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ACEVEDO, Pedro, Curator, Botany. B.A. (1977)
University of Puerto Rico; Ph.D. (1989) City University
of New York. Research specialties: Systematics or
Neotropical Sapindaceae, especially of climbing
genera of Paullinieae tribe; floristics of the Caribbean
Islands (Greater Antilles); taxonomy of climbing
plants. Science
Unit: Department
of Botany.
ADEY,
Walter H., Research Scientist, Curator, Crustose
Coralline Algae. B.S. (1955) Massachusetts Institute
of Technology; Ph.D. (1963) University of Michigan.
Research specialties: Algal ecology; Holocene geology
as related to coastal ecosystems; microcosm modeling
of aquatic systems; systematics and biogeography.
Science
Unit: Department
of Botany.
ARBOLINA,
Risa Diemond, Archaeologist (Repatriation).
B.A.(1993) Columbia University; Ph.D.(2001) Southern
Methodist University, Dallas, TX. Research specialties:
North American Archaeology; Archaeology of the American
Southwest; Prehistoric Farming Strategies; Repatriation.
Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
ARCHAMBAULT,
Joallyn, Head, American Indian Program. B.A.
(1970), M.A. (1971), Ph.D. (1984) University of
California, Berkeley. Research specialties: North
American Indian ethnology with emphasis on the Plains
and the Southwest; art and material culture; political
clientelism; ethnic group relations; museological
history of exhibits as relates to American Indians.
Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
ARNOLDI,
Mary Jo, Curator, African Art and Ethnology.
B.F.A. (1970) Bowling Green State University; M.A.
(1975) Michigan State University; Ph.D. (1983) Indiana
University. Research specialties: African ethnography
with emphasis on visual and performing arts; post-colonial
public culture, museum history and museology. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
BALDWIN,
Carole C., Curator of Fishes. B.S. (1981) James
Madison University; M.S. (1986) College of Charleston;
Ph.D. (1992) College of William and Mary. Research
specialties: Diversity and evolution of tropical
marine and deep-sea fishes; marine conservation;
public communication of science. Science
Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division
of Fishes.
BEHRENSMEYER,
Anna K., Research Paleobiologist and Curator
of Vertebrate Paleontology. B.A. (1967) Washington
University; M.A. (1968), Ph.D. (1973) Harvard University.
Research specialties: Paleoecology of terrestrial
environments, especially in the later Cenozoic of
Africa and Pakistan, continental sedimentation,
vertebrate taphonomy in recent and ancient contexts,
taphonomic processes affecting the fossil record
in general, human paleoecology, evolution of terrestrial
ecosystems Co-director, Evolution of Terrestrial
Ecosystems (E.T.E.) Program. Science
Unit: Department
of Paleobiology.
BILLECK,
William, Program Manager, Repatriation Office.
B.A. (1976) Queens College; M.S. (1980) University
of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Ph.D. (1993) University
of Missouri. Research specialties: Repatriation,
North American Archaeology, Historic Archaeology,
Glass Trade Bead Studies. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
BISHOP,
Ronald, Curator, Mexican and Central American
Archaeology. B.A. (1965) San Francisco State University;
Ph.D. (1975) Southern Illinois University. Research
specialties: Archaeology of Meso- and Central America;
ancient materials characterization; exchange systems;
quantitative methods. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
BLACKMAN,
James, Curator, Archaeology. B.A. (1965), M.S.
(1971) Miami University (Ohio); Ph.D. (1975) Ohio
State University. Research specialties: Archaeological
materials characterization; Chemical characterization
by INAA; exchange systems; production technology
and organization, Old World, Middle East, Spanish
Colonial Americas. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
BRADY,
Sean Gary, Research Entomologist. B.A. (1990)
California Polytechnic University, Pomona; M.A.
(1993) California State University, Fullerton; Ph.D.
(2002) University of California, Davis. Research
specialties: Phylogenetics, systematics, biogeography,
and molecular evolution of ants and bees; social
insect evolution; theory and methods of phylogenetic
analysis. Science
Unit: Department
of Entomology.
BRAUN,
Michael J., Research Zoologist. B.A. (1977)
Cornell University; Ph.D. (1983) Louisiana State
University. Research specialties: Molecular phylogenetics,
molecular evolutionary genetics, avian hybridization
and speciation, biogeography of Neotropical birds,
conservation genetics. Science
Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Birds
Division.
BURGESS,
Laurie E., Associate Chair. B.A. (1985) Pennsylvania
State University; M.A. (1999) University of Maryland.
Research specialties: North American historical
archaeology, glass trade bead studies. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
BURNS,
John M., Curator of Lepidoptera. A.B. (1954)
Johns Hopkins University; M.A. (1957), Ph.D. (1961)
University of California, Berkeley. Research specialties:
Evolutionary biology; systematics and population
biology of Lepidoptera, chiefly Hesperioidea (skippers)
and Papilionoidea; biological poetry. Science
Unit: Department
of Entomology.
BUZAS,
Martin A., Senior Research Paleobiologist and
Curator of Foraminifera. B.A. (1958) University
of Connecticut; M.S. (1960) Brown University; Ph.D.
(1963) Yale University. Research specialties: Foraminifera;
quantitative ecology-paleoecology; biogeography;
evolution. Science
Unit: Department
of Paleobiology.
