JOSHUA S.

SLATTERY
School of Geosciences
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Ave., NES 107
Tampa, FL 33620
E-Mail: jsslatte@mail.usf.edu
Website: http://jsslattery.weebly.com
Education
University of South Florida, Tampa
Doctorate of Philosophy in Geology
Expected Graduation Date: May 2016
University of South Florida, Tampa
Master of Science in Geology
Graduation Date: December 2011
University of Wyoming, Laramie
Bachelor of Science in Geology
Minor in Zoology and Physiology
Graduation Date: December 2007
Research and Work Experience
University of South Florida PhD candidate and Adjunct Faculty: December 2015-present;
Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, NES 107, Tampa, FL
33620-5201 USA.
Work: Lecturer for History of Life
Research: Documenting Evolution: Comparing and contrasting Late Cretaceous and Late
Cenozoic Molluscan Patterns
University of South Florida PhD student/ Candidate and Teaching/ Graduate Assistant: August
2010-December 2015; Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave,
NES 107, Tampa, FL 33620-5201 USA.
Work: Teaching Assistant and Graduate Assistant
Research: Documenting Evolution: Comparing and contrasting Late Cretaceous and Late
Cenozoic Molluscan Patterns
Field Work: Measuring sections and collecting fossil samples from Cretaceous marine
strata in Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama.

Smithsonian Tropical Institution Pre-Doctoral Fellowship: August 1 October 1, 2013;

Smithsonian Tropical Institute, Center for Tropical Paleontology and Archeology, 9100 Panama
City PL Washington, DC 20521-9100 USA.
Work: Intern
Research: Paleontological Rescue at the Ro Sogamoso Hydroelectric Project, Colombia.
Field Work: Measuring, describing, and sampling Cretaceous to Oligocene terrestrial and
marine strata exposed during the Rio Sogamoso Hydroelectric Project in Colombia.
University of South Florida MS Student and Teaching Assistant: August 2008 to June 2010;
Department of Geology, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Ave, NES 107, Tampa, FL
33620-5201 USA.
Work: Teaching Assistant
Research: Late Cretaceous faunal dynamics in the Western Interior Seaway: The record
from the Red Bird Section, eastern Wyoming
Field Work: Measuring sections and collecting fossil samples from Cretaceous marine
strata in Wyoming and Colorado.
Uintah Paleontological Associate-Assistant Paleontologist: September 2007 to August 2008;
2660 W 1500 N., Vernal, Utah 84078.
Work: Preservation of fossil resources on public and private land that were endangered by
pipeline development and mining:
Field Work: Overland Pass Pipeline (OPP) pre-construction monitoring and collection of
fossils from public lands in Wyoming and Colorado; surveying for fossil resources along
the Anadarko Pipeline route in Wyoming within areas endangered by future coal mining
activities for the Bridger Coal Company, Rock Springs, WY.
Lab work: Preparation of the Laramie Pipeline Dinosaurs, other fossil invertebrates from
the Cretaceous-Paleogene.
Identification of fossil invertebrates from the Lewis Shale, Mesaverde Group, and Steele
Shale in Wyoming.
Writing reports for Bureau of Land Management.
McNair Scholar Research Intern: February 2007- December 2007; University of Wyoming, 311
Knight Hall Dept. 3808, Laramie, Wyoming 82071.
Research: Habitat of the Upper Cretaceous Ammonoid Didymoceras in the Western
Interior Seaway:
Field Work: Sampling of macrofossils and microfossils from the middle and upper
Campanian Pierre Shale along the Black Hills.
Preparation and sampling of fossil mollusk shells for stable isotopic analysis.
Statistical analysis.
Presentation of results at the 2007 UW Undergraduate Research Days 2007 and 2007
National GSA Meeting.
Undergraduate Research: January 2006-August 2006; University of Wyoming Geological
Museum, Dept. 3006, 1000 E. University Ave, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071.

