Lauren Sallan, an assistant professor at the School of Arts & Sciences’ department of earth and environmental science, has been selected as a TED Fellow. Dr. Sallan joins a class of 15 innovators from around the world, each of whom will deliver a talk on the TED stage in April in Vancouver, BC.

Dr. Sallan is a paleobiologist who uses “big data” approaches to understand the ways global events, environmental change and ecological interactions have shaped evolution and modern biodiversity. She will share her work with fish fossils, which has shed light on mass extinction events.

“This is an amazing opportunity to share what fossil data tells us about the rules of biodiversity with a global audience and connect with incredible people doing awesome things,” Dr. Sallan said. “I am excited and honored to have been chosen.”