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Peter Skelton
Open University, United Kingdom
Education:
- 1972
- B.Sc. Geology, University of Bristol, UK.
- 1977
- D.Phil., University of Oxford, UK
Experience:
- 2005–Present
- Reader in Palaeobiology, The Open University, UK
- 1993–2005
- Senior Lecturer in Earth Sciences, The Open University, UK.
- 1978–93
- Lecturer in Earth Sciences, The Open University, UK.
- 1977–78
- Smithsonian Institution Fellowship; U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C., U.S.A., Department of Paleobiology.
- 1975–77
- Senior Demonstrator in ‘soft-rock’ geology, Department of Geology, University of Liverpool, UK.
Publications and Awards:
Over 50 papers in journals including Lethaia, Paleobiology, Palaeontology, P3, Cretaceous Research, and numerous special volumes and conference proceedings, as well as teaching texts, instructional CD-ROMs and videoprogrammes/DVDs in the areas of evolutionary palaeontology, palaeoecology, Earth system science and carbonate sedimentology, and consultancy reports on rudist carbonates for various petroleum companies operating in the Arabian Gulf region.
Professional Memberships
- Palaeontological Association
- Palaeontographical Society
- Geological Society of London
- International Association of Sedimentologists
- Linnean Society
- Malacological Society
- Sociedad Española de Paleontología
- Wagner Society
Professional Interests:
General:
Evolutionary Palaeobiology; Invertebrate Palaeontology; Carbonate Sedimentology.
Special:
- Palaeobiology of rudist bivalves;
- Stratigraphy and palaeogeography of the Cretaceous Tethyan Realm, especially its carbonate platforms;
- Cretaceous climates;
- Carbonate platform and reef development through time, in relation to global change;
- Constructional and functional morphology of molluscs, especially bivalves, and their evolutionary/systematic relationships;
- Evolution, especially modes and patterns of macroevolution.
Reviewer of research proposals from USA, UK, France, Italy, Denmark and Israel.
Executive council positions on Palaeontological Association (including Secretary), Malacological Society of London (including President) and Palaeontolographical Society.
Organizer of several international meetings and conferences for these and other bodies and invited speaker at many more.
External examiner for geology degree programmes in three UK universities and for PhD examinations in several countries.