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Curriculum Vitae Michelle Renae Stocker

Jackson School of Geosciences The University of at Austin 1 University Station, C1100 Austin, TX 78712-0254 [email protected] http://www.jsg.utexas.edu/student/michelle_stocker/

HIGHER EDUCATION 2008- PhD, Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin (anticipated May 2013) 2005-2008 MS, Geoscience, University of Iowa The Relationships of the Case 1922 with Descriptions of New Material from Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona 1999-2003 BS, Geological Sciences; Minor, Biology, University of Michigan

CURRENT POSITIONS William Powers Jr. Presidential Graduate Fellow, The University of Texas at Austin Doctoral Candidate, Department of Geological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin

PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles (peer-reviewed) Stocker, M. R. 2012. A new phytosaur (, Phytosauria) from the Lot’s Wife beds (Sonsela Member) within the (Upper ) of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 32:573-586.

Stocker, M. R. 2010. A new taxon of phytosaur (Archosauria: ) from the Norian () Sonsela Member (Chinle Formation) in Arizona, and a critical re-evaluation of Leptosuchus Case 1922. Palaeontology, 53:997-1022.

Nesbitt, S. J., M. R. Stocker, B. Small, and A. Downs. 2009. The osteology and relationships of campi (Reptilia: Archosauriformes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 157:814-864.

Nesbitt, S. J. and M. R. Stocker. 2008. The vertebrate assemblage of the Late Triassic Canjilon Quarry, (Northern New Mexico, USA) and the importance of apomorphy-based assemblage comparisons. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28(4):1063-1072.

Parker, W. G., M. R. Stocker, and R. B. Irmis. 2008. A new desmatosuchine (Archosauria: Suchia) from the Upper Triassic Tecovas Formation () of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28(3):692-701.

Journal Articles (in press)

1 Stocker, M. R. and Butler, R. J. Phytosauria. Anatomy, Phylogeny and Palaeobiology of , Geological Society, London, Special Publication, 379. 60 ms pages, 1 table, 6 figures.

Journal Articles (accepted) Stocker, M. R. A new taxonomic arrangement for scurriensis. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 36 ms pages, 8 figures.

Martz, J. W., Mueller, B., Nesbitt, S. J., Stocker, M. R., Parker, W. G., Atanassov, M., Fraser, N., Weinbaum, J., and Lehane, J. A taxonomic and biostratigraphic re-evaluation of the Post Quarry vertebrate assemblage from the Cooper Canyon Formation (Dockum Group, Upper Triassic) of southern Garza County, western Texas. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 88 ms pages, 17 figures.

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS Stocker, M. R., Brochu, C. A., and E. C. Kirk. 2013. Spatial and temporal temporal shifts in Paleogene crocodyliform diversity and a new globidont alligatoroid from the Middle Eocene of West Texas. 116th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, Program and Abstracts. (Platform presentation, Texas Academy of Science, Kerrville, Texas).

Hornung, K.* and M. R. Stocker. 2013. Comparative morphology of the pectoral girdle and forelimb of a phytosaur. 116th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, Program and Abstracts. (Platform presentation by K. Hornung, Texas Academy of Science, Kerrville, Texas).

Siegel, S. M.*, Rembach, J.*, and M. R. Stocker. 2013. A new desmatosuchine aetosaur from Potter County, Texas. 116th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, Program and Abstracts. (Poster presentation, Texas Academy of Science, Kerrville, Texas).

Stocker, M., Brochu, C., and E. Kirk. 2012. Spatial and temporal shifts in Paleogene crocodyliform diversity and a new globidont alligatoroid from the Middle Eocene of West Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2012:180. (Platform presentation, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Raleigh).

Butler, R., Stocker, M., Rauhut, O., Lautenschlager, S., and R. Bronowicz. 2012. Systematic and anatomical re-evaluation of basal from the Late Triassic of central Europe, with implications for Late Triassic biostratigraphy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2012:71. (Platform presentation by R. Butler, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Raleigh).

