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ACEVEDO,
Pedro,
Associate 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 and Curator. Adjunct
professor at the University of Maryland. 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.
Science Unit: Department
of Botany.
ARBOLINO,
Risa Diemond, Archaeologist. B.A. (1993) Columbia
University; Ph.D. (2000) Southern Methodist University.
Research specialties: North American Archaeology,
Archaeology of the American Southwest, Prehistoric
Farming Strategies, Repatriation. Science Unit:
Department
of Anthropology, Repatriation.
ARCHAMBAULT,
Joallyn, Director of 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. 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; identity formation; ideology and social organization;
and ethnohistory; African
Voices Exhibit. 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: systematics, phylogeny,
morphology, early life history, and biogeography
of tropical marine and deep-sea fishes; Galapagos.
Science Unit: Department
of Zoology, Vertebrate
Zoology Section, Fishes
Division.
BAYER,
Frederick M., Zoologist Emeritus. B.A. (1948)
University of Miami; M.S. (1954) George Washington
University; Ph.D. (1958) George Washington University.
Research specialties: systematics, morphology, and
ultrastructure of octocorals worldwide. Science
Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
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,
human paleoecology, evolution of terrestrial ecosystems
Co-director, Evolution
of Terrestrial Ecosystems (E.T.E.) Program.
Science Unit: Department
of Paleobiology.
BILLECK,
William, Archaeologist. B.A. (1976) Queens College;
M.S. (1980) University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee;
Ph.D. (1993) University of Missouri. Research specialties:
North American Archaeology, Plains Indians, repatriation.
Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology, Repatriation.
BISHOP,
Ronald, Research Archaeologist. 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, Senior Research Chemist. B.A. (1965),
M.S. (1971) Miami University (Ohio); Ph.D. (1975)
Ohio State University. Research specialties: Archaeological
materials characterization; exchange systems; production
technology and organization, Old World, Middle East.
Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
BRAUN,
Michael J., Curator, Vertebrate Zoology.
B.A. (1977) Cornell University; Ph.D. (1983) Louisiana
State University. Research specialties: Molecular
phylogenetics, genetic analysis of avian hybridization
and speciation, biogeography of Neotropical birds,
conservation genetics, use of ancient DNA in evolutionary
research. Science Unit: Department
of Zoology, Vertebrate
Zoology Section, Birds
Division.
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) and Stylasteridae (hydrocorals);
coral reef biology. 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 Zoology, Vertebrate
Zoology Section, Mammals
Division.
CARRANO,
Matthew, Curator. B.S. (1991) Brown University;
M.S. (1995), Ph.D. (1998) University of Chicago.
Research specialties: large-scale evolutionary patterns
in dinosaurs, dinosaur systematics, functional morphology
and biomechanics. Science Unit: Department
of Paleobiology.
CASTRO,
Jonathan M. Associate Curator. B.S. (1993) Humboldt
State University; Ph.D. (1999) University of Oregon.
Research specialties: volcanology; crystallization
history of magma. Science Unit: Mineral Sciences.
Science Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences.
CHEETHAM,
Alan. H. Research Paleobiologist Emeritus. B.S.
(1950) New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology;
M.S. (1952) Louisiana State University; Ph.D. (1959)
Columbia University. Research specialties: cheilostome
Bryozoa, especially the Caribbean Neogene; multivariate
morphometrics; application of quantitative methods
to functional morphology, biomechanics, and evolutionary
patterns. Science Unit: Department
of Paleobiology.
CODDINGTON,
Jonathan A., Curator of Arachnida and Myriapoda.
B.A. (1975) Yale; M.A. (1978), Ph.D. (1984) Harvard
University. Research specialties: systematics and
behavior of spiders; Araneoid
Spider Systematics Project. Science Unit: Department
of Entomology.
