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Mark W. Westneat Mark W. Westneat Department of Zoology Field Museum of Natural History Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive Chicago, Illinois 60605 (312) 665-7734 [email protected] Career Positions 2007-present: Curator of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History. 2007-present: Robert A. Pritzker Director, Biodiversity Synthesis Center of the Encyclopedia of Life. 1992- present: Lecturer, Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago. 1992- present: Lecturer, Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago. 1997: Associate Curator of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History. 1992: Assistant Curator of Zoology, Field Museum of Natural History. 1991: Postdoctoral Research Associate: Department of Zoology, Duke University. 1990: Postdoctoral Research Associate: Department of Neurobiology, Duke University. Degrees Ph.D. 1990: Department of Zoology, Duke University. Feeding, function, and phylogeny: Historical biomechanics in the cheiline fishes (Labridae: Perciformes). Bachelor of Arts 1984: Biology with Honors, cum laude, The College of Wooster, OH. Research and Professional Interests 1. Phylogenetic systematics and evolution of fishes: molecular evolution, evolutionary biomechanics, computational approaches to phylogeny visualization, and phylogeny of diverse marine fish families. 2. Biomechanics and physiology: behavior, physiology and motor patterns of feeding, respiration and locomotion; mechanical design and computer modeling in biomechanics in organisms ranging from insects to fishes to birds and mammals. 3. Biodiversity information systems, web resources for evolutionary and conservation biology, synthesis meetings for developing new ideas in biodiversity science. Appointments /Honors/Scholarships 2010: Board of Directors: Phyloinformatics Research Foundation 2008: Science Policy Advisory Committee for the Campaign to Elect Barack Obama President of the United States 1993: Nomination by American Association of Museums for NSF Alan T. Waterman Award. 1990: D. Dwight Davis Award for Best Paper in Vertebrate Morphology: Division of Vertebrate Morphology, American Society of Zoologists. 1989: Cocos Foundation Training Grant in Morphology. Duke University. 1988: Raney Award in Ichthyology, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. 1987: Stoye Award for Best Student Paper in Genetics, Development, and Morphology: American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. 1986: Tuition Scholarship, Bermuda Biological Station. 1984: Graduate Student Teaching Assistantship, Duke University. Mark W. Westneat 11/2/12 Grants Received 2012: National Science Foundation CSBR. Collaborative Research: Georeferencing U.S. Fish Collections, a community-based model for georeferencing natural history collections M. Westneat. $137,069 2010: National Science Foundation iPlant Collaborative. FMNH subcontract: Software Development for Phylogenetic Tree Visualization. M. Westneat, Karen Cranston, K. Urie. $124,434 2010: MacArthur Foundation HASTAC Digital Media and Learning Award: Conservation Connection: from the West Side to the West Pacific. Joshua Drew (PI) B. Sanzenbacher, A. Aronowsky, M. Westneat. $152,000 2009: National Science Foundation. DEB-0844745. Phylogenetic Relationships and Evolution of Skull Mechanisms in Perciform Coral Reef Fishes. M. Westneat (P.I.). 3 years. $420,000 2008: Harris Family Foundation. Support for the Biodiversity Synthesis Center and The Encyclopedia of Life. Mark W. Westneat, PI $1,000,000 2008: J. B. and MK Pritzker Family Foundation. Support for the Biodiversity Synthesis Center and The Encyclopedia of Life. Mark W. Westneat, PI $2,000,000 2007: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The Encyclopedia of Life. Five-year budget: $20,000,000. Christian Samper (Smithsonian Institution), PI; James Edwards (Smithsonian Institution), Tom Garnett (Biodiversity Heritage Library), David Patterson (MBL Woods Hole), Marie Studer (Harvard University), Mark Westneat (Field Museum), co-PIs. Field Museum component: Biodiversity Synthesis Center, 5 years. $3,000,000 2005: University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratories Board of Governors Collaborative Award Number 5137. Use of the Advanced Photon Source to identify physiological and functional anomalies in Drosophila models of disease and development. Melina Hale (PI), Wah-Keat Lee, Mark Westneat, Urs Schmidt-Ott. 2 years. $178,216 2004: National Science Foundation. IBN-0308977. DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Morphological Diversification of Anostomimorph and Curimatimorph Fishes. M. Westneat, M. Foote and B. Sidlauskis, 2 years. $12,000 2003: National Science Foundation. IOS-0235307. Phylogenetics and Evolutionary Biomechanics of Coral Reef Fishes. M. Westneat (P.I.). 