Curriculum Vitae
Olev Vinn
Born in
Education:
Graduated 3. Tallinn Secondary School (Biology class) in 1989.
BSc in geology from the University of Tartu in 1993.
MSc in palaeontology
and stratigraphy from the University of Tartu in 1995. MSc thesis The Arenig
graptolite zonation in the Baltic and Moscow syneclises.
PhD in geology from the University of Tartu 2001. Dissertation
Morphogenesis and phylogenetic
relationships of clitambonitidines,
Ordovician brachiopods
Teaching:
Lectures on: Evolution of the early Metazoan
at the
Practical classes in the palaeontology.
Membership of societies:
The Palaeontological Association.
The Paleontological Society.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Research fellow: University
of Tartu 2001-2007.
Senior research fellow: University
of Tartu 2007-2020.
Associate Professor in Paleontology: University of Tartu since 2021.
Current research:
(1) Evolution of symbiosis and predation.
(2) Biological affinities of problematic fossils, shell structure and evolution of cornulitids and microconchids.
(3) Biomineralization, ultrastructure and evolution of calcareous tubes in annelids.
(4) Bioerosion and biofouling of hard substrates from the Phanerozoic, palaeoecology and evolution.
international grants:
09.10.00-01.12.00 in the University of Copenhagen, at the Geologisk Museum.
Project title: Evolution of the Baltoscandian clitambonitidine and orthidine brachiopods -supported by COBICE- European Commission.
01.09.03-12.10.03.
in
Project title: Shell structure, palaeoecology, and systematic position of the problematic fossils cornulitids - supported by HIGH LAT - European Commission.
03.01.05-07.01.05 in Zoological Museum of Amsterdam. Project title: Tube microstructure in serpulid polychaetes - supported by the European Commission, SYNTHESYS NL-TAF-111.
10.01.05-18.02.05 in Swedish Museum of Natural History. Project title: Shell microstructure, taxonomy and stratigraphical distribution of possible early microconchids from the Silurian of Baltoscandia - supported by the European Commission, SYNTHESYS SE-TAF-113.
03.04.05-14.05.05 in Natural History Museum, London. Project title: The structure and affinities of cornulitids - supported by European Commission, SYNTHESYS GB-TAF-188.
22.05.05-18.06.05 in Natural History Museum in Berlin. Project title: Late Palaeozoic to Early Mesozoic microconchids and the earliest serpulid polychaetes - supported by the European Commission, SYNTHESYS DE-TAF-122.
09.10.05-29.10.05. in Natural History Museum in Vienna. Project title: Taxonomic implication of the tube microstructure in serpulid polychaetes from Cretaceous and Cenozoic of Austria and beyond - supported by the European Commission, SYNTHESYS AT-TAF-611
17.04.06-17.05.06 in Swedish Museum of Natural History. Project title: Taxonomic revision and zoological affinities of the genus Anticalyptraea Eichwald, 1860 - supported by the European Commission, SYNTHESYS SE-TAF-1520.
2007. Project title: Early Mesozoic microconchids and the earliest serpulid polychaetes. The Sepkoski Grant by The Paleontological Society (USA).
2010. Project title: Evolution of bioerosion in the Ordovician and Silurian of eastern Baltic. The Sepkoski Grant by The Paleontological Society (USA).
2011. Project title: Endosymbiotic invertebrates in the Ordovician of Estonia (Baltica). The Sepkoski Grant by The Paleontological Society (USA).
2012. Project title: Symbiotic interactions in the Ludlow reefs on Saaremaa Island, Estonia. The Sepkoski Grant by The Paleontological Society (USA).
2013. Project title: Encrustation and bioerosion of hard substrates in the Late Cambrian of Baltica. The Sepkoski Grant by The Paleontological Society (USA).
2014-2015 Palaeontological Association Research Grant (UK). Project title: Evolution of biofouling and bioerosion in the Early Palaeozoic of Baltica
2015 Project title: Crinoid symbionts in the Silurian of Estonia (Baltica). The Sepkoski Grant by The Paleontological Society (USA).
2017 Project title: Trace fossils in the Ordovician and Silurian shells from Estonia. The Sepkoski Grant by The Paleontological Society (USA).
2018 Project title: Endobiotic symbionts in the Late Devonian stromatoporoids from Baltica. The Sepkoski Grant by The Paleontological Society (USA).
2020 Project title: Symbiosis of bryozoans with the other organisms in the Silurian of Baltica. The Sepkoski Grant by The Paleontological Society (USA).
National grants:
01.01.2002 - 31.12.2004 Sequence stratigraphic aspects in distribution of Estonian Lower Silurian brachiopods, ostracodes, corals and molluscs ETF5290 Estonian Science Foundation research grant. Principle investigator: Prof. Madis Rubel, partner investigator: Dr. Olev Vinn.
01.01.2003 - 31.12.2007 Environmental indicators, palaeobiology of assemblages and taphonomy in the Palaeozoic seas No 0182531s03, Estonian Ministry of Education and Science. Grant holder: Prof. Tõnu Meidla, partner investigator: Dr. Olev Vinn.
01.01.2006-31.12.2008
Tube
formation and biomineralization in annelids, its evolutionary and ecological
implications ETF 6623
Estonian Science Foundation research grant. Principle investigator: Dr. Olev
Vinn.
01.01.2008-31.12.2013 Ordovician and Silurian climate changes, as documented from the biotic changes and depositional environments in the Baltoscandian Palaeobasin Project SF0180051s08, Estonian Ministry of Education and Science. Grant holder: Prof. Tõnu Meidla, partner investigator: Dr. Olev Vinn.
01.01.2012-31.12.2015 Evolution
of biomineralization in the serpulid
tubeworms (Polychaeta, Annelida) ETF9064 Estonian Science Foundation research grant. Principle investigator: Dr. Olev Vinn,
partner investigator: Dr. Paul D. Taylor.
01.01.2014-31.12.2019 The Phanerozoic journey of Baltica: sedimentary, geochemical and biotic signatures of changing environment - PalaeoBaltica. Estonian Research Council. Grant holder: Prof. Tõnu Meidla, partner investigator: Dr. Olev Vinn.
Awards:
2017 Estonian State Science Prize in Geo-Bio Sciences
EDITOR:
Journal of Paleontology
ASSOCIATE EDITOR:
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Frontiers in Earth Science
Historical Biology
SECTION EDITOR:
Science Progress
MEMBER OF EDITORIAL BOARD:
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
Scientific Reports
expert for:
National Science Center, Poland - as a grant reviewer
Research Grant Council of Hong Kong - as a grant reviewer
University of Otago, New Zealand - external examiner for MSc thesis
The University of New England, Australia - examiner of PhD thesis.