Bruce Smith Lieberman (born in 1966 in New York City) is an American paleontologist.
Bruce S. Lieberman | |
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Born | 1966 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Paleontology, Paleoecology, Biogeography |
Lieberman received his A.B 1988 summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University and Stephen Jay Gould was his undergraduate advisor.[1] He received a Master's in 1991 and a Doctorate,[2] in 1994 from Columbia University, and Niles Eldredge was his graduate advisor.[1][3] During graduate school he was based at the American Museum of Natural History. He did a 2-year post-doctoral fellowship with Elisabeth Vrba at Yale University and a 2-year post-doctoral fellowship with Andrew Knoll at Harvard University. Since 1998 he has been on the faculty at the University of Kansas where he is a professor in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology,[4] and a Senior Curator in the University of Kansas Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Institute.[5] He is also Director of the Paleontological Institute and editor-in-chief of the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology.[6] He spent a year serving as a program officer at the National Science Foundation.[7]
His research focuses on macroevolution,[8][9][10][11] and he has considered various topics in this area including support for punctuated equilibrium[12] and the related issue of mechanisms causing stasis,[13][14][15] the evidence for species selection,[16][17] and the nature of evolutionary radiations.[18][19] Other topics he has considered in his research include mass extinctions,[20][21][22][23][24] trilobites,[25][26] the Cambrian explosion,[27][28][29] paleoecology,[30][31] phylogenetics,[32] and biogeography.[33][34][35] He has been involved with the digitization of invertebrate paleontology collections,[36] including helping to develop apps for fossil identification.[37][38][39] In 2002 he received the Charles Schuchert Award from the Paleontological Society.[40][41] Graduate students advised by him include Alycia Stigall, Erin Saupe, and Cori Myers.[1] Post-doctoral scholars advised by him include Luke Strotz, Michelle Casey, Jonathan Hendricks, Claudia Nunez-Penichet, Rachel Moore, and Rhi LaVine.[1]
Bellacartwrightia Lieberman & Kloc, 1997[42] – a Devonian trilobite (Acastidae) from North America; Bolbolenellus;[43] Bouleia;[44] Bristolia;[43] Cambropallas;[45] Dechenella;[46] Eldredgeia;[47] Fallotaspis;[48] Gerastos;[46] Greenops;[42] Holmia;[43] Kjerulfia;[43] Malvinella;[44] Mesonacis;[43] Metacryphaeus;[47] Milesdavis Lieberman, 1994[46] – a Devonian trilobite (Proetidae) from Bohemia; Nevadia;[45] Olenellus;[43] Peachella;[43] Proetus;[46] Schmidtiellus;[43] Tolkienia Lieberman & Kloc, 1997[42] – a Devonian trilobite (Acastidae).
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