CAIRNS,
Stephen D., Research Zoologist, Curator of Cnidaria.
B.A. (1971) University of New Orleans; M.S. (1973),
Ph.D. (1976) University of Miami. Research specialties:
Systematics, zoogeography mineralogy, and phylogeny
of Neogene to Recent Scleractinia (deep water and
reef corals), Octocorallia and Stylasteridae (hydrocorals),
worldwide. Science
Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
CARLETON,
Michael D., Curator of Mammals. B.A. (1966)
University of Massachusetts; Ph.D. (1979) University
of Michigan. Research specialties: Systematics and
evolution of muroid rodents. Science
Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals
Division.
CARRANO,
Mathew T., Research Paleobiologist & Curator
of Dinosaurs. B.S. (1991) Brown University; M.S.
(1995) & Ph.D. (1998) University of Chicago.
Research specialties: Large-scale evolutionary patterns
within Dinosauria; systematics of basal Theropoda;
vertebrate paleoecology of Mesozoic terrestrial
ecosystems; the dinosaur fossil record. Science
Unit: Department
of Paleobiology.
CASTRO,
Johnathan M., Associate Curator. B.S. (1993)
Humboldt State University; Ph.D. (1999) University
of Oregon. Research specialties: Volcanology; crystallization
history of magma. Science
Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences.
CODDINGTON,
Jonathan A., Senior Curator of Arachnida and
Myriapoda. B.A. (1975) Yale; M.A. (1978), Ph.D.
(1984) Harvard University. Research specialties:
Systematics and behavior of spiders; species richness
estimation; theory and design of biological inventories.
Science
Unit: Department
of Entomology.
COTTRELL,
Elizabeth. Associate
Curator / Research Geologist. B.S. (1997) Brown
University, Ph.D. (2004) Columbia University. Research
specialties: Differentiation of planetary bodies,
experimental geochemistry and petrology, volcanology.
More
research links. Science Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences.
CROWELL,
Aron, Alaska Director, Arctic Studies Center/
Anthropologist. M.A. (1988) George Washington University;
Ph.D. (1994) University of California, Berkeley.
Research specialties: Arctic archaeology and anthropology,
museum anthropology. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
DAVIS,
Donald R., Curator of Lepidoptera. B.A. (1956)
University of Kansas; Ph.D. (1962) Cornell University.
Research specialties: Systematics and phylogeny
of the basal families of Lepidoptera including the
superfamilies Tineoidea and Gracillarioidea; biology
of leaf-mining and cave-dwelling moths. Science
Unit: Department
of Entomology.
DE
QUEIROZ, Kevin, Curator/Research Zoologist.
B.S. (1978) University of California, Los Angeles;
M.S. (1985) San Diego State University; Ph.D. (1989)
University of California, Berkeley. Research specialties:
Systematics and evolutionary biology of amphibians
and reptiles; principles and methods of systematic
biology. Science
Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Amphibians
and Reptiles Division.
DIMICHELE,
William A., Research Paleobiologist and Curator
of Paleobotany. B.A. (1974) Drexel University; M.S.
(1976), Ph.D. (1979) University of Illinois. Research
specialties: Morphology, systematics, and paleoecology
of late Paleozoic plants, particularly the structure
of late Paleozoic ecosystems and the relationship
between long-term ecological and evolutionary patterns.
Member, ETE Program. Science
Unit: Department
of Paleobiology.
DORR,
Laurence J., Associate Curator, Botany. B.A.
(1976) Washington University; M.A. (1980) University
of North Carolina; Ph.D. (1983) University of Texas.
Research specialties: Systematics of Malvaceae s.l.
(including Sterculiaceae and Tiliaceae) and tropical
African and Malagasy Ericaceae; flora of the northern
Andes; botanical history and bibliography. Science
Unit: Department
of Botany.
DOVE,
Carla, Research Scientist. B.S. (1986) University
of Montana; M.S. (1994), Ph.D (1998) George Mason
University. Research specialties: Forensic ornithology;
researches microscopic variation in downy feather
structures and identifies unknown feather samples
retrieved from aircraft engines, wildlife cases,
prey remains, and anthropological artifacts. Developing
a DNA database of sequences to aid in the identification
of bird species from minute samples. Science
Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Birds
Division.
ERWIN,
Douglas, Senior Scientist and Curator of Paleozoic
Invertebrates. A.B. (1980) Colgate University; Ph.D.
(1985) University of California, Santa Barbara.
Research specialties: Macroevolution and evolutionary
innovations, particularly the Cambrian metazoan
radiation and post-extinction biotic recoveries;
the Permian mass extinction; and evolutionary history
and systematics of Cambrian-Triassic gastropods.
Science
Unit: Department
of Paleobiology.
ERWIN,
Terry L., Curator of Coleoptera. B.A. (1964),
M.A. (1966) San Jose State College; Ph.D. (1969)
University of Alberta. Research specialties: Research
specialties: Evolution, systematics, natural history,
and zoogeography of world ground beetles (Carabidae);
ecologic aspects of Neotropical forest canopy insects
and their allies, conservation of tropical forests.
Science
Unit: Department
of Entomology.
FADEN,
Robert B., Associate Curator, Botany. B.A. (1962)
City College of New York; M.S. (1964) University
of Michigan; Ph.D. (1975) Washington University.
