Education

Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1996
M.S., University of Michigan, 1993
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 1990

Research Interests

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

Society Memberships

• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Society of Mammalogists
• Geological Society of America
• National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals
• Paleontological Society
• Sigma Xi
• Society for Marine Mammalogy
• Society of Systematic Biologists
• Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

Affiliations [or Professional Societies]

• Adjunct Research Scientist, University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology
• Research Associate, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Adjunct Curator, Cranbrook Institute of Science

Professional Service

• Integrating Macroecological Patterns and Processes across Scales, NSF-funded research coordination network member, 2006-present
• Start of the Radiation of Neoceti, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology symposium co-convener, with Ewan Fordyce
• Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Patterson Award Committee Chair, 2004-2006
• Society for Marine Mammalogy, MMC '05 Scientific Program Committee, 2004-2005
• Evolution of Aquatic Tetrapods 2005, conference organizer, 2001-2005
• Paleobiology Database, Advisory Board member, 2003-present
• BBC/Discovery Channel advisor on, Walking with Beasts, 2001; Chased by Dinosaurs, 2004
• Paleobiology Database, Vertebrate Working Group, 2000 - present
• Associate Web Editor, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1999 - 2003
• Co-Editor, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America, Volume 2, Cambridge University Press (with Christine Janis and Gregg Gunnell).
• Scientific Advisor to University of Michigan Exhibit Museum for Back to the Sea: The Evolution of Whales, 1995 - 1996
• Membership Committee Co-chair, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 1997 - 1999
• Journal Club organizer, University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, 1993 - 1994
• Paleobotany Search Committee, University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, 1991

Field Work

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

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