Research: Faunal diversity, depositional environments, and taphonomy of middle and

upper Campanian rocks in southeastern Wyoming:
Paleoecology of the Western Interior Seaway.
Field Work: Examination of USGS Denver Collection and the University of Wyoming,
Collection of Fossil Invertebrates.
Preparation and identification of fossil invertebrates
Reporting and interpretation of results to understand ecological change in the Western
Interior Seaway for a 4 my time span.

Lab Assistant: January 2006-May 2006; Paleobotany Lab; Department of Botany, 3165 Aven
Nelson Building, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, Wyoming 82071.
Research: Quaternary palynological analysis of the Great Lakes region, prepared mud
cores for processing which eventually lead to the extraction of pollen and macrofossils
for study:
Cut mud cores for processing.
Screened for macrofossils.
Teaching Experience
Adjunct Assistant Professor: Spring 2016; GLY2100, History of Life, University of South
Florida.
Teaching Assistant: Fall, 2015, Spring 2014, Fall and Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall and Spring
2009; GLY2000d, Introduction to Physical Geology Lab, University of South Florida.
Teaching Assistant: Fall 2014, Fall 2012; GLY2000c, Sedimentary Records I-Sedimentology,
University of South Florida.
Teaching Assistant: Spring 2014; Fall 2013; Summer 2010; GLY2160, Oceanography, University
of South Florida.
Teaching Assistant: Spring 2013, Spring 2012, Spring 2010; GLY2000d, Sedimentary Records
III-Principles of Paleontology, University of South Florida.
Teaching Assistant: Fall 2010; GLY2160, Geology of National Parks, University of South
Florida.
Visiting Field Trip Leader: July 2008; Paleoecology of Southeastern Wyoming; University of
Pittsburgh Honor School.
Society Experience
Cheyenne Mineral and Gem Society, P.O. Box 5418, Cheyenne, WY 82001-5418.

President, 2004.
Presided over meetings, organized club participants in Annual Cheyenne Mineral

and Gem Show, and organized club events.

Vice-President, 2002-2003.
Presided over meetings, organized club participants in Annual Cheyenne
Mineral and Gem Show, organized club events, and introduced monthly
speakers.

Secretary, 2001.
Transcribed society minutes, and assisted in putting together club newsletter.

Field Trip Chairmen, 2001-2004.

Organized and led 13 field excursions.

Speaker Chairmen, 2001-2004

Planned and organized presentations and speakers for 36 meetings.

Museum Experience
Museum work for PhD research, October 2011-present.
American Museum of Natural History: May 2015
Mississippi Museum of Natural History: April 2015
Geological Museum-University of Copenhagen: September 2014
Yale Peabody Museum: January 2014.
Smithsonian/National Museum of Natural History: October 2012.
USGS Denver Paleontological Collection: December 2013, August 2013.
Florida Museum of Natural History: May 2014, March 2012, October 2011.
Museum work for undergraduate research, March 2007-August 2007.
USGS Denver Paleontological Collection: August 2007, June 2007.
University of Wyoming Invertebrate Paleontology Collection: March 2007
Black Hills Museum of Natural History Collection: June 2007
Field Experience
Field work for PhD research, July 2011, August-September 2012, June-July, 2013, March 2014,
July 2014, April 2015.
Measured and described ten Upper Cretaceous stratigraphic sections in Wyoming,
Colorado, South Dakota, and Mississippi.
Made over 250 collections.
Field Assistant, September 2014.
Sampled and described four K/ Pg boundary sections in Denmark.
Field work for Smithsonian Tropical Institution Pre-doctoral Fellowship, August-September
2013.

Measured and described Upper Cretaceous-Oligocene stratigraphic sections in the Rio

Sogamosa Valley.
Collected rock samples for fossil pollen analysis and macro fossils
Casted dinosaur tracks.

Field work for MS Thesis, July-August, 2009, May-July 2010.

