Curriculum vitae

Jacob Leloux (*July 26^th, 1966, St. Niklaas, Belgium),
Married with Marjon Roodzant (*August 6^th, 1966, Sassenheim, the Netherlands) since September 23^rd, 1996.
Gortestraat 82, 2311 NM LEIDEN, The Netherlands, T: +0031(0)715134926, email: lelouxj[replace this with the AT-symbol]xs4all.nl

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• Specialisation: Upper Cretaceous - Lower Tertiairy corals (and sponges).
• General interests: paleontology, geology, invertebrate aquatic biology.
• Hobbies: diving (started in 2006, now NOB/CMAS 4* diver and 2* instructor, DAN BLS, O₂ and AED Instructor and studying for the remaining, more or less technical specialties), visiting quarries, collecting and preparing fossils, minerals and rocks, collecting books (mainly on corals and sponges), SF/Fantasy books and movies, homeimprovement, collecting and trying to play musical instruments, recording selfmade songs, (oil)painting, touring with a bicycle or with a car, shopping, swimming, cooking, genealogy and making this website.

research papers and catalogues

• Yazdi, M., Bahrami, A., Leloux, J., 2011, Funginella? isfahanensis n. sp. from the upper Albian of Iran. Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 28(2): 226-234. Download pdf here (770KB).
• Leloux, J. & F.P. Wesselingh, 2009. Types of Cenozoic Mollusca from Java in the Martin Collection of Naturalis. NNM Technical Bulletin, 11: 1-765; Leiden. Go to naturalis repository for a low resolution pdf. The high resolution version has been published on cd-ROM.
• Leloux, J. & W. Renema, 2007. Types and originals of fossil Porifera and Cnidaria of Indonesia in Naturalis. NNM Technical Bulletin, 10: 1-304, 104 pls; Leiden. Go to naturalis repository and choose there for high or low resolution pdf.
• Löser et al, 2005 Catalogue of Cretaceous Corals. Volume 3. List of Localities. — Dresden, CPRess Verlag. 366 pp.
• Leloux, J., 2004 Notes on taxonomy and taphonomy of two Upper Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) scleractinian corals from Limburg, The Netherlands. Scripta Geologica, 127: 313-339, 6 figs, 6 pls, 2 tables.
• Leloux, J., 2003 Columactinastraea anthonii sp. nov. (Scleractinia, Astrocoeniina), a new coral species from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of The Netherlands — Scripta Geologica 126: 185-201, 4 figs., 1 pl.
• Van den Hoek Ostende, L. W., J. Leloux, F. Wesselingh & C. F. Winkler-Prins, 2002. The typespecimens of the Martin collection. — NNM Technical Bulletin 5: 1-130, 3 pls. see online pdf file at naturalis website
• Leloux, J., 2002. The typespecimens from the Maastrichtian type area in Naturalis, National Museum of Natural History in Leiden. — NNM Technical Bulletin 4:1-40, 4 pls, 1 fig. see online pdf file at naturalis website
• Löser, H. et al., 2002. Catalogue of Cretaceous Corals Vol 2. List of Citations. — Dresden, CPress, 784 pp.
• Leloux, J., 1999. Numerical distribution of Santonian to Danian corals (Scleractinia, Octocorallia) of Southern Limburg, the Netherlands. — Geologie & Mijnbouw 78(2): 191-195. scanned pdf. It is including some corrections in pencil.
• Leloux, J., (internal report, 1997) Catalogus van de Anthozoa uit het Maastrichtien van Zuid-Limburg (Nederland) die zich momenteel in het Paleontologisch-Mineralogisch Kabinet van Teylers Museum bevinden. — Teylers Museum, 35 pp.
• Leloux, J., 1991 Dinoflagellates of the Sidi Khalif Formation at the Jb. Meloussi, Central Tunisia. - Stuifmail 9(1): 22-28.
• Leereveld, H., Mahmoud, M. S. & Leloux, J., 1990 Stratigraphic evolution of Early Cretaceous sporomorph assemblages from Egypt and Tunisia. - Stuifmail 8(1): 13-23.

