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, 2^nd 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