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LEONARD KRISHTALKA
The University of Kansas
Dyche Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785/864-4540; Fax: 785/864-5335
e-mail: krishtalka@ku.edu
Biographical
Born: Montreal, Canada. Married (Beth), two children (Molly, Zack)
Education
Texas Tech University (1972-75): Ph. D. , 1975, Biology, Vertebrate Paleontology
University of Kansas (1971-72): Ph.D. Program, Systematics and Ecology [transferred to Texas Tech after 1 year to continue working with major advisor, Dr. Craig Black]
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (1967-71): B. Sc. , 1969; M. Sc. , 1971, Zoology, Vertebrate Paleontology
McGill University, Montreal, Canada (1962-66)
Professional Positions
The University of Kansas (1995 - present )
Director, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center
Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (1992-1993)
Program Director, Division of Environmental Biology, for two research programs:
- Research Collections in Systematics and Ecology
- Biotic Surveys & Inventories
Carnegie Museum of Natural History (1975-1995)
Assistant Director for Science, 1989-1995 (leave of absence to NSF, 1992-1993)
Curator, Vertebrate Paleontology, 1989-1995
Editor, Scientific Publications, 1986-1995 (Annals, Bulletin, and Special Publications)
Associate Curator, Vertebrate Paleontology,1980-88
Assistant Curator, Vertebrate Paleontology, 1977-80
Post-Doctoral & Research Fellow, 1975-77
University of Pittsburgh (1976-1995)
(Departments of Biology; Geology & Planetary Sciences; and Anthropology)
Adjunct (Asst. , Assoc. , Full) Professor
Awards
CASE (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education) Special Merit Award for Excellence in Writing, 1984
AAAS: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2002.
Professional Service
US Government--Interagency Science Policy and Planning
Chair, NSF-U. S. AID Biodiversity Steering Committee
U. S. Interagency Committee, National Biodiversity Center
U. S. Interagency Committee, National Biological Survey
UN Diversitas conference: Worldwide Inventory and Monitoring of Biodiversity
U. S. International Workshop on Biodiversity Inventory, Survey and Data Management
U. S. Interagency Committee, International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups
U. S. AID Planning Group for U.S. -Japan biodiversity centers
National Science Foundation--Science Policy and Planning
Program Review: Twenty-Year LTER Program Review (Co-Chair, 2001-2002); ITR Program (2002); LTER Program (2001); Division of Environmental Biology (Chair,1999); Ecological Studies Cluster (Chair, 1998); Systematic Biology Program (1991);
Science Advisory Committee: Directorate for Biological Sciences (1999- present)
Workshops: Biodiversity Observatory Network (1998), Biodiversity Observatory Network (Chair, 1999); Tree of Life Initiative (2000); National Ecological Observatory Network (2000); Evo-Devo and Phylogeny (2000); National Cyberinfrastructure for the Environment (2003)
National Science Foundation--Research Advisory Panels
Information Technology Research (2002)
Biological Research Collections (1998, 2000, 2002)
Research Collections in Systematics and Ecology (1995, 1997)
Biotic Survey and Inventory (1994, 1995, 1997,1999, 2000; 2003)
Informal Science Education (1994, 1995)
Research Training Groups (1991, 1996)
BIO/POWRE (1997)
NSF Learning Center (1994)
Ecology (1994)
Systematic Biology (1991)
Institute of Museum and Library Services Review Panel
General Operating Support program (1997, 1998)
NAFTA--Commission on Environmental Cooperation, North American Biodiversity Information Network, Steering Committee (1997-present)
Long-Term Ecological Research Network, National Board (1997-2001)
University of Nebraska Museum, Exhibits Advisory Board (2002-)
Assocation of Systematics Collections, Board (1998-2000), Representative-at-Large
Council for Media Integrity (1995-present)
Professional Societies
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
National Science Collections Alliance, Association of Science Museum Directors
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Managing Editor, 1988-1992
Journal of Human Evolution, Regional Editor, 1987-90
Research Interests
Evolutionary biology of mammals; Evolutionary patterns, processes and theory
History of science
Biodiversity science and biodiversity informatics policy, management and planning
Museum management
Research Expeditions
Mesozoic and Cenozoic vertebrates of North America (1968 - present)
Paleogene vertebrates of China (1994)
Cretaceous and Neogene vertebrates of West Turkana, Kenya (1986, with R. E. F. Leakey)
Neogene vertebrates, Middle Awash Area, Ethiopia (1981, with T. D. White and D. Clark)
Neogene vertebrates of Samos, Greece (1979, with University of Colorado)
Plio-Pleistocene vertebrates of East Turkana, Kenya (1974 - 78, with R.E.F. Leakey)
Cretaceous and Neogene vertebrates of Tunisia (1974, with University of Colorado)
University Teaching (University of Kansas, University of Pittsburgh)
Evolutionary history of the Vertebrates; Evolutionary history of the Mammals
Evolutionary history of the Primates; Mammalian evolution and biostratigraphy
Intelligent Life in the Universe
Scientific communication
University Service (University of Kansas)
U. S. Senator Pat Roberts’ Task Force on Science, Technology and the Future (1997-present)
University Task Force on Science Education (1999-2000)
Board of Trustees, University of Kansas Center For Research, Inc. (1998-present)
Provost Council (1995- present)
Faculty Advisory Committee, NSF/EPSCoR Program for the State of Kansas (1996-1999)
Chair, KU United Way Campaign (2000)
