Christian Sidor

Christian A. Sidor is an American biologist and paleontologist, Associate Professor of the Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, curator of vertebrate paleontology in the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, member of the editorial board of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.^[1]

He is a discoverer of a number of extinct animals; see, e.g., 2004 in paleontology or 2006 in paleontology.

He is the 2001 recipient of the Romer Prize from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.^[2]

Career

• 2005- Assistant Professor of Biology and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology, University of Washington
• 2001-2004 Assistant Professor of Anatomy, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury, NY
• 2001 Postdoctoral Fellow, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
• 2000 Ph.D., Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• 1996 M.S., Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
• 1994 B.S. (with Honors in Biology), Trinity College, Hartford, CT

References

1. ^ C.A. Sidor website
2. ^ Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 70th Anniversary Meeting, October 10-13, 2010

   3. http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/collections/paleontology/people_sidor.php

External links

• "Toothy 'Crocamander' Was Top Triassic Predator", the Discovery Channel discusses one the finds of Sidor's team

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