{"id":441,"date":"2014-02-15T17:30:29","date_gmt":"2014-02-15T13:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/?page_id=441"},"modified":"2026-05-26T03:10:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T23:10:25","slug":"home-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Mark Jonathan Beech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Field-Museum-Dino-bone-2-Feb-2023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5157 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Field-Museum-Dino-bone-2-Feb-2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Field-Museum-Dino-bone-2-Feb-2023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Field-Museum-Dino-bone-2-Feb-2023-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Field-Museum-Dino-bone-2-Feb-2023-100x133.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Field-Museum-Dino-bone-2-Feb-2023-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Field-Museum-Dino-bone-2-Feb-2023-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Field-Museum-Dino-bone-2-Feb-2023-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Field-Museum-Dino-bone-2-Feb-2023-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Field-Museum-Dino-bone-2-Feb-2023-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/NHMAD-Logo.png\" rel=\"https:\/\/abudhabiculture.ae\/en\/experience\/museums\/natural-history-museum-abu-dhabi\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6233 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/NHMAD-Logo-1024x196.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/NHMAD-Logo-1024x196.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/NHMAD-Logo-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/NHMAD-Logo-768x147.png 768w, https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/NHMAD-Logo-1536x294.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/NHMAD-Logo-2048x392.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b; font-size: 16px;\">Welcome to the website of <\/span><strong style=\"color: #2b2b2b; font-size: 16px;\">Dr Mark Jonathan Beech<\/strong><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b; font-size: 16px;\">, Acting Geoscience Section Head at the <a href=\"https:\/\/nhmad.ae\/en\">Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi (NHMAD) <\/a>at the <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/abudhabiculture.ae\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT)<\/a><strong style=\"color: #2b2b2b; font-size: 16px;\">, <\/strong><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b; font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0based in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates\u00a0 You can <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"Contact\" href=\"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/index.php\/contact-2\/\">contact me<\/a><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b; font-size: 16px;\">, read my <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" title=\"CV\" href=\"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/pdf\/Beech-CV-20240801.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CV<\/a><span style=\"color: #2b2b2b; 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