Curriculum Vitae
Brian Michael Davis
Department of Zoology and the
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History
University of Oklahoma
2401 Chautauqua Ave.
Norman, OK 73072
Phone: (405) 325-4772
Email: bmdavi@ou.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. (in progress)
Dissertation title: Mammalian dental evolution during the Mesozoic.
M.S. Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. (May 2004)
Thesis title: The interrelationships of “pediomyid” marsupials (Late Cretaceous, North America): a systematic revision of the Family “Pediomyidae”.
B.S. Biology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA. (May 2002)
Minor, Geology.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Vertebrate paleontology, evolution, systematics, comparative and functional anatomy, with a focus on Mesozoic mammals and mammalian evolution. Current research focuses on systematics and morphological
evolution of Jurassic and Early Cretaceous mammals, and the evolution of tribospheny.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
8/03–present: Scanning Electron Microscope Administrator, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History- hereafter SNOMNH (for Division of Vertebrate Paleontology). Responsibilities included training
other technicians as well as assisting visiting researchers in SEM use.
8/03–8/04: Graduate Research Assistantship, (for Division of Vertebrate Paleontology). Included scanning electron microscope use, work on establishing a searchable online database of the fossil
vertebrate collection and casting/molding microfossils.
6/03–8/03: Research Assistant, SNOMNH (for Dr. Richard Cifelli). Included field collection of fossils and matrix from the Cloverly, Lakota and Hell Creek formations (Lower Cretaceous of Montana and South
Dakota and Upper Cretaceous of Montana, respectively), as well as processing of microvertebrate fossils and matrix.
6/02–8/02: Research Assistant, SNOMNH (for Dr. Richard Cifelli). Included field collection of fossils and matrix from the Lakota and North Horn formations (Lower Cretaceous of South Dakota and Upper
Cretaceous of Utah, respectively), as well as processing of microvertebrate fossils and matrix.
6/01–8/01: Undergraduate Research Assistant, SNOMNH (for Dr. Richard Cifelli). Included field collection of fossils and matrix from the Lakota and North Horn formations (Lower Cretaceous of South Dakota
and Upper Cretaceous of Utah, respectively), as well as processing and cataloguing of microvertebrate fossils and matrix.
6/00–8/00: Undergraduate Research Assistant, SNOMNH (for Dr. Richard Cifelli). Included field collection of fossils and matrix from the Cloverly and Hell Creek formations (Lower Cretaceous and Upper
Cretaceous of Montana, respectively), as well as processing and cataloguing of microvertebrate fossils and matrix.
9/99–12/99: Undergraduate Research Assistant, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (for Donna Bilkovic). Included sorting and cataloguing of fish larva and eggs and zooplankton for estuarine health
surveys.
9/97–10/98: Student Volunteer, Carnegie Museum of Natural History (for Dr. K. Christopher Beard). Included field collection of fossils and matrix from the Fort Union Formation (upper Paleocene of
Wyoming), as well as processing and sorting of mammal fossils and matrix from the Eocene of China.
10/96–5/97: Student Volunteer, Charleston Museum of Natural History (for Dr. Albert Sanders). Included processing and sorting of mollusk fossils from the Paleocene of South Carolina.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
01/07–present: Instructor, Introduction to Human Anatomy (University of Oklahoma).
08/05–12/06: Graduate Teaching Associate, Human Anatomy (University of Oklahoma).
8/02–5/03, 8/04–5/05: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Human Anatomy (University of Oklahoma).
1/01–5/01: Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Paleontology (College of William and Mary).
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
4/07–present: Assistant Editor, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. Duties include primary editorial work on papers dealing with fossil vertebrates.
8/03–5/04: Graduate Selections Committee- Graduate Student Representative (University of Oklahoma). Included evaluation of new graduate student applications to the Department of Zoology.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Paleontological Society
Society for the Study of Mammalian Evolution
Geological Society of America
GRANTS AND AWARDS
April 2008: Geological Society of America Graduate Research Grant- $1250
Summer 2005: M. Blanche Adams and M. Frances Adams Memorial Scholarship- $1000 (University of Oklahoma)
Summer 2003: M. Blanche Adams and M. Frances Adams Memorial Scholarship- $2500 (University of Oklahoma)
PUBLICATIONS
Davis, B. M., Cifelli, R. L. and Kielan-Jaworowska, Z. 2008. Earliest evidence of Deltatheroida (Mammalia: Metatheria) fromthe Early Cretaceous of North America. In: Sargis, E. J. and Dagosto, M.
(eds.), Mammalian Evolutionary Morphology: A Tribute to Frederick S. Szalay, 3-24. Springer, Dordrecht. (PDF)
Davis, B. M. 2007. A revision of “pediomyid” marsupials from the Late Cretaceous of North America. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52: 217¬-256.
(PDF)
Cifelli, R. L. and Davis, B. M. 2003. Marsupial origins. Science 302: 1899-1900. (PDF)
PRESENTATIONS
Davis, B. M. 2007. Mammalian fauna of the Eagle Formation (Late Cretaceous: upper Santonian), north-central Montana. 67th Annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Austin, TX.
Davis, B. M., and Davies, K. L. 2005. First vertebrate fossils from the Eagle Formation (upper Santonian), North-Central Montana. 65th Annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Mesa, AZ.
Davis, B. M. 2004. The interrelationships of “Pediomyid” marsupials (Late Cretaceous, North America): a systematic revision of the Family “Pediomyidae”. 64th Annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Denver, CO.
Davis, B. M. 2003. Systematics and relationships of Pediomyid marsupials (Late Cretaceous, North America). 63rd Annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. St. Paul, MN.
last updated 06/2008