CURRICULUM VITAE John P. Friel, Ph.D. Alabama Museum of Natural History 119 Smith Hall, Box 870340 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0340 USA He/Him/His Office: +205.348.2136 | Mobile: +205.344.3050
[email protected] https://museums.ua.edu/people/john-friel/ Education 1995: Ph.D. (Zoology), Duke University, Thesis Title: A phylogenetic study of the Neotropical banjo catfishes (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae), J.G. Lundberg (graduate advisor). 1986: B.Sc. (Zoology), University of Central Florida, magna cum laude. Professional Appointments 2018–Present: Museum Studies Program Advisor & Internship Coordinator, University of Alabama. 2018–Present: Adjunct Faculty, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Alabama. 2017–Present: Adjunct Faculty, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama. 2015–Present: Director, Alabama Museum of Natural History, University of Alabama. 2012–2014: Instructor, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University. 2008–2015: Senior Research Associate, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University. 1998–2015: Curator of Fishes, Amphibians & Reptiles, Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates. 1998–2008: Research Associate, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University. 1995–1998: Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Biological Science, Florida State University. 1994–1995: Instructor, Dept. of Zoology, Duke University. Funded Grants 2013–2017: Co-PI with M. Webster, G. Budney, K. Bostwick & Edwin Scholes on collaborative project (Director M. Webster, Cornell University), NSF Grant (EF 1304425): Collaborative Research: Digitization TCN: Developing A Centralized Digital Archive of Vouchered Animal Communication Signals. Award Amount: $1,570,906. 2012–2015: Co-PI on collaborative project (Director H. Bart, Tulane University), NSF Grant (DBI 1202953) Collaborative Research: CSBR: Natural History Collections: Georeferencing U.S. Fish Collections: a community-based model to georeferencing natural history collections.