Research specialties: Systematics of Commelinaceae
(worldwide); systematic anatomy; African floristics
and biogeography; reproductive biology of angiosperms;
pteridophytes. Science
Unit: Department
of Botany.
FAUCHALD,
Kristian, Research Zoologist, Curator of Worms.
Cand. Mag. (1959) Cand. Real. (1961) University
of Bergen; Ph.D. (1969) University of Southern California.
Research specialties: Systematics, anatomy, morphology,
biogeography and phylogeny of marine polychaete
worms, worldwide. Science
Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
FAUST,
Maria A., Research Microbiologist. B.A. (1951)
Agricultural University of Budapest, Hungary; M.S.
(1962) Rutgers State University; Ph.D. (1970) University
of Maryland. Research specialties: Morphology, geography,
ecology, biodiversity, life history and cytology
of harmful and non-harmful dinoflagellate microalgae
in shallow-water tropical, marine waters including
coral reefs and mangroves. Science
Unit: Department
of Botany.
FERRARI,
Frank D., Research Zoologist, Curator of Crustacea.
B.S. (1967) Hobart College; M.A. (1969) Boston University;
Ph.D. (1973) Texas A&M University. Research
specialties: Systematics and ecology of copepods;
development of crustaceans. Science
Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
FITZHUGH,
William W., Curator, North American Archaeology;
Head, Arctic Studies Center. B.A. (1964) Dartmouth
College; M.A. (1967), Ph.D. (1970) Harvard University.
Research specialties: Prehistory of eastern Canada
and northeastern United States; circumpolar ethnology
and archaeology; Arctic material culture; Arctic
social science policy; cultural ecology of the North;
ethnographic and prehistoric maritime adaptations;
culture and climatology; European-Native contacts
and transformations. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
FLEISCHER,
Robert, Evolutionary Biologist. B.A. (1978)
University of California, Santa Barbara: Ph.D. (1983)
University of Kansas. Research specialties: Evolutionary
biology, systematics, ornithology, conservation
biology, population genetics, molecular ecology,
mammalogy. Science
Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Genetics
Lab.
FROHLICH,
Bruno, Statistician, Physical Anthropology.
B.A. (1973) University of Copenhagen; M.S. (1976),
Ph.D. (1979) University of Connecticut. Research
specialties: Middle East, Central Asia, Sub-Arctic,
New England. Skeletal biology, forensic sciences
and medicine, remote sensing, medical imaging (CT),
GIS, GPS, surveying, non-destructive analytical
methods. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
FUNK,
Vicki A., Senior Research Botanist and Head,
Biological Diversity of the Guianas (BDG) Program.
B.S. (1969), M.S. (1975) Murray State University;
Ph.D. (1980) Ohio State University. Research specialties:
Systematics of the Compositae, theoretical cladistics
and biogeography, and methods for estimating biodiversity.
Science
Unit: Department
of Botany.
FURTH,
David George, Collections Manager. B. A (1967)
Miami University; M. S. (1969) Ohio State University;
Ph.D. (1976) Cornell University. Research specialties:
Systematics and biology of Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae),
especially Flea Beetles (Alticinae). Science
Unit: Department
of Entomology.
GRAVES,
Gary R., Curator of Birds. B.A. (1976) University
of Arkansas, Little Rock; M.S. (1980) Louisiana
State University; Ph.D. (1983) Florida State University.
Research specialties: Evolution, biogeography, and
ecology of Neotropical birds, especially Andean
taxa. Science
Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Birds
Division.
GREENE,
Candace S., Ethnologist. B.A. (1971) University
of Texas; M.A. (1976) Brown University, Ph.D. (1985)
University of Oklahoma. Research specialties: Native
North American art, material culture, and ethnology,
especially Plains Indian drawings; museum anthropology;
issues in collection-based research. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
HALL,
Jason P., Research Scientist. B.A. (1993), M.A.
(1993) Oxford University; Ph.D. (1999) University
of Florida. Research specialties: Evolution, systematics,
phylogenetics, biogeography, ecology and conservation
of butterflies, particularly those from the Neotropics
and those belonging to the family Riodinidae. Science
Unit: Department
of Entomology.
HARASEWYCH,
M.G., Research Zoologist, Curator of Mollusks.
B.A. (1972) Drexel University; M.S. (1978), Ph.D.
(1982) University of Delaware. Research specialties:
Systematics, molecular evolution, biogeography and
population genetics of gastropod mollusks, worldwide;
Deep-sea Mollusca; Cerion, Pleurotomariidae, Neogastropoda.
Science
Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
HERSHLER,
Robert, Research Zoologist, Curator of Mollusks.
B.A. (1975) State University of New York, Stony
Brook; M.A. (1980), Ph.D. (1983) Johns Hopkins University.
Research specialties: Systematics, phylogenetics,
biogeography, and ecology of non-marine mollusks,
worldwide. Science
Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
HEYER,
W. Ronald, Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles.
B.A. (1963) Pacific Lutheran University; M.A. (1965),
Ph.D. (1968) University of Southern California.
Research specialties: Systematics, evolution, and
biogeography of Neotropical amphibians. Science
Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Amphibians
and Reptiles Division.
