Education
| Date | Position |
|---|---|
| 1974–1977 | Research Fellow, Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge |
| 1977–1985 | Department of Geology, Goldsmiths College, University of London. |
| 1985–2002 | Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol (Chair 1997–2001) |
| 2001–2002 | Visiting professor, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago |
| 2003– | Professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics and Curator in charge of Invertebrate Paleontology at the Peabody Museum of Natural History. |
| 2004– | Director of the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies |
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