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Geerat J. Vermeij

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Geerat J. Vermeij is a Dutch born paleoecologist and evolutionary biologist in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California, Davis. He studies marine molluscs, both as fossils and as living animals, and the influence that organisms have on one another's evolutionary fates, alongside work on plants, crabs, extinction, biological invasions and biogeography. He received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1992 and the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal from the National Academy of Sciences in 2000.

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Birth Year
1946 1
Nationality
Kingdom of the Netherlands 1
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United States 1
Birthplace
Sappemeer, Netherlands 1
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Biology 1
Field (category)
Earth Science 1
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Male 2
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1. Geerat J. Vermeij (Wikidata)
  • P27 (country of citizenship): United States
    Q30
  • P19 (place of birth): Sappemeer, Netherlands
    Q2056073
  • P27 (country of citizenship): Kingdom of the Netherlands
    Q29999
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2. Geerat J. Vermeij (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section, pronoun use
    He studies marine molluscs, both as fossils and as living creatures, as well as influence creatures have on each other's evolutionary fates, alongside having worked on plants, crabs, extinction, biological invasions, and biogeography.
  • Member Of: University of California, Davis, Infobox: workplaces
    University of California at Davis
  • Works In: Biology, Lead sentence
    Geerat J. Vermeij (born September 28, 1946) is a Dutch-born paleoecologist and evolutionary biologist in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California, Davis.
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