Museum Public Programming
Becoming Human: The Biocultural Journey, Carnegie Museum
Benedum Hall of Geology, Carnegie Museum
Hillman Hall of Minerals and Gems, Carnegie Museum
Life Science Master Exhibit Plan, Carnegie Museum
Life Through Time Exhibit Hall, External Advisory Committee, Denver Museum
Chair, E. D. Cope Symposium, Wagner Free Institute, Philadelphia
J. L. Leidy Symposium, Wagner Free Institute, Philadelphia
Grants
1976
1. NSF: Mammalian Paleontology and Paleoecology in the North American Eocene $37,622 with Section staff .
1978
2. NSF: Collection improvement, Section of Vertebrate Fossils, Carnegie Museum, 3 years, $195,200 with Section staff .
3. NEH: Learning Museum Program, “Becoming Human: the Biocultural Journey”, 3 years, $330,000, with A. Bjelland .
1980
4. NSF: Collection Improvement Renewal to the Section of Vertebrate Fossils, Carnegie Museum, 2 years, $100,000, with Section Staff .
1981
5. M. Graham Netting Research Grant: Paleontological Survey of Neogene deposits in the Middle Awash Area, Ethiopia, $5000, 1 yr.
1982
6. NSF: Collections Grant to the Section of Vertebrate Fossils, Carnegie Museum, 3 years, $130,753, with Section staff .
1984
7. NSF Research Grant: Survey of Eocene Faunas of the Wind River Basin, Wyoming, and the Uinta Basin, Utah, 3 years, $102,941, P. I. with R. K. Stucky, M. R. Dawson & R. M. West .
1986
8. NASA: Basin Project -- Geology and Remote Sensing in the Wind River Basin, Wyoming, 2 years, $120,000, co-P. I. with R. Stucky.
1987
9. NSF: Excavation and Survey of Paleocene and Eocene Faunas of the Wind River Basin, Wyoming, $165,108, 3 years, P. I. with R. Stucky & M. R. Dawson
1988
10. NSF: Excavation and Survey of Paleocene and Eocene Faunas of the Wind River Basin, Wyoming $85,774 for 2 years, P. I. with R. Stucky
1991
11. NSF Accomplishment-Based Renewal: Excavation and Survey of Paleocene and Eocene Faunas of the Wind River Basin, Wyoming, $148,000 for 2 years, P. I. with C. Beard, M. R. Dawson & R. Stucky .
1996
12. NSF: Collaborative Workshop on the Mission and Design of a National Organization for Biodiversity Information $70,000, 1 year, PI with J. Humphries and P. Arzberger.
13. NSF/ARI: Acquisition of Computer Systems for Creating Analytical Interfaces to Diverse Environmental Data, $362,003, 3 years, Co-PI with J. Humphries.
14. Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation: Acquisition of Computer Systems for Creating Analytical Interfaces to Diverse Environmental Data, $150,000, 1 year, PI with J. Humphries and J. Beach.
15. NSF: First Annual PEET Workshop on Information Acquisition and Dissemination, $57,224, [supplement to KU/J. Ashe PEET award]
1997
16. University of Kansas Research Development Fund: OZ: A National Biodiversity Informatics Capability, $29,500, 1 year.
17. NSF: National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure. Earth Systems Science, $60,000, 1 year.
18. State of Kansas, Tourism Attraction Program -- Recovery, Preparation and Exhibit of the Wyoming Dinosaur Discovery. $55,000, 1.5 years.
19. NSF: Supplement to “Collaborative Workshop on the Mission and Design of a National Organization for Biodiversity Information” to plan the knowledge networking of biodiversity information. $13,633
1998
20. NSF: OZ--Deploying a Community Software Application for Biocollections Information. $420,000, 1.5 years. [co-PI with PI Beach]
21. NSF: Supplement to “Collaborative Workshop on the Mission and Design of a National Organization for Biodiversity Information” to complete the report of the Working Group on Biological Informatics of the OECD Megascience Forum. $15,153.
22. NSF: Z39.50 An Experimental Information Retrieval Protocol Test Bed for Biological Collection and Taxonomic Data. $99,430, 1 year. [1 of 7 co-PIs]
23. NSF: Knowledge Networking of Biodiversity Information. Three years, $2 million. [one of 5 co-PIs]
24. NSF:National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (NPACI) – Subcontract for Earth Systems Science (PI), $60,000
25. NSF: High-Performance Network Connection in Support of Meritorious Research at University of Kansas. 2 Years, $350,000 (co-PI with J. Niebaum and 3 others)
1999
26. NSF: National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure – Subcontract for Earth Systems Science (PI), $60,000
27. NSF: Knowledge Networking of Biodiversity Information. Supplement [$200,000. [co-PI with J. Beach]
28. NSF: Biodiversity Information Management for the PEET research community. Supplement to J. Ashe PEET award. $32,704 (w/J.Ashe)
2000
29. NSF: National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure – Subcontract for Earth Systems Science, $60,000
30. NIH Education Grant. Initiative for Minority Student Development. (PI J. Orr, M. Linton w/co-investigators) $2 million, 4 years.
