Background
Mikkelsen, Paula Mae was born on November 17, 1953 in Lewiston, Maine, United States. Daughter of George Mitchell and Lucia Helen (Yurkston) Cowles.
Mikkelsen, Paula Mae was born on November 17, 1953 in Lewiston, Maine, United States. Daughter of George Mitchell and Lucia Helen (Yurkston) Cowles.
Bachelor of Science, Bates College, 1976.
Medical librarian Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, 1976-1978. Museum aide, technician Smithsonian Institute, Fort Pierce, Florida, 1978-1982. Assistant curator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, since 1982.
Consultant malacology Continental Shelf Associates, Tequesta, Florida, since 1978, SeaPharm Inc., Fort Pierce, 1987-1988, Applied Biology Inc., Jensen Beach, Florida, since 1986. Consultant computer programs Logix Inc., Vero Beach, Florida, 1986-1988.
Member American Malacological Union (correspondent secretary 1983-1989, editor newsletter 1984-1989), American Association Zoological Nomenclature, American Society Zoologists, Malacol. Society London, Biological Society Washington, Unitas Malacologia, Paleontological Research Institution, Sigma Xi. Clubs: Astronaut Trail Shell (Melbourne) (chairman identification 1980-1987).
Married Paul Stephen Mikkelsen, August 3, 1973 (divorced March 1988).