Interdisciplinary Research Spanning Physical Process
and Biological Evolution at Ecologic and Geologic Timescales

Evolution & Development 
Early Animal Evolution 

Evolution of Complex Multicellularity

Sense Organ Evolution In Basal Animal

Paleobiology
Multicellularity and Neo-Proterozoic/Cambrian Radiation

Climatic and Oceanic Controls on Fossil and Modern Diversity

Fossil Cephalopod Form & Function

Tectonic and Faunal Evolution of the Sea of Cortez

Historical Ecology, Coastal Process & Conservation Genetics

Landscape Evolution of Polynesian Coasts

Geomorphology, History, Ecology and Restoration of California Lagoons & Estuaries

Conservation Genetics, Speciation & Biodiversity of  Estuarine Taxa