Kieran McNulty
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Kieran McNulty is an American anthropologist and an expert in the physical anthropology of primates. He is a Professor and department head of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior at the University of Minnesota.
Education
[edit]McNulty was educated at St. Francis High School in Traverse City, Michigan, where he was a student athlete involved in debate and marching band.[1] He earned his undergraduate degree at Dartmouth College[2] and earned his Ph.D. in 2003 through the New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology (NYCEP), utilizing resources from the American Museum of Natural History, the City University of New York, Columbia University, and others.[3] Physical anthropologist Eric Delson, Ph.D. served as graduate advisor for McNulty's doctoral degree.[4]
Career
[edit]McNulty served as an assistant professor at Baylor University. He was a Visiting Leverhulme Professor at Durham University.[5] He now teaches at the University of Minnesota, where he was awarded the McKnight Land-Grant Fellowship 2008.[6] He created and serves as director of the National Science Foundation-funded REACHE project, an international research network that coordinates field work on Miocene fossil apes in East Africa.[7] In addition to the NSF, McNulty's research has been funded by the NIH and the Leakey Foundation.[8] One important contribution of McNulty's work is his discovery of a new species in the evolutionary chain, with fossilized skeletons that resemble small 'hobbit'-like primates.[9] McNulty had a work research fellowship at Stony Brook University and was a Science Fellow at the Ross University in 2014.[10] He served as an advisor for the Ross Institute's work at the Pontifical Academy of Science Conference on "Children and Sustainable Development: A Challenge for Education" at the Vatican.[11] McNulty is a contributor at the American Journal of Biological Anthropology.[12][relevant? – discuss]
Humanitarian work
[edit]In 2016, McNulty helped open the Kathy and Mike McNulty Academy (KMMA) on Rusinga Island, Kenya, to provide free education to orphaned children. He later started a non-profit organization called Friends of KMMA-CAITHS to provide clean water and medical supplies as well as support the academy.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ Batdorff, Allison (12 Nov 2017). "St. Francis alum studies ancient apes, starts school". Record Eagle. Traverse City, MI. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Anthropologist aims to transform lives in Kenya, classroom". The Catholic Spirit. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ "Home". NYCEP. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ McNulty, Kieran. "Geometric Morphometric Analyses of Extant and Fossil Hominoid Craniofacial Morphology" (PDF). Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ Mellows, Jacqui (March 2012). "North East Biological Anthropology Research Network Conference 2012". The Post Hole. University of York.
- ^ "McKnight land grand awards announced". The Minnesota Daily. 29 January 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "The REACHE Project". REACHE. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ Michel, Lauren (23 August 2019). "From the Field: Lauren Michel, Rusinga Island, Kenya". The Leakey Foundation. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ "'Hobbit' fossils represent a new species, concludes UM anthropologist". PhysOrg. 17 December 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ Kieran McNulty: Ross Institute Summer Academy 2014 (YouTube video). Ross School. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 27 Oct 2020.
- ^ "The Voice of Children and Teenagers". The Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 October 2020. In 2017, McNulty earned the University of Minnesota's Scholar of the College award and was also inducted into the hall of fame at his former high school.
- ^ McNulty, Kieran P. (16 December 2005). "Book reviews". American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 130 (2): 271–272. doi:10.1002/ajpa.20305. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "About Us". Friends of KMMA-CAITHS. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
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