Blaire Van Valkenburgh
American paleontologist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Blaire Van Valkenburgh is an American paleontologist and holds the Donald R. Dickey Chair in Vertebrate Biology in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of California Los Angeles. She is a former president of Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.
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Blaire Van Valkenburgh | |
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Born | (1952-10-13) October 13, 1952 (age 71)[1] Washington, D.C.[2] |
Citizenship | United States |
Education | Ph.D. |
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Known for | quantitative analysis of ecological guild structure in fossil carnivores |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Vertebrate Paleontology, Paleobiology, Paleoecology |
Institutions | University of California Los Angeles (1986-Present) |
Thesis | (1984[2]) |
Doctoral advisor | Robert Bakker[2] |
Website | http://www.eeb.ucla.edu/indivfaculty.php?FacultyKey=1620 |
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