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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 (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 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 to fishes to 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 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.

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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 . 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

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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 (family Labridae). M. Westneat and J. G. Lundberg. $5,800

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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 : phylogenetic relationships of the julidine wrasses. In review Syst Biol.

4. Russell, B. C. and M. W. Westneat. (2012). Review of the Labrid Fish Suezichthys, with description of a new 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). Biodiversity Inventories and Conservation of the Marine Fishes of Bootless Bay, Papua New Guinea. BMC Ecology, 12:15.

7. Daly, M., P. S. Herendeen, R. P. Guralnick, M. W. Westneat, and L. McDade. 2012. Systematics Agenda 2020: The Mission Evolves Syst Biol (2012) 61(4): 549-552.

8. Westneat, M.W. (2011). Evolutionary Trends in Functional Morphology Across a Phylogenetic MegaTree for all Fishes. Integr. Comp. Biol., 2011. 51: p. E148.

9. Dyer, B. S., and M. W. Westneat. (2010). and biogeography of the coastal fishes of Juan Fernandez and Desventuradas islands, Chile. Revista de Biologia Marina y Oceanografia. 45, S1: 589-618.

10. Anderson, P. S. L., and M. W. Westneat. (2009). A biomechanical model of feeding kinematics for Dunkleosteus terrelli (Arthrodira, Placodermi). Paleobiology 35: 251-269.

11. Cooper, W. J., and M. W. Westneat. (2009). Form and function of damselfish skulls: rapid and repeated evolution into a limited number of trophic niches. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9:24.

12. Cooper, W. J., Smith, L. L. and M. W. Westneat. (2009). Exploring the radiation of a diverse reef fish family: Phylogenetics of the damselfishes (Pomacentridae), with new classifications based on molecular analyses of all genera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52: 1-16.

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13. Greenlee, K. J. Henry, J. R., Kirkton, S. D., Westneat, M. W., Fezzaa, K, Lee, W. K. and J. F. Harrison. (2009). Synchrotron imaging of the grasshopper tracheal system: morphological and physiological components of tracheal hypermetry. American Journal of Physiology (Regulatory, Integrative, Comparative Physiology) 297: R1343 - R1350.

14. Grubich, J. R., Westneat, M. W. and C. L. McCord. (2009). Diversity of lionfishes (Pisces: Scorpaenidae) among remote coral reefs of the Palau Archipelago. Coral Reefs 28: 807-808.

15. Smith, L. L., Fessler, J. L., Alfaro, M. E., Streelman, J. T. and M. W. Westneat. (2008). Phylogenetic relationships and evolution of regulatory gene sequences in the parrotfishes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49: 136-152.

16. Westneat, M. W., Socha, J. J. and W. K. Lee. 2008. Advances in Biological Structure, Function,and Physiology Using Synchrotron X-Ray Imaging. Ann. Rev. Physiol. 70, 119- 142.

17. Case, J. E., M. W. Westneat and C. D. Marshall. 2008. Feeding biomechanics of juvenile red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. J. Exp. Biol. 211, 3826-3835.

18. Socha, J.J., W.-K. Lee, J.F. Harrison, J.S. Waters, Fezzaa, K., M.W. Westneat. 2008. Correlated patterns of tracheal compression and convective gas exchange in a carabid beetle. Journal of Experimental Biology 211: 3409-3420. Cover photo.

19. Rice, A. N., M. W. Westneat, and J. R. Grubich. 2008. Functional morphology of bite mechanics in the great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda). Zoology 111, 16-29. Cover photo.

20. Rice, A. N., Cooper, W. J. and Westneat, M. W. 2008. Diversification of coordination patterns during feeding behaviour in cheiline wrasses. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 93, 289-308.

21. López, J. A., M. W. Westneat, and R. Hanel. 2007. The phylogenetic affinities of the mysterious anguilliform genera Coloconger and Thalassenchelys as supported by mtDNA sequences. Copeia 959-966.

22. Westneat, M. W., Satapoomin, U. and J. E. Randall. 2007. Scarus maculipinna, a new species of parrotfish (Perciformes, Scaridae) from the eastern Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 1628, 59-68.

23. Anderson, P. S. L. and M. W. Westneat. 2007. Feeding mechanics and bite force modelling of the skull of Dunkleosteus terrelli, an ancient apex predator. Biology Letters. 3, 76–79.

24. Fessler, J. L. and M. W. Westneat. 2007. Molecular phylogenetics of the butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae): Taxonomy and biogeography of a global coral reef fish family. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45, 50-68.

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25. Socha, J. J., M. W. Westneat, J. F. Harrison, J. S. Waters, and W. K. Lee. 2007. Real-time phase-contrast x-ray imaging: a new technique for the study of form and function. BMC Biol. 5, 6-14.

