Curriculum Vitae David Alexander Legg oxford.academia.edu/DavidLegg Date of birth: 31/03/1986 Nationality: British Marital status: Single Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PW, UK david.legg:oum.ac.uk – 07581253135 PROFESSIONAL ROLES September 2013 – Present: Research Fellow, Oxford University Museum of Natural History. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND June 2010 – August 2013: Ph.D “The impact of fossils on arthropod phylogeny”, Imperial College London. September 2008 – September 2009: MSc in Palaeobiology (Distinction), University of Bristol. Distinction (top three in class of over twenty). October 2005 - May 2008: BSc (Hons) in Palaeobiology and Evolution, University of Portsmouth. First Class Honours (highest mark in year group). PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 1. Lamsdell, J.C. and Legg, D.A. 2010. An isolated pterygotid ramus (Chelicerata: Eurypterida) from the Beartooth Butte Formation, Wyoming. Journal of Paleontology, 84: 1206-1208. 2. Legg, D.A., Ma, X., Wolfe, J.M., Ortega-Hernández, J., Edgecombe, G.D. and Sutton, M.D. 2011. Lobopodian phylogeny reanalysed. Nature, 476: E2-E3. 3. Legg, D.A., Garwood, R.J., Dunlop, J.A. and Sutton, M.A. 2012. A revision of orthosternous scorpions from the English Coal Measures aided by x-ray micro-tomography (XMT). Palaeontologia Electronica, 15.2: 14A: 16p. 4. Briggs, D.E.G., Siveter, D.J., Siveter, D.J., Sutton, M.D., Garwood, R.J. and Legg, D.A. 2012. A Silurian horseshoe crab illuminates the evolution of arthropod limbs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (USA), 109: 15702-15705. 5. Legg, D.A., Sutton, M.D. Edgecombe, G.D. and Caron, J.-B. 2012. Cambrian bivalved arthropod reveals origin of arthrodization. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 279: 4699-4704. 6. Ortega-Hernández, J., Legg, D.A. and Braddy, S.J. 2013. The phylogeny of aglaspidid arthropods and the internal relationships within Artiopoda. Cladistics, 29: 15-45. 7. Edgecombe, G.D. and Legg, D.A. 2013. The arthropod fossil record. p. 393-415 In Minelli, A., Boxshall, G. and Fusco, G. (eds.) Arthropod Biology and Evolution: Molecules, Development, Morphology. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 8. Legg, D.A. 2013. Multi-segmented arthropods from the Middle Cambrian of British Columbia (Canada). Journal of Paleontology, 87, 493-501. 9. Rak, S., Ortega-Hernández, J. and Legg, D.A. 2013. A revision of the Late Ordovician marrellomorph arthropod Furca bohemica from the Czech Republic. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 58, 615-628. 10. Ma, X., Edgecombe, G.D., Legg, D.A. and Hou, X.-G. 2013. The morphology and phylogenetic position of the Cambrian lobopodian Diania cactiformis. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. (advanced online version). 11. Legg, D.A. and Vannier, J. 2013. The affinities of the cosmopolitan arthropod Isoxys and its implications for the origin of arthropods. Lethaia. 12. Legg, D.A., Sutton, M.D. and Edgecombe, G.D. 2013. Arthropod fossil data increase congruence of morphological and molecular phylogenies. Nature communications. 13.Legg, D.A. and Caron, J.-B. in press. New middle Cambrian bivalved arthropod from the Burgess Shale (British Columbia, Canada). Palaeontology. 14. Hegna, T.A., Legg, D.A., Møller, O.S., Van Roy, P. and Lerosey-Aubril, R. in press. The correct authorship of Arthropoda. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 15. Legg, D.A., Ortega-Hernández, J. and Budd, G.E. in review. Head structure in Cambrian bivalved arthropods from the Burgess Shale Konservat-Lagerstätte. Arthropod Structure and Development. 16. Siveter, D.J., Briggs, D.E.G., Siveter, D.J., Sutton, M.D., Legg, D.A., and Joocum, S. in review. A Silurian ‘short-great-appendage’ arthropod. