Oliver Weeks
Co-Founder - Emanya
Social Media Manager and Preparator
April 2024 - Present
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Host - PalaeoTube
June 2024 - Present
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Indoor Meetings Secretary - Yorkshire Geological Society
September 2024 - Present
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Field Curator and Team Leader - Mammoth Graveyard Excavation
August - September 2023​ & July - August 2024
Cerney Wick, United Kingdom
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Supervisor of excavation team
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Slot excavation of subfossil Pleistocene mammal bones
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Plaster jacketing of fragile specimens
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Conservation and consolidation of Pleistocene and Jurassic fossils​
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Curator and Technician - Yorkshire Natural History Museum/Neo Jurassica
May 2023​ - April 2024
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Archiving of Earth and Life Sciences collections
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Designing long-term and exhibition displays
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Monitoring environmental conditions and creating reports for the museum
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Running fossil preparation public labs
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Coordinating the public lecture series
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Tour guiding
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Running educational workshops
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MSci Palaeontology and Evolution (2:1) University of Bristol
September 2016​ - June 2020
Tutored by Prof. Philip Donoghue
​Master's Project - Functional Adaptation in the Evolution of Cetacea
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Morphofunctional study of cetacean jaws using elliptical Fourier analysis and 2D FEA modelling to test functional optimality through their evolution
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Supervised by Prof. Emily Rayfield, Prof. Phil Donoghue and Dr. William Deakin
Skills
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Scientific writing
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Coding - R, MATLAB, UNIX
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Statistical Analyses
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Geological Mapping
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Stratigraphic Logging
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Lab Skills
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Biology - Dissection, chromatography, photospectroscopy, viral inoculation, electrophoresis
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Geology - Microscopic and macroscopic petrology
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Familiarity with COSHH standards particularly in a biohazards and corrosive substance contexts
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