Kevin Padian, professor of paleontology and evolutionary biology

Kevin Padian is a professor of paleontology and evolutionary biology in UC Berkeley's Department of Integrative Biology, and the curator of paleontology in the UC Museum of Paleontology. Padian's research interests are united by an interest in how large-scale changes get started in evolution. He and his colleagues work to address questions such as “how did flight evolve?” and “how did dinosaurs take over?”