Education
University of Queensland.
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Bruce Runnegar
Edit Profilepaleontologist university professor
Career
He has published on a wide variety of topis, including the phylogeny of molluscs, Dickinsonia fossils and oxygen levels, and molecular clock techniques. One of the earliest species of molluscs, Pojetaia runnegari, is named after him. Runnegar was director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Astrobiology Institute from 2003 to 2006.
Honors and Recipient of the Mawson Medal of the Australian Academy of Science (1981).
Achievements
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Recipient of the Mawson Medal of the Australian Academy of Science (1981) Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (1987) Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1993) Fellow of the Geological Society of America (1998) Recipient of the Lapworth Medal (2009) Recipient of the Paleontological Society Medal (2010).
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Nationality
Australia
Awards
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Paleontological Society Medal
The Paleontological Society Medal is an award given by the Paleontological Society to a person whose eminence is based on advancement of knowledge in paleontology.The Paleontological Society Medal is an award given by the Paleontological Society to a person whose eminence is based on advancement of knowledge in paleontology.