Leonard Krishtalka

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, KU Biodiversity Institute

Professor

Director, Biodiversity Institute

krishtalka@ku.edu

Primary office:

785-864-4540

Dyche Hall

University of Kansas

1345 Jayhawk Boulevard

Lawrence, KS 66045-7561

Bio
Academics
Publications
Contracts/Grants

Dr. 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.