Ben Waggoner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
LSC 020
(501) 450-5037
Education:
Ph.D., Integrative Biology, University of California at Berkeley, 1997.
Started at UCA in 1997
Courses Taught:
Biology for General Education
Marine Biology
Evolution
Earth Science
History of Life
Invertebrate Zoology
Research Interests:
Invertebrate Paleontology and Macroevolution
Selected Publications:
Waggoner, B. M., T. Newman, and T. Tarbutton. Quick, safe, and simple silver staining for ciliates and other protists. Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching 36: in press.
Waggoner, B. M. and Hagadorn, J. W. 2005. Conical fossils from the Lower Cambrian of eastern California. PaleoBios 25(1): 1-10.
Waggoner, B. M. and Collins, A. G. 2004. Reductio ad absurdum: Testing the evolutionary relationships of problematic fossils using molecular divergence dates. Journal of Paleontology 78(1): 51-61.