Ivan Sansom | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Durham[citation needed] University of Aston[citation needed] |
| Awards | Hodson Fund of the Palaeontological Association |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Palaeontology |
| Institutions | University of Birmingham |
| Doctoral advisor | Howard Armstrong and M. Paul Smith[citation needed] |
Ivan Sansom (born Prestatyn[citation needed]) is a British palaeontologist, Senior Lecturer in Palaeobiology at the University of Birmingham. His research has focused primarily on the conodont palaeobiology and the early Palaeozoic radiation of vertebrates.[1]
Sansom is an editor of the Journal of the Geological Society.[2]
In 2001 Sansom was a recipient of the Palaeontological Association's Hodson Award, conferred on palaeontologists who have made a notable early contribution to the science.[3]