Subdivision
| • | 203. Evolution & Ecology, Systematics, Population Genetics, Paleontology, and Physical Anthropology | [X] |
| | 1 | Name: | Dr. Giuseppe Montalenti | | | Institution: | University of Rome | | | Year Elected: | 1985 | | | Class: | 2. Biological Sciences | | | Subdivision: | 203. Evolution & Ecology, Systematics, Population Genetics, Paleontology, and Physical Anthropology | | | Residency: | International | | | Living? : |
Deceased
| | | Birth Date: | 1904 | | | Death Date: | 7/2/90 | | | | |
| 2 | Name: | Dr. J. William Schopf | | | Institution: | University of California, Los Angeles | | | Year Elected: | 1985 | | | Class: | 2. Biological Sciences | | | Subdivision: | 203. Evolution & Ecology, Systematics, Population Genetics, Paleontology, and Physical Anthropology | | | Residency: | Resident | | | Living? : |
Living
| | | Birth Date: | 1941 | | | | | | |
William Schopf, paleobiologist and director of the University of California, Los Angeles's Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life, is an expert in the early history of life. He is the editor of Earth's Earliest Biosphere and The Proterozoic Biosphere: A Multidisciplinary Study, companion books that provide a comprehensive survey of more than four billion years of the earth's history, from the formation of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago to events that occurred a half a billion years ago. Dr. Schopf has authored more than 200 scholarly publications on the origin and evolution of life and has received many honors, including the Paleontological Society Medal, the Golden Plate Medal from the American Academy of Achievement, the Centennial Botanist Award from the Botanical Society of America, the National Academy of Sciences' Clark Thompson Medal, the National Science Foundation's Alan T. Waterman Award, and the Alexandre Ivanovich Oparin Medal from the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life. He earned his A.B. in geology from Oberlin College in 1963 and earned his A.M. in 1965 and his Ph.D. in 1968 from Harvard University. Also in 1968, he joined UCLA's faculty where he has been active in numerous councils and committees. During the late '60s and early '70s, Dr. Schopf worked with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, serving as a member of the Lunar Sample Preliminary Examination Team at the Johnson Space Center in Houston from 1968-71 and as the Principal Investigator of Lunar Samples for the Apollo Program from 1969-73. He has completed field work in over 20 different countries and has received support from the National Geographic Society, the National Science Foundation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. His current research interests include the evolution of primitive Precambrian organisms; organic geochemistry of ancient sediments; evolutionary biology; atmospheric evolution; and paleobotany. | |
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