Expertise

Research interests:

  • Vertebrate paleontology
  • Paleobotany
  • Macroevolution & mass extinctions
  • Paleoecology
  • Evolutionary developmental biology

Taxonomic interests:

  • Mesozoic archosaurs (dinosauromorphs, crocodylomorphs, etc.)
  • Extant archosaurs (crocodylians & birds)
  • Mesozoic marine reptiles (mosasaurs, etc.)
  • Cretaceous fish (sharks, bony fish, etc.)
  • Paleozoic cartilaginous fish
  • Paleozoic trees

Skills and Expertise

  • Vertebrates
  • Vertebrate Paleontology
  • Evolution
  • Palaeoecology
  • Systematics
  • Macroevolution
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Fossils

 

Degrees
PhD, University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor, Geology , 2010
MS, Fort Hays State University, Geology , 2005
BS, Fort Hays State University, Geology , 2001