Measured and described seven Upper Cretaceous stratigraphic sections in Wyoming,
Colorado, and South Dakota.
Made over 100 collections.
Geological Mapping BLM Kremmling Cretaceous Ammonite Site, May, 2009.
Geologically mapped Kremmling Paleontological Resource Area and surrounding sites
using topographic maps and GPS instrumentation.
Discovered and collected new Pierre Shale Crab locality.
R/V Bellows Scientific Research Cruise, February 22 to 27, 2009.
Dredged benthic death and life assemblages off of Florida Bay in the Gulf of Mexico for
comparison with fossil assemblages.
Anadarko Pipeline, June 2008 to July 2008.
Surveyed for vertebrate, invertebrate, and plant fossils in Wyoming.
Recorded data and collected fossils endangered by future construction activities.
Described surface Geology.
Bridger Coal, June 2008.
Surveyed Fort Union Formation exposures for vertebrate, invertebrate, and plant fossils
in Wyoming.
Recorded data and collected fossils endangered by future mining activities.
Described surface Geology.
Overland Pass Pipeline, September 2007 to August 2008.
Monitored, and spot checked open pipeline trench and spoil piles for vertebrate,
invertebrate, and plant fossils in Wyoming and Colorado on public lands.
Recorded data and collected fossils endangered by construction.
Described sub-surface Geology.
Field Work for McNair Scholar Research, May 2007 to June 2007.
Stratigraphic collection of fossil mollusks from the Red Bird Pierre Shale Reference
Section.
University of Wyoming Geology Field Camp, May 2006 to June 2006.
Measured and described Cretaceous stratigraphic sections along the Book Cliffs in Utah.

Geologically mapped areas in Wyoming, New Mexico, and Utah.

Undergraduate Research, March 2006 to July 2006.

Measuring stratigraphic sections and description of Campanian Stage strata in the
Laramie Basin and along the east side of the Laramie Mountains
Taphonomic observations of fossils contained in concretions.
Collection of fossil invertebrates.
Volunteer Field Work, July 2004 to August 2007.
Collected fossils mollusks from the Pierre Shale in Colorado and Wyoming for Dr. Neil
Landman of the AMNH.
Prospected and collected vertebrate fossils from the Eocene Washakie Formation in the
Washakie Basin, Wyoming for the University of Wyoming.
Collected invertebrate fossils endangered by road construction for the Wyoming
Department of Transportation (WYDOT).
Collected invertebrate and vertebrate fossils from the Cody Shale in Casper, Wyoming
for the Tate Geological Museum.
Service to U.S. Federal Government
US Department of Homeland Security: Subject Matter Expert (SME) on fossil resources
imported across US borders.
Bureau of Land Management: Paleontological evaluation of Clawson, Utah ammonite site,
March 2008.
Service to Scientific community
Session Chair: Snow Storm Session, 2014 North American Paleontological Convention.
Undergraduate Mentoring Experience
Garret Brown, Class of 2014-Early Miocene molluscan faunal Diversity and paleoenvironmental
settings of the Chipola Formation of Florida
Theresa Whorely, Class of 2014- The paleoecology and paleoenvironment of a Turritella-rich
assemblage from the Jackson Bluff Formation of Florida
Timothy Fallon, Class of 2015- The paleoecology and paleoenvironment of a Turritella-rich
assemblage from the Jackson Bluff Formation of Florida
Geoffrey Ferlita, Class of 2015- Benthic foraminiferal changes leading up to the K/Pg Mass
Extinction Event at the Owl Creek Section, MS
Catherine Pashek, TBD-Late Cretaceous faunal responses to sea level change in the Mississippi
Embayment: The record from the Blue Spring Section of the Ripley Formation of
Mississippi.

Professional Affiliations

The Paleontological Society, 2008-present.

Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, (2015-present).
Paleontological Research Institution, (2015-present).
Geological Society of America, 2005-present.
Western Interior Paleontological Society, 2000-present.
American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 2004-present.
Florida Paleontological Society, 2011-present.
Southeastern Geological Society, 2012-present
Cheyenne Mineral and Gem Society, 1999-present.
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2004.

