David Jacobs

David Jacobs is a Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), affiliated with the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, the Institute of Environment and Sustainability, the Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. His research spans interdisciplinary topics at the intersection of physical processes and biological evolution across ecological and geological timescales.

Research Interests:

• Evolution & Development and Early Animal Evolution
• Evolution of Complex Multicellularity
• Sense Organ Evolution in Basal Animal Paleobiology
• Climatic and Oceanic Controls on Fossil and Modern Diversity
• Tectonic and Faunal Evolution of the Sea of Cortez
• Conservation Genetics and Restoration of Estuarine Taxa

Affiliations:

• UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• UCLA Institute of Environment and Sustainability
• UCLA Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History

Teaching: Synthesizing Physical, Historical, and Biological Processes.