Content by Roy E. Plotnick, PhD
Roy E. Plotnick is a Professor at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He received his PhD at the University of Chicago in 1983. He was a Paleontological Society Distinguished Lecturer from 2005-2008 a Paleontological Society Fellow in 2012, Geological Society of America Fellow in 2013, and an Edward P Bass Distinguished Environmental Visiting Scholar at the Yale Department of Geology and Geophysics in 2017. His research interests include invertebrate paleobiology, paleoecology, mathematical methods and models, fossil preservation, paleobiomechanics, and science education and outreach.
Those Who Know the Past
What paleontologists know about the history of life on Earth is critical for protecting its future – and we also probably have more fun doing what we do than any other group of scientists..
Understanding Deep Time: A Conversation With Dr. Roy Plotnick
How do you explore events that took longer – and were too long ago – for the human mind to comprehend?
I Am Not Indiana Jones, or Why I Am Writing a Book (It’s Not For the Money)
Paleontological research still often begins with grueling and careful field work, but there are many paleontologists who have never used a pickaxe and shovel in their research.
Time’s Arrows, Time’s Cycles
Perhaps we need a Yom Kippur for humanity, so we can then, acting as one, resolve to do better and protect our future.