Paleontology Laboratory
California Academy of Sciences
Dr. Peter D. Roopnarine
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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.
Funding
NSF ARC-0530825 "Mathematical Modeling and Bayesian Analysis of Paleocommunity Collapse during Mass Extinctions". PIs P. D. Roopnarine and S. C. Wang.
Research Group
Rachel Hertog, graduate student, San Francisco State University.
Martin Olson, graduate student, San Francisco University.
Collaborators
Laurie Anderson, Louisiana State University.
Dr. Kenneth Angielczyk, The Field Museum.
David Goodwin, Denison University.
Lindsey Leighton, San Diego State University.
John Modi, Lockheed Martin.
Steve Wang, Swarthmore College.
Geerat Vermeij, University of California Davis.
Dept. of Invertebrate Zoology and Geology
California Academy of Sciences