Areas of Interest
Faunal responses to environmental change through deep time
Evolutionary responses to environmental change in deep time
Late Cretaceous ammonite paleobiology
Late Cretaceous biostratigraphy
North American paleogeography of the Cretaceous
Stratigraphic Paleobiology
Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway and Gulf/Atlantic Coastal Plains.
Neogene of Florida
The Cretaceous
Invertebrates
Publications (* Indicates publications/ manuscripts related to undergraduate mentoring)
Slattery, J.S., Andres, B., and Harries, P.J., in preparation, Phylogeny of the Late Cretaceous
ammonite Baculites in the Western Interior of North America: Journal of Systematic
Paleontology.
Slattery, J.S., Hutchings, J., Cardenas, A.L., Sandness, A.L., and Harries, P.J., in preparation,
Ammonite diversity dynamics and evolutionary controls during the Jurassic to
Cretaceous: Paleobiology.
*Brown, G.M., Slattery, J.S., and Harries, P.J., in preparation, The biodiversity and paleoecology
of the early Miocene Chipola Formation fauna of Florida: Palaeoclimatology,
Palaeogeography, Palaeoecology.
*Whorely, T. L., Fallon, T.J., Slattery, J.S., Harries, P.J., and Andres, B., in preparation,
Reconstructing the paleoecology and paleoenvironment of a Turritella-rich assemblage
from the Jackson Bluff Formation in the Panhandle of Florida: Palaios.

Slattery, J.S., Minor, K.H., Johnson, R., A.L., Sandness, and Harries, P.J., in preparation,
Biostratigraphic compilation of the Campanian and Maastrichtian Ammonites Biozones in
the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains: Acta Geologica Polinica.
Slattery, J.S., Harries, P.J., and Sandness, A.L., in review, Late Cretaceous marine faunal
responses to sea level change in the Western Interior Seaway: Palaeoclimatology,
Palaeogeography, Palaeoecology.
Landman, N.H., Slattery, J.S., and Harries, P.J., in press, Encrustation of inarticulate brachiopods
on scaphitid ammonites and inoceramid bivalves from the Upper Cretaceous U.S.
Western Interior: Memorial Volume for William A. Cobban, Acta Geologica Polinica.
Slattery, J.S., Cobban, W.A., McKinney, K.C., Harries, P.J., and Sandness, A.L., 2015, Early
Cretaceous to Paleocene paleogeography of the Western Interior Seaway of North
America and its relation to tectonics and eustasy, in Bingle-Davis, M., ed., WGA Field
Guide, Cretaceous Conference: Evolution and Revolution, pg. 22-60.
Mondal, S., Slattery, J.S., and Harries, P.J., 2014, Predatory drilling snails: Tate Conference
Program Guide, vol. 20, pg 20-22.
Slattery, J.S., Harries, P.J., Cavigelli, J.P., and Sandness, A.L., 2012, A Review of Late
Cretaceous (Campanian and Maastrichtian) Heteromorphic Ammonite Paleobiology,
Paleoecology, and Diversity in the Western Interior if North America: in Cavigelli, JP.
Invertebrates: Spineless Wonders: Tate Conference Program Guide, vol. 18, pg. 76-93.
Slattery, J.S., Harries, P.J., and Sandness, A.L., 2010, An overview of the late Late Cretaceous
(late Campanian-Late Maastrichtian) Western Interior Basin with an emphasis on
Wyoming: in Beneath Wyoming Waves: Marine Paleontology: Tate Conference Program
Guide, vol. 16, pg. 18-28.
Book Reviews
Slattery, J.S., 2016, Review of: Early Emsian Ammonoidea and the age of the Hunruck Slate
(Rhenish Mountains, Western Germany): Priscum, vol 23, pg. 27-28.
Slattery, J.S., 2015, Review of: The Lost World of Fossil Lake: Snapshots from Deep Time:
Priscum, vol. 22, pg. 27-28.
Unpublished Thesis/ Dissertation
Slattery, J.S., 2011, Late Cretaceous faunal dynamics in the Western Interior Seaway: The record
from the Red Bird Section, eastern Wyoming: University of South Florida, Unpublished
Masters thesis, 130 p.
Published Abstracts (* Indicates abstracts related to undergraduate mentoring)

