Ichnoplanet alumni Dr. Maximiliano Paz begins professorship at Oberlin College

Maxi started a new teaching position in 2024 after finishing his Ph.D. and postdoctoral studies in the Ichnoplanet lab at the University of Saskatchewan. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Oberlin College, a liberal arts college in Ohio, USA. Oberlin is known for its extensive history on abolitionist and progressive ideas, being the first college to provide higher education to women and one of the first to admit African Americans in the United States. Maxi currently teaches Sed-Strat, Paleontology, Historical Geology, and courses about the Energy Transition and Patagonian landscapes. He also created a research lab currently consisting of 4 undergraduate students researching trace fossils from Paleozoic rocks of Asturias (Spain), Brittany (France), Houston (Texas, USA), and Cincinnati (Ohio, USA).

Photo of the trace fossil lab at Oberlin College. From left to right, undergraduate research students Paige Grossenbacher, Anika Roos, and Quinn O’Halloran, and professor Maximiliano Paz.

Congratulations to Maxi for his new position and research group!

Written by Maximiliano Paz and Zane Gabriel Goodell

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