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恭喜弗吉尼亚理工大学的古生物学家肖书海，入选2023年美国国家科学院院士 |
2023年5月2日，美国国家科学院宣布了其新入选的120名院士和23名外籍院士，其中包括弗吉尼亚理工大学的古生物学家肖书海。他曾为本网站介绍他早期在中国的科研成果。 Shuhai Xiao is a paleobiologist and geobiologist who studies the interactions between the biosphere and its environments at critical transitions in Earth history, particularly during the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition. He integrates paleobiological, sedimentological, and geochemical data to shed light on important evolutionary events (such as the origin and diversification of eukaryotes, multicellular organisms, and animals), their environmental contexts, and their geobiological consequences. Education Ph.D., Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 1998 M.A., Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 1996 M.Sc., Geology, Peking University, 1991 B.Sc., Geology, Peking University, 1988 Homepage: https://sites.google.com/vt.edu/geobiology -------------------------------------------- Dr. Xiao is interested in how the biosphere and its environments interacted at critical transitions in Earth history. His research is focused on key evolutionary innovations such as the origin and early diversification of eukaryotes, multicellular organisms, and animals. What was the environmental and ecological context of these evolutionary innovations? How did they impact on the surface environments of the Earth? Through collaboration with other scientists, he integrates paleobiological, sedimentological, stratigraphic, and geochemical data to answer these questions. His current research projects are focused on the Ediacaran-Cambrian transition, although he has worked on older and younger rocks, as well as the taphonomy of exceptionally preserved fossils. His main expertise is paleobiology, but he has developed extensive collaborations with geochemists and has employed a diverse range of research tools to solve complex scientific problems. |
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