomy, biostratigraphy, and paleoenvironments during the Early and Middle Paleozoic.

 

Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba

Japan

agematsu@geol.tsukuba.ac.jp

Outreach Collaborators:

Ms. Marufa Chowdhury

Interests: Visual artist and illustrator exploring connections between humans and their physical and social environment

Project role: Illustrator for outreach projects

Bangladesh

ttaayyrraa@gmail.com

Photo 1-12-18 8 35 56 AM.jpg

Mr. Sekhar Mukherjee

Interests: Visual documentation of natural history and earth sciences through comicbook and animation

Project role: Outreach

Director, National Institute of Design, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh

India

sekharmukherjee@gmail.com

Project Secretary:

Dr. Shelly Wernette 

Research Interests: Systematics, biogeography, and biostratigraphy of Upper Cambrian trilobites from the marginal Gondwanan terrane, Sibumasu.

Postdoctoral Researcher in Hughes Lab, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of California Riverside

United States

swern001@ucr.edu

​

Research Collaborators:

Prof. Jonathan Aitchison

Research Interests: Tectonic evolution of Gondwana and its diaspora in Asia, India-Asia collision, Arc-continent collisions in general, paleobiogeography and Paleozoic radiolarian biostratigraphy

SEES University of Queensland

Australia

jona@uq.edu.au

Ms. Hla Hla Aung

Research Interests: Seismotectonics, earthquake geology, petrology, structure

​

Myanmar Earthquake committee, Myanmar engineering society, Hlaing University, Yangon

Myanmar

hhlaaung@gmail.com

Prof. Aye Ko Aung 

Research Interests: Geology and Palaeontology of Myanmar; corals

​

Department of Geology, University of Malaya, Retired

Myanmar

ayekoaung.mm@gmail.com

Dr. Clive Burrett 

Research Interests: Palaeozoic geology, paleontology of Southeast Asia and Greater Gondwana
reconstructions

Paleontological Research Center, Mahasarakham University

Thailand

cfburrett@gmail.com

Prof. Punya Charusiri

Research Interests: Tectonic evolution of mainland SE Asia; gold metallogenesis, tectonostratigraphy, mineral exploration.

​

Chulalongkorn University

Thailand

punya.C@chula.ac.th

Mr. Ravi Chaubey

Research Interests: Early Paleozoic Integrated Litho-Bio-Chrono-Sequence Stratigarphy of Spiti-Kinnaur Basin, Lesser Himalaya Basin and Bikaner-Nagaur Basin (India and peri-Gondwanan region).

Centre for Advanced Study in Geology, Panjab University, Chandigarh and Geologist at Geological Survey of India 

India

ravischaubey@hotmail.com

Dr. L. Robin M. Cocks

Research Interests: Ordovician to Devonian brachiopods, stratigraphy, and paleogeography globally and with a focus on south-east Asia

​

Department of Earth Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London

United Kingdom

r.cocks@nhm.ac.uk

Mr. Cody Colleps 

Research Interests: The use of geo-/thermochronology and geochemistry to understand the erosional and uplift history of source terranes and their sedimentary products, particularly in Paleozoic Sibumasu.

Graduate Student in McKenzie Lab, Dept. of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong

China

ccolleps@connect.hku.hk

Prof. Mihir Deb

Research Interests: Economic Geology, Precambrian Geology, Sustainable Development of Mining Environments, Geological Education

​

Department of Geology, University of Delhi

India

mihirdeb@gmail.com

Ms. Louisa Dent

Research Interests: Ordovician lithostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy and chemostratigraphy in the Canning Basin, WA and regional to global applications

