David Jablonski Visits UC Department of Geology to Give Lectures April 21 and 22
Jablonski will also present a technical lecture called "Dynamics of the Latitudinal Diversity Gradient: Are the tropics a cradle or a museum?" at 4:00 p.m., Thursday April 21, 527 Geology-Physics.
Both lectures are free and open to the public.
David Jablonski received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1979 and is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor in the Department of Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago. He is also the Chairman of the Universitys Committee on Evolutionary Biology. Jablonski is widely viewed as one of the worlds leading authorities on the issue of biological extinction and on broader themes related to the study of macroevolution. He is the author or co-author of more than 100 scholarly publications, including more than 20 papers published in the journals Science, Nature, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Jablonski is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in 1999, and received the Paleontological Societys Schuchert Award in 1988.
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