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Professor Lindsey Leighton is part of the Faculty of Science at the University of Alberta. His research interests focus on the evolutionary ecology of predator-prey systems and the effects of biodiversity on these dynamics. He investigates organismal features that enhance survivorship in mass-extinction events and explores functional morphology and biomechanics, particularly in marine invertebrates. His work emphasizes the animal-substrate and animal-flow interactions and combines modern fossil data to address ecological questions related to the planet's biodiversity crisis. With a pressing need to understand the processes that influence biodiversity across global and deep-time scales, Leighton aims to fill the existing gaps in the literature, connecting fine spatial and temporal scales within paleobiology and ecology. His research is critical given the urgent need to address the ongoing biodiversity crisis and to improve our understanding of conservation paleobiology.
Department: Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Management