Leonard Krishtalka
Research Centers - KU Biodiversity Institute, Ecology & Evolutionary BiologyDr. Krishtalka's interests include science policy and administration, biodiversity informatics, and the paleobiology of mammals.
Teaching Interests
- Diversity of Life
- Biodiversity data and informatics
- Science policy and planning
- Grant proposals
Research
Dr. Leonard Krishtalka's interests include science policy and administration, biodiversity informatics, and the paleobiology of mammals.
Research Interests
- Science research, policy and planning
- Natural history museum/biodiversity research/education leadership and management
- Global biodiversity science, genomic biodiversity and informatics
- Evolutionary biology of mammals
- Evolutionary patterns, processes and theory
- History of science
Selected Publications
Krishtalka, L. (2016). Accelerating the discovery of biocollections data. Copenhagen, Denmark: Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat. http://www.gbif.org/resource/83022
Robbins, R. J., Krishtalka, L. & Wooley, J. (2016). Advances in Biodiversity: Metagenomics and the Unveiling of Biological Dark Matter. Standards in Genomic Sciences, 11(69). DOI:10.1186/s40793-016-0180-8 https://standardsingenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40793-016-0180-8
Schindel, D. Krishtalka, L. & Edwards, J. (2016). Comment: Biologists ask NSF to reconsider plan to pause collections funding program. ScienceInsider. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/biologists-ask-nsf-reconsider-plan-pause-collections-funding-program
Peterson, A. T., Soberon, J. & Krishtalka, L. (2015). A global perspective on decadal challenges and priorities in biodiversity informatics. Bio Med Central Ecology, 15(15). http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/15/15
Peterson, A. T., Soberon, J. & Krishtalka, L. (2015). A global perspective on decadal challenges and priorities in biodiversity informatics. BMC Ecology. DOI:10.1186/s12898-015-0046-8 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/15/15
Walls, R. & Krishtalka, L. (2014). Semantics in Support of Biodiversity Knowledge Discovery: An Introduction to the Biological Collections Ontology and Related Ontologies. PLOS One. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0089606
Hobern, D. & Krishtalka, L. (2013). Global Biodiversity Informatics Outlook: Delivering Biodiversity Knowledge In the Information Age. In Proceedings of a Conference, Global Biodiversity Information Conference, GBIF, Copenhagen.
Krishtalka, L. & Robbins, R. (2012). Biological dark matter and Quantum Biology. In Gordon Research Conference.
Krishtalka, L. (2012). Cryptograph: An Exhibition for Alan Turing. w/Spencer Museum of Art, KU. http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/exhibitions/39-trails.shtml
Krishtalka, L. (2012). Life is Code. Cryptograph: An Exhibition for Alan Turing. Lawrence, KS: Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas.
Robbins, R. J., Amaral-Zettler, L. Bik, H. Blum, S. Edwards, J. Field, D. Garrity, G. Gilbert, J. A., Kottmann, R. Krishtalka, L. Lapp, H. Lawrence, C. Morrison, N. Tuama, E. &., Parr, C. San Gil, I. Schindel, D. Schriml, L. Vieglas, D. & Wooley, J. (2012). RCN4GSC Workshop Report: Managing Data at the Interface of Biodiversity and (Meta)Genomics, March 2011. Standards in genomic sciences, 7(1), 159-65. DOI:10.4056/sigs.3156511
Robbins, R. J., Cochrane, G. Davies, N. Dawyndt, P. Kottmann, R. Krishtalka, L. K., Morrison, N. Tuama, E. &., San Gil, I. & Wooley, J. (2012). RCN4GSC Workshop Report: Modeling a Testbed for Managing Data at the Interface of Biodiversity and (Meta)Genomics, April 2011. Standards in genomic sciences, 7(1), 153-8. DOI:10.4056/sigs.3146509
King, N. Krishtalka, L. & Chivan, V. (2010). Thoughts on implementation of the recommendeds of the GBIF task force on a global strategy and action plan for mobilization of natural history collections data. Biodiversity Informatics, 7, 72-76.
