Bruce Tiffney
Professor
of Geological Sciences
University of California Santa Barbara
Personal Data
Date of birth: July 3, 1949
Married, one child
Address
Department of Geological Sciences
University of California
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9630
Education
Sharon, Massachusetts, Public Schools K-12, 1955-1967.
Boston University, Major in Geology, 1967-1971.
University of British Columbia, Graduate Study in plant ecology, 1971-1972. No degree awarded.
Harvard University, Graduate Study in Paleobotany, 1972-1977. Title of thesis: Contributions to a Monograph of the Fruit and Seed Flora of the Brandon Lignite, 303 pp.
Academic Distinctions
Fellow, Geological Society of America.
Junior Faculty Fellowship, Yale University, second term, Academic Year 1981-1982.
Anna C. Ames Fellow in Biology, Harvard University, 1974-1975, 1975-1976.
A.B. Cum Laude in Geology, Boston University, 1971.
Teaching and Professional Experience
1977-1986 Assistant Professor of Biology (1977-1982); Associate Professor (1982-1986) Yale University. Responsible for courses in: Paleobotany (with laboratory), Biogeography, Introductory Botany, Evolutionary Biology.
1977-1986 Assistant (1977-1982) then Associate Curator (1982-1986), Paleobotanical Collections of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
1983-1986 Associate Curator of the D. C. Eaton Herbarium, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History.
1986-1994 Associate Professor of Geology, University of California, Santa Barbara. Responsible for courses in the History of Life, Introductory Paleontology, Plant Paleobiology, (with laboratory), Historical Geology, History of Geology, Macroevolution, and Systematics. Curator, paleontological collections, UCSB Museum of Systematics and Ecology
1994- Professor of Geology, University of California.
1994-- Professor of Biology, College of Creative Studies, U.C. Santa Barbara
Professional Organizations
Geological Society of America
Botanical Society of America, Paleobotanical Section
International Organization for Paleobotany
International Association of Wood Anatomists
The Society of Systematic Biology
International Association of Plant Taxonomists
Association for Tropical Biology
Tertiary Research Group
Society for the Study of Evolution
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
1993
Tiffney, B. H. Fruits and seeds of the Tertiary Brandon Lignite. VII. Sargentodoxa (Sargentodoxaceae). American Journal of Botany 870: 517-523.
1994
Tiffney, B. H., J. G. Fleagle & T. M. Bown. Early to Middle Miocene fruits and seeds from Fejej, Ethiopia. Tertiary Research. 15: 25-42.
Tiffney, B. H., & A. Traverse. The Brandon Lignite (Vermont) is of Cenozoic, not Cretaceous, age! Northeastern Geology. 16: 215-220.
Tiffney, B. H. Re-Evaluation of the age of the Brandon Lignite (Vermont, USA) based on plant megafossils. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 82: 299-315.
Tiffney, B. H., & K. J. Niklas. The quantification of plant biodiversity through time. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London. Ser B. 345: 35-44.
Tiffney, B. H. An estimate of the early Tertiary paleoclimate of the southern Arctic. IN: M. C. Boulter & H. C. Fisher (eds.) Cenozoic Plants and Climates of the Arctic. pp. 267-295. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg.
1995
Tiffney, B. H., & S. J. Mazer. Angiosperm growth habit, dispersal and diversification reconsidered. Evolutionary Ecology 9: 93-117.
1996
Tiffney, B. H. & K. K. Haggard. Fruits of Mastixioideae (Cornaceae) from the Paleogene of western North America. Review of Palaeobotany & Palynology 92: 29-54. 1997
Haggard, K. K. and B. H. Tiffney. Flora of the Early Miocene Brandon Lignite, Vermont, USA. VIII. Caldesia (Alismatacee). American Journal of Botany 84: 239-252.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Offices Held
Secretary, New England Botanical Club,
Secretary-Treasurer, International Association for Angiosperm Paleobotany.
Paleobotanical representative to the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Botany,.
Organizer, Annual Northeast Paleobotanical Conference.
Chairman, symposium 'Geological factors and the evolution of plants.' Sponsored by the Paleobotanical Section, Botanical Society of America at the Third North American Paleontological Convention.
Pro tem Editor, Newsletter of the International Association for Angiosperm Paleobotany.
Associate Editor, Paleobiology, class of 1985, 1991
Associate Editor, American Scientist.
Chairman, Paleobotanical Section, Botanical Society of America, 1986-1987, 1994-1995
Associate Editor: Historical Biology 1996-present
Associate Editor, American Journal of Botany 1996-present
Co-Chair & Organizer, Fifth Quadrennial Conference of the International Organization of Palaeobotany (June 30-July 5, 1996)
Professional Public Service
Member, Advisory Council of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Member, Collections and Research Committee, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Member, Buildings and Grounds Committee, Lotusland Botanic Garden, Montecito, Ca.
Revised 3/3/98