31. NSF: Biodiversity Information Management for the PEET research community. Supplement 2 to J. Ashe PEET award. $34,012 (w/J. Ashe)
32. Frueauff Foundation. Interactive Learning Modules. $30,000 (w/J. Kolosick, B. Kemp).
2001
33. US Department of Education: A Biodiversity Information Technology Facility. (Krishtalka PI, Beach Co-PI), $1.275 million
34. Occidental Petroleum Corporation: Biodiversity Informatics. $250,000.
35. NSF: Knowledge Networking of Biodiversity Information. Supplement, $81,819.
2003
36. US Department of Defense: Biodiversity Infomatics Research and Bioterrorism. $2,000,000.
37. NSF: Ecological Niche Modeling: A new approach to analyzing the hominid record. Co-PI w/ D. West.one year, $34,808.
Scientific Publications
1973
1. Late Paleocene mammals from the Cypress Hills, Alberta. Special Publ. Mus. Texas Tech Univ. , 2:1-77.
1975
2. Paleontology and geology of the Badwater Creek area, central Wyoming. Part 10. A late Paleocene mammal fauna from the Shotgun Member of the Fort Union Formation. Annals Carnegie Mus. , 45(9): 179-212 with C. C. Black & D. W. Riedel].
3. Paleontology and geology of the Badwater Creek area, central Wyoming. Part 12. Description and review of late Eocene Multituberculata. Annals Carnegie Mus. , 45(15):287-297 with C. C. Black].
1976
4. The lower antemolar dentition of Litolestes ignotus, a late Paleocene erinaceid (Mammalia, Insectivora). Annals Carnegie Mus. , 46(1):1-6 [with J. Schwartz].
5. Early Tertiary Adapisoricidae and Erinaceidae (Mammalia, Insectivora) of North America. Bull. Carnegie Mus. Nat. Hist. , 1: 1-40.
6. North American Nyctitheriidae (Mammalia, Insectivora). Annals Carnegie Mus. , 46(2): 7-28.
1977
7. Revision of Picrodontidae (Mammalia, Primates): dental homologies and relationships. Annals Carnegie Mus. , 46(6): 55-70 [with J. Schwartz].
8. Paleontology and geology of the Badwater Creek area, central Wyoming. Part 13. The late Eocene Insectivora and Dermoptera. Annals Carnegie Mus. , 46(7): 71-99 [with T. Setoguchi].
9. Paleontology and geology of the Bridger Formation, southern Green River Basin, southwestern Wyoming. Part 2. The Bridgerian insectivore Entomolestes grangeri. Contribs. Biol. Geol. Milwaukee Publ. Mus. , 14: 1-11 [with R. M. West].
10. Early Eocene Euramerican Insectivora. In, Geobios Special Memoir: Paleogene Eurasian Mammals.
1978
11. Phylogenetic relationships of plesiadapiform- tarsiiform primates. Annals Carnegie Mus. , 47(22): 515-540 [with J. Schwartz].
12. Paleontology and geology of the Badwater Creek area, central Wyoming. Part 15. Review of the late Eocene primates from Wyoming and Utah, and the Plesitarsiiformes. Annals Carnegie Mus. , 47(15): 335-360.
13. [Review of] Systematics of the Omomyidae (Tarsiiformes, Primates): Taxonomy, phylogeny and adaptations, by F. S. Szalay. Journal of Mammalogy, 59(4): 901-903.
1979
14. Paleontology and geology of the Bridger Formation, southern Green River Basin, southwestern Wyoming. Part 4. The Geolabididae (Mammalia, Insectivora). Contribs. Biol. Milwaukee Publ. Mus. 27:1-10 [with R. West].
15. Paleontology and geology of the Badwater Creek area, central Wyoming. Part 18. Review of late Eocene Hyopsodus. Annals Carnegie Mus. , 48(20): 377-389.
1980
16. Mammalian fossils of Samos and Pikermi. Part 1. The Turolian rodents and insectivores. Annals Carnegie Mus. , 19(21):359-371 [with C. Black & N. Solounias].
17. [Review of] Mesozoic Mammals: The First Two-thirds of Mammalian History. J. A. Lillegraven et al. , eds. , Univ. of California Press, 1979. BioScience, 30(11): 771.
1981
18. Evolutionary relationships of middle Eocene and younger species of Centetodon (Mammalia, Insectivora, Geolabididae). Univ. Wyoming Publ. Geol Sci. , 45: 1-115 [with J. Lillegraven & M. C. McKenna].
19. [Review of] Comparative Biology and Evolutionary Relationships of Tree Shrews. W. P. Luckett (ed. ), Plenum Press, 1980. Systematic Zool. , 30(1): 107-111.
1982
20. Oligocene multituberculates (Mammalia, Allotheria): Youngest known record. Journal of Paleontology. , 56: 791-794 [with R. Emry, J. Storer & J. Sutton].
21. [Review of] Evolutionary Biology of the New World Monkeys and Continental Drift. R. L. Ciochon & A. B. Chiarelli (eds. ), Plenum Press, 1980. BioScience, 32(2): 152.
22. Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 1. Introduction and Multituberculata. Annals Carnegie Mus. , 51: 39-56 [with R. K. Stucky].
23. Fossil small mammals from the Kechabta Formation, northwestern Tunisia. Annals Carnegie Mus. , 51(12): 231-249 [with C. C. Black, P. Robinson & M. R. Dawson].
1983
24. Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 3. Marsupialia. Annals Carnegie Mus. , 52(9):205-228 [with R. K. Stucky].
25. Paleocene and Eocene marsupials of North America. Annals Carnegie Mus. , 52(10): 229-263 [with R. K. Stucky].
26. Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 4. The Tillodontia. Annals Carnegie Mus. , 52(17): 375-391 [with R. K. Stucky].
1984
27. Middle Eocene marsupials from northeastern Utah, and the mammalian fauna from Powder Wash. Annals Carnegie Mus. , 53(2): 31-45 [with R. K. Stucky].
