Date

November 20, 2018

Time

11:00 am

Location

RW432

Guest Speaker: Douglas Erwin – Smithsonian
Host: Jean-Bernard Caron

Research Interests (from website)
Most of my current research focuses on major evolutionary transitions and evolutionary innovation. I am currently attempting to understand both the role of developmental invention in generating novel morphologies and how new niches are constructed to facilitate the persistence of these new inventions. Much o f my work has focused on the events of the early radiation of animals about 540 million years ago, but I am beginning to look at other events as well.