Prof. Dr. Simon Darroch

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsPalaeontology
KeywordsPaleontology, Macroecology, Biogeography, Macroevolution, Mass Extinction
Honours and awards

2020: Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers

2018: Scialog Fellow - Signatures of Life in the Universe

2015: Yale University George Gaylord Simpson Prize

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityFrankfurt am Main
InstitutionSenckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum
InstituteSektion Paläozoologie II

Host during sponsorship

Dr. Thomas LehmannAbteilung Paläoanthropologie, Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main
Priv. Doz. Dr. Krister SmithAbteilung Paläoanthropologie, Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum, Frankfurt am Main
Start of initial sponsorship01/08/2020

Programme(s)

2020Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2021Gibson, Brandt M. and Furbish, David J. and Rahman, Imran A. and Schmeeckle, Mark W. and Laflamme, Marc and Darroch, Simon A.F.: Ancient life and moving fluids. In: Biological Reviews, 96, 2021, 129-152
2021Vaziri, Seyed Hamid and Majidifard, Mahmoud Reza and Darroch, Simon A.F. and Laflamme, Marc: Ediacaran diversity and paleoecology from central Iran. In: Journal of Paleontology, 95, 2021, 236–251
2021Gibson, Brandt M. and Darroch, Simon A.F. and Maloney, Katie M. and Laflamme, Marc: The Importance of Size and Location Within Gregarious Populations of Ernietta plateauensis. In: Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, 2021, 967
2021Simon A.F. Darroch and Alison T. Cribb and Luis A. Buatois and Gerard J.B. Germs and Charlotte G. Kenchington and Emily F. Smith and Helke Mocke and Gretchen R. O’Neil and James D. Schiffbauer and Katie M. Maloney and Rachel A. Racicot and Katherine A. Turk and Brandt M. Gibson and John Almond and Bryce Koester and Tom H. Boag and Sarah M. Tweedt and Marc Laflamme: The trace fossil record of the Nama Group, Namibia: Exploring the terminal Ediacaran roots of the Cambrian explosion. In: Earth-Science Reviews, 212, 2021, 103435