Geological Survey of Western Australia

Australia

louisa.dent@dmirs.wa.gov.au

Mat.jpg

Dr. Mathew Domeier

Research Interests: Paleogeography and the history of plate kinematics

​

Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics, University of Oslo

Norway

mathewd@geo.uio.no

Dr. Stephen Dornbos

Research Interests: Cambrian paleoecology, paleobiology, and taphonomy

​

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

United States

sdornbos@uwm.edu

Prof. Olaf Elicki

Research Interests: Cambrian and Ordovician; palaeoecology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, palaeogeography, marginal marine ecosystem evolution, biotic events in W. Gondwana (Middle East, N. Africa, Central and S. Europe); skeletal microbiota, trace fossils

Freiberg University

Germany

elicki@geo.tu-freiberg.de

Prof. David Evans

Research Interests: Paleogeographic Reconstructions

​

Yale Universeity

United States

david.evans@yale.edu

Oldrich_Fatka.jpg

Prof. Oldřich Fatka

Research Interests: Cambrian and Ordovician stratigraphy, paleoecology, paleobiology, and taphonomy

​

Charles University Prague

Czech Republic

fatka@natur.cuni.cz

Dr. Richard Fortey

Research Interests: Trilobites, palaeogeography, and palaeoenvironments of the Ordovician. Formerly focused on Thai, Australian, and Sibumasu terrane fauna and more recently focused on Gondwanan faunas from Morocco 

Natural History Museum, London, Emeritus Scientific Associate

United Kingdom

r.fortey@nhm.ac.uk

picture-2197-1448991290.jpg

Dr. Rebecca Freeman

Research Interests: Cambrian-Ordovician linguliform brachiopods and small shelly fossils

​

University of Kentucky

United States

rebecca.freeman@uky.edu

Foto J.A. comunión H.A._r_bigger.png

Dr. José Antonio Gámez Vintaned 

Research Interests: Stratigraphy and Paleontology (late Neoproterozoic and early Palaeozoic biotas and trace fossils)

Dept of Geosciences, Faculty of Sciences & Information Technology, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP)

Malaysia

jose.gamez@utp.edu.my

Prof. Rodolfo Gozalo

Research Interests: Cambrian trilobites and arthropods, biostratigraphy and palaeobiogeography in the Mediterranean region and Cambrian global correlation. Murero (Spain) biota

Dept. Botánica y Geología. Universidad de Valencia 

Spain

rodolfo.gozalo@uv.es

Mr. Than Htun

Research Interests: Tin / Tungsten exploration and research on land and offshore

​

Economic geologist

Myanmar

uthanhtun@gmail.com

Prof. Jim Jago

Research Interests: Cambrian biostratigraphy; Tasmania, Antarctica, South Australia; Emu Bay Shale lagerstatte

​

University of south Australia

Australia

jim.jago@unisa.edu.au

Ms. Ramanpreet Kaur

Research Interests: Cambrian biostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphic analysis of Spiti, India and their subsequent regional and global correlation.

Department of Geology (Centre of advanced study in Geology), Panjab University, Chandigarh

India

toorraman1811@gmail.com

Dr. Kyi Khin

Research Interests: Geological and tectonic history of the Indo-Myanmar Ranges (IMR); Arakan Coastal Ranges in western Myanmar, and provenance of siliciclastic sequences in the Central Myanmar Basin, and Himalaya–Bengal-Andaman System

Senior Geologist, Public Utilities Board, Singapore

Singapore

kyikyaw2@gmail.com

​

Dr. Somboon Khositanont

Research Interests: Igneous petrology for tectonic evolution and ore deposit research in Thailand and SE Asia

​

Director of Geological Resources Information Center at Department of Mineral Resources Thailand

Thailand

khositanont.s@gmail.com

​

Mrs. Tin Tin Latt

Research Interests: Carboniferous and Permian foraminifers and their paleobiogeographic distribution in Cimmerian continent; Paleo-Tethys, Mesozic andCenozoic foraminifers

Graduate Student and Senior lecturer, Department of Geology, University of Yangon

Myanmar

tintinlatt@gmail.com

​

Dr. Mirinae Lee

Research Interests: Paleontology, paleoecology, and paleobiogeography of Paleozoic corals and coral-like organisms (coralomorphs), and calcareous algae

