Stephen
Palumbi
spalumbi at stanford dot edu
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Stephen R. Palumbi
received his Ph.D. from University of Washington in marine ecology. His research
group engages in the study of the genetics, evolution, conservation, population
biology and systematics of a diverse array of marine organisms. Professor Palumbi's
own research interests are similarly widespread, and he has published on the
genetics and evolution of sea urchins, whales, cone snails, corals, sharks,
spiders, shrimps, bryozoans, and butterflyfishes. A primary focus is the use
of molecular genetic techniques in conservation, including the identification
of whale and dolphin products available in commercial markets. Current conservation
work centers on the genetics of marine reserves designed for conservation and
fisheries enhancement, with projects in the Philipppines, Bahamas and western
US coast. In addition, basic work on the molecular evolution of reproductive
isolation and its influence on patterns of speciation uses marine model systems
such as sea urchins. This work is expanding our view of the evolution of gamete
morphology and the genes involved. Steve's recent book, The Evolution Explosion:
How humans cause rapid evolutionary change, shows how rapid evolution is
central to emerging problems in modern society. In January 2003, Steve appears
in the TV series The Future is Wild, an computer-animated exploration
of the possible courses of evolution in the next few hundred million years.
Professor Palumbi moved his laboratory from Harvard University in August
2002 to Stanford University's Hopkin Marine Station. Steve is a Pew Fellow in
Marine Conservation, married to physician Mary Roberts, father of two teenagers,
and founding member of the band Flagella. -sample
a song.
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