CROCKER,
William H., Curator Emeritus, South American
Ethnology. B.A. (1950) Yale College; M.A. (1953)
Stanford University; Ph.D. (1962) University of
Wisconsin. Research specialties: South American
ethnology; Brazilian ethnology; Ge-speaking Indians;
ethnological material of the Canela Indians. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
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 Lepidopterous suborders of Zeugloptera,
Dacnonypha, Ditrysia, and Monotrysia and superfamily
Tineoidea; biology of leaf-mining and cave-dwelling
moths. Science Unit: Department
of Entomology.
DE
QUEIROZ, Kevin, Associate Curator. B.A.
(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 reptiles;
principles and methods of systematic biology. Science
Unit: Department
of Zoology, Vertebrate
Zoology Section, 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 Malvales (especially
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 Zoologist. B.S. (1986) University
of Montana, M.S. (1994) and Ph.D (1998) George Mason
University. Research specialties: Forensic ornithology;
researches microscopic variation in downy feather
sturctures and identifies unknown feather samples
retrieved from aircraft engines, wildlife cases,
prey remains, and anthropological artifacts. Science
Unit: Department
of Zoology, Vertebrate
Zoology Section, Birds
Division.
DUMBACHER,
John, Researcher. B.S. (1987) Vanderbilt University;
M.S. (1995), Ph.D. (1997) University of Chicago.
Research specialties: ornithology, evolution, chemical
defense, Papua New Guinea, poisonous birds. Science
Unit: Department
of Zoology, Vertebrate
Zoology Section. Genetics
Lab.
EMRY,
Robert J., Research Paleobiologist and Curator
of Fossil Mammals. B.A. (1966) Colorado State University;
Ph. D. (1970) Columbia University. Research specialties:
Tertiary Mammalia of North America and Central Asia;
mammalian biostratigraphy; stratigraphy of Tertiary
continental deposits of western North America. Science
Unit: Department
of Paleobiology.
ERWIN,
Douglas, Research Paleobiologist and Curator
of Paleozoic Mollusks. A.B. (1980) Colgate University;
Ph.D. (1985) University of California, Santa Barbara.
Research specialties: Cambrian metazoan radiation
and post-extinction biotic recoveries; the Permian
mass extinction; and evolutionary history and systematics
of Cambrian-Triassic gastropods; Burgess
Shale. 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: 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; flora and phytogeography
of East Africa; reproductive biology of angiosperms;
evolutionary biology; Peace
Corps Commelinaceae Cameroon Project. 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) Ho bart College; M.A. (1969)
Boston University; Ph.D. (1973) Texas A&M University.
Research specialties: systematics and ecology of
copepod crustaceans; development of crustaceans.
Science Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
FISKE,
Richard S., Geologist Emeritus. B.S.E. (1954),
M.S.E. (1955) Princeton University; Ph.D. (1960)
Johns Hopkins University. Research specialties:
physical volcanology of submarine pyroclastic eruptions,
especially in the Tertiary and Recent of Japan;
structural evolution of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii,
with special focus on the volcano's history of explosive
eruptions and it's mobile south flank. Science Unit:
Department
of Mineral Sciences.
FITZHUGH,
William W., Curator, North American Archaeology;
Head, Arctic
Studies Center. B.A. (1964) Dartmouth College;
M.A. (1967), Ph.D. (1970) Harvard University. Arctic
Studies Center. Research specialties: prehistory
of eastern Canada and northeastern Sectioned 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, ornithology, molecular population
genetics, behavioral ecology. Science Unit: Department
of Zoology, Vertebrate
Zoology Section. Genetics
Lab.
FLINT
JR., Oliver S., Emeritus Research Entomologist.
B.A. (1953), M.S. (1955) University of Massachusetts;
Ph.D. (1960) Cornell University. Research specialties:
taxonomy and biology of the Trichoptera and Megaloidea
of the New World. Science Unit: Department
of Entomology.
FROHLICH,
Bruno, Statistician, Physical Anthropology.
