John A. Long
![Gogo fossil](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/John_Long_with_Gogo_fish_in_the_field_2005.jpg)
His love of fossil collecting began at age 7 and he graduated with PhD from Monash University in 1984, specialising in Palaeozoic fish evolution. He held postdoctoral positions at the Australian National University (1984–85, Rothmans Fellow), The University of Western Australia (1986–87, Queen Elizabeth II Award) and The University of Tasmania (1988–89, ARC Fellow) before taking up a position as Curator in Vertebrate Palaeontology at the Western Australian Museum (1989–2004), and then as Head of Sciences at Museum Victoria (2004–2009). Provided by Wikipedia
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