Dr. Stephen Pates

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Steve is an invertebrate palaeobiologist interested in the origins and early evolution of animals, particularly focusing on arthropod palaeoecology and the role of arthropods in establishing the biological carbon pump over deep time.

Research Interests

Experience

NERC Independent Research Fellow

2025-01-01 — Present

University College London • London, United Kingdom

Lecturer in Invertebrate Palaeontology

Herchel Smith Postdoctoral Fellow

2024-02-05 — 2025-04-30

University of Exeter • Penryn, United Kingdom

Biodiversity Research Fellow

2021-01-04 — 2023-12-31

University of Cambridge • Cambridge, United Kingdom

Researcher

2019-09-01 — 2020-12-31

Harvard University • Cambridge, MA, United States