Hollie Bean
I am a geologist interested in taphonomy and exceptional preservation. My interest in Palaeontology began at a young age, scouring the Jurassic Coast for ammonites and ichthyosaurs. Since then, my research has involved geologically mapping Precambrian and Cambrian rocks in Shropshire, UK, and experimentally decaying ostracods to investigate taphonomy and exceptional preservation of Orsten-type fossils. This has led me to my current PhD project investigating melanin in feathers.
Biography
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Sept 2022 – Present: PhD Geology, ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã College Cork, Ireland. "Modelling Fossil Feather Colour using Melanin Chemistry in a Phylogenetic Context"
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Nov 2021 – Aug 2022: Geochemistry Research Technician, Newcastle ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã, UK.
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Dec 2020 – Oct 2021: Research Technician ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Leicester, UK. CongoPeat Project
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Sept 2018 – Sept 2019: MSc Palaeobiology, ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Bristol, UK. "Experimental Taphonomy of Bivalved Crustaceans"
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Sept 2015 – July 2018: BSc Geology, ÉîÒ¹ÑÇÖÞ¸£Àû¾Ã¾Ã of Birmingham, UK. "The Geology of Church Stretton, Shropshire"