Dr. Doran joined Bryan College in August 2014 as a Professor of Biology. He teaches courses
including Dinosaurs and Catastrophes, History of Life, Environmental Ecology, Origins, Geo-
physical Sciences, Philosophy of Science, and a summer dinosaur field course, "The
Dinosauria."
Dr. Doran obtained his Ph.D. in geology, concentrating on micropaleontology and the
systematics of planktonic foraminifera, and holds an M.A. in the history of science. Beyond his
academic appointments, he has worked in federal biology laboratories (USDA / Agricultural
Research Service) and for state environmental agencies, where his work centered on large-scale
environmental and water-quality data analysis—including statistical and GIS analysis of
Florida's spring and groundwater systems for the Florida Department of Environmental
Protection.
His research today combines this background with computational methods: he builds large
scientific databases and applies statistical computing, machine learning, and geospatial analysis
to questions in paleontology, stratigraphy, and biodiversity. He is currently completing a book on
the morphological relationships among dinosaurs, Morphospatial Patterns in the Dinosauria
(Cambridge Scholars Publishing, in press).