John Warren Huntley
John Warren Huntley
A common theme in my current research is how the discontinuous nature of deposition at a broad range of scales (from bivalve growth increments to the sequence stratigraphic architecture of basins) influences the temporal and spatial trends preserved in the fossil and geologic records. A few examples include the proliferation of trematode parasites with parasequence-scale flooding events and the implications for anthropogenic warming and sea level rise, the utility of bivalve sclerochemistry as a chronicle of heavy metal pollution in coastal environments, and the time-transgressive and facies-dependent nature of the Steptoean Positive Carbon Isotope Excursion (SPICE). The subjects of my research span invertebrates and protists from the marine, freshwater, and terrestrial realms ranging in age from Paleoproterozoic to Anthropocene.
PhD Geosciences, Virginia Tech, 2007
MS Geology, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 2003
BS Geology, Appalachian State University, 2000
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 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 8085 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
Published
- De Baets, K.*, J.W. Huntley, A.A. Klompmaker, J.D. Schiffbauer, A.D. Muscente. 2021. The fossil record of parasitism: Its extent and constraints on parasite evolution, p. 1-50. In K. De Baets, J.W. Huntley (eds.). The Evolution and Fossil Record of Parasitism: Coevolution and Paleoparasitological Techniques. Topics in Geobiology vol. 50, Springer.
- J.W. Huntley*, K. De Baets, D. Scarponi, L.C. Linehan#, Y.R. Epa#, G.S. Jacobs#, J.A. Todd. 2021. Bivalve mollusks as hosts in the fossil record, p. 251-287. In K. De Baets, J.W. Huntley (eds.). The Evolution and Fossil Record of Parasitism: Coevolution and Paleoparasitological Techniques. Topics in Geobiology vol. 50, Springer.
- De Baets, K., J.W. Huntley (eds.). 2021. The Evolution and Fossil Record of Parasitism: Coevolution and Paleoparasitological Techniques. Topics in Geobiology vol. 50, Springer. pp. 486. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-52233-9
- 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. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2020.0366 - De Baets, K., 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. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-
42484-8. - Huntley, J.W.*, D. Scarponi*. 2021. Parasitism and host behavior in the context of a changing environment: The Holocene record of the commercially important bivalve Chamelea gallina, northern Italy. PLoS ONE 16(4): e0247790. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247790
- Ruga, M.R.#, D.L. Meyer, J.W. Huntley*. 2019. Conch fritters through time: Human predation and population demographics of Lobatus gigas on San Salvador Island, the Bahamas. Palaios 34:383-392. *Palaios paper of the year – Honorable Mention* *Cover Article*
- Klompmaker, A.*, P.H. Kelley, D. Chattopadhyay, J. Clements, J.W. Huntley, M. Kowalewski. 2019. Predation in the marine fossil record: Studies, data, recognition, environmental factors, and behavior. Earth-Science Reviews 194:472-520.
- Huntley, J.W.*, J.D. Schiffbauer, T.D. Avila#, J.S. Broce#. 2018. Ecophenotypy, temporal and spatial fidelity, functional morphology, and physiological trade-offs among intertidal bivalves. Paleobiology 44:530-545. https://doi.org/10.1017/pab.2018.14
- Selly, T.L.#, K.E. Hale#, J.D. Schiffbauer, D.A. Clapp#, J.W. Huntley*. 2018. The influence of environmental gradients on molluscan diversity, body size, and predator-prey interactions in a modern carbonate tidal creek setting. American Journal of Science 318:246-273.
- Scarponi, D., M. Azzarone#, M. Kowalewski, J.W. Huntley*. 2017. Surges in trematode prevalence linked to centennial-scale flooding events in the Adriatic. Scientific Reports. Article number: 5732 doi:10.1038/s41598-017-05979-6.
- Klompmaker, A.A.*, M. Kowalewski, J.W. Huntley, S. Finnegan. 2017. Increase in predator-prey size ratios throughout the Phanerozoic history of marine ecosystems. Science 356:1178-1180.
- Huntley, J.W. *, F.T. Fürsich, M. Alberti., M. Hethke, C. Liu. 2014. A complete Holocene record of trematode-bivalve infection and implications for the response of parasitism to climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111:18150-18155. Featured in Eos vol. 95, no. 50, 16 December 2014. Featured in Science “Editor’s Choice” vol. 346, issue 6216, p. 1478; 19 December 2014
(#student author; *corresponding author; **shared first authorship)
