Education

• PhD in Earth & Environmental Sciences
• MS in Earth & Environmental Sciences
• BS in Geosciences
• BS in Biology

Awards & Recognitions

• College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences Outstanding Faculty Teacher (Instructor/Lecturer)

Courses Taught

• GEOS 150: Introduction to Oceanology
• GEOL 315: Principles of Oceanography
• GEOL 350: Principles of Paleontology

Selected Publications, Articles & Presentations

• Gibson, Brandt M., Ajani Bissick, Andrea Boscaini, Joshua H. F. L. Davies, Galen P. Halverson, Frederick J. Hilgen, Jonathan Sorrentino, Bianca Speiring, Patricia Vickers-Rich, and Marc Laflamme. Accepted. Possible dickinsoniomorphs from the latest Ediacaran Nama Group, southern Namibia. Precambrian Research.
• Gibson, Brandt M., Ingrid Stengel, Zakeus Nghishidulu, Peter R. Liberty, Ajani Bissick, Andrea Boscaini, Joshua H. F. L. Davies, Galen P. Halverson, Frederick J. Hilgen, Bianca Speiring, Patricia Vickers-Rich, and Marc Laflamme. 2024. New Swartpuntia occurrence found within the Aar Member. Gondwana Research 138, 186-191, doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2024.11.002.
• Gibson, Brandt M., Max Chipman, Paolo Attanasio, Zaid Qureshi, Simon A.F. Darroch, Imran A. Rahman, and Marc Laflamme. 2023. Reconstruction the feeding ecology of Cambrian sponge reefs: the case for active suspension feeding in Archaeocyatha. Royal Society Open Science 10: 230766, doi: 10.1098/rsos.230766.
• Gibson, Brandt M., James D. Schiffbauer, Adam F. Wallace, and Simon A.F. Darroch. 2023. The role of iron in the formation of Ediacaran ‘death masks’. Geobiology 21, 421-434, doi: 10.1111/gbi.12551.
• Gibson, Brandt M., David J. Furbish, Imran A. Rahman, Mark W. Schmeeckle, Marc Laflamme, and Simon A.F. Darroch. 2021. Ancient life and moving fluids. Biological Reviews 96, 129-152, doi: 10.1111/brv.12649.