Who are the researchers? For each researcher determine:
What is his/her academic pedigree
What is his/her professional affiliation?
What are his/her major research interests?
Have he/she written other papers on this subject?
What is his/her relationship to the other authors
Is there anything else notable in their biography?
Xiao, S. and A. H. Knoll, Phosphatized animal embryos from the Neoproterozoic
Doushantuo Formation in Weng’an, Guizhou, South China. Journal of
Paleontology, 74(5): 767–788, 2000.
Researcher: Shuhai Xiao (all information from his professional website and
related documents at: http://www.geol.vt.edu/profs/xiao/ )
Academic Pedigree: Beijing University, B.S., 1988, Beijing University, M.S.,
1991, Harvard University, A. M., 1996, Harvard University, Ph.D., 1998
Professional Affiliation: Tulane University, moving to Virginia Tech
Major research interests: “Precambrian Geobiology; Early Animal History;
Proterozoic Algal Fossils; Lagerstätten; Taphonomy”
Other papers by this author on the subject of Proterozoic embryos:
Xiao, S., Y. Zhang, and A. H. Knoll. 1998. Three-dimensional preservation of
algae and animal embryos in a Neoproterozoic phosphorite. Nature. 391:
553-558.
Xiao, S. and A. H. Knoll. 2000. Cellular preservation in the Neoproterozoic
Doushantuo Lagerstatte, South China. Lethaia, 32: 219-240
Xiao, S. 2002. Mitotic topologies and mechanics of Neoproterozoic algae and
animal embryos. Paleobiology, 28(2):244-250.
Relationship to other authors: Colleagues from Harvard University
Other notable achievements: NASA Mars Exploration Payload Assessment
Group (MEPAG), Astrobiology Science Steering Group Member; Best Paper
Award: Journal of Paleontology (2001); hundreds of thousands of dollars in
research grants.