Sally E. Walker
Department of Geology
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602 USA

Dr. Sally E. Walker is an Associate Professor of Geology/Marine Sciences at the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.  She is currently the Invertebrate Paleobiology Consulting Editor for McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing Corporation, where she oversees all encyclopedia entries in her field, and recommends novel discoveries to be included in the McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology.  She is the author of over 80 publications, including book chapters, special journal issues, and abstracts.  Her work focuses on encrusting and bioeroding organisms of carbonate shells, hermit crabs and predators of molluscan-shell carbonate, and biological taphonomy.  She especially enjoys working with the SSETI team (Shelf-Slope Experimental Taphonomy Initiative) and has charted deep-marine submersible dives to 570 meters (1870 ft).