Katie Maloney

<p class="p1">Dr. Katie Maloney is a paleontologist and geobiologist fascinated by fossils and their paleoenvironments. She is an Assistant Professor in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department at Michigan State University. She holds a B.Sc. in Honours Integrated Science from McMaster University, and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Earth Science from the University of Toronto. She was awarded an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship to investigate the ecological expansion of 1 billion-year-old seaweed at McGill University, and was then appointed as the Rebanks Fellow in Natural History at the Royal Ontario Museum where she studied Burgess Shale Seaweed. Sheis certified as a Professional Geoscientist in Ontario and invested in geoscience communication, promoting field safety leadership, and encouraging the community to explore their own backyards.