Dr. Bruce MacFadden

Associate Director of Exhibits and Public Programming and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology
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Bruce MacFadden was raised in suburban New York, where he graduated from Port Chester Senior High School (1967). He received the B. S., with honors, in General Science from Cornell University (1971), and M. Ph. (1974) and Ph. D. (1976) degrees in Geological Sciences (paleontology) from Columbia University. After one year as a Gibbs Instructor at Yale University, he moved to the Florida Museum of Natural History (1977) as a Vertebrate Paleontology curator. His current position is as Associate Director in charge of Exhibits & Public Programs and Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology and holds joint appointments in the UF geology and zoology departments. Bruce has taught courses in physical and historical geology, paleomagnetism, evolution, and vertebrate paleontology. Honors and awards include President of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (1986-88), scientific advisor to Cambridge University Press (1993-present), Fulbright Senior Research Fellow (1993-94) in Bolivia, and Honorary Professor at the Universidad Mayor de San Andres, La Paz, Bolivia, and Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. He also is currently Adjunct Professor of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah. Since 1991 Bruce has directed the Pony Express fossil outreach program at the FLMNH. During his career Bruce has been the Project Director of more than two million dollars of externally funded grants and the author of more than 100 refereed scientific articles, and the book entitled Fossil Horses (1992, Cambridge University Press). Bruce's current research interests principally deal with chemical analyses of fossil mammal teeth to reconstruct ancient diets, terrestrial communities, and global change. Bruce likes to jog and travel, and although a klutz, enjoys home improvement.