28. [Review of] Mammalian Paleofaunas of the World. D. E. Savage & D. E. Russell, Addison-Wesley, 1983. BioScience, 34(7): 449-450.
29. Early Eocene multituberculates (Mammalia, Allotheria) from the Big Horn Basin, Wyoming. Carnegie Mus. Nat. Hist. , Special Publ. , 9: 21-27.
30. Fossil History of the Families of Recent Mammals. Pp. 11-57, in, S. Anderson & J. K. Jones (eds. ), Orders and Families of Recent Mammals of the World, 2nd Edition, Wiley, 1984 [with M. R. Dawson].
31. The Pleistocene ways of death. [Review of] Quaternary Extinctions: A Prehistoric Revolution, P. S. Martin & R. G. Klein (eds. ), U. Arizona Press, 1984. Nature, 312: 225-226.
32. Outside eye on the hominid beat. [Review of] Human Evolution: An Illustrated Introduction, by Roger Lewin, Blackwell Scientific Press. Nature, 312:788.
1985
33. New early Eocene primate remains from the Wind River Basin, Wyoming. Amer. Jour. Physical Anthrop. 66(2):235 [with R. K. Stucky, S. Rose, D. Swarts]
34. Homage to Patagonia from the hardnosed palaeontologist. [Review of] Bone Hunters in Patagonia: Narrative of the Expeditions, J. B. Hatcher, Ox Bow, 1985. Nature, 317:210.
35. Paleogene vertebrate paleontology, geology and remote sensing in the Wind River Basin. Pp. 59-66 in, Rept. Wrkshp. Geol. Application of Remote Sensing to the Study of Sedimentary Basins (H. Lang, ed. ), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena. [with R. K. Stucky]
36. Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 7. Revision of Diacodexis (Mammalia, Artiodactyla). Annals Carnegie Mus. 54 (14):413-486. [with Stucky]
37. Evolution of Eocene mammals: species level patterns. Fourth International Theriological Congress, Edmonton, Alberta, Abstr. No. 356 [with R. Stucky].
38. Evolution of Eocene mammals: faunal level patterns. Fourth International Theriological Congress, Edmonton, Alberta, Abstr. No. 605 [with R. Stucky].
1986
39. Rodents, bats and insectivores from the Plio-Pleistocene sediments to the east of Lake Turkana, Kenya. Contributions to Science, Los Angeles County Mus. Nat. Hist. , No. 372:1-15 [with C. C. Black]
40. Dancing in Time. [Review of] The Great American Biotic Interchange. F. G. Stehli & S. D. Webb (eds. ). Plenum, 1985. Nature, 320:653.
41. Putting Science on the Map. [Review of] National Geographic Research. Nature, 323:361.
42. Tempo and mode in the evolution of Eocene herbivores from North America. Fourth North American Paleont. Convention, Abstracts, p. 45. [with R. Stucky]
43. Early Eocene artiodactyls from the San Juan Basin, New Mexico, and the Piceance Basin, Colorado. Pp. 183-196, in, Vertebrates, Phylogeny and Philosophy: G. G. Simpson Memorial Volume (K. M. Flanagan and J. A. Lillegraven, eds. ). Univ. of Wyoming Contribs. to Geol. , Special Paper No. 3 [with R. Stucky].
44. Machaeroides simpsoni, new species, oldest known sabertooth creodont (Mammalia) of the Lost Cabin Eocene. Pp. 177-182, in, Vertebrates, Phylogeny and Philosophy: G. G. Simpson Memorial Volume (K. M. Flanagan and J. A. Lillegraven, eds.). Univ. of Wyoming Contribs. to Geol. , Special Paper No. 3 [with M. R. Dawson, R. Stucky and C. C. Black].
1987
45. Evolution of early artiodactyls in North America. Geol. Society of America, Abst. Mtgs. , p. 287-288. [with R. Stucky]
46. The Buck Spring Quarries: exceptional preservation of early Eocene (Wasatchian) vertebrates from the Wind River Basin, Wyoming. Geological Soc. America. , Abstr. Mtgs. , p. 337 [with R. Stucky].
47. Analysis of Paleocene/Eocene depositional environments: Preliminary TM and TIMS results, Wind River Basin, Wyoming. Proc. Internat. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symp. , 1987, Ann Arbor, p. 1163-1168 [with H. Lang, R. Stucky & A. Redline].
48. The origin of rodents and lagomorphs. Pp. 97-108, in, Current Mammalogy, Volume 1, Plenum Press. [with C. Li, R. W. Wilson, M. R. Dawson].
49. Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 8. First fossil lizard egg (?Gekkonidae) and list of associated lizards. Annals Carnegie Mus. , 56 (12): 223-230 [with K.F. Hirsch and R. K. Stucky]
50. What's bred in the bone. [Review of] Laetoli: A Pliocene Site in Northern Tanzania, M. D. Leakey and J. M. Harris, eds. Nature, 329:679-680.
51. Eocene (Wasatchian through Duchesnean) biochronology of North America. Pp. 77-115 in, Cenozoic Mammals of North America: Geochronology and Biostratigraphy (M. O. Woodburne, editor), Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, 576 pp. [1st of 12 authors].
