Peter D. Roopnarine
Curator of Geology
Invertebrate Zoology & Geology
Curator of Geology
Invertebrate Zoology & Geology
Current Appointments
- 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
Professional Biography
- Curator, California Academy of Sciences, 2008-present
- Associate Curator, California Academy of Sciences, 2005-2008
- 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, Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Naturalists. "Modeling the Robustness and Fragility of Coastal Marine Communities". San Diego, 11/12/10.
- Pritzker Lecturer, California Academy of Sciences. "Ecosystem Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster". 11/09/10.
- Keynote speaker,Zero1 Symposium: Global Warming, Leonardo Society, 09/2010.
- I'm now involved in the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists to Study Impact of Gulf Oil Spill on Marine Food Webs, New York Times Green Blogs, WHYY, NPR.
- Invited speaker, Dept. of Geology, San Jose State University, 03/2010.
- Invited speaker, Dept. of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, 01/2010.
- Featured scientist,Year of Science 2009, February, Celebrate Evolution.
Research Departments
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