posters and abstracts

• Leloux, J., 2004 Genus Micrabacia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (poster) — A2 format poster for symposium of the foundation of "de paleobiologische kring" of the KNGMG on December 8th, 2004 in Utrecht.
• Leloux, J., 2004 Corals and sponges of the Santonian to Danian in northwest Europe: a preliminary review (talk) — short abstract of talk in Jagt, J. W. M. & A. S. Schulp (eds.). Meuse-Rhine Euregio Geologists Meeting. Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht. Maastricht (the Netherlands) 28-29 May 2004. Abstracts and Programme: 12.
• Leloux, J., 2003 Over registratie, nummering en computers. — Workshop prepareertechnieken 15 november 2003, Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht. 2 pp. as an introduction to the lecture I presented in that workshop
• Leloux, J., 2003 On Corals from the Maastrichtian Type Area (Upper Cretaceous, The Netherlands): Micrabacia sp. and a New Coral Species that lived on the Roots of Seagrasses. — Berichte des Institutes für Geologie und Paläontologie der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz/Austria, 7: 54. In fact I presented a lecture: "On Micrabacia specimens from Northwest Europe: Preliminary Results" and a poster: "Corals on Seagrass"
• Leloux, J., 1999 Type material from the Maastrichtian type area housed in the NNM (Poster abstract). In: Schulp, A. S., J. W. M. Jagt & D. Th. de Graaf (EDS.) The 150th anniversary of the Maastrichtian stage: a celebratory conference. Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht 17-21 November 1999. Conference programme, abstracts and field guide. p. 42.
• Leloux, J., 1996 Patterns of the Scleractinia across the K/T-Boundary in Southern Limburg (abstract lecture #72). In: Programma en lezingen 3e Nederlands Aardwetenschappelijk Congres "Trends in de Geowetenschappen" Veldhoven, 2 & 3 mei 1996.
• Leloux, J., 1995 Late Cretaceous Scleractinia of Maastricht (Poster abstract). In: Programme and Abstracts Annual Assembly of IGCP Project No. 362 Tethyan and Boral Cretaceous 17-18 September 1995 Museum of Natural History, Maastricht. p. 59.

Other publications related to earth and life science

• Nijland, T.G., Zwaan, J.C., Vissser, D. & J.Leloux, 2007 De Mineralen van Nederland. Leiden, 116 pp.
• Leloux, J., F. Wesselingh F. & W. Renema, 2005 De digitale ontsluiting van typencollecties in het kader van NWO-Groot — Paleobiologica electronica 4 5-6.
• Leloux, J. & H. Vonhof, 2005 Strontium isotopen en de ouderdom van belemnieten uit de St. Pietersberg — Grondboor & Hamer 59 (1): 1-3.
• Leloux, J. & R. van der Ham, 2004 Melding van het voorkomen van de spons Wienbergia? sp. in het Maastrichtien van Zuid-Limburg, en een oproep! — Sprekende bodem 48 (1/2): 30-31.
• Leloux, J., 2004 Hoegaards hout, het vervolg — Grondboor & Hamer 58(2): 28-29.
• Leloux, J., 2003 Vondst tijdens vriendenexcursie — Teylers Magazijn 79: 12-13.
• Leloux, J. & D. Mol, 2002 Kor & Bot 2002, een succes! — Grondboor & Hamer 56(5): 142-145.
• Hoek Ostende, L. W. van den, J. de Vos & J. Leloux, 2002 De Rijn als vindplaats van fossiele zoogdieren — Grondboor & Hamer 56(3/4): 77-81.
• Groenendijk, I. & J. Leloux, 2002 Hoe oud is oud? — Grondboor & Hamer 56(3/4): 50.
• Leloux, J., 2002 Ramshoorngips — Grondboor & Hamer 56 (2): 25.
• Leloux, J., 2002 Teylers Museum, pearl of the Netherlands — Europal 19: 59.
• Leloux, J., 2002 Geo-inn: fossielen en mineralen in de bibliotheek van Oosterbeek — Mededelingen van de Nederlandse Geologische Vereninging, bijlage van Grondboor & Hamer 56(3/4): 3-4.
• Leloux, J., 2002 Studiereis naar Sofia, Bulgarije — Infusis 121: 10-12.
• Leloux, J., 2002 Derde EPA congres — Infusis 119: 12-13.
• Zevenberg, H. & J. Leloux, 2001 Mosdiertjes — Teylers Magazijn 73: 12-14.
• Leloux, J., 2001 Driekwabdieren in Teylers Museum — Gea 34 (3): 20-21.
• Leloux, J., 2001 Hoegaards hout — Grondboor & Hamer 55 (4): 24-28.
• Leloux, J., 2001 Tweelingen in het koninkrijk der delfstoffen — Teylers Magazijn 71: 13-14.
• Leloux, J., 2001 Drielobdieren in Teylers Museum — Teylers Magazijn 70: 13-15
• Leloux, J., D. Visser & C. E. S. Arps, 2001 In Memorian Maarten van Vliet — Grondboor & Hamer 55 (6): 23.
• Leloux, J., 2001 Hans Steur krijgt Van der Lijn-Onderscheiding — Grondboor & Hamer 55 (5): 15.
• Leloux, J., 2001 Boekbespreking — Grondboor & Hamer 55 (4): 31-32.
• Leloux, J., 2000 Grondboor en Hamer Naturalis special in de maak — Infusis 109: 6-7.
• Leloux, J., 2000 Maastrichtien Congres — Infusis 108: 19-20.
• Leloux, J., 2000 Koralen uit Maastricht en Valkenburg (deel 2) — Teylers Magazijn 66: 10-14.
• Leloux, J., 2000 "The mistaken extinction: Dinosaur evolution and the origin of birds" van Lowell Dingus & Timothy Rowe, een boekbespreking — Cranium 17(1): 54-56.
• Leloux, J., 2000 Bespreking van de cd-rom "Stenen zoeken" van Harrie Huisman — Grondboor & Hamer 54 (5): 119.
• Leloux, J., 2000 Hout uit Hoegaarden — Infusis 110: 13-15.
• Leloux, J. & C. E. S. Arps, 2000 Maarnse Keien 2: een aardkundig monument/ Geologisch Park Maarn — Infusis 108: 17-18.
• Leloux, J. & C. E. S. Arps, 2000 Maarnse Keien — Infusis 108: 15-16.
• Leloux, J., 1999 Koralen uit Maastricht en Valkenburg - Teylers Magazijn 63: 13-14.
• Leloux, J., 1999 Mosasaurus — Infusis 106: 10-11.
• Leloux, J., 1999 Het Maastrichtien — Infusis 106: 27.
• Jagt, J. W. M., Leloux, J. & Dhondt, A. V., 1998 Fossielen van de St. Pietersberg, Voorwoord — Grondboor & Hamer 52(4/5): 95. 
• Leloux, J., 1998 Fossielen van de St. Pietersberg: Foraminiferen; Sponzen; Koralen; Bryozoën — Grondboor & Hamer 52(4/5): 102-103; 104-105; 106-107: 128-129.

