John Warren Huntley
John Warren Huntley
Associate Professor of Paleobiology, University of Missouri, 2019 - present
Assistant Professor of Paleobiology, University of Missouri, 2013 - 2019
Visiting Assistant Professor, St. Lawrence University, 2011-2013
Humboldt Research Fellow, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Lecturer, University of Kentucky, 2008-2009
Postdoctoral Associate, Virginia Tech, 2007-2008
Ph.D Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 2007
M.S. Geology, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 2003
B.S. Geology, Appalachian State University, 2000
Paleobiology, Paleoecology
I am broadly interested in the fossil record of biotic interactions (including parasitism, predation, and competition), stratigraphic paleobiology, conservation paleobiology, and the evolution of morphological disparity.
GEOL 1050 Planet Earth
GEOL 1100 Principles of Geology with Lab
GEOL 1400 Geology of the MU Columns
GEOL 2350 Historical Geology
GEOL 2360 Historical Geology Lab
GEOL 4002/7002 Patterns and Processes in the Fossil Record (co-taught with Schiffbauer)
GEOL 4370/7370 Conservation Paleobiology
GEOL 8002 Quantitative Paleobiology
GEOL 8002 R for Geoscientists
GEOL 8190 Advanced Paleontology
BIO_SC 8002 Evolution Bootcamp (co-taught with a number of University faculty)
2018 Provost's Outstanding Junior Faculty Research and Creative Activity Award, University of Missouri
2017 NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation
2016 Senior Visiting Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Bologna, Italy
2009 Humboldt Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, Germany
- Fitzgerald, E., D. Ryan, D. Scarponi, J.W. Huntley. 2024. A Sea of Change: Tracing Parasitic Dynamics Through the Last Millennia in the northern Adriatic, Italy. Geology 52:610-614. https://doi.org/10.1130/G52187.1.
- De Baets, K., P. Dentzien-Dias, J.W. Huntley, M.P.M. Vanhove, W. Łaska, A. Skawina, K. Vanadzina. 2024. Fossil constraints on the origin and evolution of Platyhelminthes are surprisingly concordant with modern molecular phylogenies. Zoologia 41: e24002. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1984-4689.v41.e24002
- Jacobs, G.S., S.M. Jacquet, T. Selly, J.D. Schiffbauer, J.W. Huntley. 2024. Resolving taphonomic and preparation biases in silicified faunas through paired acid residues and X-ray microscopy. PeerJ 12:e16767 DOI 10.7717/peerj.16767.
- De Baets, K., J.W. Huntley, D. Scarponi, A.A. Klompmaker, A. Skawina. 2021. Phanerozoic parasitism and marine metazoan diversity: Dilution versus amplification. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 376: 20200366. DOI: 10/1098/rstb.2020.0366.
- K. De Baets, J.W. Huntley (eds.). 2021. The Evolution and Fossil Record of Parasitism: Coevolution and Paleoparasitological Techniques. Topics in Geobiology vol. 50, Springer. Pp. 486. Https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52233-9
- K. De Baets, J.W. Huntley (eds.). 2021. The Evolution and Fossil Record of Parasitism: Identification and Macroevolution of Parasites. Topics in Geobiology vol. 49, Springer. Pp. 565. Https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42484-8