Gregory Edgecombe

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Gregory Edgecombe is a Canadian paleontologist who works as a merit researcher in the Earth Sciences department at the Natural History Museum, London. He is a leading expert on arthropods, their evolution, and how fossils help us understand the tree of life. He is also known for his work on centipede systematics and for combining fossil and molecular data to study evolution.

Education
- Studied at Acadia University, the University of Alberta, and Columbia University.
- Earned his PhD in 1991 from Columbia University for research on trilobites (Phacopida) under Niles Eldredge at the American Museum of Natural History.

Career and research
- After his PhD, he did a postdoctoral position at the University of Alberta.
- Spent 14 years as a researcher at the Australian Museum in Sydney.
- In 2007, became the research leader at the Natural History Museum, London; since 2013 he has been a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) merit researcher.
- Co-authored The Invertebrate Tree of Life with Gonzalo Giribet, published by Princeton University Press in 2020.

Awards and honours
- Fenner Medal for distinguished biology research (Australian Academy of Science), 2004.
- President’s Medal (Palaeontological Association), 2011.
- Elected Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), 2018.
- In 2024, a newly named megacheiran arthropod, Lomankus edgecombei, honored him.