Ivan Sansom | |
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Born | |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater |
University of Durham[
citation needed] University of Aston[ citation needed] |
Awards | Hodson Fund of the Palaeontological Association |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Palaeontology |
Institutions | University of Birmingham |
Doctoral advisor | Howard Armstrong and M. Paul Smith[ citation needed] |
Ivan Sansom (born Prestatyn[ citation needed]) is a British palaeontologist, Senior Lecturer in Palaeobiology at the University of Birmingham. His research has focused primarily on the conodont palaeobiology and the early Palaeozoic radiation of vertebrates. [1]
Sansom is an editor of the Journal of the Geological Society. [2]
In 2001 Sansom was a recipient of the Palaeontological Association's Hodson Award, conferred on palaeontologists who have made a notable early contribution to the science. [3]