Rogers, F. & Krishtalka, L. (2010). Trans-Boundary Conservation Areas, Biodiversity Conservation and Peace Parks. In 9th Annual GBIF Science Symposium 2010. Suwon, South Korea.
Krishtalka, L. (2009). Among Trees. Trees and Other Ramifications: Branches in Nature and Culture, 16-17. Spencer Museum of Art: Blurb Publications.
Krishtalka, L. Knapp, S. & Wheeler, Q. (2009). Letter to Linnaeus. In , Letters to Linnaeus (pp. 31-34). Linnaean Society of London.
Krishtalka, L. (2009). Natural History Museums as Sentinel Observatories of Life on Earth: A Public Trust. In , Beyond the Turnstile: Making the Case for Museums and Sustainable Values. Altamira Press.
Lane, R. (2008). Taxonomy in Europe in the 21st century.
Banks, W. & Krishtalka, L. (2006). Eco-Cultural Niche Modeling: New Tools for Reconstructing the Geography and Ecology of Past Human Populations. PaleoAnthropology, 68-83.
Krishtalka, L. (2005). Assembling the Tree of Life: Today and in the Future. Critical Connections of Museums and Herbaria.
Krishtalka, L. (2005). Management and Leadership of Multi-Institutional and Interdisciplinary Research Collaborations.
Causey, D. Janzen, D. Peterson, T. Vieglais, D. Krishtalka, L. Beach, J. & Wiley, E. (2004). Museum Collections and Taxonomy. Science, 305, 1106-1107.
Allen, M. F., & Krishtalka, L. (2004). Report on AIBS/IBRCS Workshop on Biodiversity, Species Composition and Ecosystem Functioning. National Science Foundation.
Krishtalka, L. (2003). At Natural History Museums, The Ox is Gored. Museum News,(37), 64-65.
Krishtalka, L. Teich, A. H., Nelson, S. D., & Lita, S. (2002). Chapter 30, Information technology and the ten grand research challenges for the 21st Century. In , AAAS Science and Technology Policy Yearbook 2002 (pp. 319-338). American Association for the Advancement of Science. http://www.aaas.org/spp/yearbook/2002/ch30.pdf
Krishtalka, L. & Harris, F. (2002). Long Term Ecological Research Program: Twenty-Year Review. Arlington, VA: NSF.
Krishtalka, L. Peterson, T. Vieglais, D. Beach, J. Wiley, E. & Levitt, J. (2002). The Green Internet: A Tool for Conservation Science. In , Conservation in the Internet Age: Strategic Threats and Opportunities (pp. 143-164). Washington, DC: Island Press.
Krishtalka, L. Vieglais, D. Peterson, T. Beach, J. & Wiley, E. (2001). A Research Network for Biodiversity Science. AAAS, 2001 Annual Meetings, A 52.
Krishtalka, L. (2001). Answering the Aliens: Museum Biodiversity Education. Curator, 43(2), 103-110.
Donoghue, M. Gilbert, S. Irish, V. Kaufmann, T. Kocker, T. Krishtalka, L. Lane, M. Levine, M. McGinnis, W. Puruggana, M. Sinha, N. & Wray, G. (2001). Evolution of development and Tree of Life. http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2001/bio012/
Krishtalka, L. & Humphrey, P. S. (2000). Can natural history museums capture the future? BioScience, 50(7), 611-617.
Krishtalka, L. (2000). Knowledge Networking of Biodiversity Information. In , Access to Publicly Funded Research (pp. 188-194). Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam.
Krishtalka, L. Levitt, J. Peterson, T. Vieglais, D. Wiley, E. & Beach, J. (2000). The impact of the Internet on Biodiversity: Good or Evil. 17th International CODATA Conference, 82.