Slattery, J.S., Andres, B., Sandness, A.L., and Harries, P.J., 2015, The phylogeny and evolution
of the heteromorphic ammonite Baculites in the Late Cretaceous Western Interior
Seaway: Geological Society of America Abstract with Programs, v. 47, no. 6.
Ishler, S.A., Harries, P.J., Slattery, J. S., and Cardenas, A.L., 2015, Freshwater variability along
the western shoreline of the Maastrichtian Western Interior Seaway: Geological Society
of America Abstract with Programs, v. 47, no. 6.
Slattery, J. S., Cardenas, A. L., and Harries, P. J., 2014, Ammonite biodiversity dynamics and
evolutionary controls during the Jurassic to latest Cretaceous: Geological Society of
America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 46, No. 6.
*Brown, G. M., Mondal, S., Harries, P. J., and Slattery, J. S., 2014, Drilling predation patterns
from the Miocene Chipola Formation of Florida: Taphonomic versus Environmental
overprinting. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 46, No. 6.
*Whorely, T. L., Mondal, S., Harries, P. J., and Slattery, J.S., Impact of environmental variability
on frilling predation: A comparison among Turritella-dominated assemblages: Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 46, No. 6.
Slattery, J.S., Mondal, S., and Harries, P.J., 2014, The ecological role of ammonites in the food
web of the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway: Tate Conference Program Guide,
vol. 20, pg 24-26.
Slattery, J.S., Mondal, N., and Harries, P.J., 2014, The role of very-abundant taxa in overprinting
ecological signals in fossil assemblages: The Paleontological Society Special Publication,
v. 13, p.38.
*Brown, G.M., Slattery, J.S., and Harries, P.J., 2014, Understanding the marine biodiversity and
paleoecology of the early Miocene Chipola Formation of northern Florida: The
Paleontological Society Special Publication, v. 13, p.150-151.
*Fallon, T.J., Whorely, T. L., Harries, P.J., Andres, B., and Slattery, J.S., 2014, Reconstructing the
paleoecology and paleoenvironment of a Turritella-rich assemblage from the Jackson
Bluff Formation in the Panhandle of Florida: The Paleontological Society Special
Publication, v. 13, p.31.
Slattery, J.S., Andres, B., and Harries, P.J., 2013, Phylogeny of the Upper Cretaceous ammonite
Baculites in the Western Interior of North America: Geological Society of America
Abstract with Programs, v. 45, no. 7.
*Brown, G.M., Slattery, J.S., and Harries, P.J., 2013, Reconstructing the biodiversity and
paleoecology of the lower Miocene Chipola Formation of Florida: Geological Society of
America Abstract with Programs, v. 45, no. 7.

