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Education

Ph.D., Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, The University of Chicago (June 2000)      • Thesis: Archaeohyracidae (Mammalia: Notoungulata) from the Tinguiririca Fauna, central Chile, and the evolution         and paleoecology of South American mammalian herbivores      • Advisors: John Flynn and Jim Hopson      • Award for Outstanding Performance in the Dept. of Organismal Biology and Anatomy M.S., Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, The University of Chicago (June 1996)      • Thesis: Micromammal cave fossils from northwestern Honduras      • Advisors: Bill Turnbull and Jim Hopson      • National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship B.A., Interdepartmental Studies, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa (May 1993)      • Zoology/Paleontology/Ecology emphases      • Cumulative G.P.A.: 4.0+/4.0      • Ernest R. Johnson Memorial Prize for Highest GPA, College of Liberal Arts      • Penningroth Award for Overall Achievement      • Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society      • Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Honor Society      • Barry Goldwater Scholarship for Excellence in Science and Mathematics      • Homecoming King      • University of Iowa Presidential Scholarship