About me
I am a Research Collaborator at the USNM in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology. I am one of the world's specialists in the biology, evolution and systematics of asteroids aka starfish or sea stars. I write the Echinoblog (www.echinoblog.blogspot.com) and oversee the World Asteroidea Database (www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea).
My info
- Full name
- Christopher Mah
- Username
- brisinga
- I am
- a professional scientist
- Curator level
- Full Curator
Activity
- 97 objects curated
- 16 taxa curated
- 0 images set as exemplar
- 0 articles selected for Overview
- 0 preferred classifications selected
- 0 common names added
- 0 common names removed
- 0 common names curated
- 11 taxa commented
- 26 comments submitted
- 0 articles added
Curator qualifications
- Credentials
- 1. Research Collaborator/Postdoc/etc. for Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology, NMNH 2005-present. Responsible for identification of over 2620 specimen lots in the main collection. See my staff page at www.chrismah.com 2. Research Associate/former employee of Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology, California Academy of Sciences, 1993-present. Responsible for identification of 4384 specimen lots. 3. Approximately 2 dozen peer reviewed publications plus review articles. Approximately 2 dozen new species described. Primarily from deep-sea settings. 4. Editor of the World Asteroidea Database (www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea) which provides content to EOL. 5. Author of the Echinoblog (www.echinoblog.blogspot.com).
- Curation scope
- I am focused primarily in the Evolution, Systematics & Taxonomy of the Asteroidea (aka starfish or sea stars). But some limited knowledge of ophiuroids and other echinoderms
