P. David Polly
Visiting Professor of Evolutionary Paleontology
Geosciences & Geography, University of Helsinki (2024-25)
Professor
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University
with affiliated faculty appointments in Biology and Anthropology
1001 E. 10th Street
Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
Phone: +1-812-855-7994
Email: pdpolly@pollylab.org
Website: www.pollylab.org
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Education
Ph.D. 1993, Paleontology / Integrative Biology, University of California at Berkeley
B.A. 1987, Plan II Honors Program (concentration in paleontology, zoology, geology), University of Texas at Austin
Positions
2013-Present, Professor, Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington (with affiliated faculty appointments in Biological Sciences and Anthropology)
2018-2019, Edward P. Bass Distinguished Visiting Environmental Scholar, Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies, Yale University
2006-2013, Associate Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington. (with affiliated faculty appointments in Biological Sciences and Anthropology)
2001-2006, Lecturer, British usage (Tenured), School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London
1997-2001, Lecturer, British usage (Tenured from 2000 onwards) Division of Biomedical Sciences, St. Bartholomew’s and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London
1994-1996, Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor, The Michigan Society of Fellows and Department of Geology, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
P. David Polly is a Professor in and chair of the department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences at Indiana University (IU) A vertebrate paleontologist, he studies the ecology and evolution of mammals and other vertebrates in the fossil record, including trait-based studies of community response to environmental change, geometric morphometric analysis of evolution and morphology, phylogenetics, spatial processes, community assembly, and speciation on regional and continental geographic scales.
David is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and recently served as president of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (2016-18), Director of the IU Center for Biological Research Collections (2013-2018), and Associate Director of the Environmental Resilience Institute at IU (2017-2018), and was an Edward P. Bass Distinguished Visiting Environmental Scholar at the Yale University Institute of Biospheric Studies (2018-19).