Reed Wicander  Professor PhD : U.C.L.A BS : San Diego State University Office:     314 Brooks Hall Phone:     (989) 774-3179 Email:      wican1r@cmich.edu Additional Information at:  Dr. Wicander's Home Page

Courses Taught:
Physical Geology Lecture and Laboratory, Historical Geology, Prehistoric Life, Invertebrate Paleontology, Micropaleontology

Research Program and Goals:
My main research interest is Paleozoic palynology, specifically the study of acritarchs, chitinozoans, and spores and their application to solving biostratigraphic, paleoecologic, and paleogeographic problems. Palynology is the study of microscopic organic-walled microfossils.

Recent Publications and Presentations:

Monroe, J. S., Wicander, R., and Hazlett, R. W. 2007. Physical Geology: Exploring the Earth, 6 th ed. Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, Pacific Grove, California, 690 p.

Wicander, R., and Monroe, J. S. 2007. Historical Geology: Evolution of Earth and Life Through Time, 5 th ed. Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, Pacific Grove, California, 448 p.

Li, J., Wicander, R., Yan, K., and Zhu H. 2006. An Upper Ordovician acritarch and prasinophyte assemblage from Dawangou, Xinjiang, northwestern China: Biostratigraphic and paleogeographic implications. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 139: 97-128.

Monroe, J. S., and Wicander. 2006. The Changing Earth: Exploring Geology and Evolution, 4 th ed. Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, Pacific Grove, California, 736 p.

Playford, G., and Wicander, R. 2006. Organic-walled microphytoplankton of the Sylvan Shale (Richmondian: Upper Ordovician), Arbuckle Mountains, Southern Oklahoma, U.S.A. Oklahoma Geological Survey Bulletin, 148: 1-116.

Wicander, R., and Monroe, J. S. 2006. Essentials of Geology, 4 th ed. Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, Pacific Grove, California, 510 p.

Wicander, R., Le Hérissé, A., Dorning, K. J., and Mullins, G. L. 2006. Late Silurian to Earliest Devonian organic-walled phytoplankton biodiversity changes. Paleozoic phytoplankton diversity patterns. Palaeozoic palynology in space and time: CIMP General Meeting 2006 Book of Abstracts, p. 62-63.

Wicander, R., Clayton, G., Troth, I., Racey, A., and Marshall, J. E. A. 2006. An Upper Devonian palynomorph assemblage from Bolivia. Paleozoic phytoplankton diversity patterns. Palaeozoic palynology in space and time: CIMP General Meeting 2006 Book of Abstracts, p. 63-64.

Li Jun, Wicander, R., Yan Kui, and Zhu Huaicheng. 2005. The paleobiogeographic significance of an Upper Ordovician organic-walled microphytoplankton assemblage from Dawangou, Xinjiang, northwestern China. In: Sheehan, P.M., and Servais, T. (eds.). Abstracts for the Second International Symposium of IGCP 503 on Ordovician Palaeogeography and Palaeoclimate. Insight, A Milwaukee Public Museum Series in Natural History, no. 2, 15-16.

Monroe, J. S., and Wicander, R. 2005. Physical Geology: Exploring the Earth, 5 th ed. Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, Pacific Grove, California, 644 p.

Wicander, R. 2005. Memorial for Helen N. Tappan Loeblich (1917-2004). Journal of Paleontology, 79(2): 207-208.

Wicander, R., Le Hérissé, A., Dorning, K. J., and Mullins, G. L. 2005. Acritarch and prasinophyte biodiversity changes through the Late Silurian to earliest Devonian: an overview. American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists Programs and Abstracts, p. 48.

Playford, G., and Wicander, R. 2004. An acritarch and prasinophyte assemblage from the Upper Ordovician Sylvan Shale, southern Oklahoma, U.S.A.: biostratigraphic and paleogeographic significance. XI International Palynological Congress Abstracts. Polen, v. 14, p. 137.

Servais, T., Li J., Stricanne, L., Vecoli, M., and Wicander, R. 2004. Chapter 32: Acritarchs. p. 348-360 In: Webby, B. D., Paris, F., Droser, M. L., and Percival, I. G. (eds.), The great Ordovician biodiversification event. Critical moments and perspectives in Earth history and paleobiology. Columbia University Press, New York.

Wicander, R. 2004. A review of Ordovician Laurentian acritarch assemblages and their relevance to palaeogeographic and biodiversification trends. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists, 29: 245-251.

Wicander, R., and Monroe, J .S. 2004. Historical Geology: Evolution of Earth and Life Through Time, 4 th ed. Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, Pacific Grove, California, 427 p.

Zhu, H., and Wicander, R. 2004. Middle Devonian palynomorphs from Junggar, North Xinjiang, China and their biostratigraphic and palaeogeographic implications. XI International Palynological Congress Abstracts. Polen, v. 14, p. 152.

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