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About Thomas J. Near
- Professor Thomas J.
- Near Ph.D.
- is an American evolutionary ichthyologist who is currently a Professor and Chair of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University as well as the Bingham Oceanographic Curator of Ichthyology at the Peabody Museum of Natural History.
- On February 27, 2015, Yale University President Peter Salovey and Yale College Dean Jonathan Holloway announced that Near would become the 18th Head of College of Saybrook College.
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