Date of Birth- 7th May, 1970
Nationality- British

1988-1991, Dept. Pure and Applied Biology, University of Leeds. B.Sc. Hons. Special Studies Zoology, 1st Class, Wynne-Owen Prize

1991-1994, Dept. Earth Sciences, University of Manchester. Ph.D. `Palaeobiology of the trigonotarbid arachnids'

1994-1997, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Manchester.
NERC-funded postdoctoral research fellowship
Department home page

1997- , Institut für Systematische Zoologie, Musuem für Naturkunde, Berlin.
Curator of Chelicerata
Museum home page

American Tarantula Society Home page
Arachnologische Gesellschaft
British Arachnological Society Home page
British Tarantula Society Home page
Palaeontological Association Home page

Editorial board: Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde, Zoologische Reihe

Editorial board: Arachnologische Mitteilungen

(OK I get to check the English, which would probably amuse my English teacher)

Editorial board: Forum of the American Tarantula Society

Acting and Theatre
Mediaeval History
Writing Computer RPGs