HOLLINGER,
Ronald, Archaeologist (Repatriation). B.A. (1990),
M.A. (1993) University of Missouri-Columbia. Research
specialties: North American archaeology, Great Plains,
Midwest, Great Lakes, portable art, lithics, prehistoric
conflict, residence patterns, archaeological taxonomy,
paleoethnobotany, repatriation. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
HOMIAK,
John P., Head, Anthropology Collections &
Archives Program. B.A. (1969) Franklin and Marshall
College; M.A. (1975) U.S. International University;
Ph.D. (1985) Brandeis University. Research specialties:
Caribbean ethnology, Diaspora Studies, Rastafari,
Visual Anthropology and Ethnographic Film. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
HOUCHINS,
Chang-Su, Museum Specialist, Asian Ethnology.
Diploma (1944) Japan Women's University; B.A. (1950)
MacMurray College; M.A. (1953) University of Washington.
Research specialties: Northeast Asian cultural orientation
with area emphasis on Japan and Korea, and topical
emphasis on folk art, especially motifs and symbolism;
preindustrial material culture; ethnohistory; and
museum collection histories. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
HUBER,
Brian T., Research Paleobiologist and Curator
of Foraminifera. B.Sc. (1981) University of Akron;
M.Sc. (1984), Ph.D. (1988) The Ohio State University.
Research specialties: Cretaceous climate and oceanography;
biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography of Cretaceous
and Paleogene foraminifera; evolution and extinction
dynamics of Cretaceous and Paleogene planktonic
foraminifera; Cretaceous strontium and light stable
isotope isotope stratigraphy. Science
Unit: Department
of Paleobiology.
HUNT,
David R., Physical Anthropology Collections
Manager. B.A. (1980), B.A.(1980) University of Illinois;
M.A. (1983), Ph.D. (1989) University of Tennessee,
Knoxville. Research specialties: Human variation,
skeletal biology, forensic anthropology, human mummies
of the world, dermatoglyphics. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
HUNT,
Eugene (Gene), Curator of Ostracoda. B.S. (1995)
Duke University; M.S. (1999) University of Chicago;
Ph.D. (2003) University of Chicago. Research specialties:
Deep-sea Ostracoda; macroevolution; quantitative
approaches in paleontology. Science
Unit: Department
of Paleobiology.
JAMES,
Helen F., Museum Specialist. B.A. (1977) University
of Arkansas; D.Phil. (2000) Oxford University. Research
specialties: Anatomy and systematics of birds; paleoecology
and biogeography of island avifaunas. Science
Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Birds
Division.
JOHNSON,
G. David, Curator of Fishes. B.S. (1967) University
of Texas, Austin; Ph.D. (1977) Scripps Institution
of Oceanography. Research specialties: Systematics,
comparative anatomy, ontogeny, phylogeny, and early
life history of fishes, particularly acanthomorphs.
Science
Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division
of Fishes.
KAEPPLER,
Adrienne L., Curator, Oceanic Ethnology. B.A.
(1959), M.A. (1961), Ph.D. (1967) University of
Hawaii. Research specialties: Social anthropology,
material culture, art, ethnohistory, ethnoscience
of Polynesia and Micronesia, and aesthetics and
systems of knowledge. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
KELLOFF,
Carol L., Assistant Head, Biological
Diversity of the Guianas. B.S. (1986) Elmira
College, M.S. (1989) George Mason University, Ph.D.
(2002) George Mason University. Research specialties:
systematic studies of ferns; biodiversity of the
Guianas. Science Unit: Department
of Botany.
KNAPP,
Leslie W., Marine Biologist Emeritus. B.S. (1952)
Cornell University; M.A.(1958)University of Missouri;
Ph.D. (1964) Cornell University. Research specialties:
Systematics of North American Percidae and the marine
fish family Platycephalidae. Science
Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division
of Fishes.
KORNICKER,
Louis S., Research Zoologist, Curator of Crustacea.
B.S. (1941), B.S.Ch.E. (1942) University of Alabama;
M.A. (1954), Ph.D. (1957) Columbia University. Research
specialties: Systematics, zoogeography, and ecology
of ostracode crustaceans, worldwide. Science
Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
KRESS,
W. John., Curator, Botany. B.A. (1975) Harvard
University; Ph.D. (1981) Duke University. Research
specialties: Systematics of flowering plants, especially
tropical monocotyledons with focus on gingers, bananas,
and heliconias (Zingiberales), including floral
and pollination biology, allozyme and molecular
variation, and phylogenetic relationships; generic
concepts in the Zingiberales; the flora of Myanmar
(Burma) and Asian botany; field tools of the future
(e.g., DNA barcoding, digital imaging for field
guides; genetic diversity and speciation in tropical
angiosperms; conservation biology, including forest
fragmentation, gene flow, and genetic variation
in tropical and temperate plant species; using museum
collections and data for assessing conservation
priorities. Science
Unit: Department
of Botany.
KRUPNICK,
Gary, Head, Plant Conservation Unit. B.A. (1990)
University of California, San Diego; PhD (1996)
University of California, Irvine. Research specialties:
Plant Conservation Biology. Science
Unit: Department
of Botany.
KRUPNIK,
Igor I., Curator, Circumpolar Ethnology. M.A.
(1973) University of Moscow, Moscow, Russia; Ph.D.
