Dr Greg Edgecombe

Dr Greg Edgecombe

Merit Researcher

Department: Earth Sciences
Division: ES Invertebrates and Plants Palaeobiology
Specialisms: Arthropod phylogeny, Chilopoda (centipedes), Palaeozoic arthropods
  • Phone: 44-20-7942-6464

Summary

Research focuses on the evolutionary history of arthropods and the systematics of Chilopoda (centipedes). I am interested in the integration of morphological data for extant animals, information from exceptionally preserved fossils, and molecular data.

Qualifications

Degrees

  • PhD, Columbia University, United States, 1987 - 1991
  • MSc, University of Alberta, Canada, 1985 - 1987
  • BSc (Honours), Acadia University, Canada, 1981 - 1985

Postgraduate training

  • NSERC Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Alberta, Canada, 1991 - 1993

Employment history

Academic

  • Visiting Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, Israel, 2022 - 2022
  • Guest Professor, Yunnan University, China, 2019 - 2024
  • Head of Division, Invertebrates and Plants Palaeobiology, The Natural History Museum, United Kingdom, 2015 - 2017
  • Merit Researcher, The Natural History Museum, United Kingdom, 2013 - ongoing
  • Visiting Professor, Chulalongkorn University, Department of Biology, Thailand, 2012 - 2016
  • Research Leader, The Natural History Museum, United Kingdom, 2007 - ongoing
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, University of New England, Australia, 2006 - 2008
  • Associate in Invertebrate Zoology, Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, United States, 2003 - ongoing
  • Principal Research Scientist, Australian Museum, Australia, 2002 - 2007
  • Honourary Associate, University of Sydney, School of Biological Sciences, Australia, 2001 - 2007
  • Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of New England, Australia, 2000 - 2005
  • Senior Research Scientist, Australian Museum, Australia, 1995 - 2002
  • Scientific Officer, Australian Museum, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Australia, 1993 - 1995
  • Sessional Lecturer, University of Alberta, Department of Geology, Canada, 1992 - 1992

Highlighted publications

  • El Albani A, Mazurier A, Edgecombe GD, Azizi A, El Bakhouch A, Berks HO, Bouougri EH, Chraiki I, Donoghue PCJ, Fontaine C, Gaines RR, Ghnahalla M, Meunier A, Trentesaux A, Paterson JR (2024) Rapid volcanic ash entombment reveals the 3D anatomy of Cambrian trilobites. Science, (6703) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) : 1429 - 1435. doi: 10.1126/science.adl4540
  • Long EJ, Edgecombe GD, Clark B, Hatch C, Ball AD, Ma X (2024) Mouthpart morphology and feeding structures in the palaeocharinid trigonotarbids of the Rhynie chert: insights from comparisons to modern arachnids. Palaeontology, (4) Wileydoi: 10.1111/pala.12717
  • Benavides LR, Edgecombe GD, Giribet G (2023) Re-evaluating and dating myriapod diversification with phylotranscriptomics under a regime of dense taxon sampling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Elsevier BV : 107621 - 107621. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107621
  • Edgecombe GD, Strullu-Derrien C, Góral T, Hetherington AJ, Thompson C, Koch M (2020) Aquatic stem group myriapods close a gap between molecular divergence dates and the terrestrial fossil record. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, (16) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences : 8966 - 8972. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1920733117
  • Edgecombe GD (2020) Arthropod Origins: Integrating Paleontological and Molecular Evidence. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, (1) Annual Reviews : 1 - 25. doi: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-011720-124437
  • Giribet G, Edgecombe GD (2020) The Invertebrate Tree of Life. Princeton University Press : null - null.
  • Paterson JR, Edgecombe GD, Lee MSY (2019) Trilobite evolutionary rates constrain the duration of the Cambrian explosion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, (10) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences : 4394 - 4399. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1819366116

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