1988
52. Geologic remote sensing of Palaeogene rocks in the Wind River Basin, Wyoming. Pp. 1069-1072 in IGARRS '88, Remote Sensing: Moving Toward the 21st Century. Agence Spatiale Europeenne, Paris. [with R. K. Stucky & A. Redline]
53. Critical evaluation of remote sensing in the analysis of Cenozoic terrestrial rocks preserving fossil vertebrates. Pp. 760 in IGARRS '88, Remote Sensing: Moving Toward the 21st Century. Agence Spatiale Europeenne, Paris. [with R. K. Stucky & A. Redline]
54. Mother love. [Review of Digging Dinosaurs, by John R. Horner & James Gorman]. Nature, 338:552.
1989
55. Missing the boat? -- Currents in Evolutionary Paleobiology. Fifth International Theriological Congress, p. 639.
56. Paleontology, geology and remote sensing of Paleogene rocks in the northeastern Wind River Basin, Wyoming, USA. Pp. 34-44, in Mesozoic/Cenozoic Vertebrate Paleontology: Classic Localities, Contemporary Approaches. 28th International Geological Congress, Field Trip Guidebook T322, American Geophysical Union, 77p. [with R. K. Stucky and M. R. Dawson]
57. New skull of the Eocene primate Notharctus and the origin of anthropoids and lemuriforms. J. Vert. Paleo. 9(3):28A [with R. K. Stucky].
58. Remote sensing and vertebrate paleontology. J. Vert. Paleo. 9(3):40A [with R. K. Stucky & J. Flynn].
1990
59. Geology, vertebrate fauna, and paleoecology of the Buck Spring Quarries (early Eocene, Wind River Formation), Wyoming. Pp. 169-186, in Bown, T. M. and Rose, K. D. , eds. , Dawn of the Age of Mammals in the Northern Part of the Rocky Mountain Interior, North America. Geol. Soc. Amer. Special Paper, 243. [with R. Stucky, A. Redline]
60. Revision of the Wind River Faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 9. The oldest known hystricomorph rodent. Annals Carnegie Mus. , 59(2):135-147 [with M. R. Dawson and R. Stucky]
61. Revision of the Wind River Faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 10. Bunophorus (Mammalia, Artiodactyla). Annals. Carnegie Mus. , 59(2):149-171. [with R. Stucky]
62. Horse sense. [Review of] The Evolution of Perissodactyls. Donald R. Prothero and Robert M. Schoch, Eds. Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics, No. 15, Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 1989, x, 537. pp. , illus. Science, 248:899-900.
63. The Earliest Fossil Evidence for Sexual Dimorphism in Primates. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. , 87:1-4 [with R. K. Stucky, K. C. Beard]
1991
64. First Skulls of the Early Eocene Primate Shoshonius cooperi and the anthropoid-tarsier dichotomy. Nature, 349:62-67. [with K. C. Beard, R. K. Stucky]
65. Revision of the Wind River Faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 11. Palaeanodonta (Mammalia). Annals Carnegie Mus. , 60:63-82. [with K. D. Rose, R. Stucky]
66. The application of geologic remote sensing to vertebrate biostratigraphy: general results from the Wind River Basin, Wyoming. The Mountain Geologist, 28 (2/3):75-82. [with R. K. Stucky]
1992
67. Revision of the Wind River Faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 12. New species of omomyid primates (Mammalia) and omomyid taxonomic composition across the early-middle Eocene boundary. Annals Carnegie Mus. , 61:39-62 [with K. C. Beard, R. K. Stucky]
68. In the Grube in the Eocene. Nature, 355:296-297
69. Imperious Innovator. [Review of] An Agenda for Antiquity: Henry Fairfield Osborn and Vertebrate Paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History, by Ronald Rainger. Nature, 355:405-406
70. A primitive vespertilionoid bat from the early Eocene of central Wyoming. C.R. Acad. Sciences, Paris, 314:735-741 [with K.C. Beard, D. Sige].
1993
71. Anagenetic Angst: Species Boundaries in Eocene Primates. Pp. 331-344 in, B. Kimbel and L. Martin, eds. , Species, Species Concepts and Primate Evolution. Plenum Press, NY, 1993
1998
72. Krishtalka, L. and P. S. Humphrey. Fiddling while the Planet Burns: The Challenge for U.S. Natural History Museums. Museum News, 77 (2): 29-35.
73. Vieglais D.A. , D.R.B Stockwell, C.M. Cundari, J. Beach, A.T. Peterson and Krishtalka, L. The species analyst: Tools enabling a comprehensive distributed biodiversity network. Biodiversity, Biotechnology & Biobusiness, 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference on Biotechnology, 23-27 November, Perth, Western Australia
2000
74. Krishtalka, L. and P. S. Humphrey. Can natural history museums capture the future? BioScience 50 No, 7 (July): 611-617
75. Krishtalka, L. , J. Levitt, T. Peterson, D. Vieglais, E. Wiley, J. Beach. The impact of the Internet on Biodiversity: Good or Evil. 17th International CODATA Conference, p. 82 (Abstract).