B.A. (1973) University of Copenhagen; M.S. (1976),
Ph.D. (1979) University of Connecticut. Research
specialties: Middle Eastern skeletal biology; Arctic
and Sub-Arctic skeletal biology; forensic anthropology;
remote sensing; geophysical methods;and computed
temography. Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
FUNK, Vicki A., Research Botanist and Head,
Biological
Diversity of the Guianas (BDG) program. B.S.
(1969), M.S. (1975), 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, 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.
GODDARD,
Ives, Senior Linguist, Anthropology (Linguistics).
A.B. (1963) Harvard College; Ph.D. (1969) Harvard
University. Research specialties: linguistics and
North America; general linguistics including descriptive,
historical, and theoretical; textual analysis, discourse,
philology; Algonquian linguistics, and ethnohistory.
Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
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 Zoology, Vertebrate
Zoology Section, Birds
Division.
GREENE,
Candace S., Ethnologist, North American Ethnology.
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 ethnography, especially Plains
Indians; collections documentation. Science Unit:
Department
of Anthropology.
HALL,
Jason, 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 and molecular biology of marine bathyal
and abyssal mollusks, worldwide. Science Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
HERSHLER,
Robert, Research Zoologist, Curator of Mollusks.
B.A. (1975) SUNY at 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 Zoology, Vertebrate
Zoology Section, Amphibians
and Reptiles Division.
HOFFMANN,
Robert S., Senior Scientist Emeritus, Division
of Mammals. B.A. (1950) Utah State University; M.A.
(1954), Ph.D. (1955) University of California, Berkeley.
Research specialties: systematics and evolution
of Holarctic mammals (North America, northern Eurasia
(Russia, China)); insectibores, rodents, ungulates.
Science Unit: Department
of Zoology, Vertebrate
Zoology Section, Mammals
Division.
HOLLINGER,
R. Eric, Archaeologist. B.A. (1990), M.A. (1993)
University if Missouri. Research specialties: Late
prehistoric Midwest, Great Lakes, and Eastern Sectioned
States, Repatriation, Archaeology. Science Unit:
Department
of Anthropology, Repatriation.
HOMIAK,
John P., Director, Anthropology Collections
and Archives Program; National
Anthropological Archives / Human Studies Film Archives.
B.A. (1969) Franklin & Marshall College; M.A.
(1975) U.S. International University; Ph.D. (1985)
Brandeis University. Research specialties: Ethnographic
film research, historical footage, visual anthropology,
Caribbean ethnology, Creolization and Diaspora Studies,
Jamaican and Rastafari ethnology. Science Unit:
Department
of Anthropology.
HOPE, W. Duane, Research Zoologist, Marine
Nematodes. B.A. (1957), M.S. (1960) Colorado State
University; Ph.D. (1965) University of California,
Davis. Research specialties: systematics, comparative
and functional ultrastructure, and phylogenetics
of marine nematode worms, worldwide. Science Unit:
Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
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.A. (1981) University of Akron; M.S. (1984), Ph.D.
(1988) Ohio State University. Research specialties:
Study of Cretaceous climate and oceanography; biostratigraphy
and paleobiogeography of Cretaceous and Paleogene
foraminifera; evolution and extinction dynamics
of Late Cretaceous and Paleogene planktonic foraminifera;
Cretaceous strontium and light stable isotope isotope
stratigraphy. Science Unit: Department
of Paleobiology.
HUNT,
David R., Museum Specialist/Physical Anthropology
Collections Management. B.A. (1980) University of
Illinois; M.A. (1983), Ph.D. (1989) University of
Tennessee. Research specialties: human variation,
skeletal biology, forensic anthropology, human mummies
of the world, dermatoglyphics. Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
HUNT,
Eugene. Associate Curator. B.S. (1995) Duke
University; Ph.D. (2003) University of Chicago.
Research specialties: long-term evolutionary changes;
fossil ostracodes. Science unit: Paleobiology. 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 Zoology, Vertebrate
Zoology Section, Birds
Division.
