David Bapst is a Lecturer in the Department of Geology & Geophysics and an EEB Associate Faculty member.

Dr. Bapst is an analytical paleobiologist, focusing on evolutionary relationships in the fossil record, date when lineages diverge from each other, and relationships among extinct organisms to say something about evolutionary processes in deep time.

He works on whatever group of organism is best for a particular question (because every fossil record is different), so his research includes everything from living brachiopods to fossil birds.

Find out more about Dr. Bapst at his department faculty Web page.