Joe Hannibal

Curator and Head of Invertebrate Paleontology
e-mail: hannibal@cmnh.org
phone: (216) 231-4600, ext. 3233
A.A., Cuyahoga Community College
B.A., anthropology, Kent State University
M.L.S., Kent State University
M.S., geology, Kent State University
Ph.D., applied geology, Kent State University

Executive Secretary/Treasurer, North-Central Section, Geological Society of America; Associate editor, Journal of Paleontology; Secretary, Northern Ohio Geological Society; Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Geological Sciences and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University; liaison with The Cleveland Geological Society

Areas of specialization or interest:
Invertebrate paleontology, including fossil crustaceans, millipedes and problematical organisms; recent studies have included: investigations of the defensive mechanisms and breathing pores of Coal Age millipedes and inquiries into the affinities and ecology of the fossil tubeworm Sphenothallus; millstones, building stones and gravestones of Northeast Ohio; marble bowing; natural history of the Ohio canals and of Northeast Ohio; and the cultural geology of various cities in the United States.

Current research:
See Publications.

Curriculum Vitae:
View here.