PHILIP M. NOVACK-GOTTSHALL DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY 5700 COLLEGE ROAD LISLE, IL 60532 (630) 829-6514 [email protected] www1.ben.edu/faculty/pnovack-gottshall

RESEARCH INTERESTS Comparative and of invertebrate animals and marine communities; body size evolution; quantitative methods and null models in ecological diversification and macroevolution; morphometrics, digital imaging, and photomacrography

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT 2009–present Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL  Tenure awarded September 2013 2005–2009 Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA  March 2008: Unanimously promoted at third-year review 2004–2005 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA

RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS 2009–present Research Associate, Department of Geology, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL 2006–present Participant / Data Contributor, Database (www.paleodb.org)

EDUCATION September 2004 Ph.D., Biology, Program in Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC  Dissertation: Ecology and evolution of deep-subtidal, soft-substrate communities during the through Devonian; Advisor: Dr. Daniel W. McShea June 1999 M.S., Geology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH  Thesis: Comparative geographic and environmental diversity dynamics of gastropods and bivalves during the Radiation; Advisor: Dr. Arnold I. Miller May 1996 B.S., Summa cum laude with Honors, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA  Double major in Biology and Music Performance (Organ); minor in Chemistry

PUBLICATIONS  Undergraduate students are in bold 1. Novack-Gottshall, P. and K. Burton. In press (2013/2014). Morphometrics indicates giant Ordovician macluritid gastropods switched life habit during ontogeny. Journal of . 2. Payne, J.L., F.A. Smith, M. Kowalewski, R.A. Krause, Jr., A.G. Boyer, C.R. McClain, S. Finnegan, P.M. Novack-Gottshall, and L. Sheble. 2012. A lack of attribution: closing the citation gap through a reform of citation and indexing practices. Taxon 61: 1349-1354. 3. Bush, A. and P.M. Novack-Gottshall. 2012. Modelling the ecological-functional diversification of marine Metazoa on geological time scales. Biology Letters 8: 151-155. 4. Novack-Gottshall, Philip M. 2011. Biology's first law: A manifesto against physics envy. (Book review of McShea and Brandon, 2010: Biology's First Law: The Tendency for Diversity and Complexity to Increase in Evolutionary Systems.) Priscum Spring 2011: 10-11. 2

5. Villéger, S., P.M. Novack-Gottshall, and D. Mouillot. 2011. The multidimensionality of the niche reveals functional turnover in benthic marine biotas across geological time. Ecology Letters 14: 561-568. 6. Kowalewski, M., J.L. Payne, F.A. Smith, S.C. Wang, D.W. McShea, S. Xiao, P.M. Novack-Gottshall, C.R. McClain, R.A. Krause, Jr., A.G. Boyer, S. Finnegan, S.K. Lyons, J.A. Stempien, J. Alroy, and P.A. Spaeth. 2011. The Geozoic Supereon. Palaios 26: 251-255. 7. Payne, J.L., C.R. McClain, A.G. Boyer, J.H. Brown, S. Finnegan, M. Kowalewski, R.A. Krause, Jr., S.K. Lyons, D.W. McShea, P.M. Novack-Gottshall, F.A. Smith, P. Spaeth, J.A. Stempien, and S.C. Wang. 2011. The evolutionary consequences of oxygenic photosynthesis: a body size perspective. Photosynthesis Research 107: 37-57. 8. Kowalewski, M. and P. Novack-Gottshall. 2010. Resampling methods in paleontology. Pp. 19-54 in J. Alroy and G. Hunt, eds. Quantitative Methods in Paleobiology. Paleontological Society Special Paper 16. Yale Printing Services, New Haven. [Invited book chapter] 9. Bennington, J.B., W.A. DiMichele, C. Badgley, R.K. Bambach, P. Barrett, A.K. Behrensmeyer, R. Bobe, R. Burnham, T. Daeschler, J. Van Dam, J. Eronen, D.H. Erwin, S. Finnegan, S. Holland, G. Hunt, D. Jablonski, S.T. Jackson, B. Jacobs, S.M. Kidwell, P. Koch, M. Kowalewski, C. Labandeira, C. Looy, S.K. Lyons, P.M. Novack-Gottshall, R. Potts, P. Roopnarine, C. Strömberg, H. Sues, P. Wagner, P. Wilf, and S. Wing. 2009. Critical issues of scale in paleoecology. Palaios 24: 1-4. 10. Payne, J.L., A.G. Boyer, J.H. Brown, S. Finnegan, M. Kowalewski, R.A. Krause, Jr., S.K. Lyons, C.R. McClain, D.W. McShea, P.M. Novack-Gottshall, F.A. Smith, J.A. Stempien, and S.C. Wang. 2009. Two-phase increase in the maximum size of life over 3.5 billion years reflects biological innovation and environmental opportunity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (U.S.A.) 106: 24- 27. 11. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. and M.A. Lanier. 2008. Scale-dependence of Cope’s rule during body-size evolution of . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (U.S.A.) 105: 5430-5434. 12. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2008. Ecosystem-wide body size trends in Cambrian-Devonian marine invertebrate lineages. Paleobiology 34: 210-228. 13. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2008. Using simple body size metrics to estimate body volume: Empirical validation using diverse Paleozoic invertebrates. Palaios 23: 163-173. 14. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2007. Using a theoretical ecospace to quantify the ecological diversity of Paleozoic and modern marine biotas. Paleobiology 33: 274-295. 15. Kosnik, M.A., D. Jablonski, R. Lockwood, and P.M. Novack-Gottshall. 2006. Quantifying molluscan body size in evolutionary and ecological analyses: Maximizing the return on data collection efforts. Palaios 21: 588-597. 16. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2005. Book review of The Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event, B.D. Webby, F. Paris, M.L. Droser, and I.G. Percival, eds. Palaios 20: 506-511. 17. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. and A.I. Miller. 2003. Comparative geographic and environmental diversity dynamics of gastropods and bivalves during the Ordovician Radiation. Paleobiology 29: 576-604. 18. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. and A.I. Miller. 2003. Taxonomic richness and abundance of Late Ordovician gastropods and bivalves in mollusc-rich strata of the Cincinnati Arch. Palaios 18: 559-571. 19. Alroy, J., C.R. Marshall, R.K. Bambach, K. Bezusko, M. Foote, F.T. Fürsich, T.A. Hansen, S.M. Holland, L.C. Ivany, D. Jablonski, D.K. Jacobs, D.C. Jones, M.A. Kosnik, S. Lidgard, S. Low, A.I. Miller, P.M. Novack-Gottshall, T.D. Olszewski, M.E. Patzkowsky, D.M. Raup, K. Roy, J.J. Sepkoski, Jr., M.G. Sommers, P.J. Wagner, and A. Webber. 2001. Effects of sampling standardization on estimates of marine diversification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (U.S.A.) 98: 6261-6266. 20. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2000. Large-scale perspectives in community ecology (Book review of Maurer, 1997: Untangling Ecological Complexity). Complexity 6: 58-59.

MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED AND IN REVISION McClain, C.R., P.M. Novack-Gottshall, S.C. Wang, C. Francis, J.L. Payne, F.A. Smith, P.A. Anich, J.H. Brown, A.G. Boyer, Z.V. Finkel, S. Finnegan, J.H. Knouft, M. Kowalewski, R.A. Krause, Jr., S.K. 3

Lyons, D.W. McShea, J.C. Nekola, S.I. Passy, J.A. Stempien, R.D. Stevens, and P.A. Watkins. In revision for Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (U.S.A.). Variability, not consistency, is the norm for local body size distributions.

MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION Novack-Gottshall, P.M. In preparation for Paleobiology. Four models of ecological diversification: A simulation approach.

PRESENTATIONS  Undergraduate students are in bold 1. McCartan, J., C. Veselka, and P. Novack-Gottshall. 2014 (anticipated). The role of morphological disparity on the Ordovician mass extinction of trilobites. Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area Student Symposium, Concordia College. 2. Novack-Gottshall, P.M., S.C. Wang and C.R. McClain. 2014 (anticipated). Regression and classification trees are powerful and intuitive analytical methods for complex data sets in paleontology. 10th North American Paleontological Convention Abstracts, Gainesville, FL. 3. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2014. Using classification-tree methods for research and curricular development. Benedictine University and Sociability Series (poster). 4. Arain, A, D. Laspisa, and P. Novack-Gottshall. 2013. Correlation of body size in non-phacopid trilobites and impact of the Ordovician mass extinction on their survival. Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area Student Symposium, Elmhurst College. 5. Laspisa, D., A. Arain, and P. Novack-Gottshall. 2013. Relation of ecological distribution, body size and survivorship during the Ordovician mass extinction. Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area Student Symposium, Elmhurst College. 6. Elmusa, E., H. Zahir, and P. Novack-Gottshall. 2013. Phacopid trilobites and the Ordovician mass extinction. Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area Student Symposium, Elmhurst College. 7. Elmusa, E., H. Zahir, and P. Novack-Gottshall. 2013. Phacopid trilobites and the Ordovician mass extinction. Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Arts Symposium, Benedictine University. 8. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2013. How to survive a climate crisis: lessons from fossil trilobites. Benedictine University Science and Sociability Series. 9. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2012. Simple strategies for a successful writing-intensive biology seminar. Benedictine University Writing-Across-The-Curriculum Series. 10. Castle, C., E. Miofsky, and P.M. Novack-Gottshall. 2012. Trilobite survivorship during the Late Ordovician mass extinction is associated with geographic, environmental, and ecological breadth. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, GSA Abstracts with Programs 44. 11. Miofsky, E., C. Castle, and P. Novack-Gottshall. 2012. Geographic and environmental range predicts trilobite survivorship during the Late Ordovician mass extinction. Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area Student Symposium, Elmhurst College. 12. Mickiewicz, D. and P. Novack-Gottshall. 2012. Morphometric proxies for body size of Ordovician trilobites. Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area Student Symposium, Elmhurst College. 13. Miofsky, E. and P. Novack-Gottshall. 2012. Where do Paleozoic euomphalids fit within the gastropod theoretical morphospace? Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area Student Symposium, Elmhurst College. 14. Miofsky, E., C. Castle, and P. Novack-Gottshall. 2012. Geographic and environmental range predicts trilobite survivorship during the Late Ordovician mass extinction. Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Arts Symposium, Benedictine University. 15. Mickiewicz, D. and P. Novack-Gottshall. 2012. Morphometric proxies for body size of Ordovician trilobites. Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Arts Symposium, Benedictine University. 16. Miofsky, E. and P. Novack-Gottshall. 2012. Where do Paleozoic euomphalids fit within the gastropod theoretical morphospace? Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Arts Symposium, Benedictine University. 4

17. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2011. Different perspectives for understanding the ecological history of trilobites, a long extinct group of animals. Benedictine University Faculty Colloquium. 18. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2011. Does ecology imitate morphology and ? Cambrian-Devonian trilobites suggest no! Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, GSA Abstracts with Programs 43. 19. Watkins, P. and P. Novack-Gottshall. 2011. Analysis of the body size distribution of living brachiopods. Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area Student Symposium, Elmhurst College. 20. Burton, K. and P. Novack-Gottshall. 2010. Eigenshape analysis of aperture of Ordovician gastropod Maclurites demonstrates possible ecological change during ontogeny. Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area Student Symposium, Elmhurst College. 21. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2011 (Invited speaker). The evolution of body size in deep time. University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Seminar series. 22. Kowalewski M. and P. Novack-Gottshall. 2010 (Invited speaker). Resampling methods in paleontology. Quantitative Methods in Paleobiology: Paleontological Society Short Course. 23. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2010. Performance of functional diversity metrics applied as measures of disparity. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, GSA Abstracts with Programs 42. 24. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2010. A statistical impasse in understanding community body size distributions. Benedictine University Science and Sociability Series. 25. Guio, M. and P.M. Novack-Gottshall. 2010. Morphometrics of left/right antler asymmetry in white- tailed and mule deer. Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area Student Symposium, Lewis University. 26. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2009 (Invited speaker). The fossil record of evolution. Associated Colleges of the Chicago Area Biology Symposium, and his legacy: A bicentennial celebration. 27. Finnegan, S., F.A. Smith, S.K. Lyons, A.G. Boyer, J.H. Brown, M.E. Clapham, Z. Finkel, M.A. Kosnik, M. Kowalewski, R.A. Krause, Jr., R. Lockwood, C.R. McClain, D.W. McShea, P.M. Novack- Gottshall, J.L. Payne, P.A. Spaeth, J.A. Stempien, and S.C. Wang. 2009. No general relationship between body size and extinction risk in the fossil record of marine invertebrates and . Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, GSA Abstracts with Programs 41. 28. Kowalewski, M., J. Alroy, A.G. Boyer, J.H. Brown, S. Finnegan, R.A. Krause, Jr., S.K. Lyons, C.R. McClain, D.W. McShea, P.M. Novack-Gottshall, J.L. Payne, F.A. Smith, P.A. Spaeth, J.A. Stempien, and S.C. Wang. 2009. The Geozoic: An informal supereon and a terminological convenience. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, GSA Abstracts with Programs 41. 29. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2009 (Invited speaker). Always getting bigger? Body size trends in Paleozoic invertebrates. Field Museum seminar luncheon series. 30. Boyer, A.G. J.H. Brown, S. Finnegan, M. Kowalewski, R.A. Krause, Jr., S.K. Lyons, C.R. McClain, D.W. McShea, P.M. Novack-Gottshall, J.L. Payne, F.A. Smith, P.A. Spaeth, J.A. Stempien, and S.C. Wang. 2009. An upper limit to maximum body size in animal phyla during the past 500 million years. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. 31. Novack-Gottshall, P.M., C.R. McClain, P.A. Spaeth, S.C. Wang, A.G. Boyer, J.H. Brown, S. Finnegan, M. Kowalewski, R.A. Krause, Jr., S.K. Lyons, D.W. McShea, J.C. Nekola, S.I. Passy, J.L. Payne, F.A. Smith, and J.A. Stempien. 2009. Variation in local body size distributions of fossil and modern taxonomic groups may reflect habitat and life-history differences. 9th North American Paleontological Convention Abstracts. Cincinnati Museum Center Scientific Contributions 3: 44. 32. Boyer, A.G. J.H. Brown, S. Finnegan, M. Kowalewski, R.A. Krause, Jr., S.K. Lyons, C.R. McClain, D.W. McShea, P.M. Novack-Gottshall, J.L. Payne, F.A. Smith, P.A. Spaeth, J.A. Stempien, and S.C. Wang. 2009. An upper limit to maximum animal body size through the Phanerozoic. 9th North American Paleontological Convention Abstracts. Cincinnati Museum Center Scientific Contributions 3: 45. 33. Finnegan, S., F.A. Smith, S.K. Lyons, A.G. Boyer, J.H. Brown, M.E. Clapham, Z. Finkel, M.A. Kosnik, M. Kowalewski, R.A. Krause, Jr., R. Lockwood, C.R. McClain, D.W. McShea, P.M. Novack- Gottshall, J.L. Payne, P.A. Spaeth, J.A. Stempien, and S.C. Wang. 2009. Size invariant extinction 5

