David Jablonski is an American professor of geophysical sciences at the University of Chicago. His research focuses upon the ecology and biogeography of the origin of major novelties, the evolutionary role of mass extinctions—in particular the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event—and other large-scale processes in the history of life. As a lecturer, he is known for his extreme enthusiasm.
Jablonski was educated at Columbia University (earning hi...
More
David Jablonski is an American professor of geophysical sciences at the University of Chicago. His research focuses upon the ecology and biogeography of the origin of major novelties, the evolutionary role of mass extinctions—in particular the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event—and other large-scale processes in the history of life. As a lecturer, he is known for his extreme enthusiasm.
Jablonski was educated at Columbia University (earning his B.A. in 1974) and completed his graduate work at Yale (with his M.S. in 1976 and Ph.D. in 1979). As an undergraduate he worked at The American Museum of Natural History in the City of New York, NY. Then continued his postdoctoral studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara and the University of California, Berkeley. In 1985 he was hired by the University of Chicago.
In 1988 the Paleontological Society awarded Jablonski with the Charles Schuchert Award, which is given to persons under 40 "whose work reflects excellence and promise...
Less
