Patricia Vickers-Rich

Education and career

Career and professional positions

• 1963–1965 – Zooarchaeologist at the Nevada State Museum
• 1963–1965 – Research Assistant in Paleontology at the University of California
• 1968–1969 – Teaching Assistant in Geology at Columbia University, New York City
• 1970 – Field Ecologist with the Organization for Tropical Studies in Costa Rica
• 1972 – Paleontologist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York
• 1973–1976 – Assistant Professor and Associate Curator at Texas Tech University and Museum
• 1976–1983 – Lecturer in Earth Sciences at Monash
• 1977 – Research Associate in Ornithology at the Museum of Victoria
• 1984–1989 – Senior Lecturer in Earth Sciences and Zoology at Monash
• 1989–1995 – Reader in Departments of Earth Sciences, and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, at Monash
• 1992–1993 – Deputy Head of Earth Sciences at Monash
• 1992–1994 – Vice President of the Australian Association of Palaeontologists
• 1993 – Foundation Director of the Monash Science Centre
• 1994–1995 – President Elect of the Australian Association of Palaeontologists
• 1995 – Research Associate at Queen Victoria Museum in Launceston, Tasmania
• 1995 – Professor and Personal Chair in Palaeontology at Monash
• 1996 – Member of the International Academy of Sciences of Nature and Society in Moscow
• 1997–1998 – President of the Australian Association of Palaeontologists
• 1998 – Research Associate in Vertebrate Palaeontology and Ornithology at the Museum of Victoria
• 2004 – Research Associate in the Laboratory of Precambrian Organisms at the Paleontological Institute in Moscow

  Publications

• 1985 – Kadimakara: Extinct Vertebrates of Australia. Pioneer Design Studio.
• 1987 – A Chinese-English and English-Chinese Dictionary of Vertebrate Palaeontology Terms. Monash University: Melbourne.
• 1989 – The Fossil Book: A Record of Prehistoric Life.. Doubleday.
• 1991 – Vertebrate Palaeontology of Australia.. Monash University: Melbourne.
• 1992 – Australia Long, Long Ago : a Geological Story.. Paleoscriptis: Melbourne.
• 1993 – Wildlife of Gondwana: Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrates from the Ancient Supercontinent.. Indiana University Press: Bloomington.
• 1994 – The ICI Australia catalogue of the Great Russian Dinosaurs Exhibition 1993-1995.. ICI Australia: North Melbourne.
• 1996 – Australia's Lost World: A History of Australia's Backboned Animals.. Kangaroo Press: Sydney.
• 1997 – Fossil collector's guide.. Kangaroo Press: Sydney.
• 2000 – Dinosaurs of Darkness.. Indiana University Press: Bloomington.
• 2003 – A Century of Australian Dinosaurs.. Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery Publications: Launceston.
• 2003 – Magnificent Mihirungs: The Colossal Flightless Birds of the Australian Dreamtime.. Indiana University Press: Bloomington.
• 2007 – The Rise And Fall Of The Ediacaran Biota.. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 286.
• 2008 – The Rise of Animals: Evolution and Diversification of the Kingdom Animalia.. Johns Hopkins Press.
• 2010 – The Artist and the Scientists: Bringing Prehistory to Life.. Cambridge University Press.
• 2012 – The Flight: Boris S. Sokolov. Natural History and Paleontology in the Changing Landscape of 20th and Early 21st Century Russia. Paleontological Society of India, Lucknow.

  Literary awards

• 1993 – Eureka Prize for Wildlife of Gondwana
• 1993 – Michael Daley Award for Excellence in Science Technology and Engineering Journalism
• 1994 – Whitley Medal for best book on the natural history of Australian animals for Wildlife of Gondwana
• 2000 – Eureka Prize for Dinosaurs of Darkness
• 2004 – Whitley Medal for best book on the natural history of Australian animals for Magnificent Mihirungs