Change in Editorial Staff for PALAIOS--Meet the New Team

Abstract

Beginning in April of this year, PALAIOS moved to the University of Kansas in Lawrence, and a new editorial staff took charge of the journal. Co-editor Stephen Hasiotis has been a professor in the Department of Geology for nearly five years. Steve is an ichnologist with research interests in ancient and modern organism-substratum interactions and their application to interpreting paleoenvironments, paleohydrology, paleoecology, and paleoclimate, especially in the Mesozoic. Co-editor Edith Taylor has been a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology for nearly twelve years. Edie is a paleobotanist with research interests in floras and paleoclimate of Antarctica during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic. The new managing editor of PALAIOS , Jill Hardesty, comes with years of experience here at the University of Kansas as assistant editor of the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, so her expertise in all editorial matters is appreciated greatly. Roger L. Kaesler will be the new copy editor of PALAIOS , a function handled previously by Chris Maples, the outgoing editor (along with his other editorial duties). Many of you already know Roger as the long-time editor of the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, and his editorial experience will surely be helpful to all of us in the final stages of editing. First of all, we extend our thanks to Chris Maples, outgoing editor, and Sara Marcus, outgoing managing editor, at the Desert Research Institute in Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada, for helping make this transition as smooth as possible for …