| 2007 | Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, CA Advisors: Kevin Padian and Bill Clemens. Title: Postcranial pneumaticity in dinosaurs and the origin of the avian lung |
Integrative Biology | ||
| 2001 | M.S., University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Advisor: Richard L. Cifelli Title: The evolution of vertebral pneumaticity in the Sauropoda |
Zoology | ||
| 1997 | B.S., cum laude, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Advisor: Richard L. Cifelli Title: A new sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of Oklahoma |
Zoology |
George D. Louderback Award, UC Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, 2004-2005
Teaching Effectiveness Award, University of California, Berkeley, Spring 2004
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley Dept. of Integrative Biology, Spring 2004
First Place, University of Oklahoma Graduate College Student Poster Session, Spring 2000
Wedel, M. J. 2007. What pneumaticity tells us about 'prosauropods',
and vice versa. Special Papers in Palaeontology 77:207-222.
[PDF]
Wedel, M.J. 2006. Origin of postcranial skeletal pneumaticity in
dinosaurs. Integrative Zoology 2:80-85.
[PDF]
Wedel, M.J. 2005. Postcranial skeletal pneumaticity in sauropods
and its implications for mass estimates; pp. 201-228 in Wilson,
J.A., and Curry-Rogers, K. (eds.), The Sauropods: Evolution and
Paleobiology. University of California Press, Berkeley.
[PDF (as published)]
[PDF (with corrected tables and high-resolution figures appended)]
Wedel, M.J., and Cifelli, R.L. 2005. Sauroposeidon: Oklahoma's
native giant. Oklahoma Geology Notes 65(2):40-57.
[PDF (main paper only)]
[PDF (including cover illustration)]
Bonnan, M.F., and Wedel, M.J. 2004. First occurrence of
Brachiosaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Jurassic
Morrison Formation of Oklahoma. PaleoBios 24(2):13-21.
[PDF]
Wedel, M.J. 2003b. The evolution of vertebral pneumaticity in
sauropod dinosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
23(2):344-357.
[PDF]
Wedel, M.J. 2003a. Vertebral pneumaticity, air sacs, and the
physiology of sauropod dinosaurs. Paleobiology 29(2):243-255.
[PDF]
Wedel, M.J., and Sanders, R.K. 2002. Osteological correlates of
cervical musculature in Aves and Sauropoda (Dinosauria:
Saurischia), with comments on the cervical ribs of
Apatosaurus. PaleoBios 22(3):1-6.
[PDF (revised, pre-proof manuscript, with erratum)]
Wedel, M.J., Cifelli, R.L., and Sanders, R.K. 2000b. Osteology,
paleobiology, and relationships of the sauropod dinosaur
Sauroposeidon. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 45(4):343-388.
[PDF]
Wedel, M.J., Cifelli, R.L., and Sanders, R.K. 2000a. Sauroposeidon
proteles, a new sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of
Oklahoma. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(1):109- 114.
[PDF]
Taylor, Michael P., Paul Upchurch, Adam M. Yates, Mathew J. Wedel and Darren Naish. In press. Sauropoda. pp. XXX-YYY in Kevin de Queiroz, Philip D. Cantino and Jacques A. Gauthier (eds.), Phylonyms: a Companion to the PhyloCode. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. ZZZ pp.
Taylor, Michael P., Paul Upchurch, Adam M. Yates, Mathew J. Wedel and Darren Naish. In press. Sauropodomorpha. pp. XXX-YYY in Kevin de Queiroz, Philip D. Cantino and Jacques A. Gauthier (eds.), Phylonyms: a Companion to the PhyloCode. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. ZZZ pp.
[None at present]
Wedel, M.J. 2007. Review of: Tidwell, V., and K. Carpenter (eds.).
2005. Thunder-Lizards: The Sauropodomorph Dinosaurs. Indiana
University Press, Bloomington. In: PalArch's Journal of Vertebrate
Palaeontology (unpaginated; 2pp).
[PDF]
Wedel, M.J. 2006. Pneumaticity, neck length, and body size in sauropods. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(3):137A.
Wedel, M.J. 2005. What pneumaticity tells us about "prosauropods", and vice versa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):128A. [listed above under Invited Talks and Symposia]
Wedel, M.J. 2005. A little local color: the giant dinosaur
Sauroposeidon. Oklahoma Geology Notes 65(2):38.
[PDF]
Wedel, M.J. 2004. Skeletal pneumaticity in saurischian dinosaurs and its implications for mass estimates. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(3):127A.