risk in the marine fossil record. 9th North American Paleontological Convention Abstracts. Cincinnati Museum Center Scientific Contributions 3: 46. 34. Hearn, P.W. and P.M. Novack-Gottshall. 2009. The effect of Calcite and Aragonite Sea transitions on bivalve biomineralogy. Geological Society of America, Southeastern Regional Meeting, GSA Abstracts with Programs 41. 35. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2009. Evolution: Two centuries since Darwin. University of West Georgia Darwin Day. Public lecture and panel discussion. 36. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2008 (Invited speaker). The evolution of body size: Insights from the fossil record. Benedictine University, Department of Biological Sciences Lecture Series. 37. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2008. Modeling community structure across hierarchical scales: A case study using Late Ordovician deep-subtidal assemblages from the Cincinnati Arch. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, GSA Abstracts with Programs 40. 38. Invited speaker in Paleontological Society Centennial Celebration session: Breaking the curve: Historical development, current state, and future prospects for understanding local and regional processes governing global diversity. 39. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2008 (Invited speaker). Quantitative comparative paleoecology and the ecological diversity of Paleozoic animals. Evolutionary Morphology Seminar Series. 40. Cook, K.E., L.D. Dukes, P.D. Adams, K.A. Daniel, P.W. Hearn, B.A. Leisenring, E.O. Smith, J.B. Stogner, C.G. Wolfe, and P.M. Novack-Gottshall. 2008. Paleoecology and sedimentary petrology of the Cambrian Conasauga Formation (Coosa Valley, NW Georgia). Geological Society of America, Southeastern Regional Meeting, GSA Abstracts with Programs 40: 24. 41. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2007. The origin of adaptive zones: Comparative ecological diversity (richness and disparity) of higher taxonomic categories. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, GSA Abstracts with Programs 39: 91. 42. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2007 (Invited speaker). The evolution of body size: Insights from the fossil record. Daemen College Department of Natural Sciences Lecture Series. 43. Cooley, M.T., J.K. Bartley, and P. Novack-Gottshall. 2007. Preservation of predatory drill holes in Mississippian brachiopods. Georgia Academy of Science Annual Meeting. 44. Awarded top student presentation. 45. Lanier, M.A. and P.M. Novack-Gottshall. 2007. Pump up the volume: Parallel body size increases in Cambrian-Devonian lineages. Geological Society of America Southeastern Regional Annual Meeting, GSA Abstracts with Programs 39: 36. 46. Novack-Gottshall, P.M., J.K. Bartley, and J.A. Waters. 2007 (Invited symposium participant). Teaching evolution through an interdisciplinary core course at the University of West Georgia. Geological Society of America, Southeastern Regional Meeting. 47. Cooley, M.T., J.K. Bartley, and P. Novack-Gottshall. 2007. Preservation of predatory drill holes in Mississippian brachiopods. 2007 Sigma Xi Student Research Paper Competition, University of West Georgia. 48. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2007 (Invited speaker). Steps toward a quantitative comparative paleoecology: Ecological diversification of marine assemblages during the Cambrian through Devonian. Smithsonian Institution Department of Paleobiology Seminar Series. 49. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2007 (Invited speaker). Long-term ecological trends in Cambrian–Devonian marine assemblages, University of Cincinnati Colloquium Series. 50. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2006. Distinguishing among the four open hypotheses for long-term trends in ecospace diversification: A null model approach. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, GSA Abstracts with Programs 38: 86. 51. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2005. Assemblage-wide, body-size trends in Cambrian-Devonian marine biotas: What do we leave out by emphasizing individual lineages? Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, GSA Abstracts with Programs 37: 14. 52. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2005 (Invited speaker). Size matters: The significance of body size in paleoecology, University of West Georgia Seminar Series. 6

53. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2005 (Invited speaker). Why we must strive to quantify ecological disparity: Comparative paleoecology of Cambrian through Devonian marine assemblages, Geology Journal Club. 54. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. 2004. Ecological disparity of deep-subtidal, soft-substrate assemblages during the Cambrian through Devonian. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, GSA Abstracts with Programs 36: 457. 55. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. and D.W. McShea. 2003. Quantifying ecological disparity: comparative paleoecology of Ordovician and Recent marine assemblages. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, GSA Abstracts with Programs 35: 589. 56. Novack-Gottshall, P. M. 2002. Taxonomic diversity of deep subtidal, soft-substrate "communities" during the Cambrian through Devonian. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, GSA Abstracts with Programs 34: 463. 57. Wagner, P.J. and P.M. Novack-Gottshall. 2000. Environmental versus morphologic diversification across early gastropod phylogeny. Historical Patterns of : A Memorial Symposium in Honor of J. John Sepkoski, Jr. A. Watson Armour III Symposium 2000, Field Museum of Natural History. 58. Novack-Gottshall, P. M. and A. I. Miller. 1999. Scale-independent paleoenvironmental differences among gastropods and bivalves during the Ordovician radiation. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, GSA Abstracts with Programs 31: 172. 59. Novack-Gottshall, P.M. and A.I. Miller. 1998. Comparative diversification dynamics of gastropods and bivalves during the Ordovician Radiation. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, GSA Abstracts with Programs 30: 285. 60. Gottshall, P.M. 1996. Shell growth parameters, phylogenetic patterns, and the evolution of the Paleozoic gastropod Family Euomphalidae. North American Paleontological Convention, Abstracts of Papers 8: 151. 61. Gottshall, P.M. 1996. A morphometric analysis of the Paleozoic gastropod Family Euomphalidae. Pennsylvania Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 69: 146.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE  WI designates a writing-intensive course, L designates a lab is included Benedictine University(2009–present) Biology 197: Principles of Organismal Biology  New course development in 2009  Led initiative to electronic textbooks for BIO197/198 in 2013 Biology 199: Principles of Biology Lab Biology 275: Invertebrate Zoology  New course development in 2010 Biology 322: Paleobiology (with lab)  New course development in 2010 and 2011 Biology 389: Biological Research (Supervised independent research) Biology WI393: Great Ideas in Biology and Medicine University of West Georgia (2004–2009) Geology 1121: Introductory Geosciences I: Physical Geology  Oversaw Honors student projects Geology 1121L: Introductory Geosciences I: Physical Geology Lab Geology 1122: Introductory Geosciences II: Historical Geology Geology 1122L: Introductory Geosciences II: Historical Geology Lab  Revised and contributed new lab exercises to lab manual Interdisciplinary (XIDS) 2002: Darwinian Evolution (co-taught with Dr. Julie Bartley) 7

Geology WI4024L: Invertebrate Paleontology (with lab)  Oversaw Honors student projects Geology 4082: Paleobiology Research (Supervised independent research) Geology WI4103: Dinosaurs!, University of West Georgia Geology 4501: Seminar: Macroevolution and Biodiversity Through Time Biology WI4985: Special Topics in Biology: Paleontology Geology 5082: Geological Problems in Paleobiology, Graduate-level research mentoring Geology 5985: Selected Topics in Geology, Graduate-level course, Earth Science Education Geology 7584/7594: Selected Topics in Paleobiology, Graduate-level course, Earth Science Education  Oversaw Honors student projects Duke University (2003) Instructor: Biology/Earth and Oceanic Sciences (Cross-listed) 145L: and Their Applications Head teaching assistant, lab design, and pedagogy development for twelve lab sections: Biology 026L: Organismal Evolution, Duke University (2004) Teaching/lab assistant (1997-2004): Biology 025L: Science of Life, Duke University Biology 026L: Organismal Evolution, Duke University Biology 047: Biology of Dinosaurs, Duke University Geology 104/105: Environmental Geology, University of Cincinnati Biology 110L: Ecology, Duke University Geology 111: Introductory Geology Laboratory, University of Cincinnati Biology 121: Evolution of Animal Form, Duke University Biology 151L: Principles of Animal Physiology, Duke University Geology 162: Evolution of Life, University of Cincinnati

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2009–present Research Mentor, Benedictine University  Supervised undergraduate research:  Body size trends during the Late Ordovician mass extinction (Emad Elmusa, Haziq Zahir, Daniel Laspisa, Armaan Arain, John McCartan, and Chris Veselka)  Analysis of morphometric body size proxies in trilobites (David Mickiewicz)  Theoretical morphospace analysis of euomphaloid gastropods (Emily Miofsky  Impact of geography, environment, and seafloor substrate on trilobite survivability during the Late Ordovician mass extinction (Emily Miofsky and Christopher Castle)  Analysis of the body size distribution of living brachiopods. (Philip Watkins)  Eigenshape analysis of aperture of Ordovician gastropod Maclurites demonstrates possible ecological change during ontogeny (Keoki Burton)  Morphometrics of right-left antler asymmetry in deer collections of Jurica-Suchy Museum (Monica Guio)  Systematics of the Mazon Creek Fauna (Dong Choi; undeveloped) 2009–present Principal Investigator, Paleobiology and Digital Imaging, Morphometrics, and Photomacrography Lab (PaleoDIMPL), Benedictine University  Established research lab with digital camera, dissecting microscope, SLR and macro lenses, copy stand with lighting and illuminators, computers, specimen cabinets, field equipment, and morphometrics, statistics, and graphics software  Supervision of undergraduate and inter-institutional research projects o Photomacrophy of sedge Carex species for Encyclopedia of Life (Natalie Kirchner, NSF-REU participant through Morton Arboretum, Andrew Hipp, Principal Investigator) 8

