Leslea J. Hlusko Curriculum Vitae
Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Biology
Associate Researcher, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
Associate Faculty Curator, Museum of Paleontology
University of California
3060 Valley Life Sciences Bldg
Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
Office telephone: (510) 643-8838
Lab telephone: (510) 643-8851 Fax: (510)643-6264
email: hlusko@berkeley.edu
Office location: 5085 Valley Life Sciences Bldg
Click here for complete vitae (PDF).
Associate Researcher, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
Associate Faculty Curator, Museum of Paleontology
University of California
3060 Valley Life Sciences Bldg
Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
Office telephone: (510) 643-8838
Lab telephone: (510) 643-8851 Fax: (510)643-6264
email: hlusko@berkeley.edu
Office location: 5085 Valley Life Sciences Bldg
Click here for complete vitae (PDF).
Education
- 1998-2000 Pennsylvania State University, PhD
- 1996-1998 Pennsylvania State University, MA
- 1989-1992 University of Virginia, BA
Awards and Honors
- 2006 Hellman Faculty Fund, University of California
- 2003 Arnold O. Beckman Research Award, University of Illinois Research Board
- 2003 Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- 2000 Sherwood L. Washburn Prize, American Association of Physical Anthropologists
- 1999 Mildred Trotter Prize, American Association of Physical Anthropologists
- 1997-2000 National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
- 1998 Matson-Benson Award, Penn State University Anthropology Museum
- 1996-1997 Grahams Fellow, Penn State University
Recent Research Grants
- National Geographic Society, Waitt Grant, 2008
- co-PIs: L. Hlusko, J.K. Njau; Title: Surveying for New Paleoanthropological Sites in Tanzania
- Wenner-Gren Foundation, International Collaborative Research Grant, 2006
- co-PIs: L. Hlusko, J.K. Njau; Title: Surveying for New Paleoanthropological Sites in Tanzania
- National Science Foundation, 2006
- PI: L. Hlusko; Title: The Evolution of Modularity in the Dentition of Old World Monkeys
- National Science Foundation, 2005
- PI: L. Hlusko; Title: REU Supplement for Investigating Genetic Mechanisms of the Baboon Dentition
- National Science Foundation, 2003
- PI: L. Hlusko; Title: Narok Paleontological Survey Project, Part 1
- University of Illinois College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Research Board, 2003, Arnold O. Beckman Award
- PI: L. Hlusko; Title: Narok Paleontological Survey Project, Part 2
- American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2002, Women's International Science Collaboration (WISC) Program
- PI: L. Hlusko for collaboration with Dr. E. Güleç, Ankara University, Turkey
- National Science Foundation, 2002-2005
- PI: L. Hlusko; Title: Investigating Genetic Mechanisms of the Baboon Dentition
- L.S.B. Leakey Foundation, 2002
- co-PIs: L. Hlusko and S. Ambrose; Title: Paleontological Study of a 6 Myr Site in Narok, Kenya