Spencer Mattingly
Doctoral candidate, EEB
spencer_mattingly@ku.edu
Primary office:
Dyche Hall, 318C
Adviser: Chris Beard
Research interests: The Great Old World Biotic Interchange: mammalian faunal exchange between Africa and Asia at the Oligocene – Miocene boundary; fossil primate systematics; Afrothere systematics
Hometown: Richmond, Kentucky
Education
- B.S. Biology, Kentucky University, 2015
Publications
- Mattingly, S., Sanisidro, O., Beard, K.C., 2017. A new species of Carpolestes (Mammalia, Plesiadapoidea) from the late Paleocene of southern Wyoming: assessing changes in size and shape during the evolution of a key anatomical feature. Historical Biology.
Fellowships
- David B. Jones Fellow ($100,000) – funding for the training and development of vertebrate paleontology students at KU. Awarded to K. Christopher Beard, January 2017.
Minor Awards
- EEB Summer fund ($3500) – 2016, 2017
- Biodiversity Institute Panorama Grant ($700) – Spring 2017
- The Association of Earth Sciences Club of Greater Kansas City research grant ($500) – Spring 2017
Current Academic Appointments
- Graduate Teaching Assistant - Fall 2017
Major Field Experience
- Two summer field seasons in the Washakie and Bison Basins of Wyoming to collect Paleocene mammal fossils (2015 and 2017).
- Two summer field expeditions in Jordan, Montana, to help excavate a late Cretaceous T. rex specimen.
Collections Visited
- Duke Lemur Center - Division of Fossil Primates (Summer 2017)