26. Hale, M. E., R. D. Day, D. H. Thorsen and M. W. Westneat. 2006. Pectoral fin coordination and gait transitions in steadily swimming juvenile reef fishes. J. Exp. Biol. 209, 3708-3718.

27. Westneat, M. W. 2006. The Living Marine Resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic: FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Family Labridae. K. E. Carpenter, Ed. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

28. Westneat, M. W. 2006. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic: FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Family Scaridae. K. E. Carpenter, Ed. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

29. Grubich, J. R. and M. W. Westneat. 2006. Four-bar linkage modelling in pharyngeal jaws: computer simulations of bite kinetics. J. Anat. 209: 79-92. Cover photo.

30. Kammerer, C. F., L. Grande, and M. W. Westneat. 2006. Comparative and developmental functional morphology of the jaws of living and fossil (: Lepisosteidae). J. Morph. 267, 1017-1031. Cover photo.

31. Rice, A. R. and M. W. Westneat. 2005. Coordination of feeding, locomotor and visual systems in parrotfishes (Teleostei:Labridae). J. Exp. Biol. 208: 3503-3518.

32. Westneat, M. W. 2005. Skull biomechanics and suction feeding in fishes. In Lauder, G. V. and R. E Shadwick, eds. Fish Biomechanics. Academic Press.

33. Westneat, M. W. and M. E. Alfaro. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the reef-fish family Labridae. Molec. Phylog. Evol. 36: 370-390.

34. Westneat, M. W., M. E. Alfaro, P. C. Wainwright, D. R. Bellwood, J. R. Grubich, J. Fessler, K. D. Clements, and L. Smith. 2005. Local phylogenetic divergence and global evolutionary convergence of skull biomechanics in reef fishes of the family Labridae. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 272: 993-1000.

35. Thorsen, D. H. and M. W. Westneat. 2005. Diversity of pectoral fin structure and function in fishes with labriform propulsion. J. Morph. 263: 133-150. Cover photo.

36. Westneat, M. W. 2004. Evolution of levers and linkages in the feeding mechanisms of fishes. Integrative and Comparative Biology 44: 378-389. Cover photo.

37. Westneat, M. W., D. H. Thorsen, J. A. Walker, and M. E. Hale. 2004. Structure, function and neural control of pectoral fins in fishes. J. Oceanic Engineering 29: 674-684.

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38. Mabuchi, K., M. Miya, T. P. Satoh, M. W. Westneat, and M. Nishida. 2004. Gene rearrangements and evolution of tRNA pseudogenes in the mitochondrial DNA of the parrotfishes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Scaridae). J. Molec. Evol. 59: 287-297.

39. Clements, K. D., M. Alfaro, J. Fessler and M. W. Westneat. 2004. Relationships of the temperate Australasian labrid fish tribe Odacini. Molec. Phylog. Evol. 32:575-587.

40. Wainwright, P. C., D. R. Bellwood, M. W. Westneat, J. R. Grubich, & A. S. Hoey. 2004. A functional morphospace for labrid fishes: patterns of diversity in a complex biomechanical system. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 82: 1-25.

41. Randall, J. E., M. W. Westneat, and M. F. Gomon. 2003. Two new labrid fishes of the genus Oxycheilinus from the South Pacific. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 54: 361-370.

42. Westneat, M. W., O. Betz, R. W. Blob, K. Fezzaa, W. J. Cooper, and W. K. Lee. 2003. Tracheal respiration in insects visualized with synchrotron x-ray imaging. Science 5606, 558- 560. Cover photo.

43. Westneat, M. W. 2003. A biomechanical model for analysis of muscle force, power output and lower jaw motion in fishes. J. Theor. Biol. 223: 269–281.

44. Walker, J. A. and M. W. Westneat. 2003. Kinematics, dynamics and energetics of rowing and flapping propulsion in fishes. Integr. Comp. Biol. 42: 1032-1043

45. Ferry-Graham, L. A., P. C. Wainwright, M. W. Westneat, and D. R. Bellwood.. 2002. Mechanisms of benthic prey capture in labrid fishes. Mar. Biol. 141: 819-830.

46. Hanel, R., M. W. Westneat and C. Sturmbauer. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships, evolution of broodcare behaviour, and geographic speciation in the tribe Labrini. J. Molec. Evol. 55: 776-789.

47. Streelman, J.T., M. Alfaro, M.W. Westneat, D.R. Bellwood and S.A. Karl. 2002. Evolutionary history of the parrotfishes: biogeography, ecology and comparative diversity. Evolution 56: 961-971.

48. Hale, M. E., J. H. Long Jr, M. J. McHenry, and M. W. Westneat. 2002. Evolution of behavior and neural control of the fast-start escape response. Evolution 56: 993-1007.

49. Wainwright, P. C., Bellwood, D. R. and M. W. Westneat. 2002. Ecomorphology of locomotion in labrid fishes. Env. Biol. Fishes 65:47-62.

