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Dr. Peter D. Roopnarine
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Peter D. Roopnarine Curator of Geology and Paleontology
Current Appointments Associate Curator, California Academy of Sciences Research Professor, Department of Geosciences, San Francisco State University Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, San Francisco State University Research Associate, University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley	Tel.: 415-321-8271 E-mail: proopnarine at calacademy.org FAX: 415-321-8615 Department: Invertebrate Zoology and Geology
Professional Biography Associate Curator, California Academy of Sciences, 2005-present Department Chair, California Academy of Sciences, 2001-2004 Assistant Curator, California Academy of Sciences, 1999-2004 Research Associate, University of Arizona, 1997-1999 Assistant Professor, Southeast Missouri State University, 1994-1998 Lecturer, University of California Davis, 1994
Education 1994 - Ph.D., Geology, University of California Davis 1988 - M.S., Ocean Sciences, Nova Southeastern University 1984 - B.Sc., Biology, Mount Allison University
Research Interests Theory of extinction, mass extinctions, and community evolution Mathematical modelling of  paleocommunity perturbative dynamics Morphometric analysis of morphological integration Venerid and corbulid bivalve evolution and systematics Evolutionary ecology of Neogene tropical American marine molluscs

Recent News
• Invited speaker, "Paleocommunity structure, stability and evolution", Geology, The Field Museum, 09/22/2007.
• Invited speaker, "The evolution and emergence of paleocommunity resistance to secondary extinctions: Species and community level processes", Special Symposium - Environmental Change, Extinction Risk, and the Maintenance of Biodiversity through Time, Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, San Jose, 08/03/2007.
• Invited speaker, "Food web models, secondary extinction, and instability of Early Triassic paleocommunities", Hewitt Club Speaker, Earth Sciences, University of California Riverside, 05/22/2007.
• Invited speaker, "Modelling extinction and collapse in Permian-Triassic communities", Paleobiology Seminar, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, 04/11/2007.
• Invited speaker, "Modelling extinction and collapse in Permian-Triassic communities", Geological Sciences and Marine Chemistry Seminar, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 02/12/2007.
• Invited speaker, "Global warming: Truth and Consequences", The Environmental Alliance, John Muir Center, 11/20/2006.
• Film, featured speaker (one of many), Call of Life: Facing the mass extinction, Species Alliance.

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Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology
California Academy of Sciences