Dr Michael Howe

Dr Michael Howe Chief Curator & Team Leader for BGS Collections

Location: Keyworth

Tel: 0115 936 3105

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Biography

  •  2000 :  BGS Chief Curator
  •  1995 :  Department of Geology, University of Leicester. Honorary Visiting Fellow
  •  1979 –1981 :  De Montfort University, Leicester. Postgraduate Diploma in Management Studies (DMS)
  •  1979 –2000 :  Various managerial positions within manufacturing organisations
  •  1976 –1982 :  University of Cambridge, Ph.D.
  •  1976 –1978 :  University of Oslo. NERC/NATO Studentship
  •  1973 –1976 :  University of Cambridge, BA Natural Sciences

Boards and committees

  •  2011 :  Chair, Geological Curators Group
  •  2004 :  Treasurer, Palaeontographical Society

Skills

  •  Collections conservation
  •  Collections curation
  •  Collections database design
  •  Optical and laser imaging, including anaglyphs
  •  Scientific management
  •  Taxonomy

Professional association

  •  Fellow of the Geological Society of London
  •  Member of the Chartered Institute of Management
  •  Member of the Geological Curators Group
  •  Member of the Natural Sciences Collections Association
  •  Member of the Palaeontographical Society
  •  Member of the Palaeontological Association

Research interests

  •  Collections curation
  •  Ediacaran biota
  •  Ordovician and Silurian graptolites
  •  Palaeontological & Collections databases

Published outputs

Key papers

Howe, M P A. 1983. Measurement of thecal spacing in graptolites. Geological Magazine, 120 635-638

Howe, M P A. 1999. The Silurian fauna (graptolite and nautiloid) of the Niarbyl Formation, Isle of Man Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 160, 177-187,

Howe, M P A. 2011. GrapEl : a simple spreadsheet application for managing and disseminating graptolite biozonal range chart data. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 58 (4). 247-252.

Worsley, D, Baarli, B G, Howe, M P A, Hjaltason F and Alm, D. 2011. New data on the Bruflat Formation and the Llandovery/Wenlock transition in the Oslo region, Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift, 91, 101-120.

Wilby, P R,Carney, J N, Howe, M P A. 2011. A rich Ediacaran assemblage from eastern Avalonia : evidence of early widespread diversity in the deep ocean. Geology , 39 (7). 655-658.

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Research partners
  • JISC GB/3D Fossil Types Online. Joint JISC funded project with National Museum Wales, The Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge, The University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, and the Geological Curators’ Group, representing a number of regional museums.