JAROSEWICH,
Eugene, Research Chemist-Emeritus. B.A. (1957)
University of Illinois. Research specialties: Chemistry
of meteorites, minerals, rocks, and museum objects.
Characterization of electron microprobe standards.
Classical analytical chemistry, x-ray fluorescence
and electron microprobe analysis. Science Unit:
Department
of Mineral Sciences.
JOHNSON,
G. David, Curator of Fishes. B.A. (1967) University
of Texas at 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 Zoology, Vertebrate
Zoology Section, Fishes
Division.
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, 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 Zoology, Vertebrate
Zoology Section, Fishes
Division.
KORNICKER,
Louis S., Research Zoologist, Curator of Crustacea.
Adjunct Professor in Biology, George Washington
University. B.A. (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 and phylogenetics of tropical
plants, especially monocotyledons and the Zingiberales
(bananas, heliconias, and gingers); plant reproductive
biology; the evolution of breeding and pollination
systems; genetic variation and speciation. Science
Unit: Department
of Botany.
KRUPNICK,
Gary, Director, Plant
Conservation Section; Editor, Biological
Conservation Newsletter. B.A. (1990) University
of California San Diego; Ph.D. (1996) University
of California Irvine. Research specialties: Plant
Conservation Biology. Science Unit: Department
of Botany.
KRUPNIK,
Igor I., Arctic Ethnologist. Arctic
Studies Center. M.A. (1973) Moscow State University,
Moscow; Ph.D. (1977) Institute of Enthnography,
Moscow; Ph.D. (1990) Institute of Ecology and Morphology,
Moscow. Research specialties: arctic ethnology (subsistence,
indigenous knowledge, social systems), siberian
ethnology and modern change; history of arctic ethnological
research and native sounds. 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; fossil arthropods, particularly
insects; evolution of mouthparts of insects; member
ETE Program. Science Unit: Department
of Paleobiology.
LAUGHLIN,
Robert M., Curator, Middle American Ethnology.
B.A. (1956) Princeton University; M.A. (1959), Ph.D.
(1963) Harvard University. Research specialties:
ethnology of Mesoamerica, particularly of the Mayan
groups, with special interest in mythology, religion,
world view, ethnobotany, and linguistics; continuing
research on the ethnography and linguistics of the
Tzotzil of Zinacantan, Chiapas, Mexico. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
LELLINGER,
David B., Curator Emeritus, Botany. B.A. (1958)
University of Illinois; M.S. (1960), Ph.D. (1965)
University of Michigan. Research specialties: taxonomy
of pteridophytes, especially those of the New World
tropics. Science Unit: Department
of Botany.
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, Archives and Collection Information
Manager. B.A. (1979) State University of New York
at Binghamton; M.A. (1984), Ph.D. (1991) Indiana
University. Research specialties: African ethnology;
history of museum collections; digital imaging in
archives and museums; online exhibits. Science Unit:
Department
of Anthropology.
LIPPERT,
Dorothy, Case Officer. Ph.D. (1997) University
of Texas at Austin; M.A. (1993) University of Texas
at Austin; B.A. (1989) Rice University. Research
specialties: Native American tribes of the southeastern
Sectioned States, bioarchaeology, indigenous medical
theory, contemporary Native American issues. Science
Unit: Department
of Anthropology, Repatriation.
LITTLER,
Mark M., Senior Scientist, Botany. Algae.
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
of 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. Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
LUHR, James F., Geologist; Head, Global
Volcanism Program. B.A. (1975) University of
Illinois, Urbana; M.A. (1977), Ph.D. (1980) University
of California, Berkeley. Research specialties: Mexican
volcanoes; petrology of volcanic rocks from subduction-related
continental arcs; petrology of volcanic rocks and
xenoliths from continental rift zones; magmatic
volatiles. Science Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences.