50. Ramamurti, R., W. C. Sandberg, R. Lohner, J. A. Walker, and M. W. Westneat. 2002. Computational fluid dynamics of flapping aquatic flight in the wrasse: 3-D unsteady computations. J. Exp. Biol. 205: 2997-3008.

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51. Walker, J. A. and M. W. Westneat. 2002. Performance limits of labriform propulsion and correlates with fin shape and motion. J. Exp. Biol. 205: 177–187.

52. Westneat, M. W. 2002. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic: FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Family Labridae. K. E. Carpenter, Ed. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 1701-1723.

53. Westneat, M. W. 2002. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic: FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Family Scaridae. K. E. Carpenter , Ed. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 1723-1739.

54. Pace, C. M., R. W. Blob and M. W. Westneat. 2001. Comparative kinematics of the forelimb during swimming in red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta) and spiny softshell (Apalone spinifera) turtles. J. Exp. Biol. 204: 3261-3271. Cover photo.

55. Alfaro, M. E., J. Janovetz, and M. W. Westneat. 2001. Motor control across trophic strategies: muscle activity of biting and suction feeding fishes. Amer. Zool. 41:1266-1279.

56. Westneat, M. W. and S. A. Wainwright. 2001. Mechanical Design of Tunas: Muscle, Tendon, and Bone. in Tuna: Physiology, Ecology and Evolution. B. Block and D. Stevens, eds. Academic Press. pp. 271-311.

57. Ferry-Graham, L. A., P. C. Wainwright, M. W. Westneat, and D. R. Bellwood.. 2001. Modulation of prey capture kinematics in the cheeklined wrasse Oxycheilinus digrammus (Teleostei: Labridae). J. Exp. Zool. 290: 88-100.

58. Walker, J. A. and M. W. Westneat. 2000. Mechanical performance of aquatic rowing and flying. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 267: 1875-1881.

59. Wainwright P.C., Westneat M.W., Bellwood D.R. (2000) Linking feeding behavior and jaw mechanics in fishes. In: Domenici P, Blake R (eds) Biomechanics in Animal Behavior. BIOS Scientific Publishers Ltd, Oxford, UK, pp 207-221.

60. Alfaro, M. E., and M. W. Westneat. 1999. Biomechanics of parrotfish feeding: motor patterns of the herbivorous bite. Brain, Behavior and Evolution 54:205-222.

61. Rosenberger, L. J. and M. W. Westneat. 1999. Functional morphology of undulatory pectoral fin locomotion in the stingray, Taeniura lymma. J. Exp. Biol. 202: 3523-3539.

62. Westneat, M. W. 1999. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific: FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Family Labridae. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Vol. 6: 3381-3467.

63. Westneat, M. W., Hale, M. E., McHenry, M. J. and Long, J. H. 1998. Mechanics of the fast- start: muscle function and the role of intramuscular pressure in the escape behavior of Amia calva and palmas. J. Exp. Biol. 201: 3041-3055.

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64. Swithers, S. E., Westneat, M. W. and W. G. Hall. 1998. Electromyographic analysis of oral habituation in rat pups. Physiology and Behavior 63:197-203.

65. Westneat, M. W. and J. A. Walker. 1997. Motor patterns of underwater flight: an electromyographic study of the pectoral muscles in the bird wrasse, Gomphosus varius. J. Exp. Biol. 200: 1881-1893.

66. Walker, J. A., and M. W. Westneat. 1997. Labriform propulsion in fishes: Kinematics of flapping aquatic flight in the bird wrasse Gomphosus varius (Labridae). J. Exp. Biol. 200: 1549-1569.

67. Westneat, M. W. 1996. Functional morphology of aquatic flight in fishes: mechanical modeling, kinematics, and electromyography of labriform locomotion. Amer. Zool. 36:582- 598.

68. Arreola, V and M. W. Westneat. 1996. Mechanics of propulsion by multiple fins: kinematics of aquatic locomotion in the Burrfish, Chilomycterus schoepfi. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. (B) 263: 1689-1696.

69. Long, J. H. Jr., M. E. Hale, M. J. McHenry, and M. W. Westneat. 1996. Functions of fish skin: flexural stiffness and steady swimming of longnose (Lepisosteus osseus). J. Exp. Biol. 199: 2139-2151.

70. Hoese, W. J. and M. W. Westneat. 1996. Biomechanics of cranial kinesis in birds: testing linkage models in the white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis). J. Morph. 227: 305- 320.

71. Westneat, M.W. 1995. Feeding, function, and phylogeny: Analysis of historical biomechanics and ecology in labrid fishes using comparative methods. Syst. Biol. 44: 361- 383.