Stocker, M. R. and K. Hornung. 2012. Description and phylogenetic utility of the forelimb of (Phytosauria). 115th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, Program and Abstracts, 102. (Platform presentation, Texas Academy of Science, Alpine, Texas).

Stocker, M. R. and E. C. Kirk. 2011. The herpetofauna from the late Uintan of West Texas. Pp. 159-160 in Lehmann, T. and Schaal, S. F. K. (eds.) The World at the Time of Messel:

2 Puzzles in Palaeobiology, Palaeoenvironment, and the History of Early Primates. 22nd International Senckenberg Conference. 15th-19th November 2011, Frankfurt am Main. Conference Volume. Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung, Frankfurt am Main. Pp. 203. (Platform presentation, Senckenberg Conference, Frankfurt).

Stocker, M. R. and E. C. Kirk. 2011. Discerning the diversity and biogeographic history of amphisbaenians (Squamata) in the late Uintan (Middle Eocene) based on the first specimens from West Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2011:201. (Platform presentation, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Las Vegas).

Stocker, M. R. 2011. The early evolution of Phytosauria: new insights on systematic relationships and geographic distribution. (Platform presentation, Latin American Congress of Vertebrate Paleontology, San Juan, Argentina).

Stocker, M. R. 2011. A reassessment of the assemblage at the base of the Late Triassic sequence of Texas, and revised diversity and age estimates of the Otis Chalk localities. 114th Annual Meeting of the Texas Academy of Science, Program and Abstracts, 109. (Platform presentation, Texas Academy of Science, Austin, Texas).

Stocker, M. R. 2010. Clarification of the skeletal anatomy of phytosaurs based on comparative anatomy and the most complete specimen of Angistorhinus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts 2010:170A. (Poster presentation, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Pittsburgh).

Stocker, M. R. 2009. An apomorphic assessment of the vertebrate diversity at the base of the Late Triassic sequence of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 29, supp. 3:186A. (Platform presentation, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Bristol, UK).

Stocker, M. R. 2008. A reinterpretation of phytosaurian diversity in the Sonsela Member (Chinle Formation) of Petrified Forest National Park and its influences on the evolution of and phylogenetic relationships within Phytosauria. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 28, supp. 3:148A. (Platform presentation, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Cleveland).

Stocker, M. R., W. Parker, and R. Irmis. 2007. Reexamination of an aetosaur from the Tecovas Formation (Dockum Group) of Texas: implications for aetosaur diversity, ontogeny, biochronology, and biostratigraphy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27, supp. 3:153A. (Platform presentation, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Austin).

Parker, W., M. Brown, S. Nesbitt, M. R. Stocker, and R. Irmis. 2007. Revised osteology of Revueltosaurus callenderi (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) based on new material from Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 27, supp. 3:127A. (Platform presentation by W. Parker, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Austin).

Parker, W., S. Nesbitt, R. Irmis, M. R. Stocker, and M. Brown. 2007. Two significant new Late Triassic localities from Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. Proceedings of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 42:26. (Platform presentation by W. Parker, Arizona- Nevada Academy of Science).

3 Stocker, M. R., W. Parker, R. Irmis, and J. Shuman. 2004. New discoveries from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation as the result of the ongoing paleontological inventory of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 24, supp. 3:118A. (Poster presentation, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Denver). * indicates undergraduate mentee

OTHER PUBLICATIONS 2009 Metoposauridae, Amphibian Tree of Life Webpage 2009 Dromomeron, DigiMorph, unpublished page

RESEARCH GRANTS External 2012 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Jackson School of Geosciences Student Member Travel Grant, $400. 2010 Welles Fund, (UCMP), $1850: An apomorphic assessment of taxonomic diversity in the Placerias Quarry: implications for Late Triassic faunal dynamics. 2007 Roosevelt Fund, (AMNH), $450: The relationships of the phytosaur Leptosuchus Case 1922 with descriptions of new material from Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. 2007 Welles Fund, (UCMP), $1000: and phylogeny of Leptosuchus. 2006 Welles Fund, (UCMP), $1500: Taxonomy and phylogeny of Leptosuchus. 2006 Paleontological Society, Stephen Jay Gould Grant, $500: Clarification of the relationships and ontogeny of the phytosaur Leptosuchus, with implications for Late Triassic biochronology.

