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Dr. Karen Chin

  • Professor of Geological Sciences
  • Curator of Paleontology

PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara
Interests: paleoecology, the study of fossil feces and dinosaur paleobiology


Karen Chin's research interests are in Mesozoic paleoecology. She is particularly interested in what coprolites (fossil feces) can tell us about the paleobiology of dinosaurs and other vertebrates, and about trophic interactions in ancient ecosystems.