Postdoctoral Research Associate (Leverhulme Trust)

Palaeobiology Group

Direct contact:

Tel: 0116 252 3924 Email: glm2@le.ac.uk

Research interests

My research centres on the study of Lower Palaeozoic phytoplankton and chitinozoans; their uses in biostratigraphy; the development and testing of models of palaeoenvironmental change.  Co-ordinator of the PhytoPal Project.

Four recent publications

• Mullins, G. L.  2004.  Microplankton biostratigraphy of the Bringewood Group, Ludlow Series, Silurian, of the type area. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2 (3): 163–205.
• Mullins, G. L., Aldridge, R. J. & Siveter, David, J.  2004.  Microplankton associations, biofacies and palaeoenvironment of the type lower Ludlow Series, Silurian.  Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 130: 163–194.
• Mullins, G. L. & Aldridge, R. J.  2004.  Chitinozoan biostratigraphy of the basal Wenlock Series (Silurian) Global Stratotype Section and Point.  Palaeontology, 47: 745–773.
• Mullins, G. L.  2003.  Aggregates of the acritarch Dilatisphaera laevigata: faecal pelletization, phytoplankton bloom or defence against phagotrophy?  Journal of Micropalaeontolgy, 22: 163–167.