Mark A. Wilson
Department of Geology
The College of Wooster
Wooster, OH 44691
USA

Graduated from The College of Wooster with a BA degree in geology in 1978. Earned his PhD in paleontology from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1982. Has been employed at The College of Wooster since 1981, presently as the Lewis M. and Marian Senter Nixon Professor of Natural Sciences and Geology. Member of the Paleontological Society and the Palaeontological Association, serving as a North American Representative for the latter. Research interests include: (1) evolutionary paleoecology and systematics of marine encrusting and boring faunas (sclerobionts), especially those in the Ordovician and Jurassic; (2) the development and early diagenesis of marine carbonate rocks, particularly carbonate hardgrounds; and (3) Eemian Stage interglacial coral reefs and sea level dynamics.