3 years. $315,000 2003: National Science Foundation. IBN-0308977. DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Evolution, development and functional morphology of damselfish oral jaws. M. Westneat and J. Cooper, 2 years. $12,000 2003: Office of Naval Research. N00014-99-0184 renewal. Biomechanics and Neuromuscular Function of Pectoral Fins in Aquatic Locomotion. M. Westneat (P.I.) 3 years. $388,072 2002: Office of Naval Research. N000140310055. Physiology and Neural Control of Pectoral Fins of Aquatic Animals. S. Mussa-Ivaldi, E. Colgate, M. Westneat. 1 year. $25,000 2002: Office of Naval Research. Swimming Mechanics of Hawaiian Coral Reef Fishes. Expansion proposal for ONR award N00014-99-0184. M. Westneat (P.I.) 1 year. $9,787 2 Mark W. Westneat 11/2/12 2002: Office of Naval Research. US-Japan Cooperative Research on Biology-Inspired Precision Maneuvering of Underwater Vehicles. N. Kato, H. Liu, H. Morikawa, T. Geiseke, J. Walker, and M. Westneat, 3 years. $350,000 2000: National Science Foundation. DEB-9815614. SUPPLEMENT: Phylogenetic Relationships and Evolution of Function in Labrid Fishes. M. Westneat (P.I.). $10,000 1999: National Science Foundation. DEB-9815614. Phylogenetic Relationships and Evolution of Function in Labrid Fishes. M. Westneat (P.I.). 3 years. $200,000 1999: Office of Naval Research. N00014-99-0184. Aquatic Propulsion and Maneuverability: Mechanics and Neural Control of Fin Locomotion in Fishes. M. Westneat (P.I) and J. Walker. 3 years. $373,030 1999: Comer Foundation for Science and Education. Expedition for Exploration of Biodiversity of Coral Reef Fishes of the Philippines and Solomon Islands. M. Westneat (P.I.) $85,000 1999: Comer Foundation for Science and Education. Expedition to the Coral Reefs of Tuvalu, Kiribati, Marshall Islands. M. Westneat (P.I.) and Melina Hale. Ship time: $100,000 1998. Berkeley Research Associates, Inc. (Postdoctoral Fellowship). Hydrodynamics of Pectoral Fin Propulsion in Fishes. 1998- 2001 (Jeff Walker, P.I. M. Westneat, co-PI). $104,000 1998: NIH National Research Service Award (Postdoctoral Fellowship): Ontogeny of locomotor muscle in turtles (Richard Blob, P.I. M. Westneat, co-PI). $85,176 1997: National Science Foundation. Dissertation Research: Hydrodynamics and Evolution of Balistiform Locomotion. B. Wright and M. Westneat, 2 years. $ 9,486 1997: National Geographic Society: Research and Exploration. Biodiversity and Marine Zoogeography of Chilean Oceanic Islands. M. Westneat, PI, Brian Dyer, co-PI. $53,000 1995: PADI Foundation Grant in Aid of Research. Functional Morphology and Ecology of Labrid Fishes on Coral Reefs. $3,500 1994: National Science Foundation IBN-9407253 (Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology Program). Functional Morphology of Aquatic Locomotion in Labrid Fishes. 3 years, M. Westneat (P.I.). $180,000 1994: National Science Foundation DEB-9407568 (Research Collections in Ecology and Systematics Program). Verification of Computer Database for the Ichthyological Collection of the Field Museum. M. Westneat (P.I.) and B. Chernoff, 3 years. $181,000 1993: National Science Foundation BIR-9318129 (Instrumentation Program). Acquisition of a Kodak Ektapro High-Speed Video System. A. Biewener (P.I.), M. Dickinson, M. LaBarbera, and M. Westneat. $157,564 1988: National Science Foundation (Systematics Program). Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Systematics and mechanisms of jaw protrusion in cheiline wrasses (family Labridae). M. Westneat and J. G. Lundberg. $5,800 3 Mark W. Westneat 11/2/12 Publications: Primary Peer-Reviewed (reverse chronological order) 1. Westneat, M. W., Buxman, C. L. (2012). Phylogenetics of the triggerfishes and discordant rates of evolution in developmental regulatory genes. In review BNC Evolutionary Biology. 2. Buxman, C. L. and M. W. Westneat. (2012). Morphometrics, biomechanics and the functional evolution of multiple muscle subdivision in the triggerfishes. In review Syst Biol. 3. Westneat, M. W., Rocha, L., Smith, L. and J. Drew. (2012). Rapid speciation, diversification in feeding mechanics, and taxonomic confusion in a crown clade: phylogenetic relationships of the julidine wrasses. In review Syst Biol. 4. Russell, B. C. and M. W. Westneat. (2012). Review of the Labrid Fish Genus Suezichthys, with description of a new species from the South-eastern Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa, In Press. 5. Ilves, K. L., A. M. Quattrini, M. W. Westneat, R. I. Eytan, G. W. Chaplin, H. Hertler, and J. G. Lundberg. (2012). Shifts in coral reef fish assemblage structure over 50 years detected at reefs around New Providence Island, The Bahamas highlight the value of the Academy of Natural Sciences’ collections in a changing world. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences (In press). 6. Drew, J. A., C. L. Buxman, D. D. Holmes, J. L. Mandecki, A. J. Mungkaje, A. C. Richardson and M. W. Westneat. (2012).
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