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 17. Vinther, J., Legg, D.A., Van Roy, P., Smith, M.P. and Harper, D.A.T. in review. A new Early Cambrian lobopodian shifts the pattern of early arthropod character evolution. Nature. OUTREACH PUBLICATIONS 1. Ortega-Hernández, J., Legg, D.A., Tremewan, J. and Braddy, S.J. (2010). Fossils explained 59: euthycarcinoids. Geology Today, 26: 195-198. CONFERENCE TALKS AND POSTERS 1. Legg, D.A., Braddy, S.J. and Dunlop, J.A. (2009). The supposed scorpion Acanthoscorpio mucronatus Kjellesvig-Waering, recognised as a juvenile eurypterid and its implications for scorpion systematics (Talk). Progressive Palaeontology, University of Birmingham. 2. Legg, D.A., Braddy, S.J. and Dunlop, J.A. (2009). A restudy of the Carboniferous scorpion Archaeoctonus glaber (Peach): Ontogeny meets phylogeny (Poster). 53rd Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association, University of Birmingham. 3. Legg, D.A., Braddy, S.J. and Dunlop, J.A. (2010). The systematics of fossil scorpions: implications for the origin of Arachnida (Talk). International Palaeontological Conference 3, Imperial College London. 4. Legg, D.A., Sutton, M. and Edgecombe, G.D. (2010). Arthropod phylogeny: historical perspective and future prospects (Talk). 12th Young Systematists’ Forum, Natural History Museum, London. 5. Wolfe, J.M. and Legg, D.A. (2010). Chelicerate tagmosis: inferred mechanisms of development in extinct taxa (Talk). 54th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association, University of Ghent. 6. Wolfe, J.M. and Legg, D.A. (2011). Chelicerate tagmosis: inferred homeotic development in extinct taxa (Talk). Society for Intergrative and Comparative Biology, Salt Lake City, UT. 7. Legg, D.A., Sutton, M. and Edgecombe, G.D. (2011). The phylogeny of marrellomorph arthropods. (poster). Natural History Museum Annual Student Conference. (also presented at Progressive Palaeontology, University of Leicester 2011) 8. Legg, D.A. (2011). Fitting fossil arthropods into modern phylogenies (Talk). Progressive Palaeontology, University of Leicester. 9. Legg, D.A., Sutton, M., Edgecombe, G.D. and Caron, J.-B. (2011). The origin and early evolution of the arthropods (Talk). 55th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association, University of Plymouth. 10. Ma, X., Edgecombe, G.D., Legg, D.A. and Hou, X.-G. (2011). Is Diania cactiformis the ‘missing link’ between lobopodians and arthropods? (Talk). 55th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association, University of Plymouth. 11. Budd, G.E. and Legg, D.A. (2011). Up the spout? Climbing up the chelicerate stem-group. (Talk) 55th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association, University of Plymouth. 12. Legg, D.A. (2012). Bivalved Cambrian arthropods: beyond the carapace (Talk). Progressive Palaeontology, University of Cambridge. 13. Briggs, D.E.G., Siveter, D.J., Siveter, D.J., Sutton, M.D., Garwood, R.J. and Legg, D.A. (2012). The evolution of limbs in Palaeozoic horseshoe crabs revealed by an exceptionally preserved Silurian fossil (Talk). 5th International Trilobite Conference, Prague. 14. Rak, S., Ortega-Hernández, J. and Legg, D.A. (2012). A revision of the Late Ordovician marrellomorph arthropod Furca bohemica from Czech Republic (Talk). 5th International Trilobite Conference, Prague. 15. Siveter, D.J., Briggs, D.E.G., Siveter, D.J., Sutton, M.D., Joocum, S. and Legg, D.A. (2012). A Silurian three-dimensionally preserved ‘great-appendage’ arthropod. 5th International Trilobite Conference, Prague. 16. Ortega-Hernández, J., Legg, D.A. and Braddy, S.J. (2012). The phylogeny of aglaspidid arthropods and the internal relationships within Artiopoda (Poster). 5th International Trilobite Conference, Prague. 17. Legg, D.A. (2012). The impact of fossils on phylogenetic hypotheses (Invited Talk). Palaeobiology Discussion group, University of Bristol. 18. Legg, D.A., Sutton, M.D. and Edgecombe, G.D. (2012). Inclusion of fossil data in panarthropod phylogeny increases congruence with molecular hypotheses (Talk). Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC. 19. Vannier, J, Yang, X.-F., Lerosey-Aubril, R. and Legg, D.A. (2012). Waptia: a forgotten Burgess Shale arthropod revisited (Poster). 56th Annual Meeting of the Palaeontological Association, Dublin. AWARDS, PRIZES AND FUNDING May 2007 Palaeontological Association - Prize for best second year marks July 2008 Third year dissertation prize (University of Portsmouth). Dec. 2008 Palaeontological Association - Sylvester-Bradley award (£550) Dec. 2008 Field Museum – Field Museum scholarship (£800) Dec. 2008 West Wiltshire Trust – Shuker funding (£2000) June 2010 Janet Watson Scholarship – Ph.D bursary. CONSULTING In November 2008, provided extensive scientific advice to the children’s author Claire Eamer for her book “Spiked scorpions and walking whales: modern animals, ancient animals and water” (published 20th August 2009), additionally contributing several paragraphs of my own. I am currently a consultant on a Sky Atlantic production – “Arthropods 3D” – presented by Sir David Attenborough and due to appear on television in autumn 2013. I was originally contacted to consult on aspects of the origin of arthropods and have since been ask to consult on all aspects of arthropod biology. REVIEWING I have peer-reviewed manuscripts for the following journals: Palaeontology, Journal of Palaeontology, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, and Biological Reviews. OUTREACH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, TEACHING AND STUDENT SUPPORT Between September 2009 and June 2010 I worked as both an academic tutor (for Bath Tutors) and a public educator (for Wiltshire Wildlife Trust). The former involved teaching GCSE and A level sciences and maths. The latter involved the organisation of fieldtrips for school groups around Wiltshire, where it was my job to teach them about the local wildlife, geology and human impact on environment. In 2011 I took part in “Science Uncovered” – a public outreach event at the Natural History Museum (London). This involved teaching the public about new methods of extracting information from previously described fossils using X-ray Micro-Tomography (XMT). Whilst at Imperial College London I have demonstrated for a number of undergraduate classes (from general first year course to advanced fourth year courses) including “Stratigraphy and life”, “Structural Geology 2”, and “Palaeobiology 3”. I was the primary supervisor for an MSci student project at Imperial College London ,“A redescription of fossil chelicerates from the Devonian Beartooth Butte Formation” (currently being prepared for publication), and mentor some of the other Ph.D students, specifically those undertaking phylogenetic projects. In the past year I was invited to give a number of workshops at the University of Bristol. This course involved teaching postgraduates and staff how to use the phylogenetic program T.N.T. I was a member of both the Graduate Society (Imperial College London) and the Natural History Museum student committee. The former includes arranging social events (including field trips) for the postgraduates at Imperial College. For the latter I am the Palaeobiology representative and responsibilities include care of students and the organisation of the annual student conference. CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION In May 2010 I was responsible for organising the County Recorders Annual Meeting (associated with Wiltshire Wildlife Trust). Main responsibilities included arranging the conference venue, inviting speakers, chairing the meeting and organising a fieldtrip to the Cotswold Water Park. In 2012 I was responsible for the organization of the Natural History Museum annual student conference. This included publicising the conference, encouraging abstract submission and producing the conference booklet. 5