Division of Polar Earth-System Sciences, Korea Research Institute

South Korea

mirinae.lee@kopri.re.kr

​

SBLee_KIGAM_Korea.jpg

Dr. Seung-bae Lee

Research Interests: Early Paleozoic trilobites and stylophoran echinoderms from Korea, North China, and related regions: biostratigraphy, paleobiogeography, and evolution

Geological Museum, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (Republic of Korea)

South Korea

sblee@kigam.re.kr

​

Keat Lenarith

Research Interests: Cambodian fossils, paleontology, and biostratigraphy of ammonites in Eastern-Cambodia. Paleotethys sea and Indochina Terrance

Cambodian Ministry of Mines and Energy, Mineral-Geology Department

Cambodia

keatlenarith@gmail.com

​

Prof. Guoxiang Li

Research Interests: Cambrian small shelly fossils (paleobiology, biostratigraphy, and paleogeography) from South China, Tarim, and North China; analyzing the radiation pattern of the Cambrian Explosion.

Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese National Academy of Sciences

China

gxli@nigpas.ac.cn

​

Dr. Qijian Li

Research Interests: Ordovician reefs and hypercalcified sponges from South China and Malaysia

​

Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese National Academy of Sciences

China

qijianli@hotmail.com

​

Ms. Anastasiya Makarova

Research Interests: Cambrian trilobites, biostratigraphy, regional (Siberian platform) and global correlation

​

All-Russian Research Geological Oil Institute (Novosibirsk Branch)

Russia

trilobite74@mail.ru

​

Dr. Charles Makoundi

Research Interests: Geochronology and geochemistry of the volcaniclastic Semanggol Formation in Peninsular Malaysia and the implications for a mass extinction about 252 million years ago

University of Tasmania

Australia

c.makoundi@utas.edu.au

Prof. Ian Metcalfe

Research Interests: Tectonic history and palaeogeography of eastern Gondwana and the Tethys ocean basins and the amalgamation of modern SE Asia using geochronology, magmatic isotope geochemistry, biostratigraphy, and conodont/radiolarian biogeography 

University of New England

Australia

imetcal2@une.edu.auhttp://www.metcalfeian.com

​

Dr. Andrew Mitchell

Research Interests: Mineral deposits and their tectonic settings

​

Mineral exploration and mining consultant

United Kingdom

andrewmitch999@aol.com

Dr. Myo Myint

Research Interests: Paleozoic rocks of the western Malaysian Peninsula

​

Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Perak

Malaysia

myomyint10@yahoo.com

​

Dr. Tin Aung Myint

Research Interests: Gold, silver, copper, and base metal mineralization; Petrology; Tectonic and metallogenic evolution of Myanmar, U-Pb geochronology; Pyrite geochemistry; Gondwana reconstructions in Myanmar region

University of Mandalay

Myanmar

drtinaungmyint@mu.edu.mm

​

Rock art.jpg

Mr. Leon Normore

Research Interests: Geochronology, biostratigraphy, provenance, petroleum potential and regional correlation studies of the Lower to Middle Ordovician of the Canning Basin, Western Australia

Geological Survey of Western Australia

Australia

leon.normore@dmirs.wa.gov.au

​

Dr. Tae-Yoon Park

Research Interests: Cambrian explosion, trilobite ontogeny, Cambrian trilobite biostratigraphy in Korea, Antarctica, and related regions.

