Jim Gehling

James G. Gehling (an haife shi a ranar 20 ga watan Satumbar shekara ta 1946) masanin ilimin halittu ne na Australiya wanda aka san shi da bincike mai zurfi game da halittu na Ediacaran da kuma gudummawa mai mahimmanci ga fahimtar rayuwar ƙwayoyin halitta ta farko. Ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin sunan Ediacaran Period, yana nuna farkon kari na sabon lokacin ilimin ƙasa zuwa Standard Global Chronostratigraphic Scale a cikin sama da ƙarni.

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
Gehling ya sami B.Sc. Daraja da M.Sc. digiri daga Jami'ar Adelaide . Daga baya ya sami Ph.D. daga Jami'ar California, Los Angeles, yana mai da hankali kan taphonomy na Proterozoic Ediacara biota a Kudancin Australia.

 Ayyuka 
Gehling ya fara aikin koyarwa a Kwalejin Malamai ta Wattle Park kuma ya ci gaba a Jami'ar Kudancin Australia. Daga 1998 zuwa 2000, ya gudanar da W.E. White Postdoctoral Research Fellowship a Jami'ar Sarauniya a Kanada. Tun daga shekara ta 2001, ya kasance babban masanin kimiyya a Gidan Tarihi na Kudancin Australia kuma babban malami a Jami'ar Adelaide."Jim Gehling CV" (PDF). Monash University. Retrieved 12 April 2025.

A Gidan Tarihin Kudancin Australia, binciken Gehling yana mai da hankali kan juyin halitta na rayuwar dabba ta farko, musamman ilimin halittu da mahallin muhalli na burbushin Ediacara da burbushin Cambrian na farko a Kudancin Ostiraliya. Yana kula da Gidan Tarihin Ediacara Fossil na Kasa a Nilpena, yana aiki a matsayin dakin gwaje-gwaje na filin don nazarin Ediacara biota da saitunan muhalli."Professor James Gehling Citation for conferral of Doctor of Science (honoris causa)" (PDF). University of Adelaide. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2025.

 Gudummawa ga ilimin ƙasa 
A shekara ta 2005, Gehling ya taimaka wajen sanya sunan zamanin Ediacaran, wanda ya rufe wani lokaci daga kimanin shekaru miliyan 630 zuwa miliyan 542 da suka gabata. Wannan shi ne sabon lokacin ilimin ƙasa na farko da aka kara zuwa Standard Global Chronostratigraphic Scale a cikin sama da shekaru 100. Firayim Ministan Kudancin Australia Mike Rann ne ya bayyana wannan lokacin a hukumance a ranar 16 ga Afrilu 2005."Professor James Gehling Citation for conferral of Doctor of Science (honoris causa)" (PDF). University of Adelaide. 9 May 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2025.  

 Littattafai da kafofin watsa labarai 
Gehling ya hada hannu da "The Rise of Animals: Evolution and Diversification of the Kingdom Animalia," wanda ya lashe lambar yabo ta Victorian Premier ta Kimiyya a shekara ta 2009. Ya bayyana a cikin kafofin watsa labarai daban-daban na duniya, musamman tare da Sir David Attenborough a cikin shirin 2009 "First Life," wanda ke nuna burbushin Ediacara daga Kudancin Australia.

 Manazarta 
Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1946