Silvia Danise
_ After a master degree in
earth science, I completed my PhD in palaeontology in 2010 at the University of
Florence (Italy). From April 2011 I am a postdoc researcher at the University
of Plymouth. My role in the project is to collect, analyse and interpret a
range of palaeoecological data on marine fossil invertebrates of latest Permian
to Cretaceous age. My work is especially focused on understanding the role of
extinction events in shaping the structure of marine benthic communities across
the Mesozoic. Part of the project will involve fieldwork in a number of
locations in the UK and overseas. I am also interested in modern and fossil
chemosynthetic ecosystems, their ecology, palaeoecology and evolution.
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