Dr. Jisuo Jin

Paleontology

Professor
Ph.D. University of Saskatchewan, 1988
Office: BGS 0180
Research Lab: BGS 1005
Phone: (519) 661-2111 x.84061
Fax: (519) 661-3198
Email: jjin@uwo.ca

Research Interests

1. Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod taxonomy and diversity patterns through time;
2. Origin, radiation, mass extinction, and recovery of brachiopod faunas in the epicontinental seas of North America during the Ordovician and Silurian periods;
3. Paleoecolgy and environmental control on the evolution of brachiopod communities and fauna;
4. Comparative study of Ordovician-Silurian brachiopod faunas of North America and South China - applications to global biodiversity patterns and paleobiogeography.

Career Summary:

Books/Monographs (peer-reviewed): 11
Books and special volumes edited: 4
Papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and conference proceedings: 70
Papers in non-peer-reviewed periodicals and conference proceedings: 6
Technical Reports (non-peer-reviewed): 7
Conference field guides: 5

Selected Publications

Jin, J., Harper, D.A.T., Rasmussen, J.A. and Sheehan, P.M. 2011. Late Ordovician massive-bedded Thalassinoides ichnofacies along the palaeoequator of Laurentia. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.05.023.

Balthasar, U., Cusack, M., Faryma, L., Chung, P., Holmer, L.E., Jin, J., Percival, I.G. and Popov, L.E. 2011. Relic aragonite from Ordovician-Silurian Brachiopods – implications for the evolution of calcification. Geology, 39, 967–970.

Jin J. and Zhan R. 2008. Late Ordovician orthide and billingsellide brachiopods from Anticosti Island, eastern Canada: Diversity change through mass extinctions. National Research Council of Canada, NRC Research Press, Ottawa. 151 pp. (book)

Jin, J. 2008. Environmental control on temporal and spatial differentiation of Early Silurian pentameride brachiopod communities, Anticosti Island, eastern Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 45(2), 159-187.

Jin, J. and Copper, P. 2008. Response of brachiopod communities to environmental change during the Late Ordovician mass extinction interval, Anticosti Island, eastern Canada. Fossils and Strata, 54, 41-51.

Courses Taught

Current:

Earth Sciences 2265A: Paleobiology and Paleoecology
Earth Sciences 2266B: Evolution of the Vertebrates
Earth Sciences 4461B: Advanced Paleontology
Earth Sciences 9532B: Ancient Ecosystems

Past:

Earth Sciences 2250Y: Field Mapping
Earth Sciences 3314B: Sedimentary Petrology
Earth Sciences 361: Invertebrate Paleontology
Earth Sciences 4450Y: Field school (4th year)

Students

Master's Students:

Paul Glasser, Completed (2000.9-2002.6).
Mode of evolution in the Early Silurian Pentamerus-Pentameroides lineages.

Simon Donato, Completed (2000.9-2003.5).
Paleoecology of shelly benthos in the Middle Devonian Hamilton Group, southern Ontario. OPI Thesis Award

Allison Daley, Completed (2003.9-2005.12).
Evolution of borings in brachiopod shells from Ordovician to Devonian.

Deana Schwarz, Completed (2006.9-2008.8).
Systematic variations in stable Isotopes of Ordovician brachiopod shells.

Candace Brintnell, In progress (2010.9-)

Colin Sproat, In progress (2010.9-)

Doctoral Students:

Chris Stott, In progress (2000.8-).
Biostratigraphy and paleoecology of the Ordovician-Silurian boundary sections, Bruce Peninsula and Manitoulin Island, Ontario.

Pengfei Chen, Completed (2005.8-2009.10).
Ordovician brachiopod diversity fluctuations: comparison between North America and South China

Akbar Sohrabi Hashjin, In progress (2009.5-).

Nikole Bingham-Koslowski, In progress (2010.9-).

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