72. Westneat, M. W. 1995. Systematics and biomechanics in ecomorphology. Environmental Biology of Fishes 44:263-283.

73. Westneat, M. W. 1994. Transmission of force and velocity in the feeding mechanisms of labrid fishes. Zoomorphology 114:103-118.

74. Westneat, M.W. 1993. Phylogenetic relationships of the tribe Cheilinini (Labridae; Perciformes). Bulletin of Marine Science 52: 351-394.

75. Westneat, M. W., W. Hoese, C. A. Pell, and S. A. Wainwright. 1993. The horizontal septum: mechanisms of force transfer in locomotion of scombrid fishes (Scombridae; Perciformes). J. Morph. 217: 183-204.

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76. Westneat, M. W., Long, J. H., Hoese, B., and Nowicki, S. 1993. Kinematics of birdsong in sparrows: functional correlates of beak and head motion. J. Exp. Biol. 182: 147-171.

77. Westneat, M. W. and Warren G. Hall. 1992. Ontogeny of feeding motor patterns in infant rats: an electromyographic study of suckling and chewing. Behav. Neuroscience 106: 539- 554.

78. Nowicki, S., Westneat, M. W., and W. Hoese. 1992. Birdsong: motor function and the evolution of communication. Seminars in the Neurosciences 4: 385-390.

79. Westneat, M.W. 1991. Linkage biomechanics and evolution of the jaw protrusion mechanism of the sling-jaw wrasse, Epibulus insidiator. J. Exp. Biol. 159: 165-184. Cover photo.

80. Westneat, M.W. 1990. Feeding, function, and phylogeny: Historical biomechanics in the cheiline fishes (Labridae: Perciformes). Ph.D. Thesis, Duke Univ.

81. Westneat, M.W. 1990. Feeding mechanics of teleost fishes (Labridae: Perciformes): A test of four-bar linkage models. J. Morph. 205: 269-295.

82. Westneat, M. W. and P. C. Wainwright. 1989. Feeding mechanism of the sling-jaw wrasse, Epibulus insidiator (Labridae; Teleostei): Evolution of a novel functional system. J. Morph. 202: 129-150.

83. Westneat, M. W. and J. M. Resing. 1988. Predation on coral spawn by planktivorous fishes. Coral Reefs 7: 89-92.

Publications: Symposium Papers, Reviews, Popular (non peer-reviewed, arranged in order of significance)

84. Westneat, M. W. 2007. Twice bitten: Nature News and Views. Nature 449, 33-34.

85. Westneat, M. W. 2000. Functional Morphology and Physiology: Comparative Methods. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences Macmillan Reference Ltd.

86. Westneat, M. W. 2000. Vertebrate Functional Morphology and Physiology. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences Macmillan Reference Ltd.

87. Westneat, M. W. 2000. Feeding in Fishes. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences Macmillan Reference Ltd.

88. Westneat, M. W. and J. A. Walker. 2001. Pectoral fin design and swimming performance: testing thrust and efficiency models with structure and behavior of living fishes. Proceedings of the Conference on Unmanned, Untethered Submersible Technology. Autonomous Underwater Systems Institute, Durham, N. H.

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89. Westneat, M. W. and J. A. Walker. 1999. Mechanical design of fin propulsion: kinematics, hydrodynamics, morphology and motor control of pectoral fin swimming in fishes. Proceedings of the Conference on Unmanned, Untethered Submersible Technology. Autonomous Underwater Systems Institute, Durham, N. H.

90. Westneat, M. W. and J. A. Walker. 1997. Applied aspects of mechanical design, behavior, and performance of pectoral fin swimming in fishes. Proceedings of the Conference on Unmanned, Untethered Submersible Technology. Autonomous Underwater Systems Institute, Durham, N. H.

91. Sandberg, W. C., Ramamurti, R., Westneat, M. W., and Walker, J. A. (2000). 3-D Computations of Flapping Aquatic Flight, Proc. 1st Intl. Symp. On Aqua-Bio Mechanisms, Honolulu, HI.

92. Westneat, M. W. 2000. Family Labridae. In K. Lim and J. E. Randall (eds) Checklist of Fishes of the South China Sea. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. 8. 627-630.

93. Westneat, M.W. 1998. Review of Kardong, K. V. : Morphology, Function and Evolution. Syst. Biol. 47: 762-763.

94. Westneat, M.W. 2003. Review of Dutta, H. M. and J. S. Munshi, Vertebrate Functional Morphology: Horizon of Research in the 21st Century. Copeia 2003(1) 210-212.

Expeditions for Collections and Research 2012: Andros Island, Bahamas: Collaborative expedition with ANSP staff to repeat classic collection localities of Bohlke and Chaplin expeditions.

2011: Papua New Guinea: Collection and research expedition to the Motupore Island Research Centre in collaboration with University of Papua New Guinea.

