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CURRICULUM VITAE NANCY B. SIMMONS …
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CURRICULUM VITAE
NANCY B. SIMMONS
Department of Mammalogy
Division of Vertebrate Zoology
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, New York 10024-5192
(212) 769-5483 or 5474
E-mail: simmons@amnh.org
PERSONAL DATA
Born: 10 July 1959
CURRENT POSITIONS
Chairman, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History
(AMNH; 2000--present)
Curator-in-Charge, Department of Mammalogy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology,
AMNH (1999--present)
Curator, Department of Mammalogy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, AMNH
(2004--present; Associate Curator 1998--2004; Assistant Curator 1993--
1998)
Adjunct Faculty, Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
Columbia University (1997--present)
Adjunct Associate Professor, Ph.D. Program in Biology, City University of New
York Graduate School (1993--present)
EDUCATION
Ph.D. 1989, University of California, Berkeley, California
Ph.C. 1985, University of California, Berkeley, California
B.A. 1981, Cum Laude, Pomona College, Claremont, California
Special Courses Completed:
1990 Four-week course in scanning electron microscopy (AMNH)
1989 Six-week course in optical microscopy (University of California)
1984 Fifteen-week course in scientific illustration (University of
California)
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
1991--1993 Research Scientist, AMNH Department of Mammalogy
1991--1993 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Sciences,
Baruch College, City University of New York
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NANCY B. SIMMONS
PREVIOUS POSITIONS (continued)
1989--1991 Kalbfleisch/Hoffman Research Fellow, AMNH Department of
Mammalogy
1989 Lecturer, Department of Biological Sciences, San Francisco State
University
1987--1989 Instructor, Department of Paleontology, University of California,
Berkeley
1988 Lecturer, Department of Zoology, University of California,
Berkeley
1986--1987 Teaching Assistant and Associate, Department of Zoology,
University of California, Berkeley
1982--1986 Senior Museum Preparator, University of California Museum of
Paleontology
GRANTS FUNDED
2006--2011 National Science Foundation AToL Program "AToL:
Collaborative Research: Resolving Mammalian Phylogeny with
Genomic and Morphological Approaches." PD = Mike Novacek,
CoPIs = Jin Meng and John Flynn. $861,588.
2004--2006 National Science Foundation Dissertation Grant "Dissertation
Research: Sources of Neotropical bat diversity: Have cave-rich
areas been centers of cave bat speciation? " (Dissertation grant for
Adrian Tejedor) $9,585.
2004--2005 National Science Foundation Biological Research Collections
Grant "Support for meeting and workshop on emergency
preparedness, response, and salvage in natural history collections"
(CoPIs = Christopher Norris and Lisa Kronthal) $9,912
2002--2005 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Grant "New ways
to see, understand, teach and conserve biological diversity." (PD =
Darrel Frost; I am PI for the "Vertebrate Zoology Database"
component of the grant). $410,462.
2002--2004 National Science Foundation Dissertation Grant "Doctoral
Dissertation: Historical biogeography of the Antilles: earth history
and phylogenetics of endemic chiropteran taxa" (Dissertation grant
for Liliana Davolos; CoPI = Rob DeSalle). $9,470.
2000--2004 National Science Foundation Biological Research Collections
Grant "Improvement of specimen storage in the mammal
collections of the American Museum of Natural History" (CoPI =
R. S. Voss). $188,845.
2001--2003 National Geographic Society Grant "Rainforest mammal diversity
and Matses ethnozoology in the Peruvian Amazon." (For fieldwork
in 2002 and 2003; PD = Rob Voss). $25,000.
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NANCY B. SIMMONS
GRANTS FUNDED (continued)
1999--2003 National Science Foundation Research Grant "Collaborative
Research: higher level relationships among microchiropteran bats
based on mitochondrial gene sequences, morphology, and
echolocation call structure." $123,796.
