(pointing at the layer marking the K/Pg boundary in the Hell Creek Formation badlands in Montana)
(photo above from A. Shinya; website cover photo courtesy of V. Arbour)
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About MeI am an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
My research uses fossil and extant data from multiple spatiotemporal scales to study how ancient ecosystems were structured, how they responded to environmental perturbations, and how this influenced macroevolutionary and biodiversity patterns in these systems. I'm particularly interested in the terrestrial ecosystems of the Cretaceous of North America, as this was a period of high biodiversity, frequent environmental changes, unusual biogeographic patterns in large vertebrates, and was truncated by a major mass extinction. To answer my research questions I use a combination of tools, including quantitative biodiversity ordinations, stable isotope analyses, osteohistology, sedimentology, and morphometrics. In addition to my research, I am heavily involved in educational & public outreach programs, as well as museum exhibit and education program development. I also pursue photography as a hobby & use it to document the interesting places my work takes me. On this site I provide an overview of my research interests and work experience. Please follow the links below or at the toolbar on the top of the screen to access the content of interest. |