B.A. in biological science, University of Chicago, 1986

University of Chicago Biological Science Department

M.S. in zoology, University of Florida, 1989
Ph.D. in zoology, University of Florida, 1994

Professional fields of expertise:

Vertebrate paleontology (with a world class expertise in fossil proboscideans)
Paleoecology (both autecology and ecosystem reconstruction)
Vertebrate zoology (particularly mammalogy)
Ecology (particularly in regards to applications of systems/landscape ecologyto paleoecological reconstruction)
Geology (particularly sedimentology and general earth history)
Evolutionary biology
Climatology
Biological systematics

Hobbies: fishing, astronomy, fantasy and science fiction, creative writing (short stories and poetry)
Some sample literature:

Visions of Home (Poem)

Fear Not the Darkness (Poem)

Beneath the Moon (Poem)

The Ocean in a Photograph (Poem)

Cometary Spring (Poem)

The Sacrifice (Story)

Dark Maiden (Story)

To Slay an Assassin (Story)

Soul Wandering (Story)

Dreamweaver (Story)

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