Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment

School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Prof Guang Shi
  Phone   +61 3 925 17619
Email   guang.shi@deakin.edu.au
Position   Head of School
Campus   Burwood
Research grouping   Palaeobiology and Global Change
Centre for Integrative Ecology

Prof. Guang R. Shi was trained as a geologist and palaeontologist, and has more than 20
years reseacrh experience in these fields. He has undertaken geological fieldwork in many
countries and has described marine invertebrate fossils from all major continents except
Africa. Prof. Guang R. Shi has an extensive publication record in the fields of geology,
stratigraphy and palaeontology; he has also published in sedimentology, ichnology (trace fossil studies)
and biogeography.

Research interests

  1. Palaeobiology and Palaeoecology
  2. Biogeography and global change through geological time
  3. Geology, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy


Career

PhD study - The University of Queensland (1987-1991)
Postdoctoral Research Associate - University of Melbourne (1991)
ARC-funded Research Fellow - Deakin University (1992-1994)
Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor: Deakin University (1995-2005)
Professor (Personal Chair in Palaeontology) - Deakin University (2006-)

Key publications

Shi, G.R. (1993) Multivariate data analysis in palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography - a review Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 105, 199-234 Elsevier

Shi, G. R., Archbold, N. W. and Zhan, L. P. (1995) Distribution and characteristics of mid-Permian (Late Artinskian-Ufimian) mixed/transitional marine faunas in the Asian region and their palaeogeographical implications Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 114, 241-271 Elsevier

Shi, G. R. and Grunt, T. A. (2000) Permian Gondwanan-Boreal antitropicality with special reference to brachiopod faunas Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 155, 239-263 Elsevier

Shi, G.R. (2001) Palaeobiogeography of marine communities In D. E. G. Briggs and P.R. Crowther (eds), Palaeobiology II 440-444 Blackwell Science

Shi, G.R. and Waterhouse, J. B. (2010) Late Palaeozoic global changes affecting high-latitude environments and biotas: an introduction. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 298, 1-16 Elsevier

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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)

 

Postdoctoral fellows

NameProject title
Dr. Yichun ZHANG_Postdoc Fellow (2011-)Permian faunas and glacial landforms of Tibet and Southeast Australia.  

 

PhD students

Student nameThesis title
Yang ZHANG - currentPermian-Triassic stratigraphy, faunas and extinction events of South China and the end-Permian mass extinction Wenzhong LI - complete (2012)Permian brachiopod faunas and marine biogeography of Mongolia and Northeast China Sangmin (SAM) LEE - currentPermian brachiopod faunas and marine biogeography of the Arctic region Darren HASTIE - currentBiogeographic implications of the Chondrichthyan faunas of South-eastern Australia. Lijun ZHANG (completed, 2011)A study of Zoophycos from selected Devonian and Permian rocks  

 

Honours students

Student nameThesis title Grant Yates The space-time distribution of Permian brachiopod faunas in Australia Lindsay Bovill Size, shape and extinction: evolution of Permian-Triassic spiriferid brachiopods Misty Thorose Late Silurian palaeoenvironments and palaeontology of the Melbourne area Laura Johnston A globa study on the extinction of the Megafauna  

 

Teaching areas

History of life,
Biogeography


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8th February 2013