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DRAFT Curriculum Vitae Gregory M. Erickson DRAFT Curriculum Vitae Gregory M. Erickson Last Revised: January 16, 2020 General Information University address: Department of Biological Science College of Arts & Sciences 4011 King Life Sciences Building Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4295 Phone: (850) 645-4991; Fax: (850) 645-8447 E-mail address: [email protected] Web site: http://www.bio.fsu.edu/faculty-erickson.php Professional Preparation 1997 Ph.D., University Of California, Berkeley. Major: Biological Sciences. Integrative Biology. Supervisor: Marvalee H. Wake. 1991 M.S., Montana State University, Bozeman. Major: Earth Sciences. Supervisor: John R. Horner and Robert S. Moore. G. M. Erickson. (1991). Verification of von Ebner Incremental Lines in Extant and Fossil Archosaur Dentine and Tooth Replacement Rate Assessment Using Growth Line Counts. Unpublished master's thesis, Montana State University, Bozeman. 1988 B.S., University of Washington, Seattle. Major: Geological Sciences, Paleontology. Nondegree Education and Training 1998–2000 Postdoctoral Scholar, NSF Fellow, Biomechanical Engineering Department, Stanford University (Stanford, CA), and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University (Providence, RI). DRAFT Vita for Gregory M. Erickson Professional Experience 2017–present Research Associate, Mechanical and Physical Properties Laboratory, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee FL. 2012–present Research Associate University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, AK, Florida State University. 2004–present Research Associate, Department of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. 2004–present Research Associate, Department of Geology, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL. 2003–present Curator, FSU Museum (Teaching and Research Collections), Department of Biological Science, Florida State University. 2011–2017 Full Professor, Florida State University. 2007–2011 Associate Professor, Biological Science, Florida State University. 2000–2006 Assistant Professor, Biological Science, Florida State University. 2000–2002 Teaching Faculty, College of Medicine, Florida State University. Honors, Awards, and Prizes Awarded Research Associate Status NHMFL, NHMFL Tallahasssee (2018). Nomination for University Excellence in Teaching Award, FSU (2018). Faculty Research Recognition, College of Arts and Sciences (2017). TEDxFSU Talks Nomination, Independent (2017). University Distinguished Teaching Award, Florida State University (2017). Faculty Research Recognition, College of Arts and Sciences (2016). University Distinguished Teaching Award Nomination, Florida State University (2016). Faculty Research Recognition, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida State University (2015). Nomination for University Excellence in Teaching Award (2015). Primiul Grogore Cobălcescu Award, Romanian Academy of Science (2015). Faculty Research Recognition, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida State University (2014). University Newsmaker Recognition, Florida State University (2014). Elected Fellow of the American Association of the Advancement of Science (2013). Faculty Appreciation Recognition, Tri-Delta Sorority (2013). Faculty Research Recognition, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida State University (2013). Nomination for University Excellence in Teaching Award (2013). Presidential Recognition, State of the University Address, President's Office, Florida State University (2013). University Newsmaker Recognition, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida State University Page 2 DRAFT Vita for Gregory M. Erickson (2013). Awarded Research Associate Status, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, AK (2012). Faculty Research Recognition, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida State University (2012). Nomination for University Excellence in Teaching Award (2012). University Excellence in Teaching Award, Florida State University (2012). Faculty Achievement Recognition, Office of the President, Florida State University (2011). Faculty Research Recognition, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida State University (2011). Faculty Research Recognition, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida State University (2010). Graduate Student Union Distinguished Lecturer, Florida Atlantic University (2009). Inspirational Faculty Recognition, Delta Zeta Sorority, Florida State University (2009). Distinguished Alumnus, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley (2008). Faculty Research Recognition, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida State University (2008). Developing Scholar Award, Florida State University (2007). Faculty Research Recognition, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida State University (2007). Faculty Research Recognition, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida State University (2006). Loretta