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. Science Unit: Department
of Zoology, Vertebrate
Zoology Section. Genetics
Lab.
MASON,
Brian H., Curator Emeritus of Meteorites. B.A.
(1937), M.S. (1938) University of New Zealand; Ph.D.
(1943) University of Stockholm. Research specialties:
cosmochemistry; mineralogy and petrology of meteorites.
Science Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences.
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. Marine
Mammal Program. 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 Zoology, Vertebrate
Zoology Section, Mammals
Division.
MEGGERS,
Betty J., Expert. B.A. (1943) University of
Pennsylvania; M.A. (1944) University of Michigan;
Ph.D. (1952) Columbia University. Research specialties:
archeology, cultural evolution, cultural ecology
of Latin America, precolumbian transpacific contact.
Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
MELSON, William G., Senior Scientist Emeritus.
B.A. (1961) Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D. (1964)
Princeton University. Research specialties: igneous
and metamorphic petrology; research on rocks of
the Mid-Atlantic Ridge; studies of active volcanoes;
regional geology-Central America, Montana, Central
Appalachians; marine geology-Pacific and Atlantic
Oceans. Science Unit: Department
of Mineral Sciences.
MEÑEZ,
Ernani G., Botanist Emeritus. B.S. (1954) University
of the Philippines; M.S. (1962) University of Hawaii;
Ph.D. (1980) University of New Hampshire. Research
specialties: systematics of tropical and subtropical
marine benthic algae and seagrasses. Science Unit:
Department
of Botany.
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; Mexico-North
/ Mexico-Norte Project. Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
MILLER,
Scott E., Curator of Lepidopetra. B.A. University
of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D. (1986) 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.
NICOLSON,
Dan H., Curator, Botany. B.A. (1955) Grinnell
College; M.B.A. (1957) Stanford University; M.S.
(1959), Ph.D. (1964) Cornell University. Research
specialties: taxonomy of Araceae; flora of Dominica,
Nepal, and southern India, botany of 2nd Cook Expedition
(1772-1775); botanical nomenclature; Forster
Collections Project. Science Unit: Department
of Botany.
NORRIS,
James N., Research Scientist and Curator, Botany.
Algae.
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.
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.
OLSON,
Storrs L., Curator of Birds. Research Associate,
Bernice P. Bishop Museum. 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,
early evolution of modern groups of birds, and neotropical
biogeography. Science Unit: Department
of Zoology, Vertebrate
Zoology Section, 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: physical 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, Osteology Laboratory Director.
B.A. (1985) University of Maryland, College Park;
M.A. (1993) University of Tennessee, Knoxville;
Ph.D. (1997) Univeristy of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Research specialties: skeletal biology, estimating
population affinities through skeletal measurements,
three-dimensional morphometrics, computer programming
and database 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 at Stony Brook; Ph.D.
(1980) City University of New York. Research specialties:
systematics and biogeography of Indo-Pacific freshwater
fishes, in particular atherinomorph and gobioid
fishes; historical biogeography; reproductive and
nerve characters in fish systematics. Science Unit:
Department
of Zoology, Vertebrate
Zoology Section, Fishes
Division.
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 Research Zoologist, Curator
of Echinoderms. Associate in Invertebrates, Museum
of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. B.A.
(1960), M.S. (1961), Ph.D. (1964) Victoria University,
New Zealand. Research specialties: systematics and
ecology of sea cucumbers and sea urchins, worldwide.
Science Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
PETERSON,
Paul M., Curator, Botany. 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 chloridoid grasses; phylogeny of the
grass family. Science Unit: Department
of Botany.
PIPERNO,
Delores R., Research Scientist and Curator of
Archaeobotany, 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.A. (1976) University of Wisconsin, Platteville;
Ph.D. (1981) Arizona State University. Research
specialties: 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.