2010: New Providence, Bahamas: Collaborative expedition with ANSP staff to repeat classic collection localities of Bohlke and Chaplin expeditions.

2008: Palau, Micronesia: Expedition to Palau archipelago, focusing on isolated SW islands. Co-leader with Rick Winterbottom, Royal Ontario Museum. Major fish survey with numerous new records and several undescribed species.

2006: Palau, Micronesia: Expedition to Palau archipelago, focusing on far N and S islands. Co- leader with Rick Winterbottom, Royal Ontario Museum. Major fish survey with numerous new records and several undescribed species.

2004: Tenerife, Spain: Collection trips to local fringing reefs and fish markets with valuable collections of labrids, scarids, and pomacentrid fishes.

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2003: Busuanga Island, Philippines: Expedition to Busuanga, Coron and Culion Islands in the southern Philippines. Co-leader with Jeff Williams, Smithsonian, with staff from Philippines Bureau of Fisheries. Major fish survey with numerous new records and undescribed species.

2000: Mindoro Island, Philippines: Expedition to circumnavigate Mindoro Island in the southern Philippines. Co-leader with Jeff Williams, Smithsonian, with staff from Australian Museum and Philippines Bureau of Fisheries. Major fish survey with numerous new records and undescribed species.

1999: Belize City, Belize: Collection trips to Turneffe Reef and local mangroves with valuable collections of labrids, scarids, pomacentrid fishes.

1998: Solomon Islands, Western Pacific: Six-week expedition by Field Museum, Smithsonian, Australian Museum and Solomon Islands Fisheries to sample fish diversity in the Santa Cruz group of the Eastern Solomons. First-ever sampling of this region yielded numerous new species including 3 new wrasses.

1998: Lizard Island Australia: Research expedition of 1-month duration for research on feeding mechanics of labrid fishes. Live capture and high speed video of feeding in 15 labrid species.

1997: Islas Juan Fernandez, Chile: A three week National Geographic funded expedition to survey the fishes and invertebrates of Chilean oceanic islands. A collaborative effort with US and chilean biologists, we sampled the fauna of both the Juan Fernandez and Desventuradas archipelagos.

1996: Vanuatu, South Pacific: One month expedition of Field Museum, Smithsonian, Australian Museum, and Vanuatu Fisheries to sample fish diversity in the islands of Vanuatu. First-ever scientific collections were made around Port Vila, Erromango, Tanna, Tongoa, and Epi Islands.

1995: Philippines Islands, Silliman University Marine Lab: Six-week expedition collecting shore fishes around coastal Philippine waters. Collections were made around Negros Island, Panay, Iloilo City, several regions of Luzon, and many local fish markets. Over 200 lots and 1000 preserved specimens and 150 tissue samples were collected.

1995: Bermuda Biological Station for Research: 10 day expedition collecting shorefishes of Bermuda, focusing on parrotfishes, wrasses and tetraodondiform fishes for research on functional morphology of feeding and locomotion.

1994: Phuket Marine Biological Center and Similan Islands, Thailand: One month expedition collecting shore fishes in coastal Thai waters. Collections were made along the western coast of Thailand up to restricted waters along the Burmese border. Two new fish species (one a parrotfish) were discovered.

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1994: Duke University Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, NC: Collections made in cypress swamps and estuarine waters of eastern NC, as well as marine collections from rocky and sandy habitats of coastal NC.

1994: Amazon River deep channel trawling, Manaus, Brazil: Expedition with John Lundberg of the University of Arizona and several Brazilian ichthyologists, this expedition involved trawling in the central Amazon River for deep-water fishes. These areas had never been sampled previously. A huge quantity of fishes was collected (1200 gallons of material in the first month) and much of it was new or rare material.

1993:Australian Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea: Collaborative expedition with the Australian Museum and Northern Territory Museum. First major collection ever made from Ashmore Reef atoll of the Coral Sea. Acquisition of a major collection of Coral Sea fishes, including over 200 tissue samples.

1993: Pacific Ocean Research Foundation- Kona, Hawaii: Collections of big pelagic predators of the Pacific, including marlin, tuna, mackerel, and sharks and several large skeleton preparations. 1992: Duke University Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, NC. 1990: Instituto Zoologico Tropical, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela. 1989: Pacific Gamefish Research Foundation, Kailua-Kona Hawaii. 1988: James Cook University and Orpheus Island Research Station, Queensland, Australia. Lizard Island Research Station, Australia. 1987: James Cook University and Orpheus Island Research Station, Queensland, Australia. Bermuda Biological Station.