Ellias Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, Department of Biological Science (2006). Faculty Research Recognition, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida State University (2005). Langston Honorary Lecturer in Paleontology, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas, Austin (2005). Awarded Research Associate Status, Department of Geology, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL (2004). Awarded Research Associate Status, Department of Paleontology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY (2004). Elected Honorary Member, FSU Chapter, Beta Beta Beta National Biology Honor Society (2004). Faculty Research Recognition, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida State University (2004). Inspirational Faculty Recognition, Delta Zeta Sorority, Florida State University (2004). Faculty Research Recognition, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida State University (2003). Inspirational Faculty Recognition, Delta Zeta Sorority, Florida State University (2003). Faculty Research Recognition, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida State University (2002). Faculty Research Recognition, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida State University (2001). Faculty Research Recognition, College of Arts and Sciences, Florida State University (2000). Stoye Award for student presentation in Genetics, Development, and Morphology, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, annual meeting (1998). D. Dwight Davis Award for student presentation in the Division of Vertebrate Morphology, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, annual meeting (1996). Alfred Sherwood Romer Prize for student presentation, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, annual meeting (1991). Page 3 DRAFT Vita for Gregory M. Erickson Elected Fellow Status Elected as a Fellow of IUCN Crocodilian Specialist Group Appointment (2019). Elected as a Fellow of National Geographic Society Explorer (2019). Elected as a Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (2012). Fellowship(s) National Science Foundation Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Biosciences Related to the Environment, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (1997). ARCS Scholarship, Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation, Northern California Chapter (1996). Joseph Mailliard Fellowship, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley (1996). Frank Elmer Peabody Memorial Fellowship, Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley (1995). Current Membership in Professional Organizations American Association for the Advancement of Science American Association of Anatomists International Society of Vertebrate Morphology Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Teaching Courses Taught Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (ZOO3713C) Evolutionary Morphology (BSC 4932) General Biology for Non-Majors (BSC 1005) Biology of the Lower Vertebrates (ZOO 4343C) General Biology for Non-Majors (BSC 1005) Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (ZOO3713C) General Biology for Non-Majors (BSC 1005) Evolutionary Morphology (BSC 4931) General Biology for Non-Majors (BSC 1005) Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (ZOO 3713C) General Biology for Non-Majors (BSC 1005) Biology of Lower Vertebrates (ZOO4343) General Biology for Non-Majors (BSC1005) Evolutionary Morphology (BSC4931) Page 4 DRAFT Vita for Gregory M. Erickson Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (ZOO3713C) Evolutionary Morphology (BSC 4931) General Biology for Non-Majors (BSC 1005) Evolutionary Morphology (BSC4931) General Biology for Non-Majors (BSC1005) Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (ZOO3713C) Evolutionary Morphology (BSC4931) General Biology for Non-Majors (BSC1005) Biology of the Lower Vertebrates (ZOO 4343) Evolutionary Morphology (BSC4931) Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (ZOO3713C) Evolutionary Morphology (BSC4931) Evolutionary Morphology (BSC5932) General Biology for Nonmajors (BSC1005) FIG section (BSC1005) Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (ZOO3713-C) General Biology (BSC 1005) Graduate Tutorial in Biological Science (BSC 5932) Senior Tutorial in Biological Science (BSC 4931) Biology of the Lower Vertebrates (ZOO4343-C) Biology of the Lower Vertebrates (ZOO4343C) Selected Topics in Biological Science (BSC5936) Comparative Functional Vertebrate Anatomy (ZOO 3713) Biology of the Lower Vertebrates (ZOO 4343) Selected Topics in Zoology (ZOO 5935) Seminar in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (PCB 6938) Human Gross Anatomy (BMS 5109C) Human Gross Anatomy Evolutionary and Functional Vertebrate Morphology General Biology Human Gross Anatomy The Age of Dinosaurs Vertebrate Paleontology: Paleoecology and Evolution of Amphibians, Reptiles, and Birds Vertebrates Paleontology: Evolution and Systematics of Mammals General Biology Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy Vertebrate Paleontology
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