• 6 dec 2011 - now: mail deliverer at PostNl in center of Leiden.
• 20 sep 2010 - 20 dec 2010: scratchpad developer at NCB Naturalis. Gathering initial webcontent for www.earlyconifers.myspecies.info based on research of Isabel van Waveren et al. and available literature.
• 6 apr 2010 - 5 may 2010: project employee Palaeontological-mineralogical cabinet Teylers Museum. Creating an xml export from the existing VFP and DBase databases from the fossils, rocks and minerals for transfer to admuse database.
• 13 nov 2006 - 12 nov 2009: datamanagement projectemployee at Naturalis. Solving incidents and fixing/developing interfaces+database structures for the about 100 databases in use for the collections of Naturalis, until the new central databasesystem of the collection will be implemented. Mainly using Delphi7, visualFoxPRO9, Sql Server 2005 and Microsoft Access2007. Assisting in creating export databases for several internet sites of Naturalis.
• 5 dec 2005 - 27 oct 2006: temporary employee for StudiJob temporary employment agency, send out as "NWO-groot" employee at Naturalis. Updating the catalogue of Martin tertiary mollusc types of Java. Digital pictures and corrections.
• 3 jan 2005 - 23 nov 2005: temporary employee for StudiJob temporary employment agency, send out as "NWO-groot" employee at Naturalis. Catalogisation of 'Gerth' coral and sponge type collection at Naturalis.
• 1 apr 2003 - 2 jan 2005: "sabatical": personal research on Maastrichtian corals and sponges and home improvement.
• 1 apr 2000 - 31 mar 2003: project employee Delta at Teylers Museum (Haarlem). Several projects for:
  1. Physical Cabinet of Teylers Museum: translation and merging of several databases originally in Q&A and Excell into one database in VFP7. Building of a GUI for this database.
  2. Paleontological-Mineralogical cabinet:
     1. Substitution for the collectionmanager in his absence, due to his long term illness and since October 2002 due to his retirement. This means: dealing with questions, written and verbal, from the public on fossils and minerals, restauration and conservation of fossils, cleaning objects, making labels for objects, checking the computerdata, translating texts for Teylers Magazijn, Teylers Magazijn and for Teylers Agenda, receiving and guiding guests, groups and classes through the museum and giving lectures on geological subjects.
     2. First phase of making a new relational database including a userfriendly GUI for the Cabinet in VFP7. Concentrated on checking the registration of storage of the allmost 35000 objects.
     3. Writing and illustrating the paleontological and mineralogical content of the new website of teylers museum
     4. Making of approximately 9000 labels for minerals and rocks and storing them with their objects in depot.
     5. Supervising the restauration of an 18th century simples chest, describing its state and position of objects within, cleaning rocks and minerals in it.
     6. Cleaning of show-cases
• 1 nov 1997 - 15 june 2000: project employee Delta. NNM. Several projects:
  1. Registration of storage of the mesozoic macroinvertebrate collections.
  2. Type registration of tertiary molluscs of Java in the collection of K. Martin.
  3. Type registration of fossils from th Maastrichtian of South Limburg in the collections of Naturalis.
  4. Assisting the furnishing of the Natuur Informatie Centrum in Naturalis.
  5. Assisting in replacement of collections.
• 1 sept 1997 - 1 nov 1997: project employee Palæontologisch-Mineralogisch Kabinet Teylers Museum in Haarlem, the Netherlands. Preparation of an internal report on the Maastrichtian Cnidaria present in the collection of Teylers Museum.
• 3 mar 1997 - 3 sept 1997: project employee Delta. NNM. Restauration of thin sections from Paleozoic foraminifera and igneous and metamorphic rocks.
• 15 jan. 1993 - 15 jan. 1995: project employee paleontology. NNM. part time (19 h/week). Reorganisation of mesozoic macroinvertebrate collections
• 16 sept. 1991 - 14 jan. 1993: Civil servant. National Museum of Natural History (NNM) in Leiden, the Netherlands. Reorganisation of fossil Cephalopod collections. Ordening primarily into Nautiloidea/Coleoidea/Ammonoidea, secundarily on period to epoch (depending on amount of material) and teriary on continent, country, province.
• 1991: temporary employee for START temporary employment agency in Etten-Leur: wharehouseman, painter.
• 2 - 10 jan 1991: military service. infantry. Long furlough due to conscientious objection against the use of weapons.
• 1 feb - 1 may 1990: laboratory worker, Utrecht University, Laboratory for Palynology and Paleobothany. Part-time. Preparation of palynological samples.
• 1982-1983: newsboy for "AD" in walk in "Grauwe Polder", Etten-leur.

