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Derek E. G. Briggs is an Irish paleontologist based at Yale University. Briggs is one of three paleontologists who were key in the reinterpretation of the fossils of the Burgess Shale.

Professional achievements

While at the University of Cambridge, Dr Briggs worked on the fossils of the Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia, with Harry Blackmore Whittington and Simon Conway Morris. The Burgess Shale project subsequently became one of the most celebrated endeavors in the field of paleontology in the latter half of the 20th century. Briggs is currently Director of the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies, Professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics and Curator in charge of Invertebrate Paleontology at the Peabody Museum of Natural History. In July 2008 he'll take over as director

of the museum. Briggs is a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Briggs's research is on the preservation and evolutionary significance of exceptionally preserved fossil biotas. This involves a range of approaches from experimental work on the factors controlling decay and fossilization, through studies of early diagenetic mineralization and organic preservation, to field work on a range of fossil occurrences.

Education

Date	Position
1974–1977	Research Fellow, Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge
1977–1985	Department of Geology, Goldsmiths College, University of London.
1985–2002	Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol (Chair 1997–2001)
2001–2002	Visiting professor, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago
2003–	Professor in the Department of Geology and Geophysics and Curator in charge of Invertebrate Paleontology at the Peabody Museum of Natural History.
2004–	Director of the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies

Distinctions

1999 — Fellow of the Royal Society
2000 — Premio Capo d'Orlando (Italian prize for paleontology
2000 — Lyell Medal, Geological Society of London
2001 — Boyle Medal, Royal Dublin Society/Irish Times
2002–2004 — President, Palaeontological Association
2003 — Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy
2003 — President Elect, Paleontological Society

Selected works

Derek E. G. Briggs, D. H. Erwin, and F. J. Collier. The fossils of the Burgess Shale.

A report on superbly fossilized prehistoric life in the Cambrian period of the early Paleozoic era.

Derek E. G. Briggs, C. Bartels, and G. Brassel. The fossils of the Hunsrück Slate.

A report on the marine paleoecology in the Devonian period of the middle Paleozoic era.

Derek E. G. Briggs and Peter R. Crowther, eds. (2003). Palaeobiology II. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 0-632-05147-7 and ISBN 0-632-05149-3.

Second edition of their acclaimed textbook regarding fossils and the evolution of life.

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