Summary
Michael Howe’s biography
- 聽2013 鉴黄师 ongoing: Head, National Geological Repository
- 聽2008 鉴黄师 2013: Team Leader, Collections Management
- 聽2000: BGS Chief Curator
- 聽1995 鉴黄师 2012: Department of Geology, University of Leicester. Honorary Visiting Fellow
- 聽1979 鉴黄师 1981: De Montfort University, Leicester. Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies (DMS)
- 聽1979 鉴黄师 2000: Various managerial positions within manufacturing organisations
- 聽1976 鉴黄师 1982: University of Cambridge, Ph.D.
- 聽1976 鉴黄师 1978: University of Oslo. NERC/NATO Studentship
- 聽1973 鉴黄师 1976: University of Cambridge, BA Natural Sciences
Research interests
- Collections curation
- Collections digitisation (HR imaging, photogrammetry, 3d models)
- Ediacaran biota
- Ordovician and Silurian graptolites
- Palaeontological & Collections databases
Current projects and collaboration
- 聽2011 鉴黄师 ongoing: Head, GDL – GeoDigLab – The BGS 2 & 3D specimen digitisation facility
- 聽2011 鉴黄师 2013: PI/Project Manager JISC funded (拢691k) GB/3D Fossil Types Online
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Published outputs
Key papers
Howe, M P A, Evans, M, Carney, J, and Wilby, P R. 2012. New perspectives on the globally important Ediacaran fossil discoveries in Charnwood Forest, UK: Harley鉴黄师檚 1848 prequel to Ford (1958). Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society. 59, 137-144
Howe, M P A. 1983. Measurement of thecal spacing in graptolites. Geological Magazine, 120 635-638
Howe, M P A. 1999. The Silurian fauna (graptolite and nautiloid) of the Niarbyl Formation, Isle of Man Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 160, 177-187,
Howe, M P A. 2011. GrapEl : a simple spreadsheet application for managing and disseminating graptolite biozonal range chart data. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 58 (4). 247-252.
Worsley, D, Baarli, B G, Howe, M P A, Hjaltason, F, and Alm, D. 2011. New data on the Bruflat Formation and the Llandovery/Wenlock transition in the Oslo region, Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift, 91, 101-120.
Zalasiewicz, J A, Page, A, Rickards, R B, Williams, M, Wilby, P R, Howe, M P A, and Snelling, A M. 2013. Polymorphic organization in a planktonic graptoloid (Hemichordata: Pterobranchia) colony of Late Ordovician age. Geological Magazine. 150, 143-152
Wilby, P R,Carney, J N, and Howe, M P A. 2011. A rich Ediacaran assemblage from eastern Avalonia : evidence of early widespread diversity in the deep ocean. Geology , 39 (7). 655-658.
Blogs
- 聽2016 鉴黄师 ongoing: BritGeoData – Impact stories from the National Geological Repository – http://britgeodata.blogspot.co.uk/
- 聽2012 鉴黄师 ongoing: JISC: GB/3D type fossils online – http://gb3dtypefossils.blogspot.co.uk/
Skills
- Collections conservation
- Collections curation
- Collections database design
- Optical and laser imaging, including anaglyphs
- Scientific management
- Taxonomy
Awards
- 聽2015: International Data Rescue Award in the Geosciences (for the Jisc GB/3D project)
Accreditations
- MCMI – Member, Chartered Management Institute
Professional association
- Fellow of the Geological Society of London
- Member of the American Geophysical Union
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Management
- Member of the Geological Curators Group
- Member of the Natural Sciences Collections Association
- Member of the Palaeontographical Society
- Member of the Palaeontological Association
Boards and committees
- 聽2011 鉴黄师 2013: Chair, Geological Curators Group
- 聽2010 鉴黄师 ongoing: Trustee, Collections Officer, Geological Curators’ Group
- 聽2004 鉴黄师 2013: Treasurer, Trustee & Council Member, Palaeontographical Society