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Personal profile
Biography
Patricia works in the Monash Science Centre at Monash University as an Emerita Professor and the Director of PrimeSCI!, a group that provides science education to primary and early secondary students as well as preschools, as well as developing curriculum and providing training for teachers. She also travels to exhibitions that highlight cutting edge research (Dinosaurs: Dawn to Extinction; Wildlife of Gondwana; Dinosaurs of Darkness; the Flow on Effect of Peter Trusler's Paleoreconstruction Art, etc.) which generates funding for university students and underwrites expeditionary work.
She is an elected member of the NY Explorers Club, and elected member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, an Honorary Researcher of Museum Victoria and the Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and has gained more than 30 National Geographic Grants for field research in southern Africa, Siberia, Argentina, China, Australia and Saudi Arabia.
Patricia has written a number of research and popular books which have won awards including the Premier of Victoria's Science book of the year, the Eureka awards for science writing, and has published more than 200 scientific publications, including several in Science over the years.
She still teaches at undergraduate level, mentors graduate student projects and is involved in early childhood education projects in Afghanistan, Timor-Leste, Namibia and Argentina.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Field Work Saudi Arabia
- Argentina
- Timor-Leste
- Namibia
- Siberia
- Phanerozoic and Precambrian Palaeobiology
- Science Communication
- Jurassic - Cretaceous Gondwana
- Exhibitions (Wildlife of Gondwana
- Dinosaurs of Darkness
- etc.)
- Ediacaran
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 14 Finished
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IGCP: Australian IGCP committee of the INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CORRELATION PROGRAM Travel Grant
Rich, P., Hall, M. & Rich, T.
29/06/19 → 4/08/19
Project: Research
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The Rise and Fall of the Ediacaran (Vendian) Biota: The Newfoundland Launch and the Nambian Finale
Rich, P., Fedonkin, M., Hall, M., Linnemann, U., Narbonne, G. & Schneider, G.
1/06/11 → 1/06/12
Project: Research
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Mesozoic Austral Biodiversity: Research and Regional Museum Applications
Rich, P. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Kear, B. P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lee, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hock, S. (Partner Investigator (PI)), McLoughlin, S. (Partner Investigator (PI)) & Rich, T. (Partner Investigator (PI))
Australian Research Council (ARC)
1/01/10 → 31/12/12
Project: Research
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A megaraptorid (Dinosauria: Theropoda) frontal from the upper Strzelecki Group (Lower Cretaceous) of Victoria, Australia
Kotevski, J., Duncan, R. J., Pentland, A. H., Rule, J. P., Vickers-Rich, P., Rich, T. H., Fitzgerald, E. M. G., Evans, A. R. & Poropat, S. F., Feb 2024, In: Cretaceous Research. 154, 19 p., 105769.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
5 Citations (Scopus) -
Oldest pterosaur remains from Australia: evidence from the Lower Cretaceous (lower Albian) Eumeralla Formation of Victoria
Pentland, A. H., Vickers-Rich, P., Rich, T. H., Rigby, S. L. & Poropat, S. F., 2024, In: Historical Biology. 36, 7, p. 1188-1195 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Earliest known Gondwanan bird tracks: Wonthaggi Formation (Early Cretaceous), Victoria, Australia
Martin, A. J., Lowery, M., Hall, M., Vickers-Rich, P., Rich, T. H., Serrano-Brañas, C. I. & Swinkels, P., Oct 2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18, 11, 26 p., e0293308.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
First monotreme from the Late Cretaceous of South America
Chimento, N. R., Agnolín, F. L., Manabe, M., Tsuihiji, T., Rich, T. H., Vickers-Rich, P. & Novas, F. E., Feb 2023, In: Communications Biology. 6, 1, 6 p., 146.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access8 Citations (Scopus) -
A new Cretaceous fossil mammal locality from the Bass Coast of southeastern Australia
Rich, T. H., Lowery, M., Hall, M., Kool, L., Bevitt, J., White, M. & Vickers-Rich, P., 20 Oct 2022, In: Alcheringa. 46, 3-4, p. 349-353 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus)