In this study we show that the most taxonomically diverse clades in the modern ocean have risen to dominance through greater resistance to extinction rather than via greater propensity to generate new species.
News
February 28, 2020
February 28, 2020
Our new paper, led by Andrew Bush at UConn, was selected as the Feature Article in the Winter issue of Paleobiology.
In this paper, we develop a framework for explicitly separating the influence of extinction intensity and extinction selectivity on causing overall changes in the composition of the biota.
February 18, 2020
We find that smaller-bodied marine animals are generally at higher risk of extinction during most of geological time. This finding holds even after demonstrating and accounting for the lower sampling completeness of the fossil record for smaller genera.
January 27, 2020
Congratulations to Xiaowei Li for passing his oral defense of his dissertation!
September 20, 2019
September 20, 2019
Welcome to new lab members!
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Pedro Monarrez as a post-doctoral fellow and Jood Al Aswad, Michael Pimentel, and Cecilia Thomas as graduate students in the lab. [And we promise an updated lab photo, which is long overdue.]
July 16, 2019
Congratulations to Will Gearty on passing his Ph.D. oral exam!
July 3, 2019
Congratulations to Will Gearty for receiving the Centennial TA Award!
Will received the Centennial TA Award from Stanford University this year for his contributions to several classes across his five years in the Department of Geological Sciences. Congratulations (and thank you) to Will!
July 3, 2019
Caitlin (Ph.D. '16) is currently working as the GSA-USGS Congressional Science Fellow in the office of Senator Tom Udall (D-NM). She published a piece in GSA Today this month (pg 50) describing the contributions that a geologist can make to science policy in Washington. It is a terrific piece and not too long. I urge you to read it!
May 2, 2019
The most recent publication to which we contributed, led by Malin Pinksy at Rutgers, is featured on the cover of Nature this week.