RICE,
Mary E., Research Zoologist Emeritus, Curator
of Worms; Smithsonian
Marine Station at Fort Pierce. B.A. (1947) Drew
University; M.A. (1949) Oberlin College; Ph.D. (1966)
University of Washington. Research specialties:
systematics and development of marine sipunculan
worms; development and larval biology of marine
invertebrates, worldwide.
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 archaeology
and ethnohistory, development of social complexity,
culture contact. Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
ROPER,
Clyde F.E., Research Zoologist Emeritus,
Curator of Mollusks. Adjunct Lecturer in Biological
Sciences, George Washington University. Adjunct
Professor, Institute of Marine Sciences, University
of Miami. Adjunct Scientist, Mote Marine Laboratory,
Sarasota, FL.. B.A. (1959) Transylvania University;
M.S. (1962), Ph.D. (1967) Institute of Marine Sciences,
University of Miami. Research specialties: systematics,
zoogeography, development, behavior, resource evaluation,
and ecology of cephalopods, worldwide, the deep
sea. Science Unit: Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
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 Zoology, Invertebrate
Zoology Section.
SAMPER,
Cristian, 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, Anthropologist/Illustrations
Researcher, Handbook
of North American Indians Project. 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., 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.
SHETLER,
Stanwyn G., Curator Emeritus, Botany. B.A. (1955),
M.S. (1958) Cornell University; Ph.D. (1979) University
of Michigan. Research specialties: taxonomy and
ecology of Campanula; flora and vegetation of the
Central Atlantic region and the Arctic, especially
Alaska; Flora
of the Washington-Baltimore Area. Science Unit:
Department
of Botany.
SIMKIN,
Tom, Geologist Emeritus. B.A. (1955) Swarthmore
College; M.S. (1960), Ph.D. (1965) Princeton University.
Research specialties: global volcanism, calderas,
and magma dynamics; geology of the Galapagos Islands
and the Scottish Tertiary Province. Science Unit:
Department
of Mineral Sciences.
SKOG,
Laurence E., Research Scientist Emeritus. B.A.
(1965) University of Minnesota; M.S. (1968) University
of Connecticut; Ph.D. (1972) Cornell University.
Research specialties: systematics of wild and cultivated
Neotropical Gesneriaceae; Neotropical flora, especially
flora of the Guianas; Flora of China. Science Unit:
Department
of Botany.
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: The
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.
SPRINGER,
Victor G., Curator of Fishes. B.A. (1948)
Emory University; M.S. (1954) University of Miami;
Ph.D. (1957) University of Texas. Research specialties:
systematics, zoogeography, life history, and ecology
of tropical marine shore fishes. Science Unit: Department
of Zoology, Vertebrate
Zoology Section, Fishes
Division.
STANFORD,
Dennis J., Curator, Paleo-Indian Archaeology.
B.A. (1965) University of Wyoming; Ph.D. (1972)
University of New Mexico. Paleo-Indian Program.
Research specialties: archaeology of Paleo-Indians,
especially in Western Sectioned States; Alaska paleontology.
Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
STANLEY, Daniel J., Senior Geological Oceanographer
and Curator of Sedimentology. B.Sc. (1956) Cornell
University; M.S. (1958) Brown University; D.Sc.
(1961) Grenoble University; Post-Doctoral (1964)
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Research specialties:
sedimentology and marine geology of deltas; also
of continental shelf, slope, and basin sediments
and ancient deep-sea deposits in the modern and
ancient record; and geoarcheology of coastal sites.
Science Unit: Department
of Paleobiology.
STRONG,
Ellen. Research Zoologist, Curator of Mollusks.
B.A. (Honors) (1991) University of California, Berkeley;
Ph.D. (2000) George Washington University. Research
specialties: Phylogeny of caenogastropods using
morphological and molecular data. Science Unit:
Department
of Invertebrate Zoology.
STURTEVANT,
William C., Curator, North American Ethnology.
