Roger Vita

ROGER L. KAESLER

Education

Colorado School of Mines, Geol. Eng., 1959, major, geological engineering

The University of Kansas, MS, 1962, major, geology

The University, Hull, England, 1964, special student

The University of Kansas, Ph.D., 1965, major, paleontology; minor, statistical biology

Employment

1959-1960: United State Army, Corps of Engineers

1960: Seistech Geophysical Company, Wichita, KS

1960-1965: Department of Geology, The University of Kansas

Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant, Graduate Fellow

1965-1969: Assistant Professor of Geology and Assistant Curator

1967-1986: Summer Research Associate, Kansas Geological Survey

1967, 69, 70, 74, 80, 81, 84, 85, 86.

1969-1973: Associate Professor of Geology and Associate Curator

1972-1973: Visiting Associate Professor of Biology

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

1973-1981: Professor of Geology and Associate Curator

1981-2007: Professor of Geology

Director, Senior Curator, and Curator-in-Charge

Division of Invertebrate Paleontology, Natural History Museum

(formerly Museum of Invertebrate Paleontology)

1986-2007: Director, Paleontological Institute

Membership, Affiliation, and Honors

Professional Societies

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Systematics Association (Life Member)

Paleontological Society

(Councilor for AAAS, 1971-1973)

(Associate Editor, Paleobiology, 1974-1979)

(Chair and Convenor, North American Paleontological Convention II, 1977)

(Chair, North American Paleontological Convention III, 1981)

(Representative, North American Paleontological Convention IV, 1986)

(Treasurer, 1981 to 1987)

(President, 1991 to 1992)

Geological Society of America (Fellow)

(Convenor, Workshop on Electronic Publication, October 1999)

International Paleontological Association (IPA)

(Treasurer, 1989-present)

International Working Group on Ostracoda (IPA)

(Vice Chair, 1985 to 1988)

(Chair, 1994 to 1997)

International Working Group on Paleozoic Ostracoda (IPA)

(Chair, 1994 to 1997)

Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists

North American Research Group on Ostracoda

University of Kansas Evolutionists

Honorary Societies

Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honorary

Sigma Gamma Epsilon Earth Science Honorary

Sigma Xi

Awards

United States Scholarship (Colorado School of Mines), 1955-1959

Alcoa Scholarship (Colorado School of Mines), 1958-1959

Phillips Petroleum Fellowship (Univ. of Kansas), 1960-1961

National Science Foundation Summer Fellowship, 1962, 1963, 1964

National Science Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, 1964-65

Van Diest Gold Medal (Colorado School of Mines), 1973

Van Sant Award (Dept. of Geology, Univ. of Kansas), 1997

Editorial Positions

Managing Editor, Kansas Academy of Science, 1969-70

Associate Editor, University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, 1965-1986

Associate Editor, Paleobiology, 1974-79

Editor, University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, 1986-present

Editor, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 1986-present

Associate Editor, Palaeontologia Electronica, 1997-present

Teaching

Courses Taught Regularly

Prehistoric Life

Paleontology

Paleontology Laboratory

Introductory Field Geology

Publications

Books

Crossman, J. S., J. R. Wright, Jr., and R. L. Kaesler. 1984. Consolidation of baseline information, development of methodology, and investigation of thermal impacts on freshwater shellfish, insects, and other biota. Interagency agreement EPA-IAG-DS-E721, project no. E-AP-80-BDR, program element no. INE-625A, Tennessee Valley Authority and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EA-600-7- 84-042, 159 p.

Watney, W. L., R. L. Kaesler, and K. D. Newell, eds. 1985. Recent interpretations of late Paleozoic cyclothems. Proceedings of Third Annual Meeting and Field Conference, Mid-Continent Section, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, 273 p.

Kaesler, R. L., ed. 1992. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. (R) Arthropoda 4 (3). Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas, p. 1-277.

Kaesler, R. L., ed. 1992. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. (R) Arthropoda 4 (4). Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas, p. 278-655.

Kaesler, R. L., ed. 1996. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. (L) Mollusca 4 (4) Revised. Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas, 362 p.

Kaesler, R. L., ed. 1997. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. (H) Brachiopoda 1 Revised. Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas, 539 p.

Kaesler, R. L., ed. 1997. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. (O) Arthropoda 1 (1) Revised. Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas, 530 p.

Kaesler, R. L., ed. 2000. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. (H) Brachiopoda 2 Revised. Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas, 423 p.

Kaesler, R. L., ed. 2000. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. (H) Brachiopoda 3 Revised. Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas, p. 424-919.

Lane, H. R., F. F. Steininger, R. L. Kaesler, & J. Lipps, eds. 2000. Fossils and the Future. Paleontology in the Twenty-First Century. Kleine Senckenbergreihe, Frankfurt, 290 p.

Kaesler, R. L., ed. 2002. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. (H) Brachiopoda 4 Revised. Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas, p. 920-1688.

Kaesler, R. L., ed. 2003. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. (E) Porifera Revised. Geological Society of America and The Universityof Kansas. in press.

