David C. Evans (paleontologist)

Canadian paleontologist David Evans.

David Christopher Evans (born 1980)[1] is a Canadian palaeontologist and evolutionary biologist who specializes in the evolution and paleobiology of Cretaceous dinosaurs in western North America. He received his B.Sc. from the University of British Columbia and his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto.[2] He is a fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS) and a member of the Royal Society of Canada (The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists)[3][4] and currently serves as the Senior Curator and Temerty Chair of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada. He is also a faculty member in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto. Evans is particularly renowned for his work on the paleobiology of hadrosaur ("duck-billed") dinosaurs and has conducted international research on a wide variety of paleontological topics.

  1. ^ "Evans, David C. (David Christopher), 1980-". id.loc.gov. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "People". David Evans Lab. 2011-05-30. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
  3. ^ "ROM dinosaur palaeontologist Dr. David Evans named to Royal Society of Canada". Royal Ontario Museum. 2019-09-10.
  4. ^ King, Perry (2019-09-10). "Three U of T faculty appointed members of the Royal Society of Canada's college for new scholars". University of Toronto News.