1999 AMNH Center for Biodiversity and Conservation Research Grant
"Rainforest mammal diversity and Matses ethnozoology in the
Peruvian Amazon: Part 2." (CoPIs = R. S. Voss and D. W. Fleck)
1999 Columbia University Center for Environmental Research and
Conservation Preliminary Implementation Grant "Plants dispersed
by bat in the lowland forests of central French Guiana" (CoPIs =
S. Mori, R. Voss, and E. Dierenfeld)
1998 AMNH Center for Biodiversity and Conservation Research Grant
"Rainforest mammal diversity and Matses ethnozoology in the
Peruvian Amazon." (CoPIs = R. S. Voss and D. W. Fleck)
1991--1996 National Science Foundation Research Grant "Higher-level
phylogeny of Chiroptera: evidence from the postcranial
musculoskeletal system" (Co-PI = M. J. Novacek)
1993--1994 National Geographic Society Grant "Mammalian faunal inventory
research at Paracou (French Guiana)" (PD/Co-PI = R. S. Voss)
1988 University of California Miscellaneous Student Aid Grant (for
travel to present talk at Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Meetings)
1987 American Museum of Natural History Collection Study Grant
1987 University of California Miscellaneous Student Aid Grant (for
travel to present talk at Society of Vertebrate Paleontology)
1986 University of California Education Improvement Grant (to design
and teach a new undergraduate paleontology course, "Vertebrate
Adaptations")
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
1989--1991 American Museum of Natural History Kalbfleisch/Hoffman
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
1989 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, University of
California
1988 Romer Prize, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (for best student
paper presented at annual meetings)
1988 Stirton Award, Department of Paleontology, University of
California, Berkeley (for excellence in teaching and research)
1986 Honorable Mention, Romer Prize, Society of Vertebrate
Paleontology (for best student paper presented at annual meetings)
1983--1986 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
1982--1983 University of California Graduate Fellowship
1981 Phi Beta Kappa, Pomona College
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NANCY B. SIMMONS
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Major Advisor for Ph.D. Students:
2000--present Adrian Tejedor, City University of New York EEB
program, degree expected May 2006
1999--present Valeria Taveres, City University of New York EEB
program, degree expected December 2005
1998--2004 Liliana Davalos, Columbia University CERC/E3B, degree
awarded May 2004
1995--2003 Andrea Wetterer, Columbia University CERC/E3B, degree
awarded May 2003
Major Advisor for Masters Students:
2003--2006 Scott Carrdiff, Columbia University CERC/E3B, degree
awarded May 2006
Ph.D Committee Member for Students:
2004--present Kevin Olival, Columbia University E3B program
2004--present Cullen Geiselman, Columbia University E3B program
2003--2006 Rasit Bilgin, Columbia University E3B program
2002--2006 Karen Samonds, SUNY Stony Brook Ph.D. Program in
Anatomical Sciences, degree awarded May 2006
2002--2004 Sushma Reddy, City University of New York EEB
program, degree awarded December 2004
1996--2004 Marcelo Weksler, City University of New York EEB
program, degree awarded December 2004
1998--2003 Amy Russell, University of Tennessee at Knoxville Ph.D.
Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, degree
awarded August 2003
1997--2003 Ana Luz Porzecanski,, Columbia University CERC/E3B,
degree awarded May 2003
1996--2003 Victor Pacheco, City University of New York EEB
program, degree awarded May 2003
1999--2001 Jonathan Geisler, Columbia University Vertebrate
Paleontology Ph.D. Program, degree awarded May 2001
1998--2000 Rebecca Kirchner, New York University Ph.D. Program in
Genetics, no degree awarded
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NANCY B. SIMMONS
Postdoctoral Fellows Advised
2002--2006 AMNH Postdoctoral Research Program, Advisor for
Research Fellow Dr. Norberto Giannini
2001 AMNH Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Supervisor for Dr.
Jonathan Geisler
1997--1998 AMNH Postdoctoral Research Program, Advisor for
Research Fellow Dr. Albert Ditchfield
1995--1997 AMNH Postdoctoral Research Program, Advisor for
Research Fellow Dr. William Schutt
Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring
1992--present AMNH Research Experiences for Undergraduates
Program, Intern Advisor in all years except 2003
1991--1992 Baruch College (City University of New York), Adjunct
Assistant Professor: Biology 1003, "A Survey of the
Living World" (Fall 1991, Spring 1992)
1991 AMNH/CUNY "Courses for Teachers" Program,
Instructor: AMNH 6023, "A Survey of Mammals of the
World" (Spring 1991)
1989 San Francisco State University, Lecturer: Biology 492,
"Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy" (Spring 1989)
1988 University of California at Berkeley, Department of
Zoology, Lecturer: Zoology 106, "Evolutionary and
Functional Vertebrate Anatomy" (Spring 1988; Teaching
Assistant in 1986, 1987)
1988 University Of California Extension, Instructor:
Paleontology XB2H, "Vertebrate Adaptations" (Summer,
1988)
1987--1989 University of California at Berkeley, Department of
Paleontology, Instructor:Paleontology 2A, "Ecology and
Evolution of Dinosaurs" (Summer 1989)
Paleontology 2C, "The Age of Mammals" (Spring 1989)
Paleontology 2H, "Vertebrate Adaptations" (Summer and
Fall 1987, 1988)
FIELD EXPERIENCE
2002 Two weeks in Belize; survey of bat diversity and methods of using harp
traps to capture bats.
