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Cachel CV 1 CURRICULUM VITAE SUSAN MARIE CACHEL December, 2009 BIRTHPLACE: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. (American citizenship) PRESENT POSITION: Associate Professor, Physical Anthropology Rutgers University Department of Anthropology Douglass College, 131 George Street New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-1414 Member, Graduate Faculty Member, Graduate Quaternary Studies Program Member, Center for Human Evolutionary Studies Researcher/Instructor at the Koobi Fora Field School (Rutgers University/Kenya National Museums), east of Lake Turkana, northern Kenya. Research Associate of the Kenya National Museums Fellow, Rutgers College, Rutgers University Fellow, Douglass College, Rutgers University TELEPHONE: 732/932-9886 (departmental phone) FAX: 732/932-1564 (department) e-mail: [email protected] 732/545-7512 (home phone) SPECIALIZATION: Primate Evolution, Palaeoanthropology, Evolutionary Theory, Primatology, Vertebrate Palaeontology EDUCATION: B.A., University of Chicago--June 13, 1970 M.A., University of Chicago--December 17, 1971 (Master's Thesis: "The Beginnings of Catarrhine Primates") Ph.D., University of Chicago--December 10, 1976 (Dissertation: "The Origins of the Anthropoid Grade") Dissertation Committee Members: Dr. R.H. Tuttle (thesis advisor), Dr. K.W. Butzer, Dr. A.A. Dahlberg, Dr. L.G. Freeman EMPLOYMENT RECORD: 1983-present. Associate Professor, Physical Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Douglass College, Rutgers University Cachel CV 2 1977-1983 Assistant Professor, Physical Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Douglass College, Rutgers University 1975-1976 Instructor, Physical Anthropology, Loyola University, Chicago 1974-1975 Graduate Teaching Assistant, departments of anthropology and biology, University of Chicago HONORS AND GRANTS: Elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, December 2009 Kenyan National Museums/Ministry of National Heritage, Government of Kenya: “Limb-deformities among the El-Molo community of North Kenya.” $75,000 [money allocated, but not yet released]. 2010-2011 (Co-PI, E. Mbua, P. Kiura, & S. Cachel) Rutgers Center for Human Evolutionary Studies (CHES) grant 2007- 2008, $4,250. CHES grant 2006-2007, $4,025. CHES grant 2005-2006, $2,100. Plenary Session Member Prize, 75th Anniversary of the founding of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, 2005 CHES grant 2004-2005, $3,500. CHES grant 2003-2004, $4,000. ACIC Instructional Computing Initiative: “Innovations in computer- based instruction in anthropology”, 2002-2003 (with L. Cronk and A. Haugerud) National Science Foundation: “A fresh perspective: Isotopic evidence for prehistoric diet in the Mississippi River Valley of West-Central Illinois”, 2002-2003 (PI on dissertation improvement grant) Rutgers Global Programs Grant for equipment and computer labs at research Stations at the National Museum of Kenya, Nairobi and the Koobi Fora Field Station, northern Kenya, 2001 (with J.W.K. Harris) ACIC grant to Department of Anthropology for software and computer equipment, 2001 (with L. Cronk and A. Haugeraud). Rutgers University Faculty Merit Award 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1994, 1989, 1984 New Jersey Equipment Leasing Fund Grant to Department of Anthropology, 1994 (with R.J. Blumenschine and J.W.K. Harris) Douglass Fellows Research Award, 1993-1994 Teaching Excellence Center Grant, Rutgers University (1993-1994) with R.J. Blumenschine and J.W.K. Harris) Rutgers University Research Council Award for "Taxonomic Diagnosis of Early Fossil Humans," (1992-1993) Cachel CV 3 Rutgers Faculty Academic Service Award, 1991 American Association of University Women: "Genetic Variation, Fitness, and Inbreeding Statistics in the Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) of Belize" 1990-1991 Principal Investigator, dissertation research) National Geographic Society: "Etho-Archaeology of Chimpanzees in a Gallery Forest, Eastern Zaire" 1990 (Co-Principal Investigator) Douglass Fellow Research Award, 1989 Rutgers University Research Council Award for the Interdisciplinary Colloquium "Population Growth, Disease, and the Origin of Agriculture" (1988-1989) Rutgers University Research Council Award for the Interdisciplinary Colloquium "Taphonomy, Paleoecology, and Fossil Man" (1983-1984) Rutgers University Research Council Award (1981-1982) Rutgers University Council for Instructional Development grant (1979-1980) Rutgers University Research Council Award (1978-1979) Henry H. Hinds Fund grant for Evolutionary Research (1975-1976) William Rainey Harper Fellowship (1973-1974) Organization for Tropical Studies grant (Costa Rica, 1972) Woodrow Wilson Fellowship National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (1970-1973) Phi Beta Kappa Shinner Scholar, Field Museum of Natural History, 1969 Student Aide to University Marshall, Univ. of Chicago, 1968-1970 Goethe Prize, 1968 Academy of American Poets Award, first prize, 1967 FIELD AND LAB EXPERIENCE: Attended the 150th anniversary of the discovery of the original Neanderthal fossils, Bonn, Germany, with site visits, and exhibition of original European fossils at the Rheinisches LandesMuseum, Bonn, July, 2006. Site visits to La Selva and Palo Verde tropical biology research stations, Costa Rica, as part of the NSF “Professor Preview” Program in teaching Field biology courses, July, 2005 Research/instruction at paleoanthropological sites in the Koobi Fora region, East of Lake Turkana, northern Kenya, summer 1997-2002; Instruction in tropical ecology at habitats near Lake Naivasha and Laikipia District, Kenya, summer 1997-2002 Cachel CV 4 field-trips to rock-art sites in the Matopos Hills, Zimbabwe, 1995 field-trips to Cretaceous, Paleocene, and Eocene fossil mammal sites