Katie Maloney

Katie Maloney (she/her) is a geobiologist interested in the co-evolution of the biosphere and geosphere. ​Her research uses field-based, paleoenvironmental analysis to target: (1) the diversification and evolution of early eukaryotes including macroalgae; (2) the paleobiology and paleoecology of the enigmatic fossils, and (3) ecosystem reconstruction of critical transitions in Earth’s history. 

Katie comes to MSU after her appointment as the Rebanks Fellowship at the Royal Ontario investigating the Burgess Shale macroalgae during the rapid radiation of animals. As a NSERC Postdoctoral Scholar at McGill University, she documented the ecological expansion of Neoproterozoic seaweed and their paleoenviroments.  She hold degrees from University of Toronto (Ph.D. 2022, M.S. 2017) and McMaster University (HBSc. 2016).