Email: drl@berkeley.edu

Phone: (510) 642-3926

Web page: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/people/davidl/lindberg.html

His research: Dave studies the evolutionary history of the nearshore marine environment around the Pacific Rim. "I am fascinated with plate tectonics in the Pacific Rim," he says. Because of the tectonic activity, the nearshore marine habitat has changed a lot over the past 25 million years, affecting the evolution of the organisms that have lived there.

His path to science: "I'm one of those kids who knew at 8 or 9 years old that I wanted to be a marine biologist." However, Dave didn’t follow the typical path towards a career in marine biology. Along the way, Dave spent six years in the military and started a family. Only then did he begin college. While in school, Dave vounteered at the California Academy of Sciences, where he started doing research on mollusks. Dave got a PhD at UC Santa Cruz, and then came to Berkeley, continuing his research on the inhabitants of the Pacific Rim.

Scotchmoor, J., D. Lindberg, T. White, J. Flynn, and R. Ross. 2006. The Paleontology Portal: a unique partnership, SPNHC-NSCA 2006 Program & Abstracts, p. 59.

Simison, W.B., D.R. Lindberg and J.L. Boore. 2006. Rolling circle amplification of metazoan mitochondrial genomes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39(2):562-567.

Estes, J.A., D.R. Lindberg, and C. Wray. 2005. Evolution of large body size in abalones (Haliotis): Patterns and implications. Paleobiology 31(4):591-606.

Pyenson, N.D., and D.R. Lindberg. 2003. Phylogenetic analyses of body size in Neoceti: preliminary proxies for studying cetacean ecology in the fossil record. Abstracts for the 15th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Greensboro, NC. Pp. 133-134.