Josh Hedge, Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology,

Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL, 60045

  • Currently Taught Courses
    • Biol 389 – Evolution
    • Biol 310 – Paleoecology
    • Biol 220 – Ecology and Evolution
    • Biol 110 – The Science of Water

 

  •  Education
    • PhD, Biology – NC State University (2019-2024):
      • “Variation in the Ornamentation of Elongatoolithid Eggs and the Implications for Oviraptorosaur Nesting”;
    • MSci, Geology – University of Birmingham (2012-2016):
      • “An Ichnological Study of the Terrestrial ‘Red-Beds’ of the Carboniferous Salop Formation, Shropshire”.

 

  • Publications
    • Hedge, J.; Bender, E.R.; Zanno, L.E. (2024). “Novel Quantification of Eggshell Surfaces in Dromaius novaehollandiae with Implications for the Fossil Eggshells of Oviraptorosauria (Dinosauria)”, Ecology and Evolution, under review.
    • Hedge, J., Tucker, R.T., Makovicky, P.J., Zanno, L.E. (2024). “Fossil eggshell diversity of the Mussentuchit Member, Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah”, PLOS One, under review.
    • Zanno, L.E.; Tucker, R.T.; Avrahami, H.M.; Hedge, J. and Makovicky, P.J., (2024). Mid-Cretaceous Melting Pot: How Faunal Exchange and Climate Change Reshaped North American Dinosaur Communities. 200 Years of Dinosaurs: New Perspectives on an Ancient World.
    • Hedge, J; Zanno, L.E., (2023). Orientation: A New R Function For Quantifying The Direction And Strength Of Orientation On Paleontological Surfaces And Its Application To The Eggs Of Oviraptorosauria. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2023 (208).
    • Hedge, J; Zanno, L.E., (2023). Reassessing The Alpha-Taxonomy Of The Oogenus Macroelongatoolithus Based On A New Nest From The Cenomanian-Age Mussentuchit Member Of The Cedar Mountain Formation (Utah). 14th Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota. Anat Rec, 306: 3-267.
    • L. Zanno, R. Tucker, C. Suarez, H. Avrahami, L. Herzog, J. Hedge, E. Lund, W. Freimuth, K. Beguesse, P. Makovicky (2023). Paleobiodiversity Of The Mussentuchit Member, Cedar Mountain Formation (Utah): New Discoveries Enhance And Contextualize An Exceptional Window Into Mid-Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems. 14th Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota. Anat Rec, 306: 3-267.
    • Hedge, J; Zanno, L.E., (2022). Quantitative testing of eggshell ornamentation categories within two clutches of dinosaur eggs (Elongatoolithidae) from the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2022 (177).
    • Hedge, J; Zanno, L.E., (2021). Quantitative measures of external ornamentation in avian and dinosaurian eggshell using a novel application of the R package molaR. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2021.
    • Hedge, J; Makovicky, P.J.; Cifelli, R; Zanno, L.E., (2020). New data on the ooassemblage of the Cenomanian-age Mussentuchit Member, Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2020.
    • Hedge, J.; Shillito, A.P.; Davies, N.S.; Butler, R.J. and Sansom, I.J., (2019). Invertebrate trace fossils from the Alveley member, Salop formation (Pennsylvanian, Carboniferous), Shropshire, UK. Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, 130(1), pp.103-111.

 

  •  Fieldwork
    • Khukhteeg Fm., Gobi Desert, Mongolia (2023)
    • Bayanshiree Fm., Gobi Desert, Mongolia (2023)
    • Menefee Fm., New Mexico, USA (2021-2023)
    • Moreno Hill Fm., New Mexico, USA (2020-2022)
    • Cedar Mountain Fm., Utah, USA (2020-2023)
    • Lealt Shale Fm., Isle of Skye, UK (2015-2018)

 

  • Scientific Outreach
    • Scientific Content Advisor, NCMNS Adult Night “Social in the Shire” (2023)
    • Science Liaison, NC State Basketball “Jurassic Park” Event (2021-22)
    • Scientific Content Creator, Dueling Dinosaurs Communications (2021)
    • Scientific Content Advisor, NCMNS Adult Night “Wild Love” (2020).