Biography
Prof. Guang R. Shi was trained as a geologist and palaeontologist, and has more than 25 years research experience in these areas. He has undertaken geological fieldwork in many countries and has studied marine invertebrate fossils from many major continents. Prof. Shi has an extensive publication record in the areas of geology, stratigraphy and palaeontology; he has also published in sedimentology, ichnology (trace fossil studies) and biogeography.
Read more on Guang's profileCareer highlights
1991: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Melbourne
1992 - 1994: ARC-funded Research Fellow, Deakin University
1995 - 2005: Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor: Deakin University
2004-2005: Associate Head of School (Research), School of Ecology and Environment, Deakin University
2006 - Present: Personal Chair (Professor in Palaeontology), Deakin University
2007: Acting Head of School, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
2008: Acting Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Science and Technology, Deakin University (7 months)
2009: Deputy Head of School, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
2010: Interim Head of School, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
2011 - 2017.1: Head of School, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
Research interests
- Palaeobiology and Palaeoecology
- Biogeography and environmental change through geological time
- Mass extinctions
- Geology, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Teaching interests
Geology, Palaeontology, Evolution, Earth Sciences, Biogeography
Units taught
- History of life,
- Biogeography
Knowledge areas
Geology, Palaeontology and Environmental Science
Professional activities
Editorial Board Member - ALCHERINGA
Editorial Board Member - JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES
Editorial Board Member - PALAEOWORLD
Voting Member - IUGS SUBCOMMISSION ON PERMIAN SYSTEM (SPS)
President - ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALASIAN PALAEONTOLOGISTS (AAP) (2010-2012)
Awards
- 2016: Awarded Alfred Deakin Profssor title
- 2005: Appointed to Personal Chair in Palaeontology
- 2004: National Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Outstanding Young Researcher Award, B Category (Overseas Chinese Scholars) (with a three year collaborative research grant for 2004-2006).
- 1999: Deakin University Vice Chancellor Award for Outstanding Achievements (Research Supervision)
Publications
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Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
The bipolarity of Late Palaeozoic marine faunal distributions: origin, processes and implications for modern global marine biogeography
Prof Guang Shi, Dr Alexander Biakov, Prof Shuzhong Shen, Prof Jun-ichi Tazawa, A/Prof Charles Henderson, A/Prof Katsumi Ueno
ARC - Discovery Projects
- 2009: $53,086
- 2008: $62,437
- 2007: $61,215
Size matters: evolution of body size of species in deep time
Prof Guang Shi, Prof Shuzhong Shen, Dr Shucheng Xie
ARC - Discovery Projects
- 2017: $110,327
- 2016: $109,215
- 2015: $106,881
Supervisions
Yang Zhang
Thesis entitled: Permian-Triassic brachiopod fauna and the end-Permian mass extinction
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Sangmin Lee
Thesis entitled: An integrated multidisciplinary palaeontological study of selected Permian Arctic brachiopods
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Wenzhong Li
Thesis entitled: Permian brachiopod faunas of southeastern Mongolia: systematics, biostratigraphy, palaeogeographical and palaeobiogeographical implications
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Matt Andrew White
Thesis entitled: Structural Function and Evolution of the Subarctometatarsus
Master of Science (Ecology & Environment), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Yuanqiao Peng
Thesis entitled: Early Triassic Lingulidae fauna and its associated Marine Fauanas in South China
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Elizabeth Anne Weldon
Thesis entitled: Palaeontological Aspects of the Permian Broughton Formation, Sydney Basin, Australia
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Ye Duan
Thesis entitled: Cambrian Strata, Depositional Environments and Trilobite Faunas in W Hunan, China
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Monica Joanne Campi
Thesis entitled: Permian Brachiopod from China and Malaysia
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Zhongqiang Chen
Thesis entitled: Late Palaeozoic Sequence Stratigraphy and Brachiopod Faunas of the Tarim Basin, NW China
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Louise Margaret Goldie Divko
Thesis entitled: Sub-surface Geology of the Kerang District, Murray Basin, Southeast Australia
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Robert Irwin
Thesis entitled: Cenozoic Echinoids of Australia
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Jason Cottier
Thesis entitled: Biological Synopsis of the Toothy Flathead, Neoplatycephalus aurimaculatus Knapp, Sampled from Eastern Bass Strait
Master of Science (Ecology & Environment), School of Life and Environmental Sciences