Internal 2012 Albert W. and Alice M. Weeks Fund in Geology (UT, Department of Geological Sciences) 2012 Analytical Fee Funding, (UT, Department of Geological Sciences), $456 2011 Lundelius Scholarship, (UT, Department of Geological Sciences), $1000 2011 Off Campus Research, (UT, Department of Geological Sciences), $500 2011 Analytical Fee Funding, (UT, Department of Geological Sciences), $2500 2010 Lundelius Scholarship, (UT, Department of Geological Sciences), $1000 2009 Off Campus Research, (UT, Department of Geological Sciences), $480 2009 Lundelius Scholarship, (UT, Department of Geological Sciences), $500 2009 Analytical Fee Funding, (UT, Department of Geological Sciences), $1000 2009 Off Campus Research, (UT, Department of Geological Sciences), $764 2009 Off Campus Research, (UT, Department of Geological Sciences), $250 2007 Littlefield Fund, (UI, Department of Geoscience), $2000 2006 Littlefield Fund, (UI, Department of Geoscience), $1200

HONORS AND AWARDS 2012-2013 William Powers, Jr. Presidential Graduate Fellowship (UT; second award) 2011-2012 Francis L. Whitney Endowed Presidential Scholarship ($3500) (UT) 2011-2012 William Powers, Jr. Presidential Graduate Fellowship (UT) 2011-2012 Association for Women Geoscientists Takken Scholarship Year Membership 2010-2011 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Jackson School of Geosciences (UT) 2010-2011 Francis L. Whitney Endowed Presidential Scholarship ($7000) (UT)

4 2008 A. C. Trowbridge Award for Outstanding Master’s Candidate (UI) 2001 University Honors (UM) 1999-2001 Lloyd Hall Scholar (UM)

MEMBERSHIPS American Association of Anatomists Association for Women Geoscientists Herpetologists League Palaeontology Association Society for the Study of Amphibians and Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Texas Academy of Science The Paleontological Society

INVITED PRESENTATIONS AND GUEST LECTURES 2012 “Spatial and temporal shifts in Paleogene herpetofaunal diversity based on the Middle Eocene of West Texas.” Paleontological Society of Austin, Austin.

2012 Graduate student speaker for the opening of the Holland Family Student Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences.

2011 “Synapsid Fossil History.” GEO 302M: Age of Mammals, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences.

2011 “New Insights into the Evolution and Paleobiology of the Late Triassic Fauna of the American Southwest.” Paleontological Society of Austin, Austin.

2010 “New Insights into the Late Triassic: Phylogeny, Ontogeny, and Biogeography of Phytosauria.” Fossil Coffee Seminar Series, University of California Museum of Paleontology, the University of California, Berkeley.

2010 “Plate Tectonics and Paleomagnetism.” GEO 302M: Age of Mammals, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences.

2009 “How I Became a Paleontologist.” GEO 302D: Age of Dinosaurs, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences.

2009 “Exploring the Effects of Apomorphy-based Identification on Our Understanding of Faunal Dynamics in the Late Triassic.” UT Paleo Brown Bag Seminar Series, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences.

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH MENTORING Spring 2012- present Research mentor for graduate paleontology research project (Elizabeth Siegel- An examination of phytosaur ontogeny using the rostrum), The University of Texas at Austin

5 Fall 2011-present Research mentor for undergraduate paleontology research project (Kelsey Hornung- Characterization and description of the forelimb of Angistorhinus), The University of Texas at Austin

Spring 2011-present Research mentor for undergraduate paleontology research project (Jennifer Rembach and Simone Siegel- Description of a new specimen of Desmatosuchus), The University of Texas at Austin

2010-2011 Research mentor for undergraduate paleontology research project (Ashley Latimer- Description of microvertebrates from the Heifer Creek locality), The University of Texas at Austin