​

Korea Polar Research Institute

South Korea

typark@kopri.re.kr

​

Prof. John R. Paterson

Research Interests: Cambrian faunas of East Gondwana, particularly the Emu Bay Shale Konservat-Lagerstätte of South Australia; palaeobiology and early evolution of arthropods (especially trilobites); Cambrian chronostratigraphy and correlation

Palaeoscience Research Centre, University of New England

Australia

jpater20@une.edu.au

​

Dr. Ian Percival

Research Interests: Orovician and Cambrian brachiopods; Ordovician and latest Cambrian conodonts; biostratigraphy, palaeogeography, palaeobiogeography
Geological Survey of New South Wales

Australia

ian.percival@planning.nsw.gov.au

SKPrasad (1).JPG

Mr. Subhay Kumar Prasad

Research Interests: Cambrian of Lesser and Tethyan Himalayan zones, Himalaya, India

 

Panjab University

India

subhay.lovely@gmail.com

Prof. Brian Pratt

Research Interests: Stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleontology, paleoecology


University of Saskatchewan

Canada

brian.pratt@usask.ca

Mr. Manop Raksaskuwong

Research Interests: geologic mapping and geophysical exploration

​

Department of Mineral Resources

Thailand

manopraksa@gmail.com

Prof. Mega Fatimah Rosana

Research Interests: Ore Deposits, Petrology-Mineralogy, Gemstone, Geothermal, Geoparks

​

Faculty of Geology, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung

Indoenesia

mega.fatimah.rosana@unpad.ac.id

Dr. Thomas Servais

Research Interests: organic-walled microphytoplankton (acritarch), Lower Palaeozoic ecosystems and palaeo(bio)geography

​

University of Lille

France

Thomas.Servais@univ-lille1.fr

husein Shabar.jpg

Mr. Husain Shabbar

Research Interests: Palaeontology, Biostratigraphy, Palaeoecology and Palaeoenvironment of Ordovician - Devonian of Tethyan Himalaya, India

Gondwana Palaeobiology Lab, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow

India

shabbarnaqvi92@gmail.com

IMAG0586.jpg

Mr. Mohammad Sharifi

Research Interests: Post-collision process in ophiolites (hydrothermal systems, alterations, listvenitization, and also mineralization), especially PaleoTethyan ophiolites in central Iran.

Graduate student in economic geology at Department of Earth Sciences, Shiraz University

Iran

m89.sharifi@gmail.com

Dr. Yuefeng Shen

Research Interests: Biosedimentology; Carbonate sedimentology and diagenesis; Fossil calcimicrobes, calcareous algae and calcified sponges; Biomineralization and organomineralization; Cathodoluminescence and fluorescence microscopes

Hefei University of Technology

China

yuefengshen@hfut.edu.cn

​

Dr. Birendra Singh

Research Interests: Cambrian biostratigraphy (trilobite) and paleogeography (particularly India and peri-Gondwanan region) and lower Paleozoic paleontology of India's northern margin (biostatigraphy and paleogeography)

Department of Geology (Centre for Advanced Study in Geology), Panjab University, Chandigarh

India

v_ruh@rediffmail.com

​

Ms. Garry Singla

Research Interests: Cambrian trilobite biostratigraphy and geochemical studies in Spiti, India and their subsequent regional and global correlation.

Department of Geology (Centre of advanced study in Geology), Panjab University, Chandigarh

India

garry.singla@gmail.com

​

Dr. Weerapan Srichan

Research Interests: Tectonic evolution in mainland SE Asia; Igneous petrology, age dating and ore deposits

​

Department of Geological Sciences, Chiang Mai University

Thailand

weerapan.s@cmu.ac.th

​

Dr. Haijing Sun

Research Interests: Paleontology, paleobiology, taphonomy, and phylogeny of hyoliths.

​

State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeongology

China

hjsun@nigpas.ac.cn

​

Mr. Naing Maw Than

Research Interests: Data evaluation on geotechnical instruments, Tectonic framework of SE ASia, Tectono-magmatic development of Myanmar, basin and reservoir characterization, and mineral exploration

Myanmar Geologists Society of Singapore (MGSS)

Singapore

naingmawthan@gmail.com

Dr. Hathaithip Thassanapak (Udchachon)

Research Interests: Radiolarian biostratigraphy of the Palaeozoic and Triassic successions in SE Asia

​

Applied Paleontology and Biostratigraphy Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahasarakham University

Thailand

bthaithip@yahoo.com

Dr. Halay Tsegab

Research Interests: Carbonate sedimentology and stratigraphy

​

Department of Geosciences, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS

Malaysia

haylay.tsegab@utp.edu.my

Dr. Dhiti Tulyatid

Research Interests: Regional tectonics of Southeast Asia and the application of airborne geophysics to mineral exploration and tectonic studies

CCOP: Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programme in East and Southeast Asia.

