Anton Oleinik

Dr. Anton Oleinik is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geosciences at Florida Atlantic University, specializing in paleontology, stratigraphy, and invertebrate ecology. His research focuses on shallow marine environments and biodiversity through geological time.

• Education: Ph.D. in Geology (Purdue University, 1998), MS in Geology (Moscow State University, 1986), BS in Geology (Moscow State University, 1985).

Dr. Oleinik's work integrates stratigraphy, sedimentology, and paleoecology to study Earth's climate history and biotic evolution. Key areas include coral reef development, mollusk paleobiogeography, and impact geology (e.g., Chicxulub event).

Recent publications highlight climate-modulated coral range shifts during the Holocene, mitochondrial genomics of gastropods, and paleoenvironmental reconstructions using fossil archives. His research spans high-latitude mollusks to subtropical reef ecosystems.

He directs the Paleontology and Stratigraphy Lab and teaches courses such as History of the Earth and Life and Sedimentation and Stratigraphy.