Bruce S. Lieberman Explained

Bruce S. Lieberman
Birth Date:1966
Birth Place:New York City
Nationality:American
Fields:Paleontology, Paleoecology, Biogeography
Alma Mater:Harvard University

Bruce Smith Lieberman (born in 1966 in New York City) is an American paleontologist.

Lieberman received his A.B 1988 summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University and Stephen Jay Gould was his undergraduate advisor. He received a Master's in 1991 and a Doctorate,[1] in 1994 from Columbia University, and Niles Eldredge was his graduate advisor.[2] 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,[3] and a Senior Curator in the University of Kansas Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Institute.[4] He is also Director of the Paleontological Institute and editor-in-chief of the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology.[5] He spent a year serving as a program officer at the National Science Foundation.[6]

His research especially focuses on macroevolution,[7] [8] [9] [10] and he has considered various topics in this area including support for punctuated equilibrium[11] and the related issue of mechanisms causing stasis,[12] [13] [14] the evidence for species selection,[15] [16] and the nature of evolutionary radiations.[17] [18] Other topics he has considered in his research include mass extinctions,[19] [20] [21] [22] [23] trilobites,[24] [25] the Cambrian explosion,[26] [27] [28] paleoecology,[29] phylogenetics,[30] and biogeography.[31] [32] [33] He has been involved with the digitization of invertebrate paleontology collections,[34] including helping to develop apps for fossil identification.[35] [36] [37] In 2002 he received the Charles Schuchert Award from the Paleontological Society.[38] [39] Graduate students advised by him include Alycia Stigall, Erin Saupe, and Cori Myers.[40] Post-doctoral scholars advised by him include Luke Strotz, Michelle Casey, Jonathan Hendricks, Claudia Nunez-Penichet, Rachel Moore, and Rhi LaVine.[40]

Partial list of Trilobite genera named and revised

Bellacartwrightia Lieberman & Kloc, 1997[41] - a Devonian trilobite (Acastidae) from North America; Bolbolenellus;[42] Bouleia;[43] Bristolia; Cambropallas;[44] Dechenella; Eldredgeia;[45] Fallotaspis;[46] Gerastos; Greenops; Holmia; Kjerulfia; Malvinella; Mesonacis; Metacryphaeus; Milesdavis Lieberman, 1994[47] - a Devonian trilobite (Proetidae) from Bohemia; Nevadia; Olenellus; Peachella; Proetus; Schmidtiellus; Tolkienia Lieberman & Kloc, 1997 - a Devonian trilobite (Acastidae).