Professional Societies: American Association for the Advancement of Science American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists International Association of Vertebrate Morphologists Neotropical Ichthyological Association Pacific Ocean Research Foundation Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Society of Systematic Biologists

Professional Service: Peer Review for Journals and Books- past 5 years American Naturalist Functional Ecology Biology Letters Journal of Experimental Biology Brain Behavior and Evolution Journal of Fish Biology Bulletin of Marine Science Journal of Morphology Copeia Journal of Zoology Environmental Biology of Fishes Marine Biology Evolution Nature

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Proc. US National Academy Science Systematic Biology Proceedings of the Royal Society Zoological Journal of Linnean Soc. Science Zoomorphology

Peer Review for Grants- past 5 years National Science Foundation: 86 proposals, 4 panels. National Geographic: 4 proposals

Professional Service- Field Museum of Natural History Chair, Department of Zoology, 2011- present Director, Biodiversity Synthesis Center, 2007-present Science Advisory Council (museum faculty senate), 1996-2005 Science Advisory Council Chair (museum faculty senate), 1997-2001 Chair, Search Committee for Vice President of Academic Affairs 1999-2000 Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (created in 1993, chair 1993-present) Head of Division of Fishes, 1992-98; 2002-present. Evolutionary Biology Seminar coordinator, 1993-96. Chair of Curatorial Search Committee, 1994.

Professional Service- National Societies and University of Chicago Chair, Division of Vert. Morphology, Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2008-2011. Society of Systematic Biologists Executive Council, 2000-2003 Field Museum –University of Chicago Teaching Coordinator 2005- present Associate Editor, Systematic Biology 1998-2001. Nominating Committee, Division of Vertebrate Morphology, SICB 1998-2000. Nominating Committee, Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology. 2000. Program Officer, Division of Vert. Morphology, American Society of Zoologists, 1994-96. Hinds Fund Committee, University of Chicago, 1993-2006. Preliminary Exam Admin, Organismal Biology and Anatomy, U of Chicago, 1993-97. Biomechanics Seminar coordinator, University of Chicago, 1992-94. D. Dwight Davis Award Committee, American Society of Zoologists, 1992. Chair: Committee on Graduate Student Participation, ASIH 1989-90.

Education Public Education- Field Museum of Natural History Public seminars Lectures on Marine Conservation Donor lectures/tours Lectures for summer interns NatureWorks: on the floor programs Tours for foreign delegations Articles for In The Field Laboratory tour for Newt Gingerich Member's night presentations Festival Night presentation Animal Kingdom III exhibit assistance Appearance on Good Morning America Elder Hostel presentations Founder’s Council Dinners Community Science Days Evolving Planet Treasure Hunt Public radio appearances Evolving Planet Exhibit lecture Annual Fund Dinners

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Training and Advising Postdoctoral Research Associates 2009-2011: Joshua Drew, National Science Foundation funded 2008-2011: Torsten Dikow, Encyclopedia of Life and NSF funded 2008-2010: Karen Cranston, Encyclopedia of Life 2008-2010: Jim Parham, Encyclopedia of Life 2008-2009: Jason Weckstein, Encyclopedia of Life 2008-2011: Torsten Dikow, Encyclopedia of Life 2003-2005: Justin Grubich, Office of Naval Research funded 2003-2004: Andres Lopez, National Science Foundation funded 2003-2006: Jake Socha: Office of Naval Research funded, Argonne National Lab Fellow. 1998-2002: Richard Blob: National Research Service Award Fellow (NIH funded) 1999-2001; Michael Alfaro: Postodoctoral Research Scientist (NSF funded) 2000: Lisa Rosenberger: Postodoctoral Research Scientist (ONR funded) 1996-2000: Jeffrey A. Walker: NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Naval Research Fellow

Current Graduate Students: Major Professor for Charlene McCord, University of Chicago Major Professor for Joanna Mandecki, University of Chicago Major Professor for Aaron Olsen, University of Chicago Major Professor for Daniela Palmer, University of Chicago Committee member for Heather King, University of Chicago Committee member for Jen-Chi Liu, University of Chicago

Ph.D. Degrees Granted Major Professor for W. James Cooper, University of Chicago Major Professor for Aaron N. Rice, University of Chicago Major Professor for Jennifer Fessler, University of Illinois at Chicago Major Professor for Dr. Brian Sidlauskas, University of Chicago, 2006. Major Professor for Dr. Tristan Stayton, University of Chicago, 2005. Major Professor for Dr. Jeff Janovetz, University of Chicago, 2004. Major Professor for Dr. Michael Alfaro, University of Chicago, 2003. Major Professor for Dr. Brad Wright, University of Chicago, 2003. Major Professor for Dr. Lisa Rosenberger, University of Chicago, 2003. Dissertation Committee member for Dr. Matt Friedman, Univ. of Chicago. Dissertation Committee member for Dr. Marcus Davis, Univ. of Chicago. Dissertation Committee member for Dr. Jake Socha, Univ. of Chicago. Dissertation Committee member for Dr. John Finnerty, University of Chicago. Dissertation Committee member for Dr. Valerie Pierce, University of Chicago. Dissertation Committee member for Dr. Nora Espinoza, University of Chicago. Dissertation Committee member for Dr. Phil Anderson, Univ. of Chicago. Dissertation Committee member for Dr. Dean Thorsen, Univ. of Chicago. Ph.D. Dissertation Committee member for Matt Friedman, Univ. of Chicago. Ph.D. candidate. Dissertation Committee member for David Reed, Univ. of Chicago. Ph.D. candidate. Master’s Committee member for Janelle Morano, Loyola University. M.S. candidate.

