Bruce H. Tiffney
| Bruce H. Tiffney | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Paleobotany |
| Institutions | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Alma mater |
Harvard Boston University |
| Doctoral students | Karen Chin[1] |
Bruce H. Tiffney is an American paleobotanist, professor, and the dean of the College of Creative Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[2] He graduated from Boston University with a degree in geology in 1971, and after earning his PhD at Harvard University in 1977, he became a professor of biology at Yale University, where he taught for nine years, and where he also worked as a curator of the D. C. Eaton Herbarium and paleontological collections at the Peabody Museum of Natural History. His research focuses on the evolution of flowering plants (angiosperms) in the fossil record.
Tiffney is a fellow of the Geological Society of America,[3] and appeared on the documentary series The Future Is Wild.
References
- ↑ Wright, Karen (June 1, 1996). "What the Dinosaurs Left Us". Discover Magazine.
- ↑ Smaus, Robert (August 15, 1993). "Jurassic Plants". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ "Active and Current GSA Fellows". Geological Society of America.
External links
- Faculty page: U.C. Santa Barbara Department of Earth Sciences
- Faculty page: College of Creative studies
- Bruce H. Tiffney at the Internet Movie Database
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