Paleobotany Collections Manager
dmj (Please add "@flmnh.ufl.edu" to "dmj" for full email address.)
David M. Jarzen is a Senior Biologist and Collections Manager for Paleobotany and Palynology
at the Florida Museum of Natural History. He earned his BS degree in 1967 from Kent State University
majoring in Biological Sciences, and two years later received his MA degree in Botany from the same
institution. In 1973 he was awarded the PhD in Geology from the University of Toronto. His research
interests in the nature of plant life during the Earth's geologic history have provided extensive
field work in all regions of the United States and Canada, as well as Europe, Africa, Central &
South America, Islands of the South Pacific and most recently to several localities within Australia.
The focus of his work incorporates a global view towards understanding the evolution of major plant
life at the close of the Cretaceous and into the Tertiary. David has published his research in both
professional journals and popular venues. His work has been incorporated in several television productions
including the CBC's "Nature of Things", the PBS NOVA Series, the NHK (Japan) Series "The Miracle Planet",
the National Film Board of Canada, the Discovery Channel and other North American cable networks.
He has served the scientific community through elected positions in several National and International
organizations. He was an invited Visiting Scholar to the Department of Geology & Mineralogy (1987-1988)
of The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, and in 1991 and 1994 to the Botany Department
of the same university. He has been a member of 14 learned scientific societies as well as the honorary
scientific society, Sigma Xi. He is responsible for the creation and development of collections databases
for the paleobotany and palynology holdings of the Canadian Museum of Nature and at the Florida Museum
of Natural History.
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