B.A. (1949) University of California, Berkeley;
Ph.D. (1955) Yale University. Research specialties:
ethnology with area emphasis on eastern North American
Indians (especially Seminole and Iroquois), sixteenth-century
West Indies, and topical emphasis on ethnohistory,
history of anthropology and of ethnographic illustration,stereotyping,
art and material culture, ethnoscience, linguistics
and ethnobotany. Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
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
(and) Curator, Asia European Near Eastern 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; virtual 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; flying
squirrel project. Science Unit: Department
of Zoology, Vertebrate
Zoology Section, Mammals
Division.
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.
TYLER,
James C., Senior Scientist. B.A. (1957) George
Washington University; Ph.D. (1962) Stanford University.
Research specialties: systematic ichthyology, especially
of the fishes of the Order Tetraodontiformes; Science
Unit: Department
of Paleobiology.
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.
VAN BEEK, Gus W., Curator, Old World Archaeology.
B.A. (1943) University of Tulsa; B.D. (1945) McCormick
Theological Seminary; Ph.D. (1953) Johns Hopkins
University. Research specialties: Near Eastern archaeology
of the historical periods (ca. 3000 B.C. - A.D.
200), chiefly in Arabia, the Levant; methodology,
demography, all cultural artifacts; ancient and
contemporary vernacular earthen architecture. 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 freshwater
fishes. Science Unit: Department
of Zoology, Vertebrate
Zoology Section, Fishes
Division.
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 studies of minerals
and glasses. 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; Flora
of the Hawaiian Islands. Science Unit: Department
of Botany.
WALLER,
Thomas R., Research Paleobiologist and Curator
of Cenozoic Mollusks. B.A. (1959), M.S. (1961) University
of Wisconsin; Ph.D. (1966) Columbia University.
Research specialties: Marine bivalvia, particularly
evolution throughout the Phanerozoic, morphology,
shell ultrastructure, larval development, biogeography,
and biostratigraphy; monographic studies of living
scallops and their Mesozoic and Cenozoic fossil
record. Science Unit: Department
of Paleobiology.
WALSH,
Jane M., Museum Specialist. B.A. (1968), M.A.
(1971) University of the Americas, Ph.D. (1993)
Catholic University of America. Research specialties:
Mesoamerican archaeology, central valley and Maya
region; California and Northwest coast ethnographic
collections; U.S. Exploring Expedition collections;
Oceanic collections. Science Unit: Department
of Anthropology.
WASSHAUSEN, Dieter C., Curator Emeritus,
Botany. B.A. (1963), M.S. (1966), Ph.D. (1972) George
Washington University. Research specialties: taxonomy
of Neotropical phanerogams, especially systematics
of Acanthaceae, Begoniaceae. Science Unit: Department
of Botany.
WEITZMAN,
Anna L., Research and Collections Informatics
Manager. B.S. (1980) University of Michigan; Ph.D.
(1987) Harvard University. Research specialties:
informatics, bioinformatics, information systems
for museum collections, collections management,
systematics and phylogeny of Theaceae, Bonnetiaceae,
and related taxa. Science Unit: Administration.
WEITZMAN,
Stanley H., Curator of Fishes. B.A. (1951),
M.A. (1953) University of California, Berkeley;
Ph.D. (1960) Stanford University. Research specialties:
systematics, anatomy and phylogeny of fishes; anatomy
and evolution of deep-sea stomiiform fishes; anatomy,
evolution, and biogeography of South American characiform
fishes. Science Unit: Department
of Zoology, Vertebrate
Zoology Section, Fishes
Division.
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 Project. Science Unit:
Department
of Zoology, Vertebrate
Zoology Section, Mammals
Division.
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.
WING,
Scott L., Research Paleobiologist and Curator
of Paleobotany, Co-director ETE
Program. B.A. (1976), Ph.D. (1981) Yale University.
Research specialties: paleoecology; angiosperm history
and systematics; plant taphonomy; Cenozoic and Mesozoic
paleoclimate; fossil plants of the Rocky Mountain
region. 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.