76. Krishtalka, L. Knowledge Networking of Biodiversity Information. Pp. 188-194 in Access to Publicly Funded Research. Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam
2001
77. Krishtalka, L. D. Vieglais, T. Peterson , J. Beach, E. Wiley. A Research Network for Biodiversity Science. AAAS, 2001 Annual Meetings, p. A 52 (Abstract)
78. Krishtalka, L. Answering the Aliens: Museum Biodiversity Education, Curator 43 (2): 103-110 [Journal dated April 2000 but published in Dec 2001]
79. Donoghue, M. , S.Gilbert,V. Irish, T. Kaufmann, T. Kocker, L.Krishtalka, M.Lane, M. Levine, W. McGinnis, M. Puruggana, N.Sinha, G.Wray. Evolution of development and Tree of Life, http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2001/bio012/
2002
80. Krishtalka, L. Information technology and the ten grand research challenges for the 21st Century. Chapter 30:319-338 in Teich, A. H. , Nelson, S. D. and S. Lita (eds. ), AAAS Science and Technology Policy Yearbook 2002,. American Association for the Advancement of Science. [also, http://www.aaas.org/spp/yearbook/2002/ch30.pdf]
81. Krishtalka, L, T. Peterson, D. Vieglais, J. Beach, E. Wiley. The Green Internet: A Tool for Conservation Science. Pp. 143-164 in, Conservation in the Internet Age: Strategic Threats and Opportunities, J. Levitt, ed. , Island Press, Washington, DC.
82. Krishtalka, L. , F. Harris, et al. Long Term Ecological Research Program: Twenty-Year Review. A Report to the National Science Foundation, June 11, 2002, 39pp, NSF, Arlington, VA.
2003
83. At Natural History Museums, The Ox is Gored. Museum News, July/August, p. 37, 64-65.
Popular Publications
Book
Dinosaur Plots & Other Intrigues in Natural History. William Morrow & Co. , New York, 1989, 316 p; Avon Paperback, 1990.
Essays and Articles
1978
1. Hot or cold-blooded dinosaurs? Parts 1 & 2. Carnegie Magazine, 52(2): 33-36, 52(3):27-32.
1979
2. Early Man: Unraveling his African environment. Carnegie Magazine, 53(1): 4-13.
1982
3. Afar Journal: Discovering early man in Ethiopia. Carnegie Magazine, 56(3): 32-35.
4. First, a pig-headed column. Carnegie Magazine, 56(4): 42, 45-46.
5. The sky is falling? Carnegie Magazine, 56(5): 44-46.
6. Monkey business. Carnegie Magazine, 56(6): 37-38.
1983
7. Bones from Afar: Oldest "Ape Man" from Ethiopia. Terra, Sept/Oct, 1983: 17-21.
8. Natural predictions. Carnegie Magazine 56(7): 42-44.
9. Organic prose. Carnegie Magazine, 56(8): 36-37.
10. The tortoise or the hare. Carnegie Magazine, 56(9): 38-39.
11. Mid-season batting average. Carnegie Magazine, 56(10):36-37.
12. Heads and tails. Carnegie Magazine, 56(11): 44-46.
13. Mammoth tales. Carnegie Magazine, 56(12): 38-44.
1984
14. Ad hokum resolutions. Carnegie Magazine, 57(1): 32-33.
15. Life from the cheap seats. Carnegie Magazine, 57(2):32-35.
16. The naming of the shrew. Carnegie Magazine, 57(3): 34-35.
17. A breed apart. Carnegie Magazine, 57(4): 36-37.
18. Art on the rocks. Carnegie Magazine, 57(5): 36-38.
19. Bonehunters stew. Carnegie Magazine, 57(6): 38-39.
1985
20. Oat cuisine. Carnegie Magazine, 57(7): 38-39.
21. Dinosaur plot. Carnegie Magazine, 57(8): 36-37.
22. Chewing the cud. Carnegie Magazine, 57(9): 38-39.
23. Measure for measure. Carnegie Magazine, 57(11): 34-36.
24. Local heroes. Carnegie Magazine, 57(12): 36-37.
1986
25. Creationism would deny all of science. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, op-ed page, December 27.
26. Aromatic man. Carnegie Magazine, 58(1): 38-39.
27. Face value. Carnegie Magazine, 58(2):38-39
28. Horsefeathers: the Archaeopteryx "hoax". Carnegie Magazine, 58(3):34-39.
29. Taking stock. Carnegie Magazine 58(4): 30-31
30. Begging the question. Carnegie Magazine 58(5):36-39
31. Lesser known principles. Carnegie Magazine 58(6):42-43
1987
32. [Review of] The Dinosaur Heresies, by R. Bakker; Wm Morrow. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 5, 1987.
