Roy Plotnick
fossilexpress.bsky.social
Roy Plotnick
@fossilexpress.bsky.social
Paleontologist, geologist, ecologist, educator. Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois Chicago. Author of EXPLORERS OF DEEP TIME. Also American Flyer trains and the Little Engine that Could.
At the empty USGS booth at GSA. More out of view on both sides
October 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The very first moments of the Cenozoic
October 19, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Honorable mentions: total
2020 1788
2021 1786
2022 1377
2023 803
2024 1719
2025 2535
July 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Awarded GRFPs since 2020. Yearly totals:
2020: 2076
2021: 2074
2022: 2193
2023: 2555
2024: 2036
2025: 1500
July 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Cover from the Geology of New York, 1842. When books were huge and gorgeous.
April 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I attended the Chicago macroevolution conference as a student. Here are the pages of the program. Vrba indeed made a splash (sad to see how few of the speakers are still with us)
March 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
March 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Standing Up for Science in a cold and wet Chicago
March 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
George Booth had it right.
January 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM