Faculty List of Research Subtopic: Macroevolution

Michael Coates  <mcoates@uchicago.edu> Vertebrate paleontology, systematics and phylogenetics, origins of major taxa including gnathostomes, early jawed fishes and basal tetrapods, historical patterns of biodiversity and morphology, and the integration of paleo- with developmental biology.

Jerry Coyne  <j-coyne@uchicago.edu> I work on a diverse array of topics in the areas of population and evolutionary genetics, speciation, ecological genetics, and molecular evolution.

Michael Foote  <mfoote@midway.uchicago.edu> Large-scale evolutionary patterns, morphological diversification, evolutionary rate

Lance Grande  <grande@fmnh.org> Phylogenetic interrelationships, comparative osteology, and historical biogeography of fossil and living actinopterygian fishes

Lawrence Heaney  <heaney@fmnh.org> Biogeography, including the evolutionary origins and ecological maintenance of patterns of biological diversity, especially those of mammals, on islands or in island-like ecosystems. Conservation biology is a major component.

David Jablonski  <djablons@midway.uchicago.edu> Macroevolution; paleobiology; evolutionary paleoecology, especially in marine invertebrates

Maureen Kearney  <mkearney@fieldmuseum.org> Comparative anatomy, development, systematics, and evolution of reptiles

Wen-Hsiung Li  <whli@uchicago.edu> Major interest: Processes and mechanisms of molecular and genomic evolution. I. Evolution of gene regulation. II. Evolution of duplicate genes. III. Development of statistical methods and computational analysis of genomic data.

Scott Lidgard  <lidgard@fmnh.org> Evolution and ecology of cheilostome bryozoans, particularly the relationships of colonial growth and form; evolutionary paleoecology and the resolution of large-scale patterns in the fossil record; angiosperm diversification and Cretaceous floristic tren

Peter Makovicky  <pmakovicky@fieldmuseum.org> Systematics and evolutionary history of advanced theropod and ceratopsian dinosaurs, with an emphasis on their interrelationships, origins of key characters and patterns of diversification.

Robert Martin  <rdmartin@fieldmuseum.org> Reconstruction of the evolutionary history and phylogenetic relationships of primates, with special emphasis on the brain, reproduction and allometric scaling, but covering the whole range from morphology to molecular evidence.

Jennifer Mcelwain  <mcelwain@fieldmuseum.org> Paleobotany, global climate change, history of the carbon cycle and atmospheric composition, new techniques in paleoaltimetery using fossil plants

Gregory Mueller  <mueller@fmnh.org> Systematics, population biology, biogeography, and ecology of fungi

Vicky Prince  <vprince@midway> Mechanisms of patterning the anterior-posterior body axis during development of zebrafish and other teleosts, using molecular, cellular and comparative approaches

Richard Ree  <rree@fieldmuseum.org> Systematics of flowering plants, phylogenetics, model-based inference of macroevolution and historical biogeography, and biodiversity informatics. Regional interest in the Himalaya and Northern Hemisphere.

Ilya Ruvinsky  <ruvinsky@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu> Evolution of development, particularly the origin and diversification of the nervous system and evolution of transcriptional regulation (using C. elegans as a primary model organism); Comparative and computational genomics; Molecular evolution

Urs Schmidt-Ott  <uschmid@uchicago.edu> We study the evolution of insect development. The goal is twofold: (1) to understand the phylogenetic origin of Drosophila’s developmental mechanisms and (2) to understand the developmental and genetic basis of the radiation of true flies (Diptera).

Paul Sereno  <dinosaur@midway.uchicago.edu> Fossils, phylogenetic analysis, biogeography, dinosaur and avian radiations, molecular evolution

Neil Shubin  <nshubin@midway.uchicago.edu> I use paleontological and developmental approaches to understand the origin of new taxa, new morphological structures and new patterns of variation in evolution.

William Turnbull  <turnbull@fmnh.org> Early mammalian evolution, and the shift from archaic to modern families; Australian fauna of all epochs; functional anatomy of mammalian jaws; marsupial biology and geographic distribution through time.

Leigh Van Valen  <leigh@uchicago.edu> Macroevolution, macroecology, fossil mammals, evolution of biotas, energy in ecology and evolution, ecological genetics, evolution of development and adaptation, organization and evolution of phenotype, conceptual analysis

Peter Wagner  <pwagner@fmnh.org> Rates of morphological and phylogenetic evolution among early gastropods and other molluscs, and phylogenetic methods.