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David A.T. Harper[1] is a Britishpalaeontologist, specialising in fossilbrachiopods and numerical methods in palaeontology. He is Professor of Palaeontology in Earth Sciences[2] atDurham University. In December 2014 he began his term as President of thePalaeontological Association.[3]
Harper was previously Professor of Palaeontology and Head of Geology in theNatural History Museum of Denmark,[4] University of Copenhagen. He has published over 10 books and monographs, and also over 250 scientific articles. He is co-writer, with Øyvind Hammer, of the software package PAST.[clarification needed] In recent years he has been addressing some of the major events in the history of life, for example the Cambrian Explosion, Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event and the end Ordovician mass extinctions. His research programmes have taken him to many parts of the world including Chile, China, Greenland, Russia and Tibet. His research has been recognized by foreign membership of theRoyal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, an Einstein Professorship in theChinese Academy of Sciences and a D.Sc. fromQueen's University Belfast. Between 2011 and 2013 he was Deputy Head of Colleges (Research and Scholarly Activities)[5] atDurham university and served as Principal ofVan Mildert College between 2011 and 2021.
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