Olev Vinn
Department of Geology
University of Tartu
Ravila 14A
50411 Tartu
Estonia

Graduated in geology (BSc) at the University of Tartu in 1993. MSc in geology at the University of Tartu in 1995. PhD in geology at the University of Tartu in 2001. From 2001 to 2007 researcher, and since 2007 senior researcher at the Department of Geology, University of Tartu. Member of the Palaeontological Association and the Paleontological Society. Main research interests are: (1) tube ultrastructure and evolution of biomineralization in annelid tubeworms; (2) biological affinities, shell structure and evolution of problematic tubicolous fossils; (3) bioerosion and biofouling, palaeoecology and evolution.