Playford, Geoffrey   (1935 -  )

Born on 17 October 1935 in South Perth, WA;

He is a graduate of the Universities of Western Australia (BSc Hons I, DSc) and Cambridge (PhD) (February 1953 - September 1961) and in 2025 was a professor emeritus in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland (UQ).

While an honours student at The University of Western Australia (UWA), he was introduced to palynology by the inspirational Dr Basil Balme. Geoff's PhD research at Cambridge - supervised by Dr Norman Hughes - was undertaken during the tenure of a Robert & Maude Gledden Research Fellowship awarded by UWA.

Subsequently, during tenure of a National Research Council of Canada Postdoctoral Fellowship, he worked with Dr Peter Hacquebard and Sedley Barss at the Geological Survey of Canada (Ottawa), followed by a lectureship appointment at UQ.

During periods of sabbatical leave from UQ, he has conducted collaborative research with people in Belgium, Canada, USA, Italy, Spain, Brazil.

His scientific interests lie mostly in Paleontology, Carboniferous, Palynology, Permian and Acritarch.

His Paleontology research includes themes of Pollen and Genus. His Genus course of study focuses on Ordovician and Biostratigraphy, Type species and Abundance.

In his articles, Geoffrey Playford combines various disciplines, including Carboniferous and Northern Territory. His work focuses on many connections between Permian and other disciplines, such as Paleozoic, that overlap with his field of interest in Group, Pennsylvanian, Intergradation and Systematics. Many of his research projects under Devonian are closely connected to Drainage basin with Drainage basin, tying the diverse disciplines of science together.

Source: Extracted from:
Western Mail (Perth, WA) Thu 24 Oct 1935, Page 56, Family Notices
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01916122.2019.1658236
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Geoffrey-Playford-2/2
https://research.com/u/geoffrey-playford
Portrait Photo: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Geoffrey-Playford-2/2