Michael Vecchione

Michael Vecchione is an American zoologist currently at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 2001. His highest cited paper is "Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks" at 661 times, according to Google Scholar. His current interests are marine biodiversity and cephalopods.
Education.
He earned his B.S. at University of Miami in 1972 and his Ph.D. at College of William and Mary in 1979.