Philip Donoghue
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Philip Donoghue at the Royal Society admissions day in London, July 2015
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| Born | Philip Conrad James Donoghue 5 April 1971 Morriston, Wales |
| Residence | England |
| Nationality | British |
| Fields | Palaeontology |
| Institutions | University of Bristol |
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| Thesis | Architecture, growth, and function of ozarkodinid conodonts (1996) |
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Philip Conrad James Donoghue FRS is a British palaeontologist and Professor of Palaeobiology at the University of Bristol.
Donoghue was educated at the University of Leicester where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology in 1992 and PhD in Paleontology in 1997 for research supervised by Richard Aldridge and Mark Purnell. He also holds a Master of Science degree in palynology from the University of Sheffield.
Donoghue's research focuses on major transitions in evolutionary history, including the origin and early evolution of vertebrates, animals, and plants. He has been influential in developing a ‘molecular palaeobiology’ in which evidence from living and fossil species, anatomy and molecular biology, phylogenetics and developmental biology, can be integrated to achieve a more holistic understanding of evolutionary history. He introduced synchrotron tomography to palaeontology, and has played a leading role in establishing the role of palaeontology in establishing evolutionary timescales.
Donoghue was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2015. His certificate of election reads:
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