2006–present Data Contributor, Paleobiology Database, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 2011–2012 Scholars Program Science Advisor, Benedictine University  Secrets of the Past and Science Today (Jason Kruski) 2006–2009 Research Mentor, University of West Georgia  Supervised undergraduate research in paleoecology and paleobiology:  Effects of Icehouse/Greenhouse climate change on skeletal biomineralogy  Body size trends in Lower and Middle Paleozoic brachiopods  Digital imaging of plant fossils using polarizing photography  SEM of predatory borings in Mississippian brachiopods (co-advisor) 2005–2009 Principal Investigator, Digital Imaging, Morphometrics, and Photomacrography Lab (DIMPL), University of West Georgia  Established research lab  Supervised undergraduate and interdepartmental research projects:  Body size distributions of extant brachiopod genera  Double-polarized photomacrography of Proterozoic Grypania  Photomacrography of topaz crystals within rhyolite from the Thomas Range, Utah  Data entry of Paleozoic fossil collections to Paleobiology Database  Development of technical protocols for digital imaging of fossils  Biomechanics and allometric growth in Cretaceous oyster Exogyra  Automated geometric matching of footprint tread patterns in forensics  Digital imaging of carbonate residue in undisclosed Iraqi soils 2004–2009 Research Mentor –University of West Georgia  Supervised GEOL 4024 undergraduate class research projects:  Paleontology & sedimentary petrology of Cambrian Conasauga Formation (GA)  Systematics & paleoecology of the Mississippian Bangor Limestone (AL and GA)  Community ecological consequences of the Late Ordovician mass extinction 2008–2009 Working Group Participant, Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution  “GUESS: Grand unified ecological strategy space”  Working group included 13 plant, vertebrate, and invertebrate paleontologists, macroecologists, and physiologists 2008–2009 Working Group Participant, Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution  “Trophic paleoecology throughout the Phanerozoic”  Working group included four invertebrate paleoecologists 2007–2009 Working Group Participant, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, Durham, NC  “Phanerozoic body size trends in time and space: Macroevolution and macroecology”  Funded two-year working group included 17 macroecologists and paleobiologists 2008 Workshop Participant, Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution  “Stranger than we can suppose: Evaluating ecological possibility—Past, present, and future”  Participated in working groups on “Contrasting phylogenetic and ecomorphological characteristics of communities” (led by Scott Wing and Matthew Carrano) and “Trophic structures in space and time” (led by Neo Martinez and Roy Plotnick) 2007 Workshop Participant, Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution  “Paleontological powers of ten: Issues of scale in paleobiology” 2007 Working Group Participant, Denver Museum of Nature and Science 9

 “Sino-US collaborative research on critical transitions in the history of life”  NSF/National Natural Science Foundation of China funded working group that included 12 Chinese and 12 US participants  Convened by S.A. Bowring, D.H. Erwin, K.R. Johnson, Z.-X. Luo, and G.P. Wilson 2002–2004 Research Assistant, NASA-SETI and NSF  Trends in brain size evolution in cetaceans (D.W. McShea, Duke University; L. Marino, Emory University; M.D. Uhen, Cranbrook Institute of Science) 1999–2002 Research Assistant, Paleobiology Database  Data entry of Paleozoic fossil occurrences (A.I. Miller, University of Cincinnati; C. Marshall, ) 1999 Research Assistant, University of Cincinnati  Ordovician fossil occurrences of the Mediterranean Province (A.I. Miller) 1996–1997 Research Assistant, University of Cincinnati  Ordovician fossil occurrences of South America (A.I. Miller) 1996 Natural History SEEDS (Special Experiences), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution  Geology and systematics of the late Paleozoic gastropod genus Amphiscapha (D.H. Erwin) 1995 Honors Program Research, Moravian College  The evolution of the Euomphalidae : an exploratory approach using shell growth parameters (F.T. Kuserk) 1995 Natural History Research Training Program, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution  Systematics, cladistics and morphometrics of the Late Paleozoic gastropod genus Amphiscapha (D.H. Erwin)

GRANTS 2013 Faculty Development Summer Research Grant, Benedictine University ($1,200) 2012 National Science Foundation Grant, Benedictine University ("RUI: Ecological, environmental, and morphological predictors of trilobite extinction and survivorship during the Late Ordovician mass extinction", $94,654 requested, with RUI consideration; rejected) 2012 Faculty Development Summer Research Grant, Benedictine University ($2,000) 2011 National Science Foundation Grant, Benedictine University ("RUI: Quantitative ecological analysis of the diversification and demise of trilobites", $61,507 requested, with RUI consideration; rejected; one of 90% of proposals rejected) 2011 Faculty Development Summer Research Grant, Benedictine University ($1,500) 2010 Faculty Development Summer Research Grant, Benedictine University ($1,800) 2008–2009 Student Research Assistant Grant, University of West Georgia ($2,100) 2007–2008 Student Research Assistant Grant, University of West Georgia ($2,100) 2006–2007 Student Research Assistant Grant, University of West Georgia ($1,800) 2005–2006 Student Research Assistant Grant, University of West Georgia ($2,100) 2003–2004 Graduate Student Research Grant, Geological Society of America ($1,800) 2003–2004 Graduate Research Grant-in-Aid, Paleontological Society ($500) 2001–2002 Graduate Student Research Grant, Geological Society of America ($1,600) 2001–2002 Lerner-Gray Marine Research Fund, American Museum of Natural History ($1,100) 1998–1999 Graduate Student Research Grant, Geological Society of America ($1,500) 1998–1999 Graduate Research Grant-in-Aid, Sigma Xi ($700) 1998–1999 Graduate Student Research Grant, Paleontological Society ($500) 1998 University Graduate Scholarship, University of Cincinnati ($2,400) 1995–1996 Undergraduate Research Grant, Pennsylvania Academy of Science ($500) 10

AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS 2004–2005 Certificate for Outstanding Support of Disabled Students, University of West Georgia 2004 Walcott Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology (Declined) 1999–2004 University Graduate Scholarship, Duke University 2001 Outstanding Student Research Award, Geological Society of America  Recognized in top 5% of grant proposals for exceptional high merit in concept and presentation 2001 Biology Grant-in-Aid Graduate Affairs Committee, Biology Department, Duke University 1996–1999 University Graduate Scholarship, University of Cincinnati 1998 University Research Council Summer Fellowship, University of Cincinnati 1998 Outstanding Student Research Award, Geological Society of America  Recognized in top 5% of grant proposals for exceptional high merit in concept and presentation 1996 Charles A. Albrecht Memorial Award, Moravian College  Best male undergraduate record in scholarship and participation in college activities 1996  Award for Outstanding Studies and Highest GPA in Biology, Moravian College 1996 Edgar Shields Memorial Prize in Music, Moravian College  Progress and proficiency in music studies 1996 Alumni Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Natural Sciences, Moravian College 1995–1996 Alumni Fellows Award, Moravian College 1995 Outstanding Research Grant Proposal Award, Pennsylvania Academy of Science 1995 SEEDS (Special Experiences) Award, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution 1993–1995 John Henry Clewell Science Scholarship, Moravian College 1992–1993 John Amos Comenius Academic Scholarship, Moravian College

MUSEUM RESEARCH 2010–present The Field Museum, Paleozoic invertebrates 1995–2003 National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Paleozoic invertebrates 1998–1999 Cincinnati Museum of Natural History, Ordovician invertebrates 1996 Peabody Museum, , Paleozoic gastropods 1995 American Museum of Natural History, Paleozoic gastropods 1995 Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, Paleozoic gastropods

PROFESSIONAL FIELDTRIPS 2008 The Emerson-Talladega fault, the Great Smoky Fault, and adjacent folding and faulting: Geology and historical interpretations based on detailed geologic mapping in Polk and Bartow Counties, Georgia, Georgia Geological Society 43th Annual Fieldtrip 2007 Paleontology and of the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary in the Denver Basin, NSF/NNSF-China Collaborative Research Workshop Fieldtrip 2004 Paleozoics, Northwest Georgia: Structure, seismicity, geomorphology, hydrology, and economic geology, Georgia Geological Society 39th Annual Fieldtrip 1997 Metamorphism and mineralization of the western Blue Ridge of Tennessee and North Carolina, University of Cincinnati Geology Department Annual Fieldtrip 1996 Geology of the eastern Midcontinent, University of Cincinnati Geology Department Annual Fieldtrip 1996 Carbonate ramps and reefs: Paleozoic stratigraphy and paleontology of western Maryland, North American Paleontological Convention Fieldtrip 11

GRADUATE DISSERTATION COMMITTEE SERVICE 2008–2009 Jacalyn Wittmer, M.S. Thesis, Geographic diversification of Paleozoic tentaculitoids, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati, Primary Advisor: Dr. Arnold I. Miller

NEWS COVERAGE 2011 Media contact for " Oxygen blew up ancient amoebas: Single-celled creatures' size spiked as oxygen levels rose" (Science News, Oct. 13, 2011, Devin Powell, (http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/335195/title/Oxygen_blew_up_ancient_amoebas)

