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Michael Donovan Cleveland Museum of Natural History 1 Wade Oval Drive Cleveland, OH 44106 (773) 879-2547 Mdonovan@Cmnh.Org Michael Donovan Cleveland Museum of Natural History 1 Wade Oval Drive Cleveland, OH 44106 (773) 879-2547 [email protected] Employment Senior Collections Manager of Paleobotany and Paleoecology, March 2019-present. Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, OH. Other Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Appointments January 2020-present. Research Collaborator, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, May 2019-present. Education Doctor of Philosophy in Geosciences. 2013-2017. Penn State University, University Park. Advisor: Peter Wilf. Master of Science in Geosciences. 2011-2013. Penn State University, University Park. Advisor: Peter Wilf. Bachelor of Science with Distinction in Integrative Biology. 2007-2010. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Fellowships Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellowship, September 2017-February 2019. National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. Supervisor: Conrad Labandeira and Bill DiMichele. CIC-Smithsonian Predoctoral Fellowship. July 2016-June 2017. National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. Supervisor: Conrad Labandeira. Peer-Reviewed DiMichele W.A., Lucas, S.G., Chaney, D.S., Donovan, M.P., Kerp, H., Koll, R.A., and Publications Looy, C.V. 2018. Early Permian flora, Doña Ana Mountains, southern New Mexico, with special consideration of taxonomic issues and arthropod damage. Fossil Record 6, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin, 79: 165-205. Donovan, M.P., Iglesias, A., Wilf, P., Labandeira, C.C., Cúneo, N.R. 2018. Diverse plant-insect associations from the latest Cretaceous and early Paleocene of Patagonia, Argentina. Ameghiniana, 55: 303-338. Wilf, P., Donovan, M.P., Cúneo, N.R., Gandolfo, M.A. 2017. The fossil flip-leaves Michael Donovan (Retrophyllum, Podocarpaceae) of southern South America. American Journal of Botany, 104: 1344-1369. Donovan, M.P., Iglesias, A., Wilf, P., Labandeira, C.C., Cúneo, N.R. 2016. Rapid recovery of Patagonian plant-insect associations after the end-Cretaceous extinction. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1: 10.1038/s41559-016-0012. Elliott, S.J., Grettenberger, C.L., Donovan, M.P., Wilf, P., Walter, R.C., Merritts, D.J. 2016. Riparian and valley-margin hardwood species of pre-colonial Piedmont forests: a preliminary study of subfossil leaves from White Clay Creek, southeastern Pennsylvania, USA. Palaeontologia Electronica, 19.1.2A: 1-26. Donovan, M.P., Wilf, P., Labandeira, C.C., Johnson, K.R., Peppe, D.J. 2014. Novel insect leaf-mining after the end-Cretaceous extinction and the demise of Cretaceous leaf miners, Great Plains, USA. PLoS ONE 9(7): e103542. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103542 Donovan, M.P., Nabity, P.D., and DeLucia, E.H. 2013. Salicylic acid-mediated reductions in yield in Nicotiana attenuata challenged by aphid herbivory. Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 7: 45-52. Publications Donovan, M.P, Labandeira, C.C., Wilf, P., Iglesias, A., Cúneo, N.R. Persistant biotic In Review interactions of a Gondwanan conifer from Cretaceous Patagonia to modern Malesia. Lucas, S.G., DiMichele, W.A., Krainer, K., Barrick, J., Vachard, D., Donovan, M.D., Looy, C. Kerp, H., Chaney, D.S. The Pennsylvanian system in the Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico, USA: stratigraphy, petrography, depositional systems, paleontology and biostratigraphy and basin evolution. In preparation for Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. Other Donovan, M.P. Ancient Insect Bites. 2019. CMNH Blog. Publications Luque, J., Agic, H., Anderson, E.P., Dahl, R., Donovan, M.P., Field, D.J., Fronimos, J.A., Hodges, M., Motz, G.J., Roney, R., Saupe, E.E., Sheffield, S., Tackett, L., Tashman, J.N., Wawrzyniak, Z. 2015. Diversity in all its forms: IPC4 as an invaluable opportunity for STEPPE grant recipients. GSA Today 5: 24–25. Donovan, M.P. Darwin’s visit to Mendoza. 2014. STEPPE Blogs. Research PhD Thesis: Extinction and recovery of insect herbivores in Patagonia after the end- Cretaceous event. Advisor: Peter Wilf, Penn State University. Michael Donovan Master’s Thesis: Novel insect leaf-mining at Mexican Hat, Montana (early Paleocene) and the demise of Cretaceous leaf miners. Advisor: Peter Wilf, Penn State University. Undergraduate Thesis: Salicylic acid-mediated reductions in yield in Nicotiana attenuata challenged by aphid herbivory. Advisor: Evan DeLucia, University of Illinois. Undergraduate Research: Determining Cerambycid beetles’ pollen feeding habits by identifying pollen types extracted from frass. Advisor: Larry Hanks and Surangi Punyasena, University of Illinois. Invited Talks Recovery of plant-insect associations in the wake of the dinosaur extinction. Holden Arboretum, Kirtland, OH. Also presented at Cleveland Museum of Natural History. February, 2020. Recovery of plant-insect associations in Patagonia, Argentina after the end-Cretaceous extinction. Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. September, 2019. Recovery of plant-insect associations in Patagonia, Argentina after the end-Cretaceous extinction. North Coast Fossil Club, Parma, OH. June, 2019. Recovery of plant-insect associations in Patagonia, Argentina after the end-Cretaceous extinction. Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC. September, 2018. Recuperación de insectos luego de una extinción masiva, en base a hojas fósiles de Patagonia. Laboratorio Ecotono, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Bariloche, Argentina. March, 2017. Recovery of insect herbivores in the Western Interior USA and Patagonia after the end- Cretaceous extinction. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Herbarium. April, 2016. Cretaceous-Paleogene Mass Extinction. Guest lecturer, Vertebrate Paleontology (GEOSC 422). Penn State University. September, 2015. Rapid recovery of plant-insect associations in Patagonia after the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction. Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Department of Petroleum Geoscience. May, 2015. Presentations Donovan, M.P, Labandeira, C.C. 2018. Ecological responses of arthropod and fungal associations of the medullosan pteridosperm, Macroneuropteris scheuchzeri, to late Michael Donovan Paleozoic climate change. Oral Presentation. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs Vol. 50, No. 6: Paper No. 238-8. Indianapolis, IN. Also presented at Botany 2019, Abstract 574. Tucson, AZ. Donovan, M.P, Labandeira, C.C., Wilf, P., Iglesias, A., Cúneo, N.R. 2016. Insect herbivores tracked the conifer Agathis (Araucariaceae) from Paleogene Patagonia to modern Australasia and Southeast Asia. Oral Presentation. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs Vol. 48, No. 7: Paper No. 44-12. Denver, CO. Also presented at Botany 2017, Abstract 339. Fort Worth, TX. Donovan, M.P, Iglesias, A., Wilf, P., Cúneo, N.R., Labandeira, C.C. 2015. Rapid recovery of plant-insect associations in Patagonia after the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction. Poster Presentation. International Conference on Insects, Arthropods, and Amber Abstracts, p. 69. Edinburgh, Scotland. Donovan, M.P, Iglesias, A., Wilf, P., Cúneo, N.R., Labandeira, C.C. 2015. Rapid recovery of plant-insect associations in Patagonia after the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction. Oral Presentation. Botany 2015, Abstract ID: 946. Edmonton, Canada. Donovan, M.P, Iglesias, A., Wilf, P., Cúneo, N.R., Labandeira, C.C. 2015. First comparison of latest Cretaceous and early Paleocene insect damage in the southern hemisphere supports a Patagonian biodiversity refugium. Oral Presentation. 4th International Palaeontological Congress in Mendoza, Argentina. Donovan, M.P, Iglesias, A., Wilf, P., Cúneo, N.R., Labandeira, C.C. 2013. First comparison of latest Cretaceous and early Paleocene insect damage in the southern hemisphere supports a Patagonian biodiversity refugium. Oral Presentation. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs Vol. 45, No. 7: Paper No. 12. Denver, CO. Also presented at the North American Paleontological Convention, Gainesville, FL. Donovan, M.P., Wilf, P., Labandeira, C.C., Johnson, K.R. 2012. Anomalous insect-plant damage diversity at Mexican Hat, Montana linked to an influx of Paleocene insects. Oral Presentation. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs Vol. 44, No. 7: Paper No. 10. Charlotte, NC. Also presented at Yale Leaf Summit in New Haven, CT, Geobiology Symposium 2013, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., Midcontinental Paleobotanical Colloquium, Chicago Botanic Gardens in Glencoe, IL, and Penn State Geosciences Graduate Colloquium, University Park, PA. Donovan, M.P., Nabity, P.D., and DeLucia, E.H. 2011. Salicylic acid mediated reductions in yield in Nicotiana attenuata challenged by aphid herbivory. Poster Presentation. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, PS 85-123. Austin, TX. Michael Donovan Student Mentorship Christina Gallick, undergraduate, Kirtlandia Intern, Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Summer 2019. Arthropod and fungal damage on the Pennsylvanian Mazon Creek Flora. Caroline Hoskins, undergraduate, Kirtlandia Intern, Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Summer 2019. Middle Pennsylvanian flora of Kimberly, Ohio. Teaching Penn State Department of Geosciences Teaching Assistantship EARTH 150 Dinosaur Extinctions and Other Controversies – Fall 2013, 2014, 2015 GEOSC 310 Earth History – Spring 2015 GEOSC 001 Physical Geology – Fall 2011, Spring 2014 Grants Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2017-2019 $106400 CIC-Smithsonian Predoctoral Fellowship, 2016-2017 $35740 Krynine Memorial Scholarship Fund, Spring
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