Research Associate Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy Duke University School of Medicine moving in January 2006 to Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences

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I am a vertebrate paleontologist and paleobiologist studying recovery from extinction events. I am particularly interested in recovery of terrestrial biodiversity after the last mass extinction event in Earth's history, at the end of the Cretaceous, about 65 million years ago. My focus is on mammals that lived in the Late Cretaceous and in the period immediately following, the beginning of the Cenozoic. I'm also interested in whether there are patterns of recovery that are consistent for extinctions throughout the fossil record.

My ongoing field work is in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico, which is also known for its dinosaurs. In addition to improving our understanding of biodiversity across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, I research the phylogeny (relationships) of multituberculate mammals, an extinct group that was very diverse in the time period I'm studying. At Duke I teach Human Anatomy in the medical school. I have also taught undergraduate courses in Comparative Mammalian Anatomy and Evolution of Mammals. My Comparative Mammalian Anatomy students have created some great resources.

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