Evolving Earth Foundation, Thomas A. (Tad) Dillhoff

Thomas A. (Tad) Dillhoff - Executive Director

I have had a lifelong interest in the natural world, and in the 1980s began the study of paleobotany. Since then I have focused on the Tertiary paleobotany of western North America. My research interests include paleoecology, paleoclimatology and biogeography with a special interest in the floras of the Middle Miocene Columbia River Basalts. I have a bachelor of science degree in biology from the University of Washington with a minor in botany. Besides my duties at the Evolving Earth Foundation, I am a Curatorial Associate with the Burke Museum at the University of Washington, and a member of the Botanical Society of America, the Geological Society of America, and the International Association of Wood Anatomists.

Recent publications:

Dillhoff, Thomas A. and Wheeler, Elisabeth A. 2007 Revisiting the Miocene wood flora from Vantage, Washington GSA Cordilleran Section - 103rd Annual Meeting, Paper No. 20-7

Pigg, Kathleen B., Dillhoff, Thomas A., and DeVore, Melanie L. 2007 Paleoenvironment of a newly discovered Middle Miocene "bog" locality, Columbia River Basalts, near Ellensburg, WA: A preliminary report. GSA Cordilleran Section - 103rd Annual Meeting, Paper No. 20-6

Dillhoff, Richard M., Dillhoff, Thomas A., and Mustoe, George A. 2007 Floristic evidence for contrasting paleo-environments in the Early Eocene of Washington State GSA Cordilleran Section - 103rd Annual Meeting, Paper No. 20-3

Wheeler, Elisabeth A. and Dillhoff, Thomas A. 2007 Vantage. A diverse mid-Miocene fossil wood assemblage IAWA Annual Meeting San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 2007

Dillhoff, Thomas A. 2006 A Miocene forest assemblage from the Columbia River Basalts of Washington State, USA BSA Annual Meeting: Chico, California, Poster Session 48-103