McKenna, L., and R. L. Kaesler. in preparation. A Key to the Past. Brooks-Cole, San Francisco. An introductory textbook on historical geology

Lieberman, B. S., and R. L. Kaesler. in early preparation. Prehistoric Life. Blackwell Science. An introductory textbook on paleontology and prehistoric life those not planning to major in geology.

Representative Recent Publications: Papers and Abstracts

Kaesler, R. L. 1997. Phase angles, harmonic distance, and the analysis of form, p. 106-125. In P. E. Lestrel, ed., Fourier Descriptors and Their Applications in Biology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

Kaesler, R. L. 1997. The Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology: a manifesto. Journal of Paleontology 71(3):528-531.

Bengtson, S., J. Hagadorn, R. L. Kaesler, & J. Rumford. 1997. Publications in paleontology in the 21st Century. International Senckenberg Conference, Paleontology in the 21st Century. Kleine Senckenbergreihe 25:175-176.

Whatley, R. C., M. Staunton, & R. L. Kaesler. 1997. The depth distribution of recent marine Ostracoda from the southern Strait of Magellan. Journal of Micropalaeontology 16:121-130.

Hageman, S. A., & R. L. Kaesler. 1998. Wall structure and growth of fusulinacean foraminifera. Journal of Paleontology 72:181-190.

Kaesler, R. L. 1998. A sign of the Times. American Paleontologist 6(3):10-11.

Kaesler, R. L., J. W. Krebs, & D. L. Miller. 1998. Taxonomy and the security of databases. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs 30 (7):A-264.

Kaesler, R. L., J. W. Krebs, & D. L. Miller. 1999. Taxonomy and the security of databases. Palaeontologia Electronica 2(1).

Heath, W. S., and R. L. Kaesler. 1999. Taphofacies analysis of microfossils, Hughes Creek Shale (Upper Carboniferous)(abstr.). Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, 1999, 31(7):A465.

Kaesler, R. L. 2000. Review. Numerical palaeobiology: Computer-based modelling and analysis of fossils and their distribution, D. A. T. Harper, ed. Computers and Geosciences 26:241-242.

Slack, J. M., R. L. Kaesler, & M. Kontrovitz. 2000. Trend, signal, and noise in the ecology of Ostracoda: Information from rare species in low-diversity assemblages. Hydrobiologia 419:181-189.

Bengston, S., W. Hagadorn, R. L. Kaesler, & J. Rumford. 2000. Paleontology in the 21st century: Publications. p. 227-237. In Lane, R. H., F. F. Steininger, R. L. Kaesler, W. Ziegler, & J. Lipps, eds. 2000. Fossils and the Future, Paleontology in the 21st Century. Senckenber-Buch 74, 290 p, 17 figs., 5 tables.

Kaesler, R. L., J. W. Krebs, & D. L. Miller. 2000. PaleoBank: A database of paleontological ideas. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 32(7):130.

Cundiff, J. D., and R. L. Kaesler. 2000. Museum collections as paleontological biodiversity databases. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 32(7):130.

Lieberman, B. S., & R. L. Kaesler. 2000. Scientific value of collections of natural history museums: The concept of completeness.In T. White, ed. Guidelines for the Management and Curationof Invertebrate Fossil Collections. Paleontological Society Special Publications 10:109-117.

Cartwright, P., R. L. Kaesler, B. S. Lieberman, A. L. Melott, & K. B. Miller. 2000. A Kansan’s guide to science. Kansas Geological Survey Educational Series 15, 20 p..

Heath, W. S., & R. L. Kaesler. 2001. Taphofacies analysis of Upper Carboniferous microfossils (Hughes Creek shale, east-central Kzansas). PaleoBios 21 (supplement to No. 2):64.

Kaesler, R. L., J. W. Krebs, & D. L. Miller. 2001. Concept-focused databases in paleontology: PaleoBank and the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. PaleoBios 21 (supplement to No. 2):76.

Kaesler, R. L. 2001. Oysters and Mussels and Clams! Oh My! American Paleontologist, August:16.

Kaesler, R. L., J. W. Krebs, & D. L. Miller. 2001. Chapter 11. The role and design of databases in paleontology. In J. M. Adrain, G. D. Edgecomb, & B. S. Lieberman, eds., Fossils, Phylogeny, & Form: An Analytical Aproach. Kluwer/Plenum Press. New York, p. 377-395.

Hageman, S. A., & R. L. Kaesler. 2002. Fusulinids: Predation damage and repair of tests from the Upper Pennsylvanian of Kansas. Journal of Paleontology 76(1):181-186.

Kaesler, R. L. 2002. Museum personnel: Educating the next generation. IPC 2002, Geological Society of Australia, Abstracts 68:86–87.

Kaesler, R. L. 2002. Univariate analysis of ecophenotypic variation: Back from the cutting edge. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs34(6):399.

Kaesler, R. L.. 2002. Myodocopida. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 9th edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 11:548-550.

Kaesler, R. L. 2002. Ostracoda. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 9th edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 12:630-633.

Kaesler, R. L. 2002. Ostracoda. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 9th edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 12:706-709.