33. Turkana Grits. Carnegie Magazine 58(7):11, 39.
34. Backing into the Future. Carnegie Magazine 58(8): 11, 41.
35. Intelligent Life in the Universe? Carnegie Magazine, 58(9): 11, 42-43.
36. Scientific Literacy A-M. Carnegie Magazine 58(10): 11, 40-41
37. Scientific Literacy N-Z. Carnegie Magazine 58(11): 9, 39-41.
38. Till the Cows Come Home. Carnegie Magazine 58(12): 11, 35-38
1988
39. Gregorian Chance. Carnegie Magazine, 59(1): 11, 42-43.
40. Designed by a Camel. Carnegie Magazine, 59(2):11, 42-43.
41. All about Eve. Carnegie Magazine, 59(3):11, 37-43.
42. Body Double: Duplicating Dinosaurs. Carnegie Magazine, 59(4):12-20.
43. Fire and Ice. Carnegie Magazine, 59(6):11, 43-46.
1989
44. Ordinary People. Carnegie Magazine, 59(7):11, 38-41.
45. Flood Geology: Observing Scripture, Observing Nature. Carnegie Magazine, 59(8):11, 42-43.
46. Piece of Mind. Carnegie Magazine, 59(9):8-9, 38.
47. Tales of a Tub. Carnegie Magazine, 59(10):11, 42-43.
48. Turkey on a Pear Tree. Carnegie Magazine, 59(12): 28-31.
1990
49. Decade of the Dinosaur. Carnegie Magazine, 60 (3): 24-29.
1996
50. In Love with Every Ort. Review of Dinosaur in a Haystack, by Stephen J. Gould. Carnegie Magazine, 63(4): 12, 15
1997
51. Investigating evolution. Lawrence-Journal World (Op-Ed, April 10), 5B
52. Believers die for hokum. Lawrence-Journal World (Op-Ed, May 2), 5B
53. Choosing myth over fact. Lawrence-Journal World (Op-Ed, Aug. 2), 5B
54. Cloning: From Eve to Dolly, Lawrence-Journal World (Op-Ed, Nov. 4), 7B
55. Should science be sold to the highest bidder? Lawrence-Journal World (Op-Ed, Dec. 7), 11B
1998
57. So much hot air: Global warming rhetoric obscures the facts. Lawrence-Journal World (Op-Ed, April 4), 7B
58. Undiscovered life on Earth. Lawrence-Journal World (Op-Ed, Sep. 22), 7B
59. Earth not an endless Eden. Lawrence-Journal World (Op-Ed, Oct. 23), 7B
1999
60. Mixing science and politics. Lawrence-Journal World (Op-Ed, Feb. 9), 5B
61. Evolution theory explains fact. Lawrence-Journal World (Op-Ed, March 17), 7B
62. Evolution theory explains fact. Kansas Biology Teacher 8 (1):5-6 [reprint of Lawrence-Journal World Op-Ed, March 17, 7B]
63. Yokel’s approach to science. Lawrence-Journal World (Op-Ed, June 7), 7B
2000
64. Predicting the Brave New World. Lawrence-Journal World (Op-Ed, Jan 7), 9B
65. Let’s Quit Bashing Knowledge. Lawrence-Journal World (Op-Ed, April 7), 7B
66. Three Cheers, three boos for science education. Lawrence-Journal World (Op-Ed, Oct. 1), 9B
67. Let’s learn more about life. Lawrence-Journal World (Op-Ed, Dec. 28), 7B
2001
68. Don’t let creationists corrupt science standards. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Op-Ed. Jan. 7), B-1, 4
69. Science not villain in debate. Lawrence-Journal World (Op-Ed, Aug. 28), 7B
2002
70. Resolutions with a touch of fantasy. Lawrence-Journal World (Op-Ed, Jan. 6), 7B
71. Cloning: Getting what we asked for. The Sun Newspapers (Op-Ed, Jan 16), 6A
72. The economics of nature. Lawrence-Journal World (Op-Ed, July 18), 7B
73. State faces education issues. Lawrence-Journal World (Op-Ed, Sep. 5), 7B
74. Connect environmental dots. Lawrence-Journal World (Op-Ed, Oct. 7), 7B
75. Unofficial museums abound. Lawrence-Journal World (Op-Ed, Nov 11), 7B
76. Cloning Spawns Silliness. Lawrence-Journal World (Op-Ed, Dec 31), 7B
2003
77. Holding Knowledge Hostage Stifles our Progress. Kansas City Star, Op-Ed, March 1, p. B7
78. Five Big Ideas for Kansas. Kansas City Star, Op-Ed, May 10, p. B7
79. Discoveries remain on our own planet. Kansas City Star, Op-Ed, July 19. p. B7
80. Preaching to the top species. Kansas City Star, Op-Ed, Sep 27, p. B7
81. Year’s end inspires reflection, predictions Kansas City Star, Op-Ed, Dec 6, p. B7
82. It’s Respect for Knowledge. Lawrence-Journal World (Op-Ed, March 13), 7B
83. Museum loss not yet clear. Lawrence-Journal World (Op-Ed, April, 24), 7B
84. Prejudices color science. Lawrence-Journal World Op-Ed, Aug. 6, 7B
85. KU message must be simple, personal, local. Lawrence-Journal World Op-Ed, Nov. 9, 7B
86. Hair didn’t aid museum director’s appeal to Legislature. Lawrence-Journal World Op-Ed, Dec. 28, 7B
Invited Presentations: conferences, symposia (past 6 years only)
1996
1. European Science Foundation/UNESCO: Disseminating Biodiversity Information. March 24-27, 1996, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2. US-OBI: United States Organization for Biodiversity Information, NSF-funded workshop, San Diego Supercomputer Center, April 11-15, 1996; organizer, convener, co-chair.
3. Paleontological Society: Geology of Critical Intervals, NSF-funded workshop, Smithsonian, Washington, DC; May, 1996.
4. First annual NSF/PEET workshop, Lawrence, Kansas, September, 1996; organizer, convener, co-chair.
5. Workshop on biodiversity informatics, Leiden Museum, The Netherlands, September, 1996; speaker.
6. North American Biodiversity Information Network: NAFTA Commission on Environmental Cooperation, Montreal, Canada, symposium 1, October, 1996.
7. North American Biodiversity Information Network: NAFTA Commission on Environmental Cooperation, Montreal, Canada, symposium 2, December, 1996.
8. Workshop on Computer And Software Tools for Improving and Speeding Biodiversity Studies; Entomological Society of America, Entomological Collections Network, Annual Meeting, December 11, 1996, Louisville, Kentucky, invited paper (given by Steve Ashe).
1997
9. North American Biodiversity Information Network (NABIN), NAFTA Commission on Environmental Cooperation, conference Nov 20-21, 1997, Montreal, Canada.
