Educational record

BSc. in Geology and Geophysics 2004, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

MSc. in Geology and Zoology 2006, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

PhD. student 2006 - present at Yale University, USA

 

Publications

Vinther, J. and Nielsen, C. 2005 The Early Cambrian Halkieria is a mollusc, Zoologica Scripta, 34(1), 81-89.

 

Kenrick, P and Vinther, J. 2006. Chaetocladus gracilis n. sp., a non-calcified Dasycladales from the Upper Silurian of Skåne, Sweden. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology; 142, 153-160.

 

Scientific presentations at conferences

 The Palaeontological Association 2004: The Lower Cambrian Halkieria is a mollusc (Poster).

 

Lundadagarna, Lund, Sweden (Nordic Palaeontological Symposium) 2005, The Lower Cambrian Halkieria is a mollusc (Poster).

 

The Fourth Symposium on the Cambrian System, Nanjing, China 2005: The phylogenetic position of Halkieria- and other Palaezoic molluscs (Poster).

 

Palaeontological Association 2005: How the Chiton got its tegmentum (Talk).

 

Geological Society of America 2006: The esthetal canal system in polyplacophorans (Mollusca) and a comparison with the sclerite canal system in sachitids (Lower to Middle Cambrian) (Talk).

 

Palaeontological Association 2006: The evolution of the shell in aculiferan molluscs (Aplacophora and Polyplacophora) (Talk).

 

Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology 2007: The esthetal canal system in chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) and homologous structures in Lower Cambrian small shelly fossils (Talk).

 

Awards

Den Schibbyeske præmie 2006. From: The Danish Society of Natural History.  For the paper: Vinther, J. and Nielsen, C. (2005) The early Cambrian Halkieria is a mollusc.

 

Yale University »

Yale University, apparently one of the major socalled Ivy league universities. They can proudly tell you that both George Bush senior and junior studied here.

Department of Geology and Geophysics »

Click here and read about the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Yale University where I am studying.

Geological Institute of Copenhagen »

The Geological Institute of Copenhagen where I studied in Denmark. They have done a great work on their new homepage. Click in left corner of page for english text.

Geological museum of Copenhagen »

The Geological Museum of Copenhagen. I did my Masters and Bachelors thesis there with David A. T. Harper. A great museum with an excellent exhibition on the geology of Greenland, the worlds largest bivalve, A magnificent new exhibition on meteorites and the solar system, decoration by the Danish artist and geologist Per Kirkeby and many other things. there is an english version on page as well

Regensen »

Before starting my study as a graduate at Yale, I studied in Copenhagen, Denmark and were staying in one of the oldest and most social residential halls in town. Click the logo above to see their homepage. Unfortunately you can only view it in Danish, but there is some great pics.