Philip D. Gingerich Explained

Philip D. Gingerich
Birth Name:Philip Dean Gingerich
Birth Date:23 March 1946
Birth Place:Iowa
Education:Princeton University (AB)
Yale University (MPhil, PhD)
Occupation:Paleontologist, geologist, biologist, anthropologist
Known For:Leading expert on the evolution of primates and whales

Philip Dean Gingerich (born March 23, 1946) is an American paleontologist and educator. He is a Professor Emeritus of Geology, Biology, and Anthropology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and directed the Museum of Paleontology at the University of Michigan (UMMP) from 1981-2010. His research focus is on vertebrate paleontology, especially the Paleocene-Eocene transition and early Cenozoic mammals.[1] His primary research focus is on the origin of modern orders of mammals and he is a leading expert on the evolution of primates and whales.[2] Gingerich was among the experts who analyzed the skeleton of Darwinius masillae.[3]

Early life

Gingerich grew up in a family of Amish Mennonites in eastern Iowa, where his grandfather was a farmer and a lay preacher. Yet Gingerich felt no contradiction between religion and science: "My grandfather had an open mind about the age of the Earth," he says, "and never mentioned evolution. Remember, these were people of great humility, who only expressed an opinion on something when they knew a lot about it."[4]

Education and awards

Gingerich received an A.B. from Princeton University in 1968, a M.Phil. from Yale University in 1972, and a Ph.D., also from Yale, in 1974. All of his university degrees were in the field of geology.

Gingerich was awarded the Henry Russel Award from the University of Michigan in 1980,[5] the Shadle Fellowship Award from the American Society of Mammalogists in 1973,[6] and the Charles Schuchert Award from the Paleontological Society in 1981.[7] He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001 and the American Philosophical Society in 2010 and was president of the Paleontological Society 2010-2012. He was awarded the Romer-Simpson medal by the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in 2012.

Research

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Philip D. Gingerich . 2009-02-09.
  2. Web site: Philip D. Gingerich Ph.D. . http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090714132040/http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/public/experts/ExpDisplay.php?ExpID=293 . dead . 2009-07-14 . University of Michigan . Expert List . 2009-02-09.
  3. News: Seeking a Missing Link, and a Mass Audience . New York Times . 19 May 2009 . Tim Arango.
  4. Web site: Mueller . Tom . Whale Evolution . National Geographic Magazine . https://web.archive.org/web/20100726081347/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/08/whale-evolution/mueller-text/8 . dead . July 26, 2010 . March 2013.
  5. Web site: Henry Russel Award. University of Michigan. 2009-06-09 . 2009-06-12.
  6. Web site: ASM Awardees. American Society of Mammalogists. 2009-06-12. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20040323172444/http://www.mammalsociety.org/committees/commarchives/awardees.html. 2004-03-23.
  7. Web site: The Paleontological Society: Awardees. 2009-06-12. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20021021083806/http://www.paleosoc.org/awards.html. 2002-10-21.
  8. Web site: Research on Rates of Evolution . University of Michigan . 2007 . 2009-02-09.
  9. Gingerich PD . Environment and evolution through the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum . Trends Ecol. Evol. . 21 . 5 . 246–53 . May 2006 . 16697910 . 10.1016/j.tree.2006.03.006.
  10. Aziz. HA . Hilgen FJ . Luijk GMv . Sluijs A . Kraus MJ . Pares JM . Gingerich PD . 2008 . Astronomical climate control on paleosol stacking patterns in the upper Paleocene–lower Eocene Willwood Formation, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming . Geology . 36 . 7 . 531–534 . 10.1130/G24734A.1. 2008Geo....36..531A . 1874/385781 . 128810469 . free.
  11. Web site: Research on Paleocene-Eocene Mammals and the PETM or Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum . 2009 . University of Michigan . 2009-02-09.
  12. Web site: Research on the Origin and Early Evolution of Whales (Cetacea) . University of Michigan . 2009 . 2009-02-09.
  13. Book: Gingerich, PD . Elwyn Simons: A Search for Origins . Fleagle JG, Gilbert CC . Springer . 2007 . 107–124 . Early evolution of whales: a century of research in Egypt . http://www-personal.umich.edu/~gingeric/PDFfiles/PDG471_WhalesinEgypt.pdf . 2009-02-09.
  14. Gingerich, PD . Basilosaurus cetoides . 2008 . Encyclopedia of Alabama . 1386 . 1–3 . 2009-02-09.
  15. Web site: Research on the Origin and Early Evolution of Primates . University of Michigan . 2009 . 2009-02-09.
  16. Smith T, Rose KD, Gingerich PD . Rapid Asia–Europe–North America geographic dispersal of earliest Eocene primate Teilhardina during the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 103 . 30 . 11223–7 . July 2006 . 16847264 . 1544069 . 10.1073/pnas.0511296103. 2006PNAS..10311223S . free .

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