SERVICE, OUTREACH, AND DEVELOPMENT 2013–2014 Institutional Review Board, Benedictine University 2012–present Jurica-Suchy Nature Museum Advisory Board (JSNMAB), College of Science committee, Benedictine University 2010–present Health Sciences Recommendations Committee (HSRC), College of Science committee, Benedictine University 2009–present Departmental service, Academic advisement, Departmental representative for Open House, Science Open House, Commencement, Benedictine University 2000–present Peer review: Paleobiology; Palaios; Palaeoworld, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (U.S.A.); Evolution; Lethaia; Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology; PLoS One; Journal of Geology; Southeastern Geology; Sedimentary Record; Complexity; Perspectives in Science and the Christian Faith; Chapters from Ecosystem Paleobiology and Geobiology (Ed., Andrew Bush, Sarah Pruss, and. Jonathan Payne; Quantifying the Evolution of Early Life: Numerical and Technological Approaches to the Study of Fossils and Ancient Ecosystems (Ed., M. Laflamme); Quantitative Methods in Paleontology (Ed., J. Alroy and G. Hunt); Early Palaeozoic Palaeobiogeography and Palaeogeography (Ed. D.A.T. Harper) 2010–2013 Editor, Priscum, Paleontological Society newsletter (position required Society election) 2010–2013 Executive Council, Paleontological Society (position required Society election) 2013 Faculty Review Panel, Review for faculty member's advancement within rank, Benedictine University 2013 Textbook consultant, Content review in zoology, McGraw-Hill Education. 2013 Faculty Marshall, Commencement, Benedictine University 2012 Search Committee, Comparative physiologist faculty position, Benedictine University 2012 Faculty Marshall, Commencement, Benedictine University 2010–2011 Academic Council on International Education (ACIE), Institutional committee, Benedictine University 2011 Search Committee, Comparative physiologist faculty position, Benedictine University 2011 Search Participant, Human physiologist faculty position, Benedictine University 2011 Search Participant, Human anatomist faculty position, Benedictine University 2011 Benedictine University representative, College Fair, Percy Julian Middle School, Oak Park, IL 2010 Search Committee, Jurica-Suchy Education Coordinator, Benedictine University 2010 Benedictine University representative, College Fair, Percy Julian Middle School, Oak Park, IL 2010 Grant reviewer, Paleontological Society International Research Program (Sepkoski Grant) 2009–2010 Participant, Faculty Mentoring Program, Benedictine University 2009 Session co-convener and co-chair, Size matters: The search for general laws in body size evolution and ecology, North American Paleontological Convention 2009 Organizer, Darwin Day 2009, an evening celebration including a lecture on natural selection, a discussion by a Methodist minister, and a public, moderated question-and- answer forum, University of West Georgia 12

2005–2009 Departmental service, Academic advisement, Departmental representative for Preview Day, Open House, and Graduation, University of West Georgia 2005–2009 Professional liaison, Birmingham Paleontological Society 2008 Textbook consultant, Content review in physical and historical geology, Pearson Education/Prentice Hall Publishers 2008 Course manual author, Major revision and contribution of new lab exercises for Historical Geology Lab Manual, University of West Georgia  “Introduction to fossils, evolution, and phylogenetics”  “Macroevolution and marine evolutionary faunas”  “Paleogeography and paleobiogeography: Applying fossils, tectonics, and time” 2008 Guest speaker, Children’s Friends Kindergarten, Carrollton, GA (Dinosaurs: Real or Imaginary?) 2008 Grant reviewer, Czech Science Foundation 2008 Curriculum consultant, Fossils, Carrollton Elementary School, Carrollton, GA 2007 Textbook consultant, Content review in physical geology, McGraw Hill Higher Education Publishers 2007 Five-year departmental external review committee, University of West Georgia 2007 Chair, Departmental strengths subcommittee– University of West Georgia 2007 Textbook consultant, Content review in physical geology, McGraw Hill Higher Education Publishers 2007 Curriculum consultant, Georgia Performance Standards Earth Science Elementary Education, specimen-based study of fossils and minerals, University of West Georgia 2007 Panelist, UWG 1101: Freshman Experiences, University of West Georgia 2007 Curriculum consultant, Dinosaurs &Fossils, Carrollton Elementary School, Carrollton, GA 2005–2007 Dean’s faculty advisory committee, University of West Georgia 2006 Field trip leader, Paleontology of Georgia, Wright State University fieldtrip 2006 Session co-chair, Macroecology and Fossil Abundance, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2006 Panelist, Research Paradigms: A Diversity of Research Approaches, Annual Graduate Education Colloquium, Doctor of Education (Ed.D) in School Improvement Program, College of Education, University of West Georgia 2006 Earth and environmental science secondary education curriculum committee, University of West Georgia 2006 Textbook consultant, Content review and Georgia standards assessment of secondary education chapters, “Rocks & Fossils” and “Evolution,” Holt, Rinehart, & Winston Publishers 2006 Guest speaker, Yeager Middle School, Douglasville, GA (Introduction to fossils, Telling time with fossils, earth science classes) 2005 Session co-chair, Energetics, Environment, and Evolution, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2005 Textbook consultant, Content review in physical and historical geology, Pearson Education/Prentice Hall Publishers 2003 Instruction in college teaching, The Graduate School, Duke University 2003 Session co-chair, Macroecology, Sampling Issues, and Preservational Bias, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2000–2001 Assistant in grant preparation, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Beckman Foundation grants for undergraduate research, Office of Undergraduate Research, Duke University 1999 Mentor training workshop, Biology Department, Duke University 1994–1996 Tutor in sciences and calculus, Office of Academic Assistance, Moravian College 1993–1995 Student advisor, Office of Student Services, Moravian College, Pennsylvania 13

1994 Teaching assistant, Upward-Bound summer program, Harcum Junior College, Bryn Mawr, PA 1994 Education intern, Inquiry-based learning initiative, Education Department, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

PERSONAL REFERENCES Available on request