Area of research
Paleontology · Atmospheric Science
Research interest
Research interests include Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, and Rocket and propulsion systems research.
Comment on “Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness”
Grassland productivity limited by multiple nutrients
Plant species’ origin predicts dominance and response to nutrient enrichment and herbivores in global grasslands
The community ecology of pathogens: coinfection, coexistence and community composition
Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation
Plant diversity predicts beta but not alpha diversity of soil microbes across grasslands worldwide
Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness?
Non-random biodiversity loss underlies predictable increases in viral disease prevalence
Graptoloid diversity and disparity became decoupled during the Ordovician mass extinction
Cultural and Social Diversity in the United States: A Compelling National Interest
Species interactions and seasonal transmission of fungal diseases in plant populations: experimental tests of historical contingency
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: The role of natural enemies and resource availability in biological invasions by plants
Collaborative Research: The community ecology of viral pathogens - Causes and consequences of coinfection in hosts and vectors
Collaborative Research: Graptolite Biogeography, Paleo-GIS, and Evolutionary Dynamics of Early Paleozoic Zooplankton
Predicting disease risk from community context and host phenotype: A trait-based approach
Collaborative Research on Reactive Transport: Modeling Spatial Cross-Correlation between Hydraulic and Reactive Aquifer Attributes as Determined by Sedimentary Architecture
Pathogen-Mediated Interactions Between Native and Introduced Grass Species
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Predicting the Effects of Environmental Change and Host Diversity on the Dynamics of Insect-vectored Generalist Pathogens
Collaborative Research: AUTOMATED SEQUENCING OF THE FOSSIL RECORD: IMPROVED METHODS AND INSIGHTS FROM MOHAWKIAN (ORDOVICIAN) GEOCHRONOLOGY, TEPRHOCHRONOLOGY, & BIOSTRATIGRAPHY
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Host Community Diversity, Species Composition, and the Spread of Generalist Plant Pathogens
Collaborative research: Robust estimation of biodiversity dynamics: Global versus regional patterns in the end Ordovician mass extinction of graptolites
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Microbial Biology for FY 2002
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Graptolite Macroevolution: Phylogenetic Analysis and Testing Hypotheses of Directional Change
Collaborative Research: A Test of Eustatic and Local Tectonic Controls on Lithofacies Development
U.S.-Argentina Planning Visit: Graptolite Paleographic History of the Precordilleran Terrane, Argentina
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Integrated Biostratigraphy and K-bentonite Chronostratigraphy in the Middle Ordovician of the Northern Appalachian Basin
The Evolutionary Radiation of the Diplograptacea (Graptoloidea)