Featured Researchers
Researchers in many of the University of Colorado--Boulder's departments focus on aspects of evolution in their work. Here you can learn more about the six researchers featured in Evolution: Here and Now and find links to their websites.
SHELLEY COPLEY, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Molecular, Cellular,
and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado-Boulder, and a Fellow of the
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Studies (CIRES), University of
Colorado-Boulder. Her research is funded by the National Institutes of Health,
the National Science Foundation, the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, the Army Research Office, and the Air Force Office for Scientific
Research.
Website: http://mcdb.colorado.edu/faculty/researcherobjects/Shelley-Copley
JAELYN J. EBERLE, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado-Boulder, and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado-Boulder.
Her research on mammals at the K-T boundary has been funded by the
Canadian Museum of Nature, the National Science Foundation, the National
Geographic Society, and the University of Colorado.
Website: http://www.colorado.edu/GeolSci/faculty/eberle.html
ROBERT P. GURALNICK, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado-Boulder, and Curator of Zoology at the Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado-Boulder. His research is funded by the National Science Foundation, National Geographic Society Committee on Research and Exploration, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), and the United States Geological Survey/National Biological Information Infrastructure.
Website: http://robgur.googlepages.com/
BRIAN M. HYNEK, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geological
Sciences and the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), both at
the University of Colorado-Boulder. His research is funded by the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the University of Colorado-
Boulder.
Website: http://lasp.colorado.edu/~hynek/
MATTHEW SPONHEIMER, PhD, is an assistant Associate Professor in the
Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado-Boulder. His research is
funded by the National Science Foundation, the Leakey Foundation, the Wenner-
Gren Foundation, and the University of Colorado Dean's Fund.
Website: http://www.colorado.edu/Anthropology/sponheimer/
DAVID STOCK, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado-Boulder. His research is funded by
the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Dental and
Craniofacial Research.
Website: http://spot.colorado.edu/~stockd/
