Gene Hunt

Curator

Department of Paleobiology

Smithsonian NMNH

hunte@si.edu

 

Degrees

Ph.D.     Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637.  August 2003.

M.S.       Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637.  August 2000.

B.S.        Biology, summa cum laude, Duke University, North Carolina 27708.  May 1995.

 

Positions

Curator, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

                9/2004 – present

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, San Diego (sponsor: Kaustuv Roy).  

                9/2003 – 9/2004

 

Relevant Honors

Schuchert Award, The Paleontological Society, 2012.

Paleontological Society Distinguished Lecturer, 2011-2013.

 

Research Interests

Evolutionary patterns in the fossil record; fossil Ostracoda.