10. Environment Canada: Conference on a Canadian Organization for Biodiversity Information, February 27, 1997, Ottawa, Canada.
11. Environment Canada: Canadian National Biodiversity Information Initiative Conference, July 7-8, 1997, Ottawa, Canada.
12. Environment Canada: Canadian National Biodiversity Information Initiative Conference, November 22, 1997, Ottawa, Canada.
13. AAAS Conference: Networking Resources for Competitive Earth Systems Science. Nov. 5-7, 1997, Sioux Falls, SD.
14. Association of Systematics Collections, Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, April 25-26, 1997. The Collections-based Mission of Natural History Institutions.
1998
15. NPACI-San Diego Supercomputer Center conference, Earth Systems Science, Biodiversity Thrust Area, January 8-9, at SDSC, San Diego.
16. Chair, NSF workshop, Informatics Infrastructure for the Systematics and Biocollections community, January 10-11, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA.
17. NSF workshop, Biodiversity Observatory Network, September, Blandy Farm, Virginia, September 12-13.
18. Environment Canada: National Biological Information Infrastructure, July 9-10, Ottawa, Canada.
19. Kansas Legislative Committee on Information Technology, August 27, Lawrence
20. Santa Fe Institute, conference to establish National Consortium for the Study of Emerging Threats, October 9, Santa Fe.
21. AAAS Conference: Networking Resources for Competitive Earth Systems Science: Biodiversity of the Great Plains project. November 18-19, Lawrence, organizer and convener
22. NPACI-San Diego Supercomputer Center conference on Research Integration of Biocollections and Ecosystem Information, December 16-17.
1999
23. Chair, NSF Workshop, Biodiversity Observatory Networks, January 14-16, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, UC-Santa Barbara
24. National Academy of Sciences. “Finding the Path: Issues of Access to Research Resources”, Jan 27-28, Washington, DC.
25. North American Biodiversity Information Network, Commission on Environmental Cooperation, Jan. 7-8, Montreal, Canada.
26. Environment Canada: National Biological Information Infrastructure, June 24-25, Ottawa, Canada.
27. Second Conference to Establish National Consortium for the Study of Emerging Threats, March 1-2, Sevilleta Field Station, U New Mexico.
28. Association of Systematics Collections. “Long Range Collections Planning”, April 24, Cleveland
29. Plenary lecture, “State of Asian Biodiversity’, University of Kansas East Asian Conference, Feb 20, Lawrence
30. Keynote address, “Myth Mongering and Monkey Business,” Conference on “Monkey Business in Kansas: The Rational Response,” Nov 5-6, Center for Inquiry, Kansas City
2000
31. 17th International CODATA Conference, Oct 15-19, Baveno, Italy
32. Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Dec 1, “Biodiversity Collections and Emerging Diseases. ”
33. NSF Research Workshop, “National Ecological Observatory Network”, Santa Fe Institute, May 3-5.
34. NSF Research Workshop, “Evolution and Development in a Phylogenetic Context”, Arlington VA, Sep 14.
35. NSF Research Workshop, “The Tree of Life”, U Texas, Austin Dec 3-5.
36. World of Change, Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN. Feb. 28, keynote address.Conservation in the Internet Age: Strategic Threats and Opportunities, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, June 15-16.
2001
37. A Research Network for Biodiversity Science. AAAS, 2001 Annual Meetings, Feb. 15-20, San Francisco. Symposium: "Impact of Computer Networking Technologies on Scientific Research," Feb. 19; Krishtalka*, L. , D. Vieglais, T. Peterson , J. Beach, E. Wiley
38. Information technology and the ten grand research challenges for the 21st Century. AAAS Colloquium on Science and Technology Policy, 2001, May 3-4, Washington, DC. Symposium: 21st Century Science: What are the policy questions? May 4.
39. Symposium: Supercomputing and the Human Endeavor. Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC (Feb, 14)
40. NSF planning workshop: Charting research for the 21st Century. Santa Fe Institute, July 24-25
2002
41. Conservation of Land and Biodiversity in the 21st Century: A leadership dialogue. Lincoln Institute on Land Policy, Cambridge, MA (March 27-28).
42. Grand Challenges in Science for the 21st Century. Iowa State University, Feb 21-22
43. New Frontiers in Research and Development. 2002 NSF EPSCoR National Conference, September 8-10, Anchorage, Alaska.
44. Facing the future: Science in the 21st century. University of Kansas Fall 2002 Colloquium, Hall Center for the Humanties, December 5.
45. Conservation innovation in America: Past, present and future. Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery, December 11.
2003
46. Bioterrorism/Agroterrorism Prediction and Risk Assessment, Consortium of Biodefence Researchers, 4th Annual Conference, Texas Tech University, April 28-30
47. Predictive Modeling of Potential Bioterrorism Agents: Disease, Invasive Species and Pests. Kansas Homeland Security Symposium, August 6, Kansas City
48. Modeling Evolutionary Phenomena using Biodiversity Informatics. European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Leeds, England August 23 [w/ Kris McNyset]
49. Get Funded: Writing the Great American Grant Proposal. Genes in Ecology, Ecology in Genes, Ecological Genomics Symposium, Nov. 1-2, Overland Park,
50. Archeological Informatics: Using Archeological Collection Data to Model Prehistoric Human Systems, 11th Annual Arctic Conference, University of Washington, Seattle, Nov 7-8, (w/ D. West)
51. Society of Women Engineers, Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL, October 10-11. “Using Biodiversity Informatics to Predict Environmental Phenomena”.