Krishtalka, L. (1999). Evolution theory explains fact. Kansas Biology Teacher, 8(1), 5-6.
Krishtalka, L. & Humphrey, P. S. (1998). Fiddling while the Planet Burns: The Challenge for U.S. Natural History Museums. Museum News, 77(2), 29-35.
Vieglais, D. A., Stockwell, D. B., Cundari, C. M., Beach, J. Peterson, A. T., & Krishtalka, L. (1998). The species analyst: Tools enabling a comprehensive distributed biodiversity network. In Biotechnology & Biobusiness, 2nd Asia-Pacific Conference on Biotechnology, 23-27 November, Perth, Western Australia.
Krishtalka, L. (1996). In Love with Every Ort Carnegie Magazine, 63(4), 12, 15.
Krishtalka, L. Stucky, R. Redline, A. Bown, T. M., & Rose, K. D. (1990). Geology, vertebrate fauna, and paleoecology of the Buck Spring Quarries (early Eocene, Wind River Formation), Wyoming. In , Dawn of the Age of Mammals in the Northern Part of the Rocky Mountain Interior, North America (pp. 169-186).
Krishtalka, L. (1989). Dinosaur Plots & Other Intrigues in Natural History, New York: William Morrow & Co.
Krishtalka, L. Stucky, R. K., & Dawson, M. R. (1989). Paleontology, geology and remote sensing of Paleogene rocks in the northeastern Wind River Basin, Wyoming, USA. In , Mesozoic/Cenozoic Vertebrate Paleontology: Classic Localities, Contemporary Approaches (pp. 34-44). American Geophysical Union.
Krishtalka, L. Li, C. Wilson, R. W., & Dawson, M. R. (1987). The origin of rodents and lagomorphs. In , Current Mammalogy (Vol. 1, pp. 97-108). Plenum Press.
Krishtalka, L. Dawson, M. R., Stucky, R. Black, C. C., Flanagan, K. M., & Lillegraven, J. A. (1986). Machaeroides simpsoni, new species, oldest known sabertooth creodont (Mammalia) of the Lost Cabin Eocene. In , Vertebrates, Phylogeny and Philosophy: G. G. Simpson Memorial Volume (pp. 177-182).
Selected Grants
Krishtalka, Leonard, (Principal), Rummer, Robert, (Co-Principal), Cooperative Agreement for Military Lands in the Kansas City District, NWK-14-0001, US Army Core of Engineers, Submitted 01/15/2014 (01/15/2015. Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., (Co-Principal), Trueb, , Maddox, , Smith, , YochimAdvancing Research in Biodiversity Science, NSF ARI-R2 Repair and Renovation, $1,512,426, (01/01/2010 - 12/31/2013). Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., (Principal), Gaps in Institutional Capacities in Relation to Biodiversity Priorities in Africa, JRS Foundation, $9,900, - 12/31/2012). Foundation. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., (Co-Principal), Beach, , McMullen, , Dodds, , AndresenEPSCoR RII Track 2ΓÇöA CyberCommons for Ecological Forecasting, NSF Collaborative Proposal, $6,000,000, - 12/31/2009). Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., (Co-Principal), Nagel, J., Braaten, S., Peterson, A. T., Wildcat, D., C-Change: Climate Change, Humans and Nature in the Global Environment, NSF: IGERT, $3,200,000, - 12/31/2008). Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., (Principal), Peterson, T., (Co-Principal), Moyle, R., (Co-Principal), Brown, R., (Co-Principal), Robbins, M., (Co-Principal), Grose, M., (Co-Principal), Forecasting the Spread of Emerging Zoonotic Diseases, US Centers for Disease Control, $1,120,000, - 12/31/2008). Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., (Principal), Expansions of the collections of the University of Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, NSF, $498,821, - 12/31/2007). Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., (Principal), An Ecoforecasting Center for the Great Plains, NSF, $6,837,783, - 12/31/2006). Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., (Principal), Acquisition of an ABI 3100 Sequencer, Kansas NSF EPSCoR, $105,645, - 12/31/2004). Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., (Principal), Beach, J., (Co-Principal), Vieglais, D., (Co-Principal), Peterson, T., (Co-Principal), Biodiversity Informatics Research and Bioterrorism, US Department of Defense, $2,000,000, - 12/31/2004). Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., (Principal), AIBS consortium, , (Co-Principal), Hayden, B., (Co-Principal), NEONΓÇöPlanning the National Ecological Observatory Network, NSF, $6,000,000, - 12/31/2004). Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., (Co-Principal), West, D., Ecological Niche Modeling: A new approach to analyzing the hominid record, NSF, $34,808, - 12/31/2003). Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., (Principal), Beach, , (Co-Principal), A Biodiversity Information Technology Facility, US Department of Education, $1,275,000, - 12/31/2001). Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., Biodiversity Informatics, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, $250,000, - 12/31/2001). Private. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., Knowledge Networking of Biodiversity Information, NSF, $81,819, - 12/31/2001). Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., Orr, J., (Principal), Linton, M., Initiative for Minority Student Development, NIH Education Grant, $2,000,000, - 12/31/2000). Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., Kolosick, J., Kemp, B., Interactive Learning Modules, Frueauff Foundation, $30,000, - 12/31/2000). Foundation. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure, NSF, $60,000, - 12/31/2000). Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., (Co-Principal), Beach, J., Knowledge Networking of Biodiversity Information, NSF, $200,000, - 12/31/1999). Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., (Principal), National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure, NSF, $60,000, - 12/31/1999). Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., (Co-Principal), An Experimental Information Retrieval Protocol Test Bed for Biological Collection and Taxonomic Data, NSF: Z39.50, $99,430, - 12/31/1998). Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., (Co-Principal), Beach, , (Principal), Deploying a Community Software Application for Biocollections Information, NSF: OZ, $420,000, - 12/31/1998). Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., (Co-Principal), Niebaum, J., High-Performance Network Connection in Support of Meritorious Research at University of Kansas, NSF, $350,000, - 12/31/1998). Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., (Co-Principal), Knowledge Networking of Biodiversity Information, NSF, $2,000,000, - 12/31/1998). Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., (Principal), National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (NPACI), NSF, $60,000, - 12/31/1998). Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., Supplement to 'Collaborative Workshop on the Mission and Design of a National Organization for Biodiversity Information', NSF, $15,153, - 12/31/1998). Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure, NSF, $60,000, - 12/31/1997). Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., OZ: A National Biodiversity Informatics Capability, University of Kansas Research Development Fund, $29,500, - 12/31/1997). University (KU or KUMC). Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., Recovery, Preparation and Exhibit of the Wyoming Dinosaur Discovery, State of Kansas, Tourism Attraction Program, $55,000, - 12/31/1997). State of Kansas. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., Supplement to 'Collaborative Workshop on the Mission and Design of a National Organization for Biodiversity Information', NSF, $13,633, - 12/31/1997). Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., (Principal), Humphries, J., Beach, J., Acquisition of Computer Systems for Creating Analytical Interfaces to Diverse Environmental Data, Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation, $150,000, - 12/31/1996). State of Kansas. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., (Co-Principal), Humphries, J., Acquisition of Computer Systems for Creating Analytical Interfaces to Diverse Environmental Data, NSF/ARI, $362,003, - 12/31/1996). Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., (Principal), Humphries, J., Arzberger, P., Collaborative Workshop on the Mission and Design of a National Organization for Biodiversity Information, NSF, $70,000, - 12/31/1996). Federal. Status: Funded.
Krishtalka, L., First Annual PEET Workshop on Information Acquisition and Dissemination, NSF, $57,224, - 12/31/1996). Federal. Status: Funded.