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
- Miller et al. 2009. Phanerozoic trends in the global geographic disparity of marine biotas. Paleobiology 35(4):612-630.
- Witman, J. D., and K. Roy, eds. 2009. Marine macroecology. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
- Puslednik, L., and J. M. Serb. 2008. Molecular phylogenetics of the Pectinidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) and effect of increased taxon sampling and outgroup selection on tree topology. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48(3):1178-1188.