• 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.

• Hagey Venture Fund, CAS "Predicting and assessing impacts of the Cosco Busan San Fransicso Bay oil spill". PIs P. D. Roopnarine and J. Dumbacher.
• NSF ARC-0530825 "Mathematical Modeling and Bayesian Analysis of Paleocommunity Collapse during Mass Extinctions". PIs P. D. Roopnarine and S. C. Wang.

• Rachel Hertog, graduate student, San Francisco State University.
• Martin Olson, graduate student, San Francisco University.
• Nell Green Nylen, Research Assistant.

• Laurie Anderson, Louisiana State University
• Ken Angielczyk, The Field Museum
• David Goodwin, Denison University
• Lindsey Leighton, University of Alberta
• John Modi, Lockheed Martin
• Carol Tang, California Academy of Sciences
• Geerat Vermeij, University of California Davis
• Steve Wang, Swarthmore College

Contact Information

415-379-5271
proopnarine@calacademy.org