• 1986-1990: Doctoraal (= ± M. Sc.) Geology. Utrecht University. Main subject: Stratigraphy-Palynology, secundary subjects: Biology and Marine Geology. Fieldworks in SE France (mainly mapping) and in Sicily (softrock structural analysis). Several excursions and field courses in France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal and Austria.
• 1984-1986: Propedeuse Geology. Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Mapping fieldwork in Pianello, Italy. Excursions in Belgium, France, Luxemburg and Germany.
• 1978-1984: VWO (Dutch, English, Mathematics 1 and 2, Physics, Chemistry, Biology). Katholieke Scholengemeenschap Etten-Leur, the Netherlands.

• 2004, May 3-7: Copenhagen (Geological Museum).
• 2004, February 16-20: Jena (Phyletisches Museum), Leipzig (Felix collection), Berlin (Humboldt-Universität)
• 2004, January 27-30: Paris: MNHN (Alloiteau, Milne Edwards collections), Paris VI (paleontological collection)
• 2003, August: Graz, 9th IASFPC including excursion to Northern Calcareous Alps and to Western Slovenia
• 2002, March: Sofia, University. studying type specimens of Campanian-Maastrichtian corals from Bulgaria.
• 2001: London, studying Upper Cretaceous micrabaciids from the United Kingdom
• 2000: Dresden, studying Upper Cretaceous corals from Sachsen
• 199x: Maastricht, studying the corals in the collections of the NHM Maastricht.
• 199x.: Denmark, studying the type material of Danian corals and a short field trip to classical outcrops
• 199x: Bonn, studying the type specimens of Maastrichtian corals in the Goldfuss Collection
• 1993: Portugal, paleobotanical and palynological field trip
• 1991: Italy, paleobotanical and palynological field trip

paleolimnology cource, two Access Database courses, several lectures and workshops on Visual FoxPro, a paleoclimate course and a customer service course

• 2009-2010: board-member of LOV Calypso.
• 1999-2002: co-editor Grondboor & Hamer, a periodical of the NGV.
• university: editor of faculty student paper "Payenborchiana".
• highschool: co-editor of schoolpaper "Container".