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Linda Ivany

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Linda Ivany
Academic background
Alma materSyracuse University
University of Florida
Harvard University
Doctoral advisorStephen Jay Gould
Academic work
DisciplinePaleoecology
Paleoclimatology
InstitutionsSyracuse University

Linda Ivany is a professor in the Earth Sciences department at Syracuse University.[1] Her research focuses primarily on paleoecology and paleoclimatology.[2]

Education

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Ivany completed a BS degree in Geology at Syracuse University, and then went on to earn an M.S. at the University of Florida, and a Ph.D. at Harvard University under the guidance of Stephen J. Gould.[1]

Career

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She worked at the University of Michigan 1997 - 2000, before being hired as a visiting assistant professor at Syracuse University later in 2000.[1] She was promoted to full professor in 2012.[1]

Research

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She was involved in two seminal papers on large-scale diversity patterns in the Phanerozoic,[3][4] in which the authors showed that it was very important to correct for the "completeness" of the fossil record, and showed that the increase in taxonomic diversity across the past 540 million years is not as dramatic as had been suggested by Jack Sepkoski and others.[5]

She has also published several important studies that involve inferring past changes in global climate, especially in the Cenozoic.[6][7][8][9][10][11]

Much of Ivany's research revolves around the study of fossil molluscs, including their taxonomy and analyses of stable isotope data.[12]

In one recent study, she and her co-authors demonstrated a positive relationship between marine mollusc longevity and latitude.[13]

As of November 2019, Ivany's publications had been cited more than 3600 times in the scientific literature.[14]

A third major focus of her research involved quantifying a pattern of long intervals of assemblage similarity through time, punctuated by an abrupt shift in assemblage composition.[15][16][17][18][19][20] This was referred to as "coordinated stasis." Coordinated stasis was sometimes thought of as a community-level analogue of Gould & Eldridge's Punctuated Equilibria. Although there were apparently substantial environmental changes during a 5.5Ma interval of "stasis" during the Devonian, which is consistent with some biotically driven community stability, Ivany and others caution against conceptually framing coordinated stasis as punctuated equilibra writ large.[21]

Awards

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In April 2019, Ivany was presented with an Excellence in Graduate Education Faculty Recognition Award in celebration of her outstanding mentorship of graduate students.[22]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Linda Ivany". thecollege.syr.edu. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  2. ^ "The Paleontology Portal". paleoportal.org. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  3. ^ Alroy J, Aberhan M, Bottjer DJ, Foote M, Fürsich FT, Harries PJ, et al. (July 2008). "Phanerozoic trends in the global diversity of marine invertebrates". Science. 321 (5885): 97–100. Bibcode:2008Sci...321...97A. doi:10.1126/science.1156963. PMID 18599780. S2CID 35793274.
  4. ^ Alroy J, Marshall CR, Bambach RK, Bezusko K, Foote M, Fursich FT, et al. (May 2001). "Effects of sampling standardization on estimates of Phanerozoic marine diversification". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 98 (11): 6261–6. Bibcode:2001PNAS...98.6261A. doi:10.1073/pnas.111144698. PMC 33456. PMID 11353852.
  5. ^ Sepkoski Jr JJ, Bambach RK, Raup DM, Valentine JW (1981). "Phanerozoic marine diversity and the fossil record". Nature. 293 (5832): 435–437. Bibcode:1981Natur.293..435S. doi:10.1038/293435a0. S2CID 4282371.
  6. ^ Ivany LC, Patterson WP, Lohmann KC (October 2000). "Cooler winters as a possible cause of mass extinctions at the Eocene/Oligocene boundary". Nature. 407 (6806): 887–90. Bibcode:2000Natur.407..887I. doi:10.1038/35038044. hdl:2027.42/62707. PMID 11057663. S2CID 4408282.
  7. ^ Ivany LC, Lohmann KC, Hasiuk F, Blake DB, Glass A, Aronson RB, Moody RM (May 1, 2008). "Eocene climate record of a high southern latitude continental shelf: Seymour Island, AntarcticaEocene climate change on the Antarctic shelf". GSA Bulletin. 120 (5–6): 659–678. doi:10.1130/B26269.1.
  8. ^ Coin G (April 25, 2014). "Syracuse University prof: Warm Antarctica 40 million years ago supports climate change theory today". Syracuse.com. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  9. ^ "Syracuse researchers shine light on ancient global warming". EurekAlert!. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  10. ^ "Shining light on ancient global warming". ScienceDaily. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  11. ^ "How Hot Was the Eocene Earth?". Astrobiology Magazine. July 8, 2011. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  12. ^ "Paleontologist to Discuss Skeletons' Use in Reconstructing Ecosystems at UA". University of Alabama News. The University of Alabama. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  13. ^ "Syracuse University researchers confirm marine animals live longer at high latitudes". EurekAlert!. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  14. ^ "Linda Ivany". Google Scholar Citations. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  15. ^ Ivany LC (December 20, 1996). "Coordinated stasis or coordinated turnover? Exploring intrinsic vs. extrinsic controls on pattern". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. New Perspectives on Faunal Stability in the Fossil Record. 127 (1): 239–256. Bibcode:1996PPP...127..239I. doi:10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00098-3. ISSN 0031-0182.
  16. ^ Brett CE, Ivany LC, Schopf KM (December 20, 1996). "Coordinated stasis: An overview". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. New Perspectives on Faunal Stability in the Fossil Record. 127 (1): 1–20. Bibcode:1996PPP...127....1B. doi:10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00085-5. ISSN 0031-0182.
  17. ^ Morris PJ, Ivany LC, Schopf KM, Brett CE (November 1995). "The challenge of paleoecological stasis: reassessing sources of evolutionary stability". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 92 (24): 11269–73. Bibcode:1995PNAS...9211269M. doi:10.1073/pnas.92.24.11269. PMC 40613. PMID 11607592.
  18. ^ Bonuso N, Newton CR, Brower JC, Ivany LC (December 1, 2002). "Does coordinated stasis yield taxonomic and ecologic stability?: Middle Devonian Hamilton Group of central New York". Geology. 30 (12): 1055–1058. Bibcode:2002Geo....30.1055B. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<1055:dcsyta>2.0.co;2.
  19. ^ Marshall E (October 1997). "Whose DNA is it, anyway?". Science. 278 (5338): 564–7. doi:10.1126/science.278.5338.564. PMID 9381160. S2CID 37617383.
  20. ^ "Syracuse University geologists raise questions about controversial theory of specie...( A recent study by a team of Syracuse Un...)". news.bio-medicine.org. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
  21. ^ Ivany LC, Brett CE, Wall HL, Wall PD, Handley JC (2009). "Relative Taxonomic and Ecologic Stability in Devonian Marine Faunas of New York State: A Test of Coordinated Stasis". Paleobiology. 35 (4): 499–524. doi:10.1666/0094-8373-35.4.499. JSTOR 25609430. S2CID 83860730.
  22. ^ SU Earth Sciences (April 9, 2019). "Congratulations Dr. Linda Ivany!". Twitter. Retrieved December 1, 2019. She is receiving an Excellence in Graduate Education Faculty Recognition Award! This recognizes faculty whose dedication to grad students & commitment to excellence in grad teaching & mentoring have made an impact on grad education
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