| 词条 | Nancy Simmons |
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| name = Nancy B. Simmons | alma_mater = Pomona College,University of California, Berkeley | employer = American Museum of Natural History, Richard Gilder Graduate School | known_for = Study of the biology of bats }}Nancy B. Simmons is an American zoologist, mammalogist, professor, and author. Specializing in bats, Simmons has conducted extensive research on the morphology and evolutionary history of numerous bat species. She is also the curator-in-charge of the Department of Mammalogy at the American Museum of Natural History and a professor at the Richard Gilder Graduate School..[1] EducationSimmons graduated cum laude from Pomona College in 1981. She then earned her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1989.[1] CareerSimmons began working as a teaching assistant for the University of California, Berkeley in 1986. She went on to become an instructor of paleontology in 1987 and a zoology lecturer in 1988[1]. Simmons then worked as a biological science lecturer for San Francisco State University before becoming an adjunct assistant professor at the Baruch College in 1991. She then began working with the American Museum of Natural History, and has held the position of Adjunct Faculty for the Graduate Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Columbia University since 1997, as well as adjunct associate professor for biology at the City University of New York Graduate School since 1993. American Museum of Natural HistoryIn addition to research, Simmons works closely with the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). Ever since she began as a Kalbfleisch/Hoffman Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the AMNH in 1989, Simmons has conducted research for the museum as a faculty member[1]. She is currently the Curator-in-Charge, Department of Mammalogy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology[1]. Simmons is also a professor at the Richard Gilder Graduate School, a unique Ph.D. program in Comparative Biology offered by the American Museum of Natural History [1] [2]. ResearchSimmons' research is primarily focused on the phylogeny of bats[1]. Using both morphological data and DNA sequence data, Simmons has conducted numerous studies that shed light on the relationships not only between different bat species, but between the Chiroptera clade and other clades. Using living and fossilized specimen, she studies bat behavior, diet, mechanisms of flight, and echolocation, applying her knowledge of phylogeny to explain certain phenomena[2]. Her extensive field work in Central America, South America, and Southeast Asia has led her to discover several species of bats, such as Sanborn's big-eared bat[1] [3]. Her findings contribute to constructing large-scale Phylogenetic tree. Simmons and her team have submitted numerous evolutionary data surrounding bats and other animal clades to Morphobank, an archive of evolutionary research[2]. Furthermore, Simmons' team has also worked on the project Assembling the Tree of Life, where numerous organizations worked to piece together mammalian phylogeny through morphology[2][4]. MorphoBankSimmons' evolutionary data has contributed to MorphoBank's database of morphological features, submitting hundreds of morphological characteristics of Chiroptera species in order to conduct genetic testing to create an accurate phylogenetic tree[2]. Simmons has also accessed MorphoBank as the curator for the American Museum of Natural History to engage in outreach work. In 2013, Simmons worked as part of the Morpholution program to help high school students engage in state-of-the-art digital analysis tools provided by MorphoBank to examine evolutionary relationships[5]. PublicationsSimmons has been cited on 141 publications regarding bat phylogeny including:
Awards and recognitionIn 1986, Simmons was named by the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology as an honorable mention for the Romer Prize, and then was awarded the Romer Prize in 1988[6]. In 1989, Simmons was awarded with the Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award by the University of California.[7] In 2008, Simmons was awarded the Gerrit S. Miller Award from the North American Society for Bat Research[8] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{Cite web|url=https://www.amnh.org/our-research/staff-directory/nancy-b.-simmons|title=Nancy B. Simmons|last=|first=|date=|website=American Museum of Natural History|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Simmons, Nancy}}{{improve categories|date=March 2019}}2. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite web|url=https://www.amnh.org/our-research/richard-gilder-graduate-school/school-overview|title=Nancy B. Simmons Research Group|last=|first=|date=|website=American Museum of Natural History|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 3. ^http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/3679/N3158.pdf?sequence=1 4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0629811|title=ATOL: Collaborative Research: Resolving Mammalian Phylogeny with Genomic and Morphological Approaches}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.amnh.org/explore/news-blogs/education-posts/morpholution-an-authentic-youth-science-program%20|title="Morpholution": An Authentic Youth Science Program|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://vertpaleo.org/Awards/Past-Award-Winners.aspx|title=Past Award Winners|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 7. ^{{Cite web|url=https://gsi.berkeley.edu/programs-services/award-programs/ogsi/|title=Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award {{!}} GSI Teaching & Resource Center|website=gsi.berkeley.edu|access-date=2019-03-04}} 8. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasbr.org/miller|title=North American Society for Bat Research - Miller Award|website=www.nasbr.org|access-date=2019-03-04}} 7 : Year of birth missing (living people)|Living people|Pomona College alumni|University of California, Berkeley alumni|American mammalogists|21st-century American zoologists|Women mammalogists |
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