Alison Murray, Ph.D

Alison Murray is an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta in Canada, specializing in fossil fishes. Her research focuses on the anatomy and evolutionary relationships of Cretaceous and Cenozoic groups, as well as the origins of modern ichthyofaunas. She earned her BSc in Biology from the University of Victoria in 1987, an MSc in Zoology from the University of Alberta in 1994, and a PhD in Biology from McGill University in 2001. Between her degrees, she worked at the Canadian Museum of Nature (formerly the National Museum of Natural Sciences) in Ottawa. Murray has a particular expertise in African and Asian fossil fishes and has conducted fieldwork and museum studies across East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia), North Africa (Morocco, Egypt), and Asia (China, Indonesia).