NICHOLAS SCHOOL FACULTY

Curriculum Vitae

Richard F. Kay

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Durham, NC 27708

919 684 2143 (office)

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Education

Areas of Research: Primate Paleontology & Morphology, Paleoanthropology, Evolution of Primate Behavior, Functional Morphology

Professional Experience / Employment History

National Science Foundation: Program Director, Physical Anthropology, Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, October 02, 2006 - October 02, 2007

Duke University Nicholas School: Professor (Secondary), Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, 1990 - present

Duke University: Professor, Biological Anthropology and Anatomy, 1988 - present

Visiting Positions: Researcher, University of Montpellier II, 2004 - 2005; Scientific Researcher, Kyoto University Primate Center, 1999; Adjunct Professor, University of North Carolina, 1995 - 1998; Research Scientist, National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution), 1987; Visiting Professor, Stony Brook University, 1980

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions: Keynote Speaker. XXIV Jornadas Argentinas de Paleontología de Vertebrados, May, 2009
Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, September, 2007
Paleontological Recognition Award, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Bolivia, May, 1999

Recent Grant Support

Brain size and shape in early anthropoids, LSB Leakey Foundation, 2012/01-2014/07.
Paleontological Recovery Miocene South American Fossil Monkeys And Other Mammals: Phylogeny, Adaptation And Community Structure, National Science Foundation, NSF-BCS-0851272, 2009/05-2012/04.
RAPID:Collaborative Research: Excavation of an Underwater Cavern Containing Primates, Other Extinct Vertebrates and Archaeological Remains in Hispaniola-- A Site Under Threat, National Science Foundation, 1042794, 2010/07-2012/01.
Collaborative Proposal: Excavation of Underwater Cavern Containing Primates and Archaeological Remains in Hispaniola, National Science Foundation, BCS-1042794, 2010/07-2011/06.
Doctoral Dissertation Improvement: Functional Analysis of Primate Semicircular Canal Morphology in Relation to Locomotor Head Accelerations, National Science Foundation, NSF-BCS-0824546, 2008/08-2010/07.

Selected Recent Invited Talks: Reconstructing Paleoecology of Miocene Mammals in Patagonia, Paläontologisches Institut und Museum Universität Zürich, Zürich Switzerland, November 16, 2011; Reconstructing Paleoecology of Miocene Mammals in Patagonia, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier France, November 10, 2011; The origin of anthropoid primates and platyrrhine evolution in South America, San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina, May 05, 2009; Reconstructing dietary behavior in extinct primates: Have we made any progress in the past 30 years?, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, April 04, 2007; Adaptation and Primate Evolution, National Science Foundation, June 15, 2006; Recent advances in our understanding of the paleogeography of South American monkeys, New York Consortium of Evolutionary Primatology, American Museum of Natural History, October 27, 2005; Early Miocene monkeys of South America: a hitherto unrecognized basal clade of platyrrhine primates, Department of Anthrolology, University of Texas, Austin, April 5, 2005; Paleobiology of early platyrrhine monkeys, University of Montpellier II, October 16, 2004; Tremacebus and primate visual evolution in South America, Northwestern University, April 20, 2004; Paleobiology of the Amphipithecidae, Inuyama, Japan, February 03, 2003; Paleobiology of the Amphipithecidae, Yangon, Myanmar, 2002

Doctoral Theses Directed: Michael D. Malinzak, Experimental analysis of the relationship between semicircular canal morphology and locomotor head rotations in primates, (2007 - 2010); E. Christopher Kirk, Evolution of the Primate Visual System, (1996 - 2003); Marcelo Sanchez-Villagra, Patterns of morphological change in the ontogeny and phylogeny of the marsupial skull, (1992 - 1998); Robert E. Ruiz, Beta-2 microglobulin exchange and the evolution of primate Beta-2 microglobulin, (1983 - 1994); J Michael Plavcan, Sexual dimorphism in the denntition of extant anthropoid primatres, (1984 - 1990); Richard H. Madden, Miocene Toxodontidae (Notoungulata, Mammalia) from Colombia, Ecuador and Chile, (1981 - 1990); Herbert H. Covert, Adaptations and evolutionary relationships of the Eocene family Notharctidae, (1978 - 1985); Brian T Shea, Growth and size allometry in the African Pongidae: cranial and postcranial analysis, (1976 - 1982); Wendy S. Sheine, The effect of variations in molar morphology on masticatory effectiveness and digestion of cellulose in prosimian primates, (1975 - 1979); Terence R. Mitchell, The Role of Binocular Vision in Mammalian Locomotion, (2001-2009)

Last modified: 2011/12/09