Bruce S. Lieberman

Bruce Smith Lieberman (born 1966) is an American paleontologist and evolutionary biologist interested in macroevolution and the evolutionary history of invertebrates. He currently teaches Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. 

Lieberman studied at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, (A.B. in Geological Sciences, Summa Cum Laude, 1988) and then attended Columbia University, New York, from where he obtained his M.A. in 1991 and a Ph.D. in 1994 (with advisor Niles Eldredge). As a post-doctoral student, he was with Elisabeth Vrba at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, (1994-95) and with Andrew H. Knoll at Harvard University (1996-98).

After finishing his education, Lieberman began teaching at the University of Kansas in 1998. In 2002, he became an Associate Professor, and in 2007, a full professor. 

His research interests are:

• Invertebrate paleontology
• Macroevolution
• Paleobiology
• Biogeography
• Phylogenetics

Lieberman also serves as a Senior Curator at Division of Invertebrate Paleontology, Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas.

Recognition

• 2005—present: Fellow of the Paleontological Society
• 2002: Charles Schuchert Award, Paleontological Society, to a paleontologist under 40 whose research and career demonstrates excellence and promise
• 2000—2003: Paleontological Society distinguished lecturer

Affiliations

• American Geological Institute
• International Palaeontological Association
• Paleontological Research Institution
• Paleontological Society & Sigma Xi

Books

• Lieberman, B. S. Paleontology and the Origin of Species: A Macroevolutionary Synthesis. Oxford University Press, New York. In prep.
• Wiley, E. O., and B. S. Lieberman. 2011. Phylogenetics, 2nd edition. J. Wiley & Sons, New York. 432 p.
• Lieberman, B. S., and R. A. Kaesler. 2010. Prehistoric Life: Evolution and the Fossil Record. Wiley/Blackwell Scientific, Oxford, UK, 385 p.
• Lieberman, B. S., A. Stigall Rode, editors. 2005. Paleobiogeography: Generating New Insights into the Coevolution of the Earth and Its Biota. Paleontological Society Papers 11, Paleontological Society, Lawrence, KS, 158 pp.
• Adrain, J., G. D. Edgecombe, and B. S. Lieberman, editors. 2001. Fossils, Phylogeny, and Form: An Analytical Approach. Plenum Press/Kluwer Academic Publishers, New York.
• Lieberman, B. S. 2000. Paleobiogeography: Using Fossils to Study Global Change, Plate Tectonics, and Evolution. Plenum Press/Kluwer Academic Publishers, New York.