PALEOBIOLOGY

The Department of Geosciences offers a diverse program in paleobiology leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. Faculty and students address a wide range of questions that center on the evolution of life on Earth and the interaction of organisms with their environment over geologic time. Faculty expertise includes invertebrate paleontology, vertebrate paleontology, micropaleontology, and paleobotany and covers nearly all subdisciplines of paleobiology including astrobiology, geobiology, isotopic biogochemistry, organic geochemistry, stratigraphic paleobiology, evolutionary paleoecology, quantitative paleobiology, macroevolution, biostratigraphy, and evolutionary genomics.