Wedel, M.J. 2004. The origin of postcranial skeletal pneumaticity
in dinosaurs. Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of
Zoology, Beijing, China Zoological Society:443-445.
[Superseded by my Integrative Zoology paper.]
Wedel, M.J., Bonnan, M.F., and Sanders, R.K. 2002. Two previously unreported sauropod dinosaurs from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Oklahoma. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3):118A.
Wedel, M.J. 2002. An unusually large cervical rib of Apatosaurus from the Morrison Formation of Oklahoma, with comments on the cervical musculature of sauropods. PaleoBios 22(1), Supplement, p. 8.
Wedel, M.J. 2002. Ontogeny and vertebral pneumaticity in sauropod dinosaurs. Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists, 2002 Meeting Proceedings.
Wedel, M.J. 2001. Evolution of vertebral pneumaticity in the Sauropoda. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(3):111A-112A. [listed above under Invited Talks and Symposia]
Sanders, R.K., Wedel, M.J., Sereno, P.C., and Staab, G. 2000. A restoration of the cranio- cervical system in Jobaria. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3):67A.
Wedel, M.J. 2000. New material of sauropod dinosaurs from the Cloverly Formation. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(3):77A.
Wedel, M.J. 2000. Reconstructing Brachiosaurus. Prehistoric Times
42:47.
[PDF]
Wedel, M.J., and Sanders, R.K. 1999. Comparative anatomy and functional morphology of the cervical series in ratites and sauropods. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):83A.
Wedel, M.J., and Sanders, R.K. 1998. Using computerized tomography to investigate sauropod cervical morphology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(3):87A.
Wedel, M.J., and Cifelli, R.L. 1997. A new sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Oklahoma. SVP 1997 Program Changes, p. 3.
| 2006 | UC Dept. of Integrative Biology | Pneumatic hiatuses in dinosaurs | $4730 |
| 2005 | UC Dept. of Integrative Biology | Micro CT of pneumatic bones in birds | $3760 |
| Jurassic Foundation | Postcranial pneumaticity in sauropods | 1500 | |
| Sigma Xi GIAR | Pneumatization in birds: micro CT | 780 | |
| 2004 | UC Dept. of Integrative Biology | Development of pneumaticity in birds | 2825 |
| UCMP Samuel Welles Fund | Origin and evolution of pneumaticity | 1000 | |
| UC Museum of Paleontology | The canalis supramedullaris of sauropods | 299 | |
| 2003 | UC Dept. of Integrative Biology | Development of pneumaticity in birds | 4700 |
| UC Dept. of Integrative Biology | Evolution of pneumaticity in dinosaurs | 200 | |
| 2000 | OU Graduate College | Evolution of pneumaticity in sauropods | 300 |
| OU Graduate Student Senate | Evolution of pneumaticity in sauropods | 100 | |
| 1997 | OU Honors Council | A new sauropod dinosaur from Oklahoma | 200 |
| OU Honors Council | A new sauropod from the Antlers Fm. | 200 |
(detailed list here)
| Graduate Student Instructor, Department of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley, 2002-2006 | |||
| Human Anatomy Laboratory | 3 semesters | ||
| Evolution | 2 semesters | ||
| Introduction to Biology Laboratory | 4 semesters | ||
| Biology of Human Reproduction | 1 semester | ||
| National Science Foundation Graduate Teaching Fellow, UC Berkeley, 2004-2005 | |||
| Exploring California Biodiversity | 2 semesters | ||
| Instructor, Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, 2001 | |||
| Introduction to Zoology | 1 semester | ||
| Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, 1998-2001 | |||
| Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy Laboratory | 1 semester | ||
| Human Osteology Laboratory | 1 semester (volunteer) | ||
| Human Anatomy Laboratory | 2 semesters | ||
| Introduction to Zoology Laboratory | 4 semesters | ||
Lesson "Your holiday dinosaur"
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/museum/events/bigdinos2005/turkey.html
Essay "How to encourage lecture attendance through discussion activities"
http://gsi.berkeley.edu/textonly/awards/03_04/wedel.html
As an instructor: lamprey, dogfish, frog, salamander, turkey, cat, fetal pig, human
As a researcher: catfish, bass, alligator, pigeon, chicken, rhea, emu, ostrich, rabbit, hyena
Reviewer for Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, Anatomical Record, BYU Geology Studies, Cretaceous Research, Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Palaeontology, PaleoBios, PLoS ONE, Proceedings: Biology Letters, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, and Indiana University Press.