Fall 2010 Research mentor for undergraduate paleontology research project (Colin Bates- Description of a new specimen of Desmatosuchus), The University of Texas at Austin

2010-present Fossil preparation mentor for undergraduates (Colin Bates, Rania Eldam, Krystal Heibel, Kelsey Hornung, Mary Martha Kidd, Jonathan Lehrmann, Melanie Mallory, David Minatra, Jennifer Rembach, Simone Siegel, Kelsey White, Nathan Wolff), Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin

Fall 2009 Research mentor for undergraduate in BIO 471G project at the Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin

FIELDWORK 2012 Middle and Late Permian, Middle and Late Triassic. Ruhuhu Fm, Usili Fm, and Manda beds, Tanzania 2011-present Middle Eocene. Devil’s Graveyard Fm, Brewster County, Texas 2009-2010 Triassic. Chugwater Group, Natrona County, Wyoming (leader) 2009-present Late Triassic. Dockum Grp, Borden, Crosby, Garza, and Potter counties, Texas (leader) 2009 Eocene. Green River Fm, Garfield County, Colorado 2006-present Late Triassic. Chinle Fm, Ghost Ranch, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico 2003-2009 Late Triassic. Chinle Fm, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona 2003 Middle Triassic. Moenkopi Fm, Coconino County, Arizona

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 2013 Theme Session Co-chair, 47th Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, South-Central Section, Austin, Texas

2012 Technical Session Moderator, 72nd Annual Meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Raleigh, North Carolina

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2010-present Graduate Student Representative to the Program Committee, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

2008-2010 Graduate Student Representative to the Development Committee, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

FORMAL MANUSCRIPT REVIEWS number of times as a reviewer in parentheses 2012 Earth & Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (guest editor for 4; reviewer for 2); The Geological Society of London Special Volume (1); Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (3)

2011 Palaeontology (1)

2010 Earth & Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1)

DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE 2011-present Graduate student member, GLOW (Geoscience Leadership Organization for Women), The University of Texas at Austin

2010-2012 Organizer, UT Paleo Brown Bag Seminar Series, The University of Texas at Austin

2010-2011 Graduate student host, Prospective Student Weekend, The University of Texas at Austin

Fall 2008 Member, Technical Sessions Award Committee, The University of Texas at Austin

2006-2007 President, Association of Geology Graduate Students, University of Iowa

OUTREACH Dec 2012 Geology and lesson with Fifth and Sixth Grade science class, All Saints Catholic School, Alpena, Michigan

Apr 2012 Paleontology question and answer session with Second Grade class, Sycamore Elementary School, Dorr, Michigan

Feb 2012 Fossil show-and-tell in children’s area of Book People for Center for Inquiry Austin’s Darwin Day celebration, Austin, Texas

Sept 2010 Paleontology question and answer session with Fourth Grade class, Eisenhower School, Mesa, Arizona

7 Jan 2010 Paleontology question and answer session with Fourth Grade class, Eisenhower School, Mesa, Arizona

CONSULTATION Dec 2009 Proof-read and provided comments on paleontology programs for Education Department, Lake County Discovery Museum, Wauconda, Illinois

2007-present Provided information on Phytosauria for general audience book. Sadler, C. and W. Parker. Triassic Park

PAST POSITIONS

Fall 2011 Assistant Instructor for Dr. Christopher J. Bell, GEO 322V/389R: Morphology of the Vertebrate Skeleton, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences I updated and coordinated all lab exercises using recent osteological collections, descriptions, publications, and images to facilitate broad knowledge of vertebrate skeletal morphology in articulation and isolation. I dissected and macerated recent turtle, lizard, and snake specimens for use as take-home study specimens.

Summer 2011 Research Assistant to Dr. Timothy Rowe, Vertebrate Preparatory Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin I worked as curation and collection management staff in the fossil vertebrate collections, specifically preparing and cataloguing the WPA Howard County collection of Triassic vertebrate fossils and scanning and archiving WPA records of work in Howard and Borden counties for the VPL digital archives.

