Dr Malcolm Penn
GIS Manager
Department: Core Research Laboratories
Division: Collections Management Systems OLD
Specialisms: Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Biodiversity, Spatial data, Remote Sensing,
Georeferencing, Geography and Biogeography
Summary
Malcolm is the GIS manager/specialist at the Natural History Museum, London. He has led and collaborated on many GIS based and biodiversity projects throughout the developing world, including Belize, Thailand, UK, Brazil, Costa Rica. etc.,. He is an expert in GIS, geo-referencing, spatial modelling, remote sensing, vegetation classifications, biogeography and biodiversity spatial statistics, as well as providing GIS input to the NHM for both science and non-scientific departments and collaborating both internally and externally to the NHM, in both academic and commercial settings
Highlighted publications
- Bebber DP, Carine MA, Davidse G, Harris DJ, Haston EM, Penn MG, Cafferty S, Wood JRI, Scotland RW (2012) Big hitting collectors make massive and disproportionate contribution to the discovery of plant species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279, 2269 - 2274. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2439
- Butler RJ, Barrett PM, Kenrick P, Penn MG (2009) Testing co‐evolutionary hypotheses over geological timescales: interactions between Mesozoic non‐avian dinosaurs and cycads. Biological Reviews 84, 73 - 89. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-185x.2008.00065.x
- Humphrey LT, Dean MC, Jeffries TE, Penn M (2008) Unlocking evidence of early diet from tooth enamel. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105, 6834 - 6839. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0711513105
- Penn MG, Sutton DA, Monro A (2004) Vegetation of the greater Maya Mountains, Belize. Systematics and Biodiversity 2, 21 - 44. doi: 10.1017/s1477200004001318
- BUTLER RJ, BARRETT PM, PENN MG, KENRICK P Testing coevolutionary hypotheses over geological timescales: interactions between Cretaceous dinosaurs and plants. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 100, 1 - 15. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01401.x
Highlighted publications
- Bebber DP, Carine MA, Davidse G, Harris DJ, Haston EM, Penn MG, Cafferty S, Wood JRI, Scotland RW (2012) Big hitting collectors make massive and disproportionate contribution to the discovery of plant species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 279, 2269 - 2274. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2439
- Butler RJ, Barrett PM, Kenrick P, Penn MG (2009) Testing co‐evolutionary hypotheses over geological timescales: interactions between Mesozoic non‐avian dinosaurs and cycads. Biological Reviews 84, 73 - 89. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-185x.2008.00065.x
- Humphrey LT, Dean MC, Jeffries TE, Penn M (2008) Unlocking evidence of early diet from tooth enamel. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105, 6834 - 6839. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0711513105
- Penn MG, Sutton DA, Monro A (2004) Vegetation of the greater Maya Mountains, Belize. Systematics and Biodiversity 2, 21 - 44. doi: 10.1017/s1477200004001318
- BUTLER RJ, BARRETT PM, PENN MG, KENRICK P Testing coevolutionary hypotheses over geological timescales: interactions between Cretaceous dinosaurs and plants. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 100, 1 - 15. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01401.x