(1977) Institute of Ethnography, Moscow; Ph.D. (1990)
Institute of Ecology and Morphology, Moscow. Research
specialties: Arctic ethnology, indigenous knowledge,
social systems, modern cultures; Arctic environment
and climate change; cultural heritage and heritage
preservation; history of Arctic/North Pacific ethnological
research. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
LABANDEIRA,
Conrad, Research Paleobiologist and Curator
of Fossil Arthropods. B.A. (1980) California State
University, Fresno; M.S. (1986) University of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee; Ph.D. (1990) University of Chicago. Research
specialties: Interactions between plants and insects
in the fossil record; terrestrial fossil arthropods,
particularly insects; evolution of insect mouthparts;
member ETE Program. Science
Unit: Department
of Paleobiology.
LEMAITRE,
Rafael, Research Zoologist, Curator of Crustacea.
B.A. (1977) Universidad J. Tadeo Lozano; M.S. (1981)
Florida International University; Ph.D. (1986) University
of Miami. Research specialties: Systematics, biology,
and zoogeography of decapod crustaceans, especially
hermit crabs, worldwide. Science
Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
LEOPOLD,
Robert, Director, National Anthropological Archives
and Human Studies Film Archives. B.A. (1979) State
University of New York, Binghamton; M.A. (1984),
Ph.D. (1991) Indiana University. Research specialties:
African ethnology; history of anthropology; online
exhibits; digital imaging. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
LIPPERT,
Dorothy, Archaeologist (Repatriation). B.A.
(1989) Rice University; M.A. (1993), Ph.D. (1997)
University of Texas, Austin. Research specialties:
Contemporary Native American issues, Native American
tribes of the southeastern United States, bioarchaeology,
indigenous medical theory. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
LITTLER,
Mark M., Senior Scientist, Botany. B.A. (1961),
M.S. (1966) Ohio University; Ph.D. (1971) University
of Hawaii. Research specialties: Relative dominance
theory, functional morphology and complex ecological
interactions in coral reef systems. Other research
can be categorized under the following headings:
monographic/phylogenetic systematics; seaweed experimental
taxonomy; causes o f variability in biodiversity,
standing stocks, productivity and evolution of tropical
marine ecosystems. Science
Unit: Department
of Botany.
LORING,
Stephen, Museum Anthropologist, Arctic Studies
Center. B.A. (1973) Goddard College; M.A. (1984),
Ph.D. (1991) University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Research specialties: Arctic and sub-Arctic ethnohistory
and archaeology; Labrador; public policy in the
circumpolar north; Repatriation Philosophy, community
archaeology, indigenous property rights. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
MACINTYRE,
Ian G., Research Geologist. B.Sc. (1957) Queen's
University, Kingston, Canada; Ph.D. (1967) McGill
University, Montreal, Canada. Research specialties:
Carbonate petrography; geological aspects of tropical
coral-reef ecosystems; Holocene reef history in
the western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific; shallow-water
marine geology of the U.S. continental shelf; problems
in submarine cementation. Science
Unit: Department
of Paleobiology.
MACPHERSON,
Glenn J., Geologist. B.S. (1972) University
of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D. (1981) Princeton
University. Research specialties: Isotopic and petrologic
studies of chondrite meteorites and their bearing
on the earliest history of the solar system; petrologic
studies of ancient volcanic rocks (ophiolites).
Science
Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences.
MALDONADO,
Jesus, Research Geneticist. B.S. (1983); M.S.
(1985) Shippensburg University; Ph.D. (2001) University
of California, Los Angeles. Research specialties:
Systematics and evolution of mammals, conservation
genetics, molecular ecology.
MATHIS,
Wayne N., Curator of Diptera. B.A. (1969) Brigham
Young University; Ph.D. (1976) Oregon State University.
Research specialties: Systematics, biology, and
zoogeography of Canacidae, Tethrnidae, and Ephydroidea,
with special emphasis on Ephydridae. Science
Unit: Department
of Entomology.
MCCOY,
Timothy J., Geologist, Associate Curator. B.S.
(1986) Eastern Illinois University; M.S. (1990)
University of New Mexico; Ph.D. (1994) University
of Hawaii, Manoa. Research specialties: Meteorites,
igneous evolution of small bodies in the early solar
system, martian volcanological history derived from
meteorites. Science
Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences.
MEAD,
James G., Curator of Mammals. B.A. (1965) Yale
College; M.A. (1972) University of Texas; Ph.D.
(1972) University of Chicago. Research specialties:
Evolution and interrelationship of cetaceans; functional
anatomy, distribution, and biology of cetaceans
in the western and northern Atlantic. Science
Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals
Division.
MEGGERS,
Betty J., Head, Latin American Archeology Program.
B.A. (1943) University of Pennsylvania; M.A. (1944)
University of Michigan; Ph.D. (1952) Columbia University.
Research specialties: Archeology of Amazonia and
Ecuador, transpacific contact, cultural ecology.
Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
MERRILL,
William L., Curator, North American Ethnology.
B.A. (1972) University of North Carolina; M.A. (1975),
Ph.D. (1981) University of Michigan. Research specialties:
Ethnology with an emphasis on world view, religion,
ethnobiology and ethnohistory of North American
Indians, particularly Indian groups of western North
America and the relationships between material and
nonmaterial aspects of culture. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
MILLER,
Scott E., Research Entomologist. B.A. University
of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D. Harvard University.
