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Department/College/UnitPhysical & Biological Sciences Division

TitleProfessor

AffiliationFaculty

Other UCSC Campus AffiliationInstitute of Marine Sciences

Web SiteWebsite

Primary Office LocationEarth & Marine Sciences
A208

Mail StopEarth and Planetary Sciences

Biography, Education and Training

Ph.D. (2006), University of Southern California
M.Sc. (2002), Queen's University (Kingston)
B.Sc. (2000), University of British Columbia

Summary of Expertise

Invertebrate Paleontology, Paleoecology

Research Interests

• Biotic effects of global change. How did ocean warming, acidification, and deoxygenation affect marine organisms during ancient mass extinctions? In particular, how did organism physiology influence survival during global change?
• Rise of the modern evolutionary fauna. What led to long-term ecological change in marine ecosystems, especially the shift from brachiopod to bivalve dominance?
• Cephalopod morphology. What controls evolutionary trends in the shell shape of ammonoid and nautilid cephalopods?

Selected Publications

See my website