| Email: | George.Hooks@fsw.edu |
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Biography
Education
1998: Ph.D. in Biology, The University of Alabama, Dissertation: Phylogenetic Systematics of Marine Turtles of the Epifamily Dermochelyoidae.
1994 – 1996: Undergraduate and graduate studies in geology, The University of Alabama, no degree awarded