Research specialties: Systematics of Lepidoptera
(moths); biogeography of Pacific Basin, New Guinea,
and Africa; plant-insect community ecology. Science
Unit: Department
of Entomology.
NORENBURG,
Jon, Research Zoologist, Curator of Worms. B.A.
(1973), M.S. (1976) Acadia University; Ph.D. (1983)
Northeastern University. Research specialties: Morphological
and molecular phylogeny, phylogeography, biogeography
and functional anatomy of nemertean worms, worldwide;
biology and zoogeography of soft-bodied marine interstitial
fauna, worldwide. Science
Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
NORRIS,
James N., Research Scientist and Curator, Botany.
B.A. (1968) San Francisco State College; M.A. (1971)
San Francisco State University; Ph.D. (1975) University
of California, Santa Barbara. Research specialties:
Systematics, chemotaxonomy, and ecology of benthic
marine algae, especially tropical and subtropical
species. Science
Unit: Department
of Botany.
OLSON,
Storrs L., Curator of Birds. B.A. (1966), M.S.
(1968) Florida State University; Sc.D. (1972) Johns
Hopkins University. Research specialties: Paleontology
and systematics of birds, with emphasis on island
avifaunas, evolution of seabirds, and neotropical
biogeography. Science
Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Birds
Division.
ORTNER,
Donald J., Curator, Physical Anthropology. B.A.
(1960) Columbia Union College; M.A. (1967) Syracuse
University; Ph.D. (1970) University of Kansas; D.Sc.
(Honorary) (1995) University of Bradford, U.K..
Research specialties: Biological anthropology; human
biocultural adaptation; paleopathology; microevolution;
health and disease in Medieval England; calcified
tissue biology; Middle Eastern skeletal biology.
Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
OUSLEY,
Stephen, Anthropologist (Repatriation). B.A.
(1985) University of Maryland, College Park; M.A.
(1993), Ph.D. (1997) University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Research specialties: Skeletal biology, metric and
non-metric skeletal variation, forensic anthropology,
three-dimensional morphometrics, computer programming.
Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
OWSLEY,
Douglas W., Curator, Physical Anthropology.
B.A. (1973) University of Wyoming; M.A. (1975),
Ph.D. (1978) University of Tennessee. Research specialties:
Skeletal biology; forensic anthropology; historic
populations in North America; North American Plains
Indians; Polynesia. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
PARENTI,
Lynne R., Curator of Fishes. B.A. (1975) State
University of New York, Stony Brook; Ph.D. (1980)
City University of New York. Research specialties:
Systematics and biogeography of Indo-Pacific and
Caribbean freshwater and coastal fishes, in particular
atherinomorph and gobioid fishes; theory and methods
of historical biogeography; reproductive and nerve
characters in fish systematics. Science
Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division
of Fishes.
PAUL,
Valerie J., Head Scientist, Smithsonian
Marine Station at Fort Pierce. B.A. (1979),
Ph.D. (1985) University of California, San Diego.
Research specialties: Marine chemical ecology, marine
plant-herbivore interactions, coral reef ecology,
and marine natural products.
PAWSON,
David L., Senior Scientist. B.A. (1960), M.S.
(1961), Ph.D. (1964) Victoria University, New Zealand.
Research specialties: Systematics and ecology of
echinoderms, especially sea cucumbers and sea urchins,
worldwide; reproductive biology; hybridization.
Science
Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
PEREZ-GELABERT,
Daniel E., Information Technology Specialist.
B.S. (1988) Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo;
M.S. (1991) University of Rochester, NY; Ph.D. (1994)
The University of Chicago. Research specialties:
Systematics, biogeography and faunistics of West
Indian Orthopteroid insects, with emphasis on Caelifera
(short antennae) grasshoppers. Science
Unit: Department
of Entomology.
PETERSON,
Paul M., Curator of Grasses. B.A. (1977) Humboldt
State University; M.S. (1984) University of Nevada;
Ph.D. (1988) Washington State University. Research
specialties: Systematics and floristics of New World
grasses; phylogeny of the grass family. Science
Unit: Department
of Botany.
PIPERNO,
Dolores R., Curator, South American Archaeology,
Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural
History, and Staff Scientist, Smithsonian Tropical
Research Institute. B.A. (1971) Rutgers University;
M.A. (1979), PhD (1983) Temple University. Research
specialties: Tropical archaeology, archaeobotany,
and paleoecology; agricultural origins; prehistoric
human ecology. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
POST,
Jeffrey E., Mineralogist; Curator, gems and
minerals. B.S. (1976) University of Wisconsin, Platteville;
Ph.D. (1981) Arizona State University. Research
specialties: Environmental mineralogy, single crystal
and powder X-ray diffraction; electron microscopy;
manganese oxide minerals; clay minerals; computer
modeling of mineral structures, rietveld analysis.
Science
Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences.
POTTS,
Richard, Curator, Physical Anthropology; Head,
Human Origins Program. B.A. (1975) Temple University;
Ph.D. (1982) Harvard University. Research specialties:
Paleoecology and evolution of early hominids; excavation
and analysis of hominid sites (late Miocene through
Pleistocene). Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
ROBBINS,
Robert K., Curator of Lepidoptera. B.A. (1969)
Brown University; Ph.D. (1978) Tufts University.
