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Catherine Badgley is a Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan. She serves as a Research Scientist at the Museum of Paleontology and the Residential College, with a career spanning over four decades since joining as a Michigan Fellow in 1982. Her work bridges paleoecology, biogeography, and sustainable agriculture, focusing on biodiversity responses to global change across deep time scales.
- Ph.D. in Geology from Yale (1982)
- MFS from Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (1974)
- B.A. in Geology from Radcliffe College (Harvard)
Her research integrates four major themes:
- Paleoecology: Quantitative analysis of fossil assemblages, taphonomy, and Cenozoic mammal community dynamics
- Climate Change: Using mammal databases to link modern ecological patterns with paleoclimatic inference
- Spatiotemporal Biodiversity: Tracking mammal-plant co-evolution since the Last Glacial Maximum using isotopic and morphological proxies
- Agricultural Sustainability: Pioneering studies demonstrating organic agriculture's capacity to meet global food demands
Recent publications reveal trends combining 4D geodynamic modeling, C3/C4 vegetation transitions, and functional morphology across Neogene records in Pakistan, Spain, and North America. Her fieldwork spans the Siwalik sequence, Mojave Desert, and Great Basin regions.
She leads the NSF-funded NARLEE (North American Rodent Landscapes Evolution & Ecology) Research Coordination Network and teaches courses like EEB 318/319 on Food Systems and EEB 445 Biogeography, featuring immersive fieldwork and interdisciplinary analysis of agricultural impacts on biodiversity.
