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MARC A. CARRASCO, Ph.D.
Dept.
of Integrative Biology, 3060 Valley Life Sciences Building, University of
California, Berkeley, CA 94720, ph: (510) 642-5318, e-mail:
carrasco@berkeley.edu
A.
Professional Preparation
- Research Associate,
1999-present, Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley
- Ph.D., 1999, Earth and
Environmental Sciences, Columbia
University, New York
- M.Phil., 1997, Earth and
Environmental Sciences, Columbia
University, New York
- M.A., 1995, Earth and Environmental
Sciences, Columbia University, New
York
- B.A. with honors and highest
distinction in general scholarship, 1993, Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley
B.
Appointments
- Research Associate, University of California, Berkeley, 1999-2001,
2003-present
- Part-time
Faculty, Contra Costa College, 2005-present
- NSF Minority Postdoctoral
Fellow, University of California, Berkeley,
2001-2002
- Part-time Faculty, Laney
College, 1999-2000
- Adjunct Lecturer, Dept. of
Natural Sciences, Baruch College, City University of New York, 1995-97
- Teaching Assistant, Dept. of
Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University,
1994
- Assistant Teaching Assistant,
Dept. of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley,
1992
- Employee, Museum of Paleontology, University of California,
Berkeley, 1992-93
C.
Publications
Barnosky, A. D., M. A. Carrasco, and E.
B. Davis. 2005. The impact of the species-area relationship on estimates of
paleodiversity. PloS Biology
3(8):1356-1361.
Carrasco, M. A., B. P. Kraatz, E. B.
Davis, and A. D. Barnosky. 2005. Miocene Mammal Mapping Project (MIOMAP). University of California Museum of Paleontology http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/miomap/
Carrasco, M. A. 2004. Assessing
statistical techniques for detecting multispecies samples of heteromyids in the
fossil record: a test using extant Dipodomys. Bulletin of the American Museum
of
Natural History, Festschrift for Malcolm C. McKenna 285: 120-129.
Barnosky,
A. D., M. H. Kaplan, and M. A. Carrasco. 2004. Assessing the effect of middle
Pleistocene climate change on Marmota populations from the Pit
Locality. In A. D. Barnosky
(editor), Biodiversity Response to Climate Change in the Middle
Pleistocene: The Porcupine Cave Fauna from
Colorado
:
332-340.
Berkeley
:
University
of
California
Press.
Barnosky,
A. D. and M. A. Carrasco. 2002. Effects of Oligo-Miocene global climate changes
on mammalian species richness in the northwestern quarter of the USA.
Evolutionary Ecology Research 4:811-841.
Carrasco,
M. A. 2000. Variation in the dentition of kangaroo rats (genus Dipodomys)
and its implications for the fossil record. The Southwestern Naturalist
45(4):490-507.
Carrasco,
M. A. 2000. Species discrimination and morphological relationships of kangaroo
rats (genus Dipodomys) based on their dentition. Journal of Mammalogy
81(1):107-122.
Carrasco,
M. A., and J. H. Wahlert. 1999. The cranial anatomy of Cricetops dormitor,
an Oligocene fossil rodent from Mongolia. American Museum Novitates
3275:1-14.
Carrasco,
M. A. 1999. Morphological variation in the dentition of kangaroo rats (genus Dipodomys)
and its use in distinguishing species in the fossil record. Unpublished Ph.D.
dissertation, Columbia University, xi +
305pp.
Carrasco,
M. A. 1998. Variation and its implications in a population of Cupidinimus
(Heteromyidae) from Hepburn's Mesa, Montana. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(2): 391-402.
D.
Selected Published Abstracts
Carrasco, M. A., Barnosky, A. D., and
E. B. Davis. 2005. Correcting for the species-area effect when estimating
paleodiversity. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 37(7):461.
Carrasco, M. A., A. D. Barnosky, E. B.
Davis, and B. P. Kraatz. 2004. Miocene mammal mapping project (MIOMAP): an
online relational and spatial database of Miocene and late Oligocene fossil
mammals. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 36(5):364.
Carrasco, M. A., and R. S. Feranec.
2003. Effects of climate on mammalian species diversity and community structure
during the Tertiary in the northern Great Plains, United States. Geological
Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 35(6):418.
Carrasco,
M. A. 2002. Mammalian biogeographic patterns during the early Barstovian
(middle Miocene) in the western United
States. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology, Abstracts of Papers, Supplement 22(3):42A.
Barnosky,
A. D. and M. A. Carrasco. 2001. MIOMAP: A relational database for research on
evolution, ecology, and biogeography of Miocene mammals. Paleobios, North
American Paleontological Convention Program and Abstracts, Supplement 21(2):28.
Carrasco,
M. A. and Barnosky, A. D. 2000. MIOMAP: A GIS-linked
database to assess the effects of tectonic and climatic changes on mammalian
evolution. Geological Society of America,
Abstracts with Programs 32(7):A-15.
Carrasco,
M. A. 1999. An evaluation of statistical techniques used to assess the number
of closely-related sympatric species present in a fossil sample. Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology, Abstracts for Papers, Supplement 19(3):36A.
Carrasco,
M. A. 1997. The taxonomic status of "Eucricetodon" asiaticus
with comments on the origins of the Cricetidae. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology, Abstracts for Papers, Supplement 17(3):28A.
Carrasco,
M. A. 1996. High coefficient of variation in a population of Cupidinimus
from Hepburn's Mesa,
southwestern Montana. Journal
of Vertebrate Paleontology, Abstracts for Papers, Supplement 16(3):26A.
E.
Miscellaneous Activities
- Committee on Minorities and
Women in the Geosciences, Geological Society of America, 2004-present
- Organizer and Co-Chair of
oral session entitled, “Minorities, Women, and Persons with
Disabilities in the Geosciences: Avenues to Success”, Geological
Society of America Annual Meeting, 2005
- Organizer and Co-Chair of
oral session entitled, “Minorities, Women, and Persons with
Disabilities in the Geosciences: Continuing Problems and Future
Solutions”, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, 2004
- Panelist
in session on “Ethics in the Academy”, Ford Foundation
Conference, 2002
- Co-Chair, Ford Foundation
Conference, 2001
- Planning Committee, Ford
Foundation Conference, 2000-2002
- Host Committee, Annual
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Meetings, 1996
- Student Consulting Group to
the Dean, University of California, Berkeley,
1992-1993
- Volunteer, Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley,
1992
F.
Selected Awards/Honors
- National Science Foundation
Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2001-2002
- Ford Foundation Dissertation
Fellowship, 1997-1998
- American Museum of
Natural History Theodore Roosevelt Grant, 1997-1998
- Sigma Xi, Scientific Honor
Society, 1997
- Faculty Fellowship, Dept. of
Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, 1993-1998
- National Science Foundation
Graduate Fellowship, 1993-1996
- Finalist for the University
Medal, University of California, Berkeley,
1993
- Phi Beta Kappa, initiated as
a junior, 1992
- Minority Research Awardee of
the Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley,
1992
- Dean's List (7 times), University of California, Berkeley,
1990-1993
- Alumni Scholar, University of California, Berkeley,
1989-1990, 1992-1993
- Regent's Scholar, University of California, Berkeley,
1989-1993