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Peter Adam
Assistant Professor
Education
- Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; University of California, Los Angeles
- B.Sc. Zoology; University of Calgary
Courses Taught
- General Biology (Bio 102)
- General Zoology (Bio 114)
- General Zoology Laboratory (Bio 115)
- Internship: Cellular Biology (Bio 301)
- Internship: Organismal Biology (Bio 302)
- Internship: Ecological Biology (Bio 303)
- Invertebrate Zoology (Bio 312)
- Animal Anatomy and Physiology (Bio 330)
- Biological Evolution and Diversity (Bio 348)
- Mammalogy (Bio 362)
- Ornithology (Bio 364)
- Biology Practicum (Bio 383)
- Research: Organismal Biology (Bio 402)
- Research: Ecological Biology (Bio 403)
- Comparative Anatomy (Bio 435/635)
- Human Anatomy (Bio 436)
- Human Physiology (Bio 438)
- Problems in Organismal Biology (Bio 439)
- Problems in Ecological/Evolutionary Biology (Bio 479)
- Marine Mammals (Bio 455)
- Biological Science Seminar (Bio 491)
- Current Topics in Biology - Advanced Microscopy (Bio 510)
- Current Topics in Biology - Etymology (Bio 510)
- Current Topics in Biology - Phylogenetic Systematics (Bio 510)
- Advanced Current Topics in Biology (Bio 610)
- Graduate Seminar in Biology (Bio 680)
- Graduate Research in Biology (Bio 691)
Academic Interests
- Functional anatomy of locomotion and feeding
- Marine mammals
- Evolution
- Phylogenetic systematics
- Paleontology
- Extinction
Scholarly Activity
- Adam, P.J. 2009. Hindlimb Anatomy. Pages 562-565 in The Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, 2nd Edition (W.F. Perrin, B. Würsig, and H. Thewissen, eds.). Academic Press, San Diego, California.
- Adam, P.J. 2005. Lobodon carcinophaga. Mammalian Species 772:1-14.
- Adam, P.J. 2004. Monachus tropicalis. Mammalian Species 747:1-9.
- Deméré, T.A., A. Berta, and P.J. Adam. 2003. Pinnipedimorph evolutionary biogeography. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 279:32-76.
- Adam, P.J. and G.G. Garcia. 2003. New information on the natural history, distribution, and skull of the extinct (?) West Indian monk seal, Monachus tropicalis. Marine Mammal Science 19:297-317.
- Adam, P.J. and A. Berta. 2002. Evolution of prey capture strategies and diet in Pinnipedimorpha (Mammalia, Carnivora). Oryctos 4:83-107.
- Berta, A. and P.J. Adam. 2001. Evolutionary Biology of Pinnipeds. Pages 235-260 in Secondary Adaptation of Tetrapods to Life in Water (J.M. Mazin and V. de Buffrénil, eds.). Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München, Germany.
- Adam, P.J. 1999. Choloepus didactylus. Mammalian Species 621:1-8.
Student Group Advisement
- Biology
- Biomedical Sciences
- Marine Biology
- Pre-Professional Zoology
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Other Professional Experiences
- Sociedad Latino-americana de Especialistas em Mamíferos Acuático
- Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
- Society for Study of Mammalian Evolution
- Society of Marine Mammalogy
- Society of Systematic Biologists
- Society of Vertebrate Paleontology