Olev Vinn

Olev Vinn
Born(1971-01-26)January 26, 1971
Tallinn, Estonia
Alma materUniversity of Tartu
Known forstudies on annelid biomineralization
Awards2017 Estonian State Science Prize in Geo-Bio Sciences
Scientific career
Fieldspaleobiology, paleontology
InstitutionsUniversity of Tartu
Doctoral advisorMadis Rubel [et]

Olev Vinn (January 26, 1971) is an Estonian paleobiologist and paleontologist.[1]

Vinn graduated from the biology class of Tallinn 3. Secondary School in 1989. He studied geology at the University of Tartu from 1989 to 1993. Vinn holds an M.Sc. degree in paleontology and stratigraphy from the University of Tartu in 1995 and a Ph.D. degree in geology from the same university in 2001. He is a senior research fellow in paleontology at the University of Tartu since 2007. He has published more than 250 peer-reviewed papers in international scientific journals.[1][2] Since 2021, he has been an editor of the Journal of Paleontology.

  1. ^ a b Aaloe, A. (ed.) (1995). Estonian Geology. Biographic Directory. Tallinn: Geological Society of Estonia, 145 p.
  2. ^ Aaviksoo, J. (ed.) (2013). Biographic lexicon of Estonian Science. Part IV. Tartu, 1913 p.