Dr. Jiri Frýda

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Education
  • Ph.D., Paleontology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, 1998
  • M.S., Mineralogy/Geochemistry, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, 1985
  • B.S. Mineralogy/Geochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, 1985

Dr. Jiri Frýda is a professor of Environmental Sciences at the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague.

His research interests include:
-Phylogeny and evolution of Paleozoic gastropods
-Biomineralization
-Ontogeny of gastropods
-Paleobiogeography
-Chemostratigraphy
-Paleozoic global changes
-Mineralogy and geochemistry

Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Frýda has published the following:

Bouchet, P., J. Frýda, B. Hausdorf, W. Ponder, A. Valdés, and A. Warén. 2005. Working classification of the Gastropoda. Malacologia 47(1–2): 239–283.

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