POSITIONS

Head of Research and Collections, Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Curator of Paleontology and Zoology, Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Adjunct Research Scientist, University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Research Associate, National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC

EDUCATION

1996	Ph.D.	Geology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1993	M.S.	Geology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
1990	B.S.	Geology, major, Biology, minor, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

RESEARCH INTERESTS
origin and evolution of cetaceans, major evolutionary transitions, functional morphology, inclusion of stratigraphic data in phylogenetic analysis, theoretical aspects of diversification

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2004		United States National Museum, Odontocete Collection Inventory/Improvement, USNM Kellogg Fund
2004		United States National Museum, Evidence of Echolocatory Ability in Cetacean Skulls, USNM Kellogg Fund
2001		National Geographic Society, Committee for Research and Exploration, Grant No. 6985-01, Early Oligocene cetaceans of Southeastern Alaska (with William C. Clyde, University of New Hampshire)
2000		National Science Foundation, Grant No. 0087698, Computed Tomography of Endocranial Morphology in Fossil Cetacea (with Lori Marino, Emory University)
2000		United States National Museum Archaeocete Collection Inventory/Improvement, USNM Kellogg Fund
1999		Fossil Mammals from the Cretaceous and Tertiary of Mali (with Maureen O'Leary), National Geographic Society, Grant No. 6417-99
1996		University of Michigan Rackham Discretionary Funds
1995		University of Michigan Ermine Cowles Case Student award for Outstanding scholarship and Attainment in Research
1994		Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Graduate Fellowship
1994		Research Partnership (with Philip D. Gingerich). Rackham School of Graduate Studies, University of Michigan
1994		Smithsonian Predoctoral Fellowship. United States National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
1993		Scott Turner Awards in Earth Science. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan
1990		Karges Geology Scholarship Award. University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
1990		B. E. Karges Award for Achievement in Geology. University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2000	Historical Geology, instructor. Department of Natural Sciences, University of Michigan-Dearborn
1995	Fossils, Primates, and Human Evolution, mini-course instructor. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan
1995	The Fossil Record and Evolution of Mammals, laboratory section teaching assistant. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan
1994	The Fossil Record and Evolution of Primates, laboratory section teaching assistant. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan
1993	Invertebrate Paleontology Laboratory, laboratory section instructor. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan
1992	Evolution and Extinction, discussion sections teaching assistant. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan
1988-1990	Physical Geology, Environmental Geology, and Mineralogy, laboratory teaching assistant. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

FIELD EXPERIENCE

    2006                Eocene whales of the Pisco Basin, Peru
    2005                Middle Eocene cetaceans of Alabama
    2003                Oligocene and Miocene marine mammals of coastal Oregon
    2004-2006      Middle Jurassic dinosaurs of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming
    2003                Oligocene and Miocene marine mammals of coastal Oregon
    2002                Oligocene whales of Southeast Alaska
    1998-present  Late and Middle Eocene archaeocete whales of Alabama, Mississippi, and South Carolina
    1997                Miocene whales in northern Virginia, Virginia Museum of Natural History
    1996                Middle and late Eocene archaeocete whales of Louisiana
    1991-1993      Pleistocene mastodons of Michigan with Dr. Daniel C. Fisher, University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology
    1991-1992      Paleocene and Eocene vertebrates of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming with Dr. Philip D. Gingerich
    1991                Taphonomy field course at Friday Harbor Marine Laboratory, University of Washington

PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC SOCIETIES

• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Society of Mammalogists
• Geological Society of America
• National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals
• Paleontological Society
• Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Beta Kappa chapter, charter member
• Sigma Xi
• Society for Marine Mammalogy
• Society of Systematic Biologists
  
• Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Start of the Radiation of Neoceti, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology symposium co-convener, with Ewan Fordyce, 2006
  
• Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Patterson Award Committee Chair, 2004-2006
• Society for Marine Mammalogy, MMC '05 Scientific Program Committee, 2004-2005
• Evolution of Aquatic Tetrapods 2005, conference organizer, 2001-2005
• Paleobiology Database, Advisory Board member, 2003-present
  
• Advisor to BBC/Discovery Channel production of Walking with Beasts, 2001
• National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Vertebrate Working Group, 2000 - present
• Associate Web Editor, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1999 - present
• Co-Editor, Evolution of Tertiary Vertebrates of North America, Volume 2, Cambridge University Press.
• Scientific Advisor to University of Michigan Exhibit Museum for an exhibit in progress: Back to the Sea: The Evolution of Whales, 1995
• Membership Committee Co-Chair, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1996-present
• Journal Club organizer, University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, 1993-1994
• Paleobotany Search Committee, University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, 1991

Last Updated on October 29, 2006