Paul G. Harnik

Paul Harnik

Postdoctoral Fellow
National Evolutionary
Synthesis Center


Starting Fall 2013
Assistant Professor
Franklin & Marshall College

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

National Evolutionary Synthesis Center
2024 W. Main St., Suite A200
Durham, NC 27705
U.S.A

E-mail: paulharnik [at] nescent.org
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

  • Chiba, S., K. Yoshino, M. Kanaiwa, T. Kawajiri, and S. Goshima. 2013. Maladaptive sex ratio adjustment by a sex-changing shrimp in selective-fishing environments. Journal of Animal Ecology 82(3):632-641.
  • Strotz, L. C., and A. P. Allen. 2013. Assessing the role of cladogenesis in macroevolution by integrating fossil and molecular evidence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110(8):2904-2909.
  • Foote, M., and A. I. Miller. 2013. Determinants of early survival in marine animal genera. Paleobiology 39(2):171-192.