P. David Polly

Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Biology and Anthropology, Indiana University

P. David Polly is a vertebrate paleontologist and evolutionary biologist whose research addresses tradeoffs in the factors that influence morphological evolution, including development, function, and environment. His Bachelor's degree (1987) is from the Plan II Honors Program at University of Texas at Austin, his PhD in Paleontology (1993) is from the Department of Integrative Biology at Berkeley, and he was a Fellow of the Michigan Society at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor from 1994-1996. He worked at St. Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London before moving to Indiana University and has held research appointments at the Natural History Museum in London and at the Field Museum in Chicago. He is serving as President of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (2016-2018).

Experience

2017–present

Robert R. Shrock Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington
2013–present

Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Biology, and Anthropology, Indiana University, Bloomington
2006–2013

Associate Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington
2001–2006

Lecturer in Biological Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London
1997–2001

Lecturer in Anatomy, St. Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry
1994–1996

Fellow of the Michigan Society, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Education

1993

University of California-Berkeley, PhD, Paleontology/Integrative Biology
1987

University of Texas-Austin, BA, Plan II Honors Program (Zoology, Paleontology, Anthropology)

Professional Memberships

Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Society for the Study of Evolution
Society of American Naturalists
Society of Systematic Biology
Palaeontological Association
Paleontological Society