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Geerat J. Vermeij

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Professor of geology and malacologist

United StatesScientistsBorn 1946 · age 80
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Geerat J. Vermeij is a Dutch-born paleoecologist and evolutionary biologist in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California, Davis.

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Awards 5

2006Paleontological Society Medal
2000Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal
1999Wilbur Cross Medal
1992MacArthur Fellows Program
1975Guggenheim Fellowship

Connected to Geerat 6

Andrew H. KnollAlso won Paleontological Society MedalWilliam CrononAlso won Wilbur Cross MedalHenry Bryant BigelowAlso won Daniel Giraud Elliot MedalJennifer ClackAlso won Daniel Giraud Elliot MedalJohn SilberAlso won Wilbur Cross MedalEstella LeopoldAlso won Paleontological Society Medal

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Geerat J. Vermeij is a Dutch-born paleoecologist and evolutionary biologist in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California, Davis. He studies marine molluscs, both as fossils and as living creatures, as well as influence creatures have on each other's evolutionary fates, alongside having worked on plants, crabs, extinction, biological invasions, and biogeography. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1992, and in 2000, was awarded the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal from the National Academy of Sciences. He was also a fellow of the California Academy of Sciences in 1992 and was awarded the Fellows Medal from the California Academy of Sciences in 2017.

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United States
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Scientists
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Scientist
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living
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Born 1946 · age 80
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