Ted Daeschler

Associate Professor
Department of Biodiversity, Earth and Environmental Science
Drexel University
United States of America

Biography

Ted Daeschler has been at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia since 1987 where he is now Vice-President for Systematic Biology and the Library. Ted studied geology at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and received a Masters in paleontology at the University of California at Berkeley in 1985. He was awarded his PhD at the University of Pennsylvania in 1998. Ted’s responsibilities at the Academy of Natural Sciences focus on research, collections building, and on public programs within the museum. He served as a scientific advisor for the renovation of the Academy’s Dinosaur Hall, and a variety of other paleontological exhibits. Ted’s work is a reflection of the rich history of vertebrate paleontology at the Academy of Natural Sciences, both in research and in public education.

Research Intrest

Vertebrate paleontology, specifically vertebrate fauna of the Late Devonian Period in eastern North America

List of Publications
Shubin, N. H., E. B. Daeschler and F.A. Jenkins, Jr. 2006. The pectoral fin of Tiktaalik roseae and the origin of the tetrapod limb. Nature 440:764-771
Downs, J. P., E.B. Daeschler, F. A. Jenkins, Jr, and N. H. Shubin. 2008. The cranial endoskeleton of Tiktaalik roseae. Nature 445:925-929.
Friedman, M. and E. B. Daeschler. 2006. Late Devonian (Famennian) lungfishes from the Catskill Formation of Pennsylvania, USA. Palaeontology 49(6):1-17.