Richard Jordan
As a phycologist and micropalaeontologist, my research over the last 30 years has
largely focused on coccolithophorids, parmalean algae and of course, diatoms. My
studies of modern and fossil diatom assemblages are from polar regions, coral reefs,
marine lakes, fjords, lagoons, and occasionally Japanese lakes, ponds and hot water
springs
(my
publication
list
can
be
found
here:
http://yamagata-u.academia.edu/RichardJordan ). In the last few years my research
group has been involved in the Western Pacific Diatoms Project, which aims to identify
and document the marine benthic diatoms living in tropical areas, particularly those
associated
with
farmer
fish
algal
turfs
(http://www.protistcentral.org/Project/get/project_id/17 ).
While working at Yamagata University, I have hosted the inaugural meeting of the
Neogene Polar Marine Diatom Workshop (2005), the Japanese Society of Diatomology
Autumn meeting (2009), and the 13th International Nannoplankton Association (INA)
meeting (2010). I have been a council member of the ISDR (2000-2002) and INA
(2008-present), an editorial board member and guest editor of several journals, and I am
currently the Editor-in-Chief of Marine Micropaleontology.
If elected as Vice-President, I would like to 1) encourage more students to join the
Society, and 2) increase the Society’s outreach (particularly educational publications).