教育经历： 　　2001年，博士学位，综合生物学系，加州大学伯克利分校； 　　1995年，学士学位，地质科学系，德州大学奥斯汀分校。 工作经历： 　　2015-至今，研究员，中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所； 　　2013-2015年，副研究员，中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所； 　　2012- 2013年：访问学者，中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所； 　　2004-2012：助理研究员，生物学系，德克萨斯A&M大学。

综合性的生物学家和鸟类古生物学家，主要研究现代或冠群鸟类的起源与多样化，研究方向包括系统学、古生物学、生物地理学和解剖学，以及气候变化和洲际扩散对新生代鸟类的作用。

2016 Stidham, T.A. and J. Eberlee. 2016. The palaeobiology of high latitude birds from the early Eocene greenhouse of Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada. Scientific Reports. 6:1-8. 20912; doi: 10.1038/srep20912 Stidham, T.A. and R. Hilton. 2016. New data on stiff-tailed duck evolution and dispersal from a new species of diving duck (Anseriformes: Anatidae: cf. Oxyurinae) from the Miocene High Rock Caldera in north-west Nevada, USA. Papers in Palaeontology 2:41-58. 2015 Stidham, T.A. 2015. Re-description and phylogenetic assessment of the late Miocene ducks (Aves: Anseriformes) from Lufeng (Yunnan, China). Vertebrata Palasiatica 53:335-349. Yao, X, X. Wang, C. Sullivan, S. Wang, T. Stidham, and X. Xu. 2015. A new specimen of Caenagnathasia (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria) from the Iren Dabasu Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Campanian) of Erenhot, Inner Mongolia, China. Vertebrata Palasiatica 53: 291-298. Stidham, T.A., X. Wang, Q. Li, and X. Ni. 2015. A shelduck coracoid (Aves: Anseriformes: Tadorna) from the arid early Pleistocene of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China. Palaeontologia Electronica 18.2.25A: 1-10. Smith, N.A., L. Chiappe, J.A. Clarke, S. Edwards, D.T. Ksepka, S. Nesbitt, M. Norell, T.A. Stidham, A. Turner, M. van Tuinen, J. Vinther, and X. Xu. 2015. Rhetoric vs. reality: a commentary on "Bird Origins Anew" by A. Feduccia. The Auk 132:467-480. Stidham, T.A. 2015. A new species of Limnofregata (Pelecaniformes: Fregatidae) from the early Eocene Wasatch Formation of Wyoming: implications for ecological evolution. Palaeontology 58:239-249. Stidham, T.A. and N.A. Smith. 2015. An ameghinornithid-like bird (Aves, Cariamae, ?Ameghinornithidae) from the Early Oligocene of Egypt. Palaeontologia Electronica 18.1.5A:1-8. 2014 Stidham, T.A., K. Krishan, B. Singh, A. Ghosh, and R. Patnaik. 2014. A pelican tarsometatarsus (Aves: Pelecanidae) from the latest Pliocene Siwaliks of India. PLoS One 9(11):e111210. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0111210 Stidham, T.A., D. Lofgren, A.A. Farke, M. Paik, and R. Choi. 2014. A lithornithid (Aves: Palaeognathae) from the Paleocene (Tiffanian NALMA) of southern California. PaleoBios 31:1-7. Stidham, T.A. and X. Ni. 2014. Large anseriform (Aves: Anseriformes: Romainvilliinae?) fossils from the Late Eocene of Xinjiang, China. Vertebrata Palasiatica (Special Issue: Larry Martin Memorial Volume) 52:98-111.