Research specialties: Systematics of Lycaenidae,
evolutionary biology of butterflies, patterns of
butterfly diversity. Science
Unit: Department
of Entomology.
ROBINSON,
Harold E., Curator, Botany. B.A. (1955) Ohio
University; M.S. (1957) University of Tennessee;
Ph.D. (1960) Duke University. Research specialties:
Taxonomy of Bryophyta, with emphasis on exotic forms
and Neotropical species, taxonomy and anatomy of
Compositae. Science
Unit: Department
of Botany.
ROGERS,
J. Daniel, Curator, North American Archaeology.
B.A. (1976); M.A. (1982) University of Oklahoma;
Ph.D. (1987) University of Chicago. Research specialties:
Great Plains, Southeastern U.S., Mexico, Mongolia
archaeology and ethnohistory, development of empires,
culture contact. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
RUETZLER,
Klaus, Research Biologist, Head, Caribbean Coral
Reef Ecosystems Program (CCRE). Matura (1955) Realgymnasium,
Vienna; Ph.D. (1963) University of Vienna. Research
specialties: Systematics and biology of sponges;
marine ecology, especially of Caribbean coral reefs
and mangroves. Science
Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
SAMPER,
Cristian K., Director. B.S. (1987) Universidad
de los Andes; M.A. (1989),Ph.D.(1992) Harvard University.
Research specialties: Tropical forest ecology. Science
Unit: Department
of Botany.
SCHERER,
Joanna Cohan, Emeritus Anthropologist. B.A.
(1963) Syracuse University; M.A. (1968) Hunter College,
City University of New York. Research specialties:
Visual anthropology and North America; still photographs
of Native Americans. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
SCHULTZ,
Ted R., Chairman, Department of Entomology and
Curator of Hymenoptera. B.A. (1988) University of
California, Berkeley; Ph.D. (1995) Cornell University.
Research specialties: Evolution and systematics
of ants, especially the fungus-growing ants (tribe
Attini, subfamily Myrmicinae), utilizing both morphological
and molecular characters; historical ecology and
evolution of the fungus-growing behavior; theory
and method of phylogenetic analysis. Science
Unit: Department
of Entomology.
SMITH,
Bruce D., Curator, North American Archaeology;
Senior Scientist; Head, Archaeobiology Program.
B.A. (1968), M.A. (1971), Ph.D. (1973) University
of Michigan. Research specialties: Origins of agriculture;
plant and animal domestication; archaeology of North
America; and the development of ranked societies.
Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
SORENSEN,
Sorena S., Geologist. B.A. (1978), Pomona College;
Ph.D. (1984) University of California, Los Angeles.
Research specialties: Metamorphic petrology; major,
minor, and trace element geochemistry of metamorphic
and igneous rocks; field studies of metasomatic
fluid/rock interactions; petrotectonic evolution
of high P/T and arc-related metamorphic terranes.
Science
Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences.
STANFORD,
Dennis J., Curator, Paleo-Indian Archaeology.
B.A. (1965) University of Wyoming; Ph.D. (1972)
University of New Mexico. Research specialties:
Paleo-Indian paleo-ecology and New World origins,
circumpolar Paleolithic archaeology. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
STANLEY,
Jean-Daniel, Senior Scientist and Head, Geoarchaeology
Program. B.Sc. (1956) Cornell University; M.S. (1958)
Brown University; D.Sc.(1961) Ecole Nationale Superieure
du Petrole and Universite de Grenoble, France. Research
specialties: Coastal and delta sedimentology and
geoarchaeology; ancient submerged sites in the Mediterranean.
Science
Unit: Department
of Paleobiology.
STRONG,
Ellen, Research Zoologist, Curator of Mollusks.
B.A. (Honors) (1991) University of California, Berkeley;
Ph.D. (2000) The George Washington University. Research
specialties: Phylogeny and systematics of the Caenogastropoda
(Mollusca) based on morphological and molecular
data; diversification of gastropods (Cerithioidea)
in ancient lakes. Science
Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
SUES,
Hans-Dieter, Associate Director for Research
and Collections. Cand. geol. (1975), Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet;
M.S. (1977), University of Alberta; A.M. (1978),
Ph.D. (1984), Harvard University. Research specialties:
evolutionary morphology and phylogeny of late Paleozoic
and Mesozoic non-mammalian tetrapods; evolution
of terrestrial ecosystems.
TAYLOR,
Paul Michael, Head, Asian Cultural History Program,
Curator, Asian, Near Eastern, European Ethnology.
B.A. (1975) University of California; M.Phil. (1977),
Ph.D. (1980) Yale University. Research specialties:
Cultural anthropology and linguistics of Southeast
Asia; ethnobiology; kinship and social organization;
art and material culture; ecological anthropology;
ethnography and languages of Indonesia, especially
Maluku and Irian Jaya; digital museums. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
THORINGTON,
JR., Richard W., Curator of Mammals. B.A. (1959)
Princeton University; M.A. (1963), Ph.D. (1964)
Harvard University. Research specialties: Systematics,
ecology, and anatomy of squirrels and New World
monkeys; studies of form and function; allometry
and morphometrics. Science
Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals
Division.
