Current Position:

Professor

Director of the University of Montana, Paleontology Center

Description:

My research and teaching are international in scope and field oriented. I have lived and worked in Germany, China, Japan and New Zealand and established several international cooperative programs.  Research in invertebrate paleontology utilizes paleobiology, stratigraphic analysis, paleoecology, and isotope applications with a specialization on reefs and corals, especially their evolution in the early Mesozoic. Research questions center on mass extinctions and use statistical techniques to resolve paleobiogeography,  photosymbiosis, ancient CO₂ levels, and ocean acidification during ancient reef collapse and  the Chinese Cambrian Chengjiang biota. My research applies both practical and theoretical approaches, utilizing analysis of paleo data to solve geologic problems. My teaching duties include lectures and seminars in paleontology and evolution at both graduate and undergraduate levels, leading field trips and supervision of masters and doctoral-level students. As Director of the University of Montana Paleontology Center, I supervise staff and direct collection-based research and web-based collections automation, as well as acquire and develop new collections and direct public outreach.

 

Field Of Study:

Paleontology, paleobiology  evolution and stratigraphy

Research Interests:

Research in paleontology is international in scope. It utilizes paleobiology, stratigraphic analysis, paleoecology, and isotope applications with a specialization on reefs and corals, especially their evolution in the early Mesozoic. Research questions center on mass extinctions and use statistical techniques to resolve paleobiogeography,  photosymbiosis, ancient CO₂ levels, and ocean acidification during ancient reef collapse and  the Chinese Cambrian fossils. My research applies both practical and theoretical approaches, utilizing analysis of paleo data to solve geologic problems.

Courses:

Geos 106N  History of Life

Geos 191 (Honors)  God Darwin and Dinosaurs

Geos 311  Paleobiology

Geos 395 Special topics

Geos 583 Advanced Topics in Stratigraphy and Paleontology

Affiliations:

Fulbright Scholar, Senior Professor level, Germany

Courtesy Professor, Yunnan University, Kunming, China

Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, Fellow

Geological Society of America, Fellow

University of Auckland, New Zealand, Foundational Fellow

Specialized Skills:

Foreign Languages: German (Goethe Institute Level-4 Certificate), Spanish, reading knowledge of French; editorial experience.

Selected Publications:

Stanley, G. D., Jr. (ed.) 2011. Corals and Reef Crises, Collapse and Change. PaleontologicalPaper 17, The Paleontological Society, Boulder, Colorado, 160pp.

Stanley, G. D., Jr. and Lipps, J. H. 2011. Photosymbiosis: The driving force for reef success and failure. Paleontological Society Paper 17, p. 33-60