Notes and References

  1. . Lieberman . Bruce Smith . 1994 . The evolution of the Hamilton Group fauna and a hierarchical perspective on evolutionary analysis .
  2. Book: Eldrege, Niles . Reinventing Darwin . Wiley . 1995 . 978-0471303015 . 69.
  3. Web site: University of Kansas, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology . April 16, 2023.
  4. Web site: University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute . April 16, 2023.
  5. Web site: University of Kansas . April 16, 2023.
  6. Web site: National Science Foundation, Division of Environmental Biology . August 21, 2020 . April 16, 2023.
  7. Web site: To avoid extinction it's about 'survival of the laziest,' study suggests . . August 22, 2018 .
  8. News: 'Survival of the laziest': Finally, there's a scientific reason to not get off the couch . en-US . Washington Post . April 16, 2023 . 0190-8286.
  9. News: Forget 'survival of the fittest' – the laziest will inherit the Earth . The Guardian . August 21, 2018 . Sample . Ian .
  10. Web site: Evolution favours 'survival of the laziest', new study suggests . April 16, 2023 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
  11. Lieberman . Bruce . Bruce S. Lieberman . Eldredge . Niles . Niles Eldredge . 2014 . What is punctuated equilibrium? What is macroevolution . Trends in Ecology & Evolution (TREE) . 29 . 4 . 185–186 . 10.1016/j.tree.2014.02.005 . 24629719 . Elsevier Science Direct.
  12. Lieberman . Bruce . Eldredge . Niles . Niles Eldredge . Brett . Carl . 1995 . Patterns and Processes of Stasis in two Species Lineages from the Middle Devonian of New York State . Paleobiology . 21 . 15–27 . 10.1017/S0094837300013051 . 2401137 . 132594694 . JSTOR.
  13. Lieberman . Bruce . Bruce S. Lieberman . Dudgeon . Steven . 1996 . An evaluation of stabilizing selection as a mechanism for stasis . Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . 127 . 1–4 . 229–238 . 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00097-1 . 1996PPP...127..229L . Elsevier Science Direct.
  14. Eldredge . Niles . Niles Eldredge . Thompson . John . Brakefield . Paul . Gavrilets . Sergei . Jablonski . David . Jackson . Jeremy . Lenski . Richard . Lieberman . Bruce . Bruce S. Lieberman . McPeek . Mark . Miller . William, III . 2005 . The dynamics of evolutionary stasis . Paleobiology . 31 . 2 . 133–145 . 10.1666/0094-8373(2005)031[0133:TDOES]2.0.CO;2 . 25482674 . 16881342 . JSTOR.
  15. Lieberman . Bruce . Bruce S. Lieberman . Eldredge . Niles . Niles Eldredge . Allmon . Warren . 1993 . Levels of selection and macroevolutionary patterns in the turritellid gastropods . Paleobiology . 19 . 2 . 205–215 . 10.1017/S0094837300015876 . 2400877 . 1993Pbio...19..205L . 89317771 . JSTOR.
  16. Lieberman . Bruce . Bruce S. Lieberman . Vrba . Elisabeth . Elisabeth Vrba . 2005 . Stephen Jay Gould on species selection: 30 years of insight . Paleobiology . 31 . 2 . 113–121 . 10.1666/0094-8373(2005)031[0113:SJGOSS]2.0.CO;2 . 25482672 . 14801676 . JSTOR.
  17. Bruce S. Lieberman . 2012 . Adaptive radiations in the context of macroevolutionary theory: a paleontological perspective . Evolutionary Biology . 39 . 181–191 . 10.1007/s11692-012-9165-8 . Springer Link . Lieberman . Bruce S. . 2 . 2012EvBio..39..181L . 1808/13649 . 255341742 . free .
  18. Simoes . Marianna . Alvarado . Mabel . Breitkreuz . Laura . Baca . Stephen . Cooper . Jacob . Heins . Liam . Herzog . Kaylee . Lieberman . Bruce . Bruce S. Lieberman . 2016 . The evolving theory of evolutionary radiations . Trends in Ecology & Evolution . 31 . 1 . 27–34 . 10.1016/j.tree.2015.10.007 . 26632984 . Elsevier Content Direct.
  19. Web site: Supernova Explosions May Have Caused Mass Extinction 350 Million Years Ago . . August 19, 2020 .
  20. Web site: Multiple star explosions may have contributed to a mass extinction on Earth . . August 21, 2020 .
  21. News: Dorminey . Bruce . March 5, 2021 . Cosmic cataclysms and the evolution of intelligent life . Cosmic Controversy podcast . April 16, 2023.
  22. News: March 21, 2013 . Forecasting the End . The Weather Channel . April 16, 2023.
  23. News: February 12, 2009 . Animal Armageddon . Animal Planet . April 16, 2023.
  24. News: July 30, 2008 . Evolve Eyes . The History Channel . April 16, 2023.