TOUWAIDE,
Alain, Botanist. B.A. (1975), M.A. (1977) University
of Louvain, Belgium; Habilitation a diriger des
recherches (1997) University of Toulouse, France;
Ph.D. (1981) University of Louvain, Belgium. Research
specialties: History of Botany in the ancient Mediterranean
cultures (Greece, Rome, the Arabic World, the West,
the Renaissance), with special emphasis on medicinal
plants; Ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology; Plants
in ancient life, culture and arts. Science
Unit: Department
of Botany.
TUNBERG,
Bjorn G., Marine Ecologist, B.S. (1978) University
of Stockholm, Sweden; M.S. (1980) University of
Bergen, Norway; Ph.D. (1984) University of Göteborg,
Sweden. Research Specialties: Biomonitoring techniques,
effects of trawling, dredging and coastal structures,
impacts of climatic change and oscillations on marine
communities, benthic impacts of sewage discharges,
salt marsh restoration techniques, ecosystem trophodynamics,
crustacean population ecology, mangrove systems.
UBELAKER,
Douglas H., Curator, Physical Anthropology.
B.A. (1968), Ph.D. (1973) University of Kansas.
Research specialties: New World human skeletal biology;
and forensic anthropology. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
VARI,
Richard P., Curator of Fishes. B.A. (1971) New
York University; Ph.D. (1976) City University of
New York. Research specialties: Systematics, evolution,
and zoogeography of South American and African characiforms
and some South American and Asian siluriforms. Science
Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Division
of Fishes.
VICENZI,
Edward, Supervisory Research Geochemist. B.Sc.
(1982) McGill University; M.S. (1985) University
of Oregon; Ph.D. (1991) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Research specialties: Microchemical analysis of
Martian meteorite alteration and earth materials
related to astrobiological studies. Science
Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences.
WAGNER,
Warren L., Curator, Botany. B.A. (1973), M.S.
(1977) University of New Mexico; Ph.D. (1981) Washington
University. Research specialties: Pacific Basin
angiosperm floristics, systematics, phylogeny and
biogeography; systematics and evolution of Oenothera
(Onagraceae); phylogeny of Caryophyllaceae. Science
Unit: Department
of Botany.
WALSH,
Jane M., Museum Specialist, MesoAmerican Archaeology.
B.A. (1968), M.A. (1971) University of the Americas,
Ph.D. (1993) Catholic University of America. Research
specialties: Mesoamerican archaeology and ethnohistory,
in particular the contact period in the central
Valley of Mexico. 19th century Mexican archaeological
and ethnographic collections; U.S. Exploring Expedition
collections. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
WEN,
Jun, Associate Curator. B.S. (1984) Central
China Agricultural University; Ph.D. (1991) Ohio
State University. Research specialties: Systematics
of flowering plants, especially Araliaceae; biogeography
of the Northern Hemisphere; biogeography of Asia;
economic botany. Science
Unit: Department
of Botany.
WILSON,
Don E., Senior Scientist. B.S. (1965) University
of Arizona; M.S. (1967), Ph.D. (1970) University
of New Mexico. Research specialties: Evolutionary
biology of mammals, especially bats; Mammal Species
of the world. Science
Unit: Department
of Vertebrate Zoology, Mammals
Division.
WING,
Scott L., Research Paleobiologist and Curator
of Paleobotany, Co-Head ETE Program. B.A. (1976),
Ph.D. (1981) Yale University. Research specialties:
Paleoecology; Cenozoic and Mesozoic paleoclimate;
angiosperm history and systematics; fossil plants
of the Rocky Mountain region; plant taphonomy. Science
Unit: Department
of Paleobiology.
WISE,
Michael A., Geologist. B.A. (1979) University
of Virginia; Ph.D. (1987) University of Manitoba.
Research specialties: Mineralogy, petrology, and
geochemistry of pegmatites; petrogenesis and evolution
of pegmatites and pegmatite-generating granites;
systematic mineralogy; regional distribution of
pegmatites in the Appalachians. Science
Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences.
WOOD,
Bernard, Adjunct Senior Scientist, Human
Origins Program. B.Sc. (1966); M.B. (1964);
Ph.D. (1975) University of London. Research specialties:
early hominid evolution, comparative anatomy. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
WURDACK,
Kenneth, Associate Curator. B.S. (1990) University
of Maryland, College Park; M.S. (1994), Ph.D. (2002)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Research
specialties: Systematics and evolution of the Euphorbiaceae.
Science
Unit: Department
of Botany.
ZEDER,
Melinda A., Curator, Archeaobiology Program.
A.B. (1975), M.A. (1978), Ph.D. (1985) University
of Michigan. Research specialties: Animal domestication;
origins of food production, environmental impact
of early agro-pastoral economies in the Near East,
subsistence resources in emerging complex societies,
Near Eastern archaeology, zooarchaeology. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
ZIMMER,
Elizabeth Anne, Principal Investigator, Laboratories
of Analytical Biology; Curator, Botany. B.A. (1973)
Cornell University; Ph.D. (1981) University of California,
Berkeley. Research specialties: Molecular systematics
of flowering plants; development of molecular markers
across a range of species divergence. Science
Unit: Department
of Botany.