Spring 2011 Head Teaching Assistant for Dr. Christopher J. Bell, GEO 302M: Age of Mammals, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences I developed and coordinated all lab exercises, emphasizing critical thinking, cladistics, bias, and evolutionary theory, I graded lab and lecture quizzes and lecture exams, and I was a temporary lecturer for one class period (see Invited Presentations and Guest Lectures below).

Summer 2010 Research Assistant to Dr. Tim Rowe, Vertebrate Preparatory Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin I mechanically prepared fossil material from the Kayenta Fm of Arizona using airscribe and pinvise.

Spring 2010 Teaching Assistant for Dr. Christopher J. Bell, GEO 302M: Age of Mammals, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences

8 I modified labs focused on fossilization, anatomy, and cladistics. I developed the ‘Dating and Biostratigraphy’ lab and graded lab and lecture quizzes and exams.

Summer 2009 Research Assistant to Dr. Ann Molineux, Non-Vertebrate Preparatory Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin I unpacked and catalogued the Crick collection of Paleozoic Moroccan invertebrates using Microsoft Access.

Fall 2008, Fall 2009 Teaching Assistant for Dr. Timothy Rowe, GEO 302D: Age of Dinosaurs, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences I developed labs focused on fossilization, anatomy, and cladistics for non- majors, graded lab and lecture quizzes and lecture exams, and led fieldtrips at the Texas Memorial Museum, the Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory, and the Austin Nature and Science Center Dino Pit.

Spring 2009 Teaching Assistant for Dr. David Mohrig, GEO 416M: Sedimentary Rocks, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences I administered labs focused on clastic and carbonate sedimentary rocks, specifically structure, porosity, and cements, examination of hand sample specimens and thin sections, and core-logging.

Spring 2008 Research Assistant to Dr. Chris Brochu, University of Iowa, Department of Geoscience I organized, updated, and maintained a database of publications and references using Endnote.

Fall 2007 Research Assistant to Dr. Jonathan Adrain, University of Iowa, Department of Geoscience I updated and maintained a relational database for trilobites using FileMaker Pro.

Fall 2006 Teaching Assistant for Dr. Chris Brochu, GEO 012:007: Age of Dinosaurs, University of Iowa, Department of Geoscience I developed and administered labs focused on cladistics, functional morphology, and biogeography for non-majors, graded lab quizzes, and graded lecture exams.

2005-2007 Teaching Assistant, GEO 012:003: Earth History and Resources, University of Iowa, Department of Geoscience I developed labs focused on general geology for non-majors and graded lab and lecture quizzes and lecture exams for three semesters (Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007).

2005-2007 Physical Science Technician, Petrified Forest National Park I led teams of two to four interns on extensive hikes mapping and inventorying vertebrate, invertebrate, and plant fossils of the Late Triassic Chinle Formation, collected specimens using traditional paleontological

9 techniques, mechanically prepared specimens brought to the preparation laboratory, catalogued collected material, and led preparation lab tours.

2005 Assistant Preparator, University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology I worked independently molding and casting a skeleton of a sirenian fossil specimen for Dr. William Sanders and Dr. Iyad Zalmout using polyurethane, polyester resin, fiberglass, and alginate.

2003-2004 Veterinary Technician, Chelsea Hospital I assisted Dr. Paula Rode and Dr. Amanda Critchfield during appointments, administered vaccines, assisted with x-radiography and surgeries, performed dental cleanings, ran bloodwork and analyses, and cared for boarding .

SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY

Phylogenetic Software: PAUP* 4.0b10, MacClade, Mesquite, MorphoBank I regularly use these programs for phylogenetic analyses and matrix construction. I am able to use PAUP* in GUI or command line mode. VG Studio Max 2.0 and 2.1 I use these programs to digitally isolate and examine morphological structures in fossil saurians. Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator I regularly use these programs to build figures for publications in peer-reviewed journals. Microsoft Office I am proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel, and I have experience using Microsoft Access for cataloguing fossil specimens. Endnote X2 I have used this program to maintain a digital database of publications and references.

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