  25. News: August 12, 2008 . Evolve Jaws . The History Channel . April 16, 2023.
  26. News: Fountain . Henry . November 6, 2007 . 500 million years ago, jellyfish left their mark in fine sediments . The New York Times . April 16, 2023.
  27. Web site: Brandon Specktor published . October 17, 2017 . Ancient Sea Creature Looked Like a Wine Glass, Died Alone . April 16, 2023 . livescience.com . en.
  28. Meert . Joseph . Lieberman . Bruce . Bruce S. Lieberman . 2008 . The Neoproterozoic assembly of Gondwana and its relationship to the Ediacaran-Cambrian Radiation . Gondwana Research . 14 . 1–2 . 5–21 . 10.1016/j.gr.2007.06.007 . 2008GondR..14....5M . Elsevier Science Direct.
  29. News: Lynch . Brendan . April 3, 2023 . Steam train history derails ideas about extinction . When Experts Attack podcast . April 16, 2023.
  30. Book: Wiley, E.O and Lieberman, B.S. . Phylogenetics: Theory and Practice of Phylogenetic Systematics . Wiley . 2011 . 978-0470905968 . 2nd . 1–432.
  31. Web site: Dorminey . Bruce . Why Plate Tectonics Remain Key To The Evolution Of Extraterrestrial Technology . April 16, 2023 . Forbes . en.
  32. Book: Lieberman, Bruce . Paleobiogeography . Springer . 2000 . 978-0306462771 . 1–227.
  33. Lieberman . Bruce . Bruce S. Lieberman . 2003 . Paleobiogeography: The relevance of fossils to biogeography Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 34:51-69. . Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics . 34 . 51–69 . 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.34.121101.153549 . 30033769 . 1808/673 . JSTOR. free .
  34. News: June 26, 2012 . Fossil Facebook . Central Standard, KCUR 89.3 FM . April 16, 2023.
  35. News: March 27, 2021 . Why Fossil Hunting is the Next Big Hobby . The Wall Street Journal . April 16, 2023.
  36. News: March 2, 2020 . There are millions of fossils in Kansas, here's how to find one . KMUW 89.1 FM . April 16, 2023.
  37. News: November 19, 2015 . Dig it . Central Standard, KCUR . April 16, 2023.
  38. Web site: Paleontological Society . April 16, 2023.
  39. RESPONSE BY BRUCE S. LIEBERMAN: For the Schuchert Award, October 28, 2002 . Journal of Paleontology . July 2003 . 77 . 4 . 815–816 . 10.1666/0022-3360(2003)077<0815:RBBSL>2.0.CO;2 .
  40. Web site: Academic Tree . April 16, 2023 . Academic Tree.
  41. Lieberman, Bruce S. . Kloc, Gerry . 1997 . Evolutionary and biogeographic patterns in the Asteropyginae (Trilobita, Devonian) . Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . 232 . 1–127 . AMNH Digital Library.
  42. Lieberman . Bruce . 1999 . Systematic revision of the Olenelloidea (Trilobita, Cambrian) 45:1-150. . Bulletin of the Yale University Peabody Museum of Natural History . 45 . 1–150 . Yale University EliScholar.
  43. Lieberman . Bruce . Bruce S. Lieberman . Edgecombe . Greg . Gregory Edgecombe . Eldredge . Niles . Niles Eldredge . 1991 . Systematics and biogeography of the "Malvinella Group," Calmoniidae (Trilobita, Devonian) . Journal of Paleontology . 65 . 5 . 824–843 . 10.1017/S002233600003780X . 1305809 . 1991JPal...65..824L . 132858686 . JSTOR.
  44. Lieberman . Bruce . 2001 . Phylogenetic analysis of the Olenellina (Trilobita, Cambrian) . Journal of Paleontology . 75 . 96–115 . 10.1666/0022-3360(2001)075<0096:PAOTOW>2.0.CO;2 . 1306925 . 85656419 . JSTOR.
  45. Lieberman . Bruce . 1991 . Systematics and biogeography of the "Metacryphaeus Group," (Trilobita, Devonian) with a comment on adaptive radiations and the geological history of the Malvinokaffric Realm . Journal of Paleontology . 67 . 549–570 . 10.1017/S0022336000024902 . 1305930 . 130430320 . JSTOR.
  46. Lieberman . Bruce . 2002 . Phylogenetic analysis of some basal Early Cambrian trilobites, the biogeographic origins of the Eutrilobita, and the timing of the Cambrian radiation . Journal of Paleontology . 76 . 4 . 672–688 . 10.1666/0022-3360(2002)076<0692:PAOSBE>2.0.CO;2 . GeoScienceWorld.
  47. Lieberman . Bruce . 1994 . Evolution of the trilobite subfamily Proetinae and the origin, evolutionary affinity, and extinction of the Middle Devonian proetid fauna of Eastern North America . Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . 223 . 1–176 . AMNH Digital Library.

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