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Andrew Leighton

 

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Mr Andrew Leighton - ()

  • Job title: Demonstrator, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (ALD) (Faculty of Science and Technology (ALD))
  • Address: Room 119, Fitzroy, Drake Circus,
    Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
  • Postal address: Room 101, Fitzroy, Drake Circus,
    Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
  • Telephone: +44 (0)1752 584760
  • Email: andrew.leighton@plymouth.ac.uk


Role
PhD Research Student
 

Qualifications & background
BSc (Hons)  - Geology and Petroleum Geology, The University of Aberdeen, 2003-2007.

MSc (with Distinction) - Marine Micropalaeontology, The University of Plymouth, 2008-2009.

PhD (in progress) - Foraminiferal change across the Cretaceous - Palaeogene Boundary in Texas and Denmark, The University of Plymouth, 2009 - .
 

Professional membership
The Micropalaeontological Society
The Palaeontological Association
The Geological Society of America
 



Research interests
Bioevents
Mass extinction events
Benthic foraminiferal evolution
 

Grants & contracts
The Micropalaeontological Society Grant-in-Aid Student Prize 2010
The Micropalaeontological Society Award Student Award 2010 In Memory of Brian O'Neil