Curriculum Vitae
Olev
Vinn
Born in
Education:
Graduated
3.
Graduated
in geology (BSc) at the
MSc in geology at the
graptolite zonation
in the Baltic and
PhD in geology at the
University of Tartu 2001. Dissertation
“Morphogenesis and phylogenetic relationships of clitambonitidines,
Ordovician brachiopods”
Teaching:
Lectures on:
"Evolution of the early Metazoan"
at the
Practical
classes in the palaeontology.
Membership
of societies:
The Palaeontological Association. UK -1996
The Paleontological Society.
Current
research:
(1) Biological
affinities of problematic fossils,
shell structure and evolution of cornulitids and microconchids.
(2) Biomineralization,
ultrastructure and evolution of calcareous tubes in annelids.
(3) Bioerosion (worm-borings) and biofouling of Early Palaeozoic biomineral
substrates, palaeoecology and evolution.
(4) Palaeozoic articulate brachiopods.
European
Commission grants:
09.10.00-01.12.00 in the
Project title: “Evolution of the Baltoscandian
clitambonitidine and orthidine brachiopods”-supported by COBICE- European
Commission.
01.09.03-12.10.03. in
Project title: “Shell structure, palaeoecology,
and systematic position of the problematic fossils cornulitids” – supported by
HIGH LAT - European Commission.
03.01.05-07.01.05 in Zoological
10.01.05-18.02.05 in
03.04.05-14.05.05 in
22.05.05-18.06.05 in
09.10.05-29.10.05. in
17.04.06-17.05.06 in Swedish Museum of Natural
History. Project title: ’Taxonomic revision and zoological affinities of the
genus Anticalyptraea Eichwald, 1860’ -
supported by the European Commission, SYNTHESYS SE-TAF-1520.
National
grants:
01.01.2002 - 31.12.2004 ‘Sequence stratigraphic
aspects in distribution of Estonian Lower Silurian brachiopods, ostracodes,
corals and molluscs’ETF5290 Estonian Science Foundation research grant. Grant
holder: Prof. Madis Rubel, Senior participant: Dr. Olev Vinn.
01.01.2003 - 31.12.2007 ‘Environmental indicators,
palaeobiology of assemblages and taphonomy in the Palaeozoic seas’ No
0182531s03, Estonian Ministry of Education and Science. Grant holder: Prof.
Tõnu Meidla, Senior participant: Dr. Olev Vinn.
01.01.2006-31.12.2008 ‘Tube formation and biomineralization in annelids, its evolutionary and
ecological implications’ ETF 6623 Estonian Science Foundation research grant.
Grant holder: Dr. Olev Vinn.
01.01.2008-31.12.2013
’Ordovician and Silurian climate changes, as documented from the biotic changes
and depositional environments in the Baltoscandian Palaeobasin’ Project
SF0180051s08, Estonian
Ministry of Education and Science. Grant holder: Prof. Tõnu Meidla, Senior
participant: Dr. Olev Vinn.
Awards:
1992 awarded the prize for written contributions
by young researchers by Estonian Geological Society.
2005 Sylvester Bradley Award, Palaeontological
Association,
Peer
Reviewer for:
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, Bulletin of
Geosciences, Journal of Paleontology, Lethaia, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und
Paläontologie