Thailand

dr.dhiti@ccop.or.th

Dr. Mongkol Udchachon 

Research Interests: Biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironment of Palaeozoic sequences in SE Asia using conodonts, radiolaria, fusuline, and sedimentology

Applied Palaeontology and Biostratigraphy Research Unit, Department of Biology, Mahasarakham University

Thailand

mongkol.c@msu.ac.th

Dr. Tanot Unjah

Research Interests: Conservation Geology, Tourism, Nature Conservation and management, Geomorphology and Natural Hazard and climate change adaptation

Langkawi Research Centre and Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), National University of Malaysia

Malaysia

tanot-u@ukm.edu.my​

Dr. Thanis Wongwanich

Research Interests: Thai Ordovician carbonate sedimentology and diagenesis

​

Department of Mineral Resources

Thailand

thaniswongwanich@gmail.com

​

Prof. Shuhai Xiao

Research Interests: Ediacaran and Cambrian Earth history, with a focus on the evolutionary history of multicellular eukaryotes and its environmental context

Virginia Tech Department of Geosciences

United States

xiao@vt.edu

​

Dr. Xianfeng Yang

Research Interests: Stratigraphic divisions and paleontology for the Cambrian system

​

Associate Professor, Key Laboratory for Paleobiology, Yunnan Province

China

yangxf@ynu.edu.cn

​

Prof. Khin Zaw

Research Interests: Tectonic and metallogenic evolution of SE Asia and U-Pb Geochronology, Stable and Radiogenic isotopes, Geofluids, Pyrite, Geochemistry, Mass Extinction, Ocean Anoxia, and Gplate Gondwana reconstructions in Myanmar region

CODES Centre of Excellence in Ore Deposits, University of Tasmania

Australia

khin.zaw@utas.edu.au

Prof. Xingliang Zhang

Research Interests: Cambrian paleontology and stratigraphy

​

Department of Geology, Northwest University

China

xzhang69@nwu.edu.cn

P020160304333273396730.jpg

Prof. Yuandong Zhang

Research Interests: Early Paleozoic stratigraphy and graptolites

​

Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology

China

ydzhang@nigpas.ac.cn

Dr. Yong Yi Zhen

Research Interests: Palaeontology, palaeogeography, palaeoecology and biostratigraphy of the Early to Middle Palaeozoic conodonts, corals and stromatoporoids from Australia and Asia

Geological Survey of New South Wales

Australia

yong-yi.zhen@planning.nsw.gov.au

Dr. Xuejian Zhu

Research Interests: Trilobite paleontology, including ontogeny, phylogenetics, biostratigraphy, and paleogeography

​

Chinese National Academy of Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology

China

xjzhu@nigpas.ac.cn

Prof. Andrey Zhuravlev

Research Interests: Early metazoan evolution, palaeoclimatioly, biomineralization, preservation, carbonate sedimentology; Ecology & functional morphology of Neoproterozoic/Cambrian fauna and flora; Interplay of Neoproterozoic-phanerozoic biotic and abiotic events

Division of Biological evolution, Moscow State University

Russia

ayzhur@gmail.ru

Mr. Suraj Arjun Bhosale

Research Interests: Palaeontology, palaeogeography, palaeoecology and biostratigraphy of the Jurassic Spiti Shales of Indian Himalaya and its correlation with peri-Gondawanan basins.

KSKV Kachchh University

India

suraj6364geo@gmail.com

bottom of page