1999 Three weeks in French Guiana; study of seed dispersal by bats in a
lowland tropical rainforest
1994 Two months in French Guiana; continuation of survey of mammal
diversity at a single Neotropical rainforest locality; emphasis bats and
assessment of systematic biases introduced by different collecting
techniques
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NANCY B. SIMMONS
FIELD EXPERIENCE (continued)
1992 Two months in French Guiana; continuation of survey of mammal
diversity at a single Neotropical rainforest locality
1991 Two months in French Guiana; survey of mammal diversity in a
Neotropical lowland rainforest; collection of small mammals with
emphasis on bats
1987 One month in Petrified Forest National Park (Arizona); Assistant Field
Director for University of California Research Expeditions program "Field
Paleontology: Life at The Beginning of the Age Of Dinosaurs"
1986 One week in Sierra Nevada Mountains (California); trapping small
mammals
1986 Two weeks in western Nevada; collection of Barstovian and Clarendonian
mammals
1985 One month in Petrified Forest National Park (Arizona); collection of Late
Triassic marine and terrestrial vertebrates
1985 Two weeks in western Nevada; collection of Miocene mammals, fish, and
plants
1984 One month in Hell Creek Badlands (Montana); geologic mapping,
collection of LateCretaceous and Paleocene vertebrates
1983 Six weeks in Hell Creek Badlands (Montana); collection of Late
Cretaceous and Paleocene vertebrates
1981 Three months at Lamb Spring (Colorado); excavation of archaeological
site containing mammoth and bison remains
1981 One month field study in San Gabriel Mountains (California); mark and
recapture study of habitat utilization of Dipodomys (kangaroo rats) in fire
succession communities
1980 Three months at Lamb Spring (Colorado); excavation of archaeological
site containing mammoth and bison remains
1979 Three months at Dolores Project (Colorado); attended archaeological field
school; prepared recent vertebrate skeletons
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2002--present Advisory Panel on Bat Taxonomy, Eurobats Committee
2001--present American Society of Mammalogists Nomenclature Committee
Member
1999--present Editorial Board Member, Acta Chiropterologica
1997--present Checklist Committee Member, American Society of
Mammalogists
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NANCY B. SIMMONS
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (continued)
2004--present Board of Directors Member, North American Symposium for Bat
Research
2004--present Treasurer, North American Symposium for Bat Research
1996--present Editorial Board Member, Journal of Mammalian Evolution
2003--2004 Co-chair, Local Organizing Committee for the 2004 meeting of the
Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
(SPNHC)
2001--2003 Treasurer, North American Symposium for Bat Research
2001--2003 Advisory Committee Member, "First in Flight: Aerial Animals"
Exhibition (North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences)
2000--2003 Board of Directors Member, North American Symposium for Bat
Research
2002 Working Group Member, Global Bat Biodiversity Initiative (co-
sponsored by Conservation International and Bat Conservation
International)
1998--2001 Editoral Board Member and Subject Editor, Biotropica
1996--2001 Systematic Collections Committee Member, American Society of
Mammalogists
1994--2001 Secretary, Society for the Study of Mammalian Evolution (Acting
Secretary, 1994--1995; Secretary, 1996--2001)
2000 National Science Foundation Biological Research Collections
Advisory Panel Member
1997--1998 Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Program Committee
1995 National Science Foundation Systematics Advisory Panel Member
(served on panels in Spring and Fall 1995)
1992--1993 Co-chair for Public Education Committee, Systematics Agenda
2000
1978--1988 Member, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Publications
Promotion Committee
Symposia Organized:
2001 "Methods of Analyzing Faunal Composition and Community
Structure," 12th International Bat Research Conference, Malaysia
(half-day symposium; contributions to be published by Oxford
University Press; co-organized with Elisabeth Kalko)
1998 "Evolution of Echolocation and Flight Behavior in Bats," 11th
International Bat Research Conference, Brasilia, Brazil (half-day
symposium; co-organized with Elisabeth Kalko)
1995 "Phylogeny and Evolution of Bats," 10th International Bat
Research Conference, Boston University (half-day symposium;
contributions published by Smithsonian Institution Press; co-
organized with Susanne Hand
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NANCY B. SIMMONS
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (continued)
Reviewed research proposals for: National Science Foundation, National
Geographic Society
Reviewed manuscripts for: Science, Biotropica, Journal of Mammalogy, Journal
of Mammalian Evolution, Journal of Comparative Biology, Fieldiana, Acta
Anatomica, Journal of Morphology, Cladistics, Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology, Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, AMNH Novitates
and Bulletin, Systematic Biology, Mammalia, Journal of Human Evolution, Acta
Chiropterologica, Cornell University Press, Smithsonian Institution Press,
Wildlife Conservation Society
Society Memberships:
American Society of Mammalogists
Association of Tropical Biologists
Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
Society for the Study of Mammalian Evolution
Society of Systematic Biology
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Bat Conservation International
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE AT AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Administrative Positions:
Chairman, Division of Vertebrate Zoology (2000--present)
Curator-in-Charge, Department of Mammalogy, AMNH (1999--present)
Senate of the Scientific Staff:
Senate Executive Committee Member (1998--present)
Senate Education Committee (2004--present)
Senate Library Committee Member (1995--1996, 1998--2004)
Senate Nominating Committee Member (2006)
Senate Ad hoc Committee on Graduate and Postdoctoral Programs
(Chair, 2004)
Appointments and Promotions Committee (Chair, 1999--2000, 2004--
2005; member, 2000-2001, 2005--2006)
Vice-Chairman of the Senate (1998--2000)
Standing Committees and Task Forces:
Graduate School Task Force (2004--present)
Strategic Planning Committee (2000--2002; 2004)
Chapman Committee (1999--present)
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NANCY B. SIMMONS
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE AT AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Standing Committees and Task Forces (continued):
Lerner-Gray Grant Committee Member (1996, 1998--present)
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund Committee Member (1998--2000,
2006)
Grants and Fellowships Committee (Chairman, 1995--1997; member,
1994, 2000, 2003)
Public Programs Committee Member (1995--2000)
Security Task Force (1999)
Exhibition and Education Planning Committee Member (1994--1996)
Organizing Committee for Professional Meeting Hosted at AMNH:
Co-chair, Local Organizing Committee for the 2004 meeting of the
Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (2003-
present)
Search Committees:
2006 Chair of Search Committee for Herpetology Curator (no hire)
2004 Member of Search Committee for Microbial Systematics Curator
(Susan Perkins hired)
a) Member of Search Committee for Astrophysics Curator
(Ben Oppenheimer hired)
2003 Member of Search Committee for Mammal Paleontology Curator
(John Flynn hired)
2003 Member of Search Committee for Microbial Systematics Curator
(no hire)
2001 Chair of Search Committee for Ichthyology Curator (John Sparks
hired)
2001 Member of Search Committee for Ford Foundation Fellow
(Department of Anthropology)
2000 Member of Search Committee for Assistant Director of Library
Reference Services (no hire)
1999 Member of Search Committee for Vertebrate Paleontology Curator
(Jin Meng hired)
1998 Member of Search Committee for Ornithology Curator (no hire)
1997 Member of Luce Postdoctoral Fellowship Committee (Department
of Anthropology; Alexia Bloch hired)
1996 Member of Search Committee for Invertebrates Curator (Paula
Mikkelson hired)
1995 Member of Search Committee for Ichthyology Curator (Scott
Shaeffer hired)
1995 Member of Search Committee for Entomology Curator (Jim Miller
hired)
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INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE AT AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Search Committees (continued):
1995 Member of Search Committee for Dean of Public Programs (no
hire)
1994 Member of Search Committee for Invertebrates Curator (Alan
Harvey hired)
Public Education:
2006 Subject of New York Times video on bats: available at
http://video.on.nytimes.com
2006 Worked with the AMNH Education Department and the National
Center for Science Literacy, Education and Technology to produce
two articles on my research on bats for Scholastic's
"Superscience" and "Science World" magazines for children.
http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/scholastic/bats/
2006 Worked with the AMNH Education Department and the National
Center for Science Literacy, Education and Technology to design a
web site on bats for Scholastic:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorations/bats/
2005 Worked with the AMNH Education Department and the National
Center for Science Literacy, Education and Technology on a "Meet
the Scientist" profile of myself for use in MacMillan/McGraw Hill
science text books
Special Programs:
2004 Sciend at Work Luncheon: "From Flying Foxes to Vampires: Bat
Research and Collections in the Department of Mammalogy"
1995 Science at Work Supper: "Studying Mammal Diversity in French
Guiana"
1992 American Museum of Natural History Members Evening,
"Neotropical Bat Diversity and Global Warming"
1992 Behind-the-Scenes Presentation, "The Use of Collection Resources
in Studying Bat Evolution"
1991 Visiting Committee Meeting, "Origin and Evolution of Bats: Did
Flight Evolve Twice in Mammals?"
Other Activities:
2001 Judge for "Young Naturalists" essay contest sponsored by AMNH
1998 Judge for "Young Naturalists" essay contest sponsored by AMNH
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