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Master’s Committee member for Scott Bradley, DePaul University. M.S. candidate.

Undergraduate Students: Current: Marianne Seneczko, University of Chicago Trevor Thompson, University of Chicago Sydney Rosebraugh, University of Chicago Previous: Maria Tzeka, Northwestern University Alta Buden, University of Chicago Jay Bauman, University of Chicago Annie Brock, Northwestern University Steve Hanson, University of Illinois at Chicago Sarah Watson, Loyola University Christian Kammerer, University of Chicago Susan Ruggero, Northwestern University Cinnamon Pace, University of Chicago David Collar, University of Chicago Veronica Arreola, University of Illinois at Chicago Dan Dudek, University of Chicago Adam Swarze, University of Chicago Bill Browne, University of Chicago Christina Jarolyn, University of Illinois at Chicago Jill Weinstein, Duke University John Ososky, University of Illinois at Chicago Amy Hartwick, University of Michigan Margaret Pizer, University of Chicago Steve Geick, University of Illinois at Chicago John Chorostecki, University of Illinois at Chicago

Invited Seminars 2012 Virtual World Biodiversity Games, Biomechanics Research and the Visualization of Large Phylogenetic Trees. Monsanto Corporation, St. Louis, MO.

2011 Coral Reef Fishes, Evolutionary Biomechanics and the Visualization of Large Phylogenetic Trees. American Museum of Natural History, New York.

2010 Coral Reef Fishes, Biodiversity and the Encyclopedia of Life. Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign-Urbana Illinois.

2009 Phylogenetic Tree Visualization and the Encyclopedia of Life. Diversitas Conference: Capetown, South Africa.

2008 Biodiversity Informatics and the Encyclopedia of Life Project. National Science Foundation, Washington DC. Phylogenetic Tree Visualization and the Encyclopedia of Life Project. Workshop on Phyloinformatics, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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2008 Biodiversity Informatics and the Encyclopedia of Life Project. National Science Foundation, Washington DC. Phylogenetic Tree Visualization and the Encyclopedia of Life Project. Workshop on Phyloinformatics, Edinburgh, Scotland.

2007 The Biology and Evolution of Coral Reef Fishes, and the Encyclopedia of Life. Science Education seminars for Chicago Public School Teachers. Biodiversity Informatics and the Encyclopedia of Life Project. National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, Duke University.

2006 The Biology and Evolution of Coral Reef Fishes. University of Chicago: Saturday Seminars in Science (for South side Chicago high-school students). Two seminars- one for students, one for teachers Evolutionary Biomechanics: Phylogenetic trends in functional design of coral reef fishes. Iowa State University.

2005 Evolutionary Biomechanics: Phylogenetic trends in functional design of coral reef fishes. Wesleyan University. Evolutionary Biomechanics: Phylogenetic trends in functional design of coral reef fishes. Southeastern Louisiana University.

2004 Biomechanics of insects visualized with phase enhanced x-ray imaging. Symposium on synchroton science, Lake Geneva Wisconsin.

2003 Evolution of Function in Coral Reef Fishes. Field Museum of Natural History. Evolutionary Biomechanics: Phylogenetic trends in functional design of coral reef fishes. Texas A&M University.

2002 The Evolution of Function in Coral Reef Fishes. University of Chicago Mechanical Design of Fin-Based Locomotion in Fishes. Office of Naval Research

2001 Evolutionary Biomechanics: Integrating Systematics and Biomechanics in Coral Reef Fishes. Duke University. The Evolution of Function in Coral Reef Fishes. University of California at Davis.

2000 Ecology, morphology and function of labrid fishes (the wrasses). University of the Philippines, Manila.

1999 The Evolution of Function in Coral Reef Fishes. Shedd Aquarium seminar. Mechanical design of fin propulsion: kinematics, hydrodynamics, morphology and motor control of pectoral fin swimming in fishes. Autonomous Underwater Systems Institute, Durham, N. H.

1998 Phylogenetic Systematics and Biomechanics: The Evolution of Function in Coral Reef Fishes. Scripps Institution of Oceanography. La Jolla, CA.

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Phylogenetic Systematics and Biomechanics: The Evolution of Function in Coral Reef Fishes. James Cook University, Queensland, Australia.

