Paul G. Harnik
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Geological
and Environmental Sciences
Stanford University
I am interested in the temporal and spatial structure of biodiversity, specifically the factors that drive variation in rates of extinction, speciation, and ecological expansion and contraction. In my research I use modern and ancient biological systems with a concentration on marine mollusks.
Contact Information
Department of Geological
and Environmental Sciences
Stanford University
450 Serra Mall, Building 320
Stanford, CA 94305
U.S.A
E-mail: pharnik [at] stanford.edu
Phone: 773-241-1284
"At all levels of organization life depends on the maintenance of a
certain balance among its factors."
- Sewall Wright, 1932, The roles of Mutation, Inbreeding,
Crossbreeding and Selection. Sixth International
Congress on Genetics. pp 356-366.
Current Reading
- Quental, T. B., and C. R. Marshall. 2009. Extinction during evolutionary radiations: reconciling the fossil record with molecular phylogenies. Evolution 63(12):3158-3167.
- Kiessling, W., C. Simpson, and M. Foote. 2010. Reefs as cradles of evolution and sources of biodiversity in the Phanerozoic. Science 327(5962):196-198.
- Hongo, C., and H. Kayanne. 2010. Relationship between species diversity and reef growth in the Holocene at Ishigaki Island, Pacific Ocean. Sedimentary Geology 223(1-2):86-99.