Derek Briggs Professor Director of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History Email Me Office: 236 ESC Phone: (203) 432-8590 Fax: (203) 432-8590 A More Detailed Webpage Research Interests: The taphonomy and evolutionary significance of exceptionally preserved fossils; decay and mineralization, molecular preservation, the Cambrian radiation. Current Courses: History of Life: G&G 125b Extraordinary glimpses of past life: G&G 355a Tutorial in Paleobiology: G&G 800b Students and Postdocs: Michelle Casey Simon Darroch Una Farrell Thomas Hegna Richard Krause Marc Laflamme Jih-Pai Lin Maria McNamara Erik Sperling Jakob Vinther Amelinda Webb Jo Wolfe Selected Publication(s): Hogstrom, A.E.S., Briggs, D.E.G. and Bartels, C. 2009 A pyritized lepidocoleid machaeridian (Annelida) from the Lower Devonian Hunsruck Slate, Germany. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 276, 1981-1986. Gupta, N.S., Cody, G.D., Tetlie, O.E., Briggs, D.E.G. and Summons, R.E. 2009 Rapid incorporation of lipids into macromolecules during experimental decay of invertebrates: Initiation of geopolymer formation. Organic Geochemistry 40, 589-594. Kuhl, G., Briggs, D.E.G. and Rust, J. 2009 A great appendage arthropod with a radial mouth from the Lower Devonian Hunsruck Slate, Germany. Science 323, 771-773. Briggs, D.E.G., Siveter, D.J., Siveter, D.J. and Sutton, M.D. 2008 Virtual fossils from a 425 million-year-old volcanic ash. American Scientist 96, 474-481. Gaines, R.R., Briggs, D.E.G. and Zhao, Y.-L. 2008 Cambrian Burgess Shale-type deposits share a common mode of fossilization. Geology 36, 755-758.