*Whorely, T. L., Fallon, T.J., Harries, P.J., Herbert, G.S., Andres, B., and Slattery, J.S., 2013,
Fine-scale spatial and temporal variability of a Turritella-rich assemblage from the
Jackson Bluff Formation of Florida: Geological Society of America Abstract with
Programs, v. 45, no. 7.
Slattery, J. S., Cobban, W. A., McKinney, K. C., Cicarelli, J.R., and Harries, P. J., 2013, The
Early Cretaceous through Paleocene Paleogeographic evolution of the Western Interior
Seaway of North America: Annual Tate Summer and WGA Field conference, Cretaceous
Conference: Evolution and Revolution Abstract with Programs.
Slattery, J. S., and Harries, P. J., 2013, Late Cretaceous ammonite diversity dynamics: Burpee
Museum of Natural History Paleofest Abstract with Programs, v. 15.
Slattery, J. S., Cardenas, A. L., Sava, L. A., Harries, P. J., and Cicarelli, J. R. 2012, Deciphering
the role(s) of ecological patchiness vs. taphonomic controls on the formation of
concretionary assemblages: A case study of fossiliferous concretions from the Kremmling
Paleontological Resource Area: Geological Society of America Abstract with Programs,
v. 44, no.7.
Slattery, J.S., Harries, P.J., and Sandness, A.L., 2011, Late Cretaceous faunal responses to sealevel change in an offshore depositional setting of the Western Interior Seaway:
Geological Society of America Abstract with Programs, v. 43, no.5.
Slattery, J.S., Harries, P.J., and Sandness, A.L., 2010, Latest Cretaceous faunal change in the
Western Interior Seaway: Geological Society of America Abstract with Programs, v. 42,
no.5.
Harries, P.J., Cardenas, A. Jarret, M., and Slattery, J.S., 2010, Carbon isotopes and biotic
response to mass extinction: Geological Society of America Abstract with Programs, v.
42, no.5.
Slattery, J.S., Harries, P.J., and Sandness, A.L., 2009, Nearshore-offshore diversity gradients in
the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway: Geological Society of America Abstract
with Programs, v. 41, no.7.
Slattery, J.S., and Harries, P.J., 2008, Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian faunal dynamics in
the Western Interior Seaway: Geological Society of America Abstract with Programs, v.
40, no.6.
Slattery, J.S., Clementz, M.T., and Johnson, M.R., 2007, Habitat of the Upper Cretaceous
heteromorphic ammonoid Didymoceras in the Western Interior Seaway: Geological
Society of America Abstract with Programs, v. 39, no.6.
Slattery, J.S., and Breithaupt, B.H., 2007, Faunal diversity and taphonomy of the Steele Shale,
Mesaverde Group, and Pierre Shale in southeastern Wyoming: Geological Society of
America Abstract with Programs, v. 39, no.5, p. 14.

Slattery, J.S., 2007, Life habitat of the Campanian ammonite Didymoceras: University of
Wyoming, Undergraduate Research Days, Abstract with Programs, p. 66.
Slattery, J.S., and Breithaupt, B.H., 2006, Faunal diversity, depositional environments, and
taphonomy of middle and upper Campanian rocks in southeastern Wyoming, in
Proceedings, A symposium on the paleontology, geology, and stratigraphy of the Late
Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway: A tribute to the life of William Aubrey Bill
Cobban, Golden, CO, Blacks Hills Museum of Natural History, Abstracts with Program,
p.35.
Other Reports
Slattery, J.S., 2007, Habitat of the Upper Cretaceous ammonoid Didymoceras in the Western
Interior Seaway [Unpublished Report]: University of Wyoming, McNair Scholars
Program Research Journal, V.7 p. 50-66.
Slattery, J.S., DeMar, D. G. Jr., Trujillo, K.C., 2008, Report on the Rock River Formation-Steele
Shale section [Unpublished Report]: Bureau of Land Management, 11 p.
Slattery, J.S., 2006, The Clayton State Park Dinosaur Track site: A visit to the Dinosaur
Freeway of the Cretaceous, in University of Wyoming Geology Club, Student Field Trip
Guide Book to New Mexico, p. 14-17.
Invited Oral Presentations
Slattery, J.S., and Harries, P.J., 2016, The Late Cretaceous Food Web and the Ecological Role of
Ammonites: St. Petersburg Shell Club, March.
Slattery, J.S., and Harries, P.J., 2015, The Ecological Role of Ammonites in the Food Web of the
Late Cretaceous of North America: Tampa Bay Fossil Club, December.
Slattery, J.S., Brown, G.M., and Harries, P.J., 2015, Paleoenvironmenal context of the highly
diverse Miocene Chipola Formation fauna of Florida: Florida Paleontological Society
Fall Meeting, Fall Meeting, October.
Slattery, J.S., Harries, P.J., and Sandness, A.L., 2010, An Overview of the Late Cretaceous
Western Interior Seaway with an emphasis on Wyoming: 2010 Tate Conference.
Slattery, J.S., 2007, A short history of the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway: Cheyenne
Mineral and Gem Society, Monthly Meeting, April.
Research Grants/Awards (to date $22,766)

