Lauren Sallan | |
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| Born | Lauren Cole |
| Alma mater | Florida Atlantic University (BS, MS) University of Chicago (MS, PhD) |
| Known for | Paleobiology Ichthyology Macroevolution |
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| Institutions | University of Michigan University of Pennsylvania Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Coates |
Lauren Sallan is an American academic who is the head of the Macroevolution Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology and was previously the Martin Meyerson Assistant Professor in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a paleobiologist who uses big data analytics to study macroevolution. She is a TED Senior Fellow and has two TED talks with almost three million views as of 2022.