in the San Juan Basin, northern New Mexico, 1993 field-trips to Ngorongoro Conservation Area, and fossil and archaeological sites at Laetoli and Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, 1993 Study of African Plio-Pleistocene hominid material at the Palaeo-Anthropology Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and the Transvaal Museum, South Africa, 1993; visit to the sites of Sterkfontein and Swartkrans, the Transvaal, South Africa, 1993 Study of African Plio-Pleistocene hominid material at the Kenya National Museums, Nairobi, 1991 Member of Rutgers University project studying the ecology and etho-archaeology of chimpanzees in the Parc National des Virunga, eastern Zaire (the Congo), 1990 Study of African Miocene hominoid material at the Kenya National Museums, Nairobi, 1990 Study of fossil hominid and archaeological sites at Koobi Fora and the Karari Escarpment, East Turkana, northern Kenya, 1989 Study of Senga and Ishango palaeontological and archaeological sites in the Upper Semliki River region, eastern Zaire, 1989 Part of Rutgers University pilot project team to establish a camp for monitoring of common chimpanzee behavior and ecology in the Ishasha River region, eastern Zaire, 1989 Participant at workshop symposium "The Origins and Maintenance of Biotic Diversity," sponsored by the NSF and OTS, La Selva humid tropical rainforest reserve, Costa Rica, 1988 Study of Oligocene and early Miocene fossil mammals in the collections of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; study of latest Cretaceous and Oligocene fossil vertebrate sites and collection of fossil mammals at Reva Gap (Brule Formation, Oligocene), South Dakota, 1985 Study of tropical lowland and montane rainforest ecology, Osa Peninsula and Monte Verde Cloud Forest, Costa Rica, 1984 Cachel CV 5 Study of the hominid casts of record from the Hadar Formation, Ethiopia, and comparison of these with australopithecine casts from other East African and South African sites, and with specimens from the Hamann-Todd non-human primate skeletal collection at the Physical Anthropology Laboratory, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1982 Study of the type specimen of Dolichocebus gaimanensis (fossil platyrrhine primate, Upper Oligocene, Patagonia), 1981 Study of the primate skeletal collections of the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1975-1976; 1978; 1981-1983; 1987 Study of the published Egyptian Fayum fossil primate specimens, Kline Geology Laboratory, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, 1976 Intensive study of neotropical environments and ecology, Costa Rica, 1972 LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY: Reading knowledge of German, Spanish, French, Polish PROFESSIONAL Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science SOCIETIES: American Association of Physical Anthropologists Society of Vertebrate Paleontology American Society of Primatologists New York Regional Primatologists Group Associate, Organization for Tropical Studies Member, American Society of Naturalists The Paleoanthropology Society Associate, Behavioral and Brain Sciences Group [peer commentator, BBS] Alpha Lambda, National Honor Society for Anthropology [established the Epsilon Chapter at Rutgers University] PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Invited participant at Workshop/Symposium on Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, October 30, 2009 Listed at www.nsfgrfp.org under “Applicant Resources” as an experienced National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program resource person, August 2009 Evaluation panelist for 2009 NSF/ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education) Graduate Research Fellowship Program for Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, February 2009 Reviewed 11th edition of Introduction to Physical Anthropology, Cachel CV 6 R. 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    Current Status and Historical Trends of the Estuarine Living Resources within the Corpus Christi Bay National Estuary Program Study Area Volume 4 of 4 Checklist of Species Within the CCBNEP Study Area: References, Habitats, Distribution, and Abundance Corpus Christi Bay National Estuary Program CCBNEP-06D • January 1996 This project has been funded in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under assistance agreement #CE-9963-01-2 to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. The contents of this document do not necessarily represent the views of the United States Environmental Protection Agency or the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, nor do the contents of this document necessarily constitute the views or policy of the Corpus Christi Bay National Estuary Program Management Conference or its members. The information presented is intended to provide background information, including the professional opinion of the authors, for the Management Conference deliberations while drafting official policy in the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP). The mention of trade names or commercial products does not in any way constitute an endorsement or recommendation for use. Volume 4 Checklist of Species within Corpus Christi Bay National Estuary Program Study Area: References, Habitats, Distribution, and Abundance John W. Tunnell, Jr. and Sandra A. Alvarado, Editors Center for Coastal Studies Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi 6300 Ocean Dr. Corpus Christi, Texas 78412 Current Status and Historical Trends of Estuarine Living Resources of the Corpus Christi Bay National Estuary Program Study Area January 1996 Policy Committee Commissioner John Baker Ms. Jane Saginaw Policy Committee Chair Policy Committee Vice-Chair Texas Natural Resource Regional Administrator, EPA Region 6 Conservation Commission Mr.