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Dr. Doug Jones

Director of the FLMNH and Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology
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Douglas Jones is Director of the Florida Museum of Natural History and Curator of the Invertebrate Paleontology Division. Dr. Jones received his Ph.D. in 1980 from Princeton University. He came to the FLMNH in 1985 in the capacity of curator and a professor of geology and zoology at UF. Dr. Jones has authored over 100 scientific and technical papers and co-edited several books, including most recently, "The Geology of Florida." He is a popular speaker around Florida, but has also lectured at Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge, and many other universities. He serves on the editorial boards of several international scientific societies and is a trustee and board member of numerous cultural organizations.