Prof. Stephen Donovan

Professor Stephen K. Donovan, researcher at Naturalis Biodiversity Center, studied geology at the universities of Manchester (B.Sc.) and Liverpool (Ph.D., D.Sc.). He was a post-doctoral research fellow at Trinity College, Dublin. Steve was on the teaching staff of the Department of Geology, University of the West Indies, Jamaica, from 1986 to 1998, where he was promoted to full professor in 1996. From 1998 until 2001 he was keeper (= Head) of Palaeontology at the Natural History Museum, London. Since 2001 he has been a researcher at Naturalis. Steve’s research interests are broad, including Palaeozoic crinoids, Cenozoic trace fossils (particularly borings), Caribbean geology, urban geology, history of geology and, of course, Antillean crabs and barnacles. His most recent book is Writing for Earth Scientists (Wiley-Blackwell, 2017).