She worked at the University of Michigan 1997 - 2000, before being hired as a visiting assistant professor at Syracuse University later in 2000.[1] She was promoted to full professor in 2012.[1]
Research
She was involved in two seminal papers on large-scale diversity patterns in the Phanerozoic,[3][4] in which the authors showed that it was very important to correct for the "completeness" of the fossil record, and showed that the increase in taxonomic diversity across the past 540 million years is not as dramatic as had been suggested by Jack Sepkoski and others.[5]
She has also published several important studies that involve inferring past changes in global climate, especially in the Cenozoic.[6][7][8][9][10][11]
In one recent study, she and her co-authors demonstrated a positive relationship between marine mollusc longevity and latitude.[13]
As of November 2019, Ivany's publications had been cited more than 3600 times in the scientific literature.[14]
A third major focus of her research involved quantifying a pattern of long intervals of assemblage similarity through time, punctuated by an abrupt shift in assemblage composition.[15][16][17][18][19][20] This was referred to as "coordinated stasis." Coordinated stasis was sometimes thought of as a community-level analogue of Gould & Eldridge'sPunctuated Equilibria. Although there were apparently substantial environmental changes during a 5.5Ma interval of "stasis" during the Devonian, which is consistent with some biotically driven community stability, Ivany and others caution against conceptually framing coordinated stasis as punctuated equilibra writ large.[21]
Awards
In April 2019, Ivany was presented with an Excellence in Graduate Education Faculty Recognition Award in celebration of her outstanding mentorship of graduate students.[22]
References
^ abcd"Linda Ivany". thecollege.syr.edu. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
^Ivany LC, Lohmann KC, Hasiuk F, Blake DB, Glass A, Aronson RB, Moody RM (May 1, 2008). "Eocene climate record of a high southern latitude continental shelf: Seymour Island, AntarcticaEocene climate change on the Antarctic shelf". GSA Bulletin. 120 (5–6): 659–678. doi:10.1130/B26269.1.
^"Linda Ivany". Google Scholar Citations. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
^Ivany LC (December 20, 1996). "Coordinated stasis or coordinated turnover? Exploring intrinsic vs. extrinsic controls on pattern". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. New Perspectives on Faunal Stability in the Fossil Record. 127 (1): 239–256. Bibcode:1996PPP...127..239I. doi:10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00098-3. ISSN0031-0182.
^Ivany LC, Brett CE, Wall HL, Wall PD, Handley JC (2009). "Relative Taxonomic and Ecologic Stability in Devonian Marine Faunas of New York State: A Test of Coordinated Stasis". Paleobiology. 35 (4): 499–524. doi:10.1666/0094-8373-35.4.499. JSTOR25609430. S2CID83860730.
^SU Earth Sciences (April 9, 2019). "Congratulations Dr. Linda Ivany!". Twitter. Retrieved December 1, 2019. She is receiving an Excellence in Graduate Education Faculty Recognition Award! This recognizes faculty whose dedication to grad students & commitment to excellence in grad teaching & mentoring have made an impact on grad education