Joshua M. Hedge

PhD Student; NC State University

Address: Paleontology Lab, Museum of Natural Sciences, 11 W Jones St, Raleigh, NC, 27603

Email: jhedge@ncsu.edu

  • Research Interests
    • Evolution of the avian lineage via oviraptorosaur dinosaurs;
    • Ootaxonomy and the evolution of the modern avian egg;
    • Cretaceous paleoecology and paleobiogeography, particularly Asian-North American faunal exchange.
  •  Education
    • PhD, Biology – NC State University: 2019 to present:
      • Thesis: “Oviraptorosaur Eggs and the Implications for Paleoecology and Life Habits”;
    • MSci, Geology (First Class Honours) – University of Birmingham: 2012-2016:
      • Master’s Dissertation: “An Ichnological Study of the Terrestrial ‘Red-Beds’ of the Carboniferous Salop Formation, Shropshire”.
  • Publications
    • Hedge, Joshua & Shillito, Anthony & Davies, Neil & J. Butler, Richard & J. Sansom, Ivan. (2018). Invertebrate trace fossils from the Alveley Member, Salop Formation (Pennsylvanian, Carboniferous), Shropshire, UK. Proceedings of the Geologists Association. 10.1016/j.pgeola.2018.10.002.
    • Josh Hedge, Angela Milner, Luke Meade, Ivan Sansom & Richard Butler. In prep. Body impressions of a diplocaulid amphibian from the late Carboniferous Salop Formation of Shropshire, UK.  To be submitted to Palaeontology.
  • Conferences
    • Poster presentation of MSci Dissertation at SVPCA 2017 (Birmingham).
  • Awards
    • NC State Provost’s Fellowship (2019-2020);
    • Micropalaeontology Society Award for outstanding result in micropalaeontology (2016);
    • Palaeontological Association Award for outstanding result in palaeontology (2015).
  • Fieldwork/Expedition Experience
    • NW Scotland (Jurassic): 2013-2018
    • S England (Triassic-Cretaceous): 2013-2016
    • SW Wales (Paleozoic): 2013-2014