Dr. Philip Currie

Philip J. Currie, Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, Alberta, is a palaeontologist whose work focuses on the detailed anatomy, mode of life, and evolutionary relationships of dinosaurs in North America, South America and Eurasia (particularly China and Mongolia). His scientific studies have changed the direction of research in his field and pioneered new and fresh insights, ideas and theories about how dinosaurs became established and how they flourished in Mesozoic times. Currie's recent find, with Chinese colleagues, of bipedal dinosaurs with feathers in northeastern China virtually establishes that theropod dinosaurs are most likely to be the ancestors of birds. His discoveries on the evolution and life habits of Jurassic and Cretaceous dinosaurs have appealed to young and old.