About

Derek Briggs

G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of Geology & Geophysics; Director, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History; Curator in Charge of Invertebrate Paleontology, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History

Phone: 203 432-8590 (office) / 203 432-3752 (secretary, museum)
Email: derek.briggs@yale.edu

Office: 236 ESC

Mailing Address

Mailing address (U.S. Postal Service):
Department of Geology and Geophysics
Yale University 
P.O. Box 208109 
New Haven
CT 06520-8109
USA 

Street address (UPS and FedEx deliveries): 
Kline Geology Laboratory 
210 Whitney Ave. 
New Haven, CT 06511 
USA

Bio/Research:

My primary research interest is in the preservation and evolutionary significance of exceptionally preserved fossil biotas. This involves a range of approaches from experimental work on the factors controlling decay and fossilization, through studies of early diagenetic mineralization and organic preservation, to field work on a range of extraordinary fossil occurrences and their taxonomic description and analysis.