Finding phytosaur teeth with grandsons
Kyle and Ryan.
Palo Duro Canyon,
Texas Panhandle.

Next in the field:
Andrew, Ashley, Charlotte, Jack and Ben



James L. Cornette, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics,
University Professor, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
2814 Torrey Pines Circle, Ames, Iowa 50010, 515-292-4344, 515-451-0563
E-mail: cornette@iastate.edu


B.S. Mathematics, West Texas State College, 1955.
M.A. Mathematics, University of Texas, 1959.
Ph.D. Mathematics, University of Texas, 1962.
M.S. Geology(Paleontology), University of Kansas, 2002.



After retirement in May of 2000, I studied paleontology at the University of Kansas and received an M.S. in Geology(Paleontology) in December of 2002. Since then I have worked in the field and in the fossil preparation laboratory as a volunteer at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.


Papers in paleontology.

  • Cornette, JL, Gauss-Vanicek and Fourier transform spectral analyses of marine diversity, Letter to the Editor, pp 4-5, Technical Note, pp 61-63, Computing in Science and Engineering, 9, July/August 2007.
  • Cornette JL, Lieberman BS. Random walks in the history of life. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Jan 6;101(1):187-91. Epub 2003 Dec 18.
  • Cornette JL, Lieberman BS, Goldstein RH. Documenting a significant relationship between macroevolutionary origination rates and Phanerozoic pCO2 levels. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Jun 11;99(12):7832-5. Epub 2002 Jun 04.
  • Research in sequential and structural analysis of immune system proteins.
    Collaborators, Papers, and Patents

    Collaborations with ISU graduate students and faculty in biology:

    ISU Collaboration in Biology: PH.D theses and papers.