Ian Wesley Gapp

Curatorial Assistant of Invertebrate Paleontology, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, 120 Lindley Hall, 1475 Jayhawk Blvd., University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045

315.534.5004 / wes123@ku.edu

EDUCATION

B.S. Maine Maritime Academy, Marine Science, May 2007

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant, University of Kansas, 8/07-5/08

Geol 101 – Introduction to Physical Geology

Geol 103 – Introduction to Physical Geology Lab

Geol 121 – Prehistoric Life

Curatorial Assistant, University of Kansas, 8/08-present

I am responsible for curating all the Early Cambrian trilobite material in the KU collection, sending some materials to appropriate repositories in Canada, and entering data as well as other trilobite material in our general collections into our Specify database. I will also be developing a digital library of material, using my own research-based photography, to place online for research and outreach purposes.

ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS

Lloyd Henbest Summer Support Scholarship

Lloyd Henbest Graduate Scholarship

PUBLICATIONS AND POSTERS

Domack, C.R., V.P. Tollerton, I.W. Gapp, J. Fischetti, M. Ferruzola. Fossils of the Utica Shale: A teaching module and reference collection. The Geological Society of America: Northeastern Section - 43rd Annual Meeting (27-29 March 2008).

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Paleontological Society

Palaeontological Association

Geological Society of America

American Association of Petroleum Geologists