USF School of Geosciences Richard A. Davis Jr. Endowed Fellowship in Geology

Research, 2016: $3000

PRIs J. Thomas Dutro Jr. Student Award in Systematic Paleontology, 2015: $500.
AAPS Rene M. Vandervelde Research Grant, 2015: $1000
USF School of Geosciences Tharp Award, 2015: $500
American Museum of Natural History, Collection Study Grant, 2014: $1000.
Geological Society of America Student Research Grant, 2014: 1,500.
Florida Paleontological Society Gary S. Morgan Award, 2013: $1000
Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Student Grant Program, 2013: $2000
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History Schuchert and Dunbar Grant in Aid Program,
2013: $1000
American Museum of Natural History, Lerner Gray Fund for Marine Research, 2012:
$1000.
Geological Society of America Student Research Grant, 2012: 1,266.
Sigma-Xi Student Research Grant, 2012: $1000.
Sigma-Xi Student Research Grant, 2009: $800.
Association of Applied Paleontological Sciences, James R. Welch Scholarship
(for studies in macroinvertebrate paleontology), 2009: $1000.
Wyoming Geological Association J. David Love Fellowship, 2009: $500.
American Museum of Natural History, Lerner Gray Fund for Marine Research,
2009: $2000.
The Paleontological Society Arthur J. Boucot Award, 2009: $750.
American Association of Petroleum Geologist Grant-in-Aid, 2009: $2200.
Tampa Bay Fossil Club Student Scholarship, 2009: $750.

Honors and Scholarships

North American Paleontological Convention Travel Grant, Winter 2014.
Geological Society of America Travel Grant, fall 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014.
University of South Florida Travel Grant, fall 2008, fall 2009, fall 2010, Fall 2014.
Schlumberger Collegiate Scholarship, fall 2007.
William A. Gill Scholarship, fall 2006/ spring 2007.
Paul Stock Travel Scholarship, April 2007.
Horace D. Thomas Memorial, fall 2006/ spring 2007.
S.H. Knight Science Camp Scholarship, summer 2006.
William A. Gill Scholarship, fall 2005/ spring 2006.
Donald L. Blackstone Scholarship, fall 2005/ fall 2006/ spring 2007.
Deans Honor Roll, fall 2005.
Vice-Presidents Honor Roll, fall 2003.
Western Interior Paleontological Society, John Jenkins Memorial Scholarship,
2003.
References

Dr. Peter J. Harries

Professor and Senior Associate Dean of the Graduate School
The Graduate School
NC State University
1000 Main Campus Drive
Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
E-mail: pjharrie@ncsu.edu
Dr. Neil H. Landman
Curator-in-Charge and Professor
Division of Paleontology
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024-5192 USA
E-mail: landman@amnh.org
Dr. Brian Andres
Visiting Assistant Professor
School of Geosciences
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue, NES 107
Tampa, FL 33620-8100 USA
E-mail: brianandres@usf.edu

Dr. Donald W. Boyd

Professor Emeritus
P.O. Box 3006
Laramie, WY 82071
University of Wyoming
(307)-766-3280
E-mail: boyd@uwyo.edu
Dr. Jonathan G. Wynn
Assistant Professor
School of Geosciences
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Avenue, NES 107
Tampa, FL 33620-8100 USA
E-mail: Jwynn@cas.usf.edu
Zackie Salmon
Director of the McNair Scholars Program
University of Wyoming

313 Knight Hall

Dept. 3808
Laramie, WY 82071
University of Wyoming
(307)-766-6189
E-mail: nomlas@uwyo.edu