Dr. Daniel L. Geiger
- Ph.D., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., 1999
- M.S., University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 1993
Dr. Daniel L. Geiger is the Curator of Malacology at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
Background from Santa Barbara Museum's website:
"Dr. Daniel Geiger joined the Museum staff in 2005, following training at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Research focuses on biodiversity and evolution of lower marine snails, including abalone, top snails, keyhole limpets and some lesser known groups."
Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Geiger has published the following:
McLean, J. H., and D. L. Geiger. 1998. New genera and species having the Fissurisepta shell form, with a generic-level phylogenetic analysis (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 475: 1–32.