Columbia University
Where was Patricia Vickers-Rich educated from 1966 to 1969?
Patricia Vickers-Rich Patricia Vickers-Rich ( born 11 July 1944 ) , also known as Patricia Rich , is an Australian Professor of Palaeontology and Palaeobiology , who researches the environmental changes that have impacted Australia ( including the ancient super continent , Gondwana ) and how this shaped the evolution of Australia’s fauna and flora . Education . Vickers-Rich was born and educated in the United States . In her early career , she worked as a zooarchaeologist at the Nevada State Museum and Research Assistant in Palaeontology while she obtained a Bachelor of Arts in paleontology at the University of Berkeley . She completed a Master of Arts in geology at Columbia University in 1969 , and obtained a Doctorate of Philosophy from Columbia University in 1973 . Career . Early in her career , Vickers-Rich worked as a field ecologist at the Organization of Tropical Studies in Costa Rica , as a palaeontologist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York , and as Assistant Professor and Associate Curator at the Texas Tech University and Museum . In 1976 , Vickers-Rich took up a position as Lecturer in Earth Sciences at Monash University , Melbourne , Australia . During a long tenure , her significant roles at Monash University included Deputy Head of Earth Sciences and Professor and Personal Chair of Palaeontology , and currently as Emeritus Professor in Palaeontology . She was the Founding Director of the Monash Science Centre ( now PrimeSCI ! at Swinburne University of Technology ) , where she continues as a Director . She is also a Professor of Palaeobiology at the Swinburne University of Technology , and Associate Professor in Palaeontology at Deakin University . In addition to her roles at Monash , between 1976 and 2021 , Vickers-Rich has held positions as Vice President and President of the Australian Association of Palaeonologists , Research Associate at the Queen Victoria Museum in Launceston , Research Associate in Vertebrate Palaeontology and Ornithology at the Museums Victoria and Research Associate in the Laboratory of Precambrian Organisms at the Paleontological Institute in Moscow . Vickers-Rich has curated scientific exhibitions of Australian and Gondwanan biota , including at Singapore Science Centre , ArtScience Museum and the Cape Otway Lightstation . Research . Vickers-Rich is an expert in the origin and evolution of Australasian vertebrates and their environments over the past 400 million years . She has special interest in Australian avian fossils , and has led research teams to investigate the origin and development of terrestrial vertebrates and birds around the world , including in Africa , Southeast Asia , South Pacific Islands , Antarctica , Russia , South America , and Saudi Arabia . She , along with husband Tom Rich , has led a major effort since the 1970s to locate new fossil localities in her home state of Victoria , Australia . Together the couple described the dinosaur genera Leaellynasaura and Timimus , naming them after their daughter and son , Leaellyn and Tim Rich , respectively . Their field work in Victoria informs their research on interpreting changing climate and biogeographic affinity of the biota of Gondwana during the past 120 million years . Selected publications . - 1985 – Kadimakara : Extinct Vertebrates of Australia . Pioneer Design Studio . - 1987 – A Chinese-English and English-Chinese Dictionary of Vertebrate Palaeontology Terms . Monash University : Melbourne . - 1989 – The Fossil Book : A Record of Prehistoric Life . ( With Thomas Hewitt Rich , Mildred Adams Fenton and Carroll Lane Fenton ) . Doubleday . - 1991 – Vertebrate Palaeontology of Australia . ( With J.M . Monaghan , R.F . Baird , and T.H . Rich ( eds ) ) . Monash University : Melbourne . - 1992 – Australia Long , Long Ago ( The Southeast , Victoria ) : a Geological Story . ( With Leaellyn Rich and Kerrie Auslebrook ) . Paleoscriptis : Melbourne . - 1993 – Wildlife of Gondwana : Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrates from the Ancient Supercontinent . ( With Thomas Hewitt Rich ) . Indiana University Press : Bloomington . - 1994 – The ICI Australia catalogue of the Great Russian Dinosaurs Exhibition 1993-1995 . ( With Thomas H . Rich ) . ICI Australia : North Melbourne . - 1996 – Australias Lost World : A History of Australias Backboned Animals . ( With Leaellyn Suzanne Rich and Thomas Hewitt Rich ) . Kangaroo Press : Sydney . - 1997 – Fossil collectors guide . ( With J . Reid Macdonald , Mary Lee Macdonald , Leaellyn S . V . Rich , and Thomas H . Rich ) . Kangaroo Press : Sydney . - 2000 – Dinosaurs of Darkness . ( With Thomas Hewitt Rich ) . Indiana University Press : Bloomington . - 2003 – A Century of Australian Dinosaurs . ( With Thomas H . Rich ) . Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery Publications : Launceston . - 2003 – Magnificent Mihirungs : The Colossal Flightless Birds of the Australian Dreamtime . ( With Peter Murray ) . Indiana University Press : Bloomington . - 2007 – The Rise And Fall Of The Ediacaran Biota . ( With P . Komarower ) . Geological Society , London , Special Publications , 286 . - 2008 – The Rise of Animals : Evolution and Diversification of the Kingdom Animalia . ( With Mikhail A . Fedonkin , James G . Gehling , Kathleen Grey and Guy M . Narbonne ) . Johns Hopkins Press . - 2010 – The Artist and the Scientists : Bringing Prehistory to Life . ( With Thomas Hewitt Rich and Peter Trusler ) . Cambridge University Press . - 2012 – The Flight : Boris S . Sokolov . Natural History and Paleontology in the Changing Landscape of 20th and Early 21st Century Russia . ( with B . S . Sokolov ) Paleontological Society of India , Lucknow . Awards and honours . In 2016 , Vickers-Rich was awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to the Earth Sciences , particularly palaeontology , as an academic , to education curriculum development , and to international scientific organisations . Vickers-Richs scientific literary works have attracted the Victorian Premiers Award for Science Writing ( 2007-2009 ) and Queensland Premiers Award for Science Writing ( 2007-2008 ) for The Rise of Animals ; the Eureka Prize ( 1993 and 2000 ) for Wildlife of Gondwana and Dinosaurs of Darkness ; Michael Daley Award for Excellence in Science Technology and Engineering Journalism ( 1993 ) ; and the Whitley Medal ( 1994 and 2004 ) for best book on the natural history of Australian animals for Wildlife of Gondwana and Magnificent Mihirungs . Additionally , Vickers-Rich is the recipient of the Roy Wheeler Medallion for Excellence in Field Ornithology ( 2005 ) , the National Geographic/Toyota Field Vehicle Award ( 2002 ) , Chairmans Award from the National Geographic Society ( 2000 ) , the Crosbie Morrison Medal ( 1998 ) , and she received the Key to the City of Mesa , Arizona , for the Great Russian Dinosaurs Exhibition ( 1995 ) . Vickers-Richs work has gained her election to numerous prestigious organisations . In 2015 she was elected as a Bragg member of the Royal Institute of Australia , she was made a member of the Explorers Club , New York , in 1998 , and elected a member of the International Academy of Sciences of Nature and Society Moscow Branch in 1996 .