1997 Applied aspects of mechanical design, behavior, and performance of pectoral fin swimming in fishes. Proceedings of the Conference on Unmanned, Untethered Submersible Technology. Autonomous Underwater Systems Institute, Durham, N. H. Functional morphology of aquatic flight in fishes: Evolution of Coral Reef Fishes. Department of Biology, Ohio University, Athens Ohio. Functional morphology of aquatic flight in fishes: Evolution of Coral Reef Fishes. Department of Biology,University of Texas at Austin.

1996 Functional morphology of aquatic flight in fishes: mechanical modeling, kinematics, and electromyography of labriform locomotion. Symposium on aquatic locomotion, American Society of Zoologists.

Evolution of mechanical design in vertebrates: integrating phylogeny with research on biomechanics. Symposium on mechanical design of musculoskeletal systems in vertebrates, Society for Physical Regulation in Biology and Medicine.

1995 Application of comparative methods: analysis of a single data set using multiple character correlation techniques. University of Texas, Austin. Biomechanics of cranial kinesis: testing mechanical models in fishes and birds. University of Northern Indiana Medical College, Gary Indiana.

1994 Testing the phylogenetic congruence of feeding mechanics and diet using comparative methods. Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago.

The evolution of feeding biomechanics and ecology in a family of tropical coral reef fishes. Undergraduate Colloquium in Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago.

1993 Feeding, function, and phylogeny: historical biomechanics of feeding in the cheiline fishes. Department of Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago. Feeding, function, and phylogeny: historical biomechanics of feeding in the cheiline fishes. Department of Biology, Loyola University.

1992 Feeding, function, and phylogeny: historical biomechanics of feeding in the cheiline fishes. Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago. Kinematics of birdsong in sparrows: functional correlates of beak and head motion. Evolutionary Morphology Group, University of Chicago. Systematics and biomechanics in ecomorphology. Invited speaker to the symposium on ecomorphology of fishes, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. The evolution of feeding biomechanics and ecology in a family of tropical coral reef fishes. Undergraduate Colloquium in Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago. 1991 Feeding, function, and phylogeny: historical biomechanics of feeding in the cheiline fishes. Smithsonian Institution Seminar.

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Teaching Experience 2012 IGERT training course in biomechanics and neurobiology

2012 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy. Full quarter (10-week) course with two laboratories each week. 13 students. University of Chicago, undergraduate.

2011 IGERT training course in biomechanics and neurobiology

2010 IGERT training course in biomechanics and neurobiology Topics in Organismal Biology and Anatomy: The Antero-Posterior Axis

2006 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy. Full quarter (10-week) course with two laboratories each week. 23 students. University of Chicago, undergraduate.

2005 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy. Full quarter (10-week) course with two laboratories each week. 22 students. University of Chicago, undergraduate.

2004 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy. Full quarter (10-week) course with two laboratories each week. 12 students. University of Chicago, undergraduate.

2003 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy. Full quarter (10-week) course with two laboratories each week. 18 students. University of Chicago, undergraduate.

Biomechanics of Muscle Function. Full quarter (10-week) lecture and discussion course. University of Chicago, graduate course, co-instructor with Melina Hale

2000 Comparative and Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrates. Full quarter (10-week) course with two laboratories each week. 25 students. University of Chicago, undergraduate.

1999 Comparative and Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrates. Full quarter (10-week) course with two laboratories each week. 25 students. University of Chicago.

1998 Comparative and Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrates. Full quarter (10-week) course with two laboratories each week. 28 students. University of Chicago.

1997 Comparative and Developmental Morphology of Vertebrates. Full quarter (10-week) course with two laboratories each week. 25 students. University of Chicago.

1996 Comparative and Developmental Morphology of Vertebrates. Full quarter (10-week) course with two laboratories each week. 13 students. Univ. of Chicago, undergraduate.

Diversity of Life Over Time. University of Chicago. Full quarter course with laboratory for undergraduate non-majors.

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1995 Functional Morphology and Evolution of the Vertebrates. University of Chicago. Full quarter course with one laboratory each week. 25 students.

Introductory Biology, University of Chicago. Two lectures on early and the diversity and biology of fishes.

1994 Human Morphology, University of Chicago Medical School. 6 week lecture and laboratory series on the structure and function of human limbs and gait.

Introductory Biology, University of Chicago. Two lectures on early chordates and the diversity and biology of fishes.

1993 Introductory Biology, University of Chicago. Two lectures on early chordates and the diversity and biology of fishes.

1992 Introduction to Research at the Field Museum of Natural History. Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago.

1989 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy- Duke University Assistantship. 1988 Principles of Physiology- Duke University Assistantship. 1987 Evolutionary Biology- Duke University Assistantship. Biology of Fishes- Bermuda Biological Station Assistantship. 1986 Earthwatch: Reef Genesis Program- Orpheus Island, Australia. Ichthyology- Duke University Assistantship. Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy- Duke University Assistantship.

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