Awards

• SEPM Award for the Outstanding Paper in the Journal of Paleontology
  1974
• Inaugural Mawson Lecture and Medal, Australian Academy of Science
  1981
• Australian Academy of Sciences Mawson Lecturer
  1981
• Personal Chair in Geology, University of England
  1985
• Groupe Francais d’Etude du Gondwana Membre d’Honneur
  1986
• Australian Academy of Science Fellow
  1987
• Sloan Fellow in Molecular Evolution
  1994
• Geological Society of America Fellow
  1998
• American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
  1999
• California Academy of Sciences Fellow
  2004
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration Group Achievement Award
  2009
• Paleontological Association Lapworth Medal
  2009
• Paleontological Society Fellow
  2010
• Paleontological Society Medal
  2010
• Honorary Research Professor of the University of St. Andrews in Scotland
  1993

Research Areas

• Geobiology

Membership in Academies and Societies

• Geological Society of America
• Guggenheim Fellowship