I am an Associate Professor of Paleontology in the Geology Department at San Jose State University in San Jose, CA. My research is on the intrinsic and extrinsic factors and connections responsible for evolutionary change and extinction; integration of diverse data sets (such as molecular sequence data and fossils) for the purpose of phylogeny reconstruction; quantitative paleobiogeography using tools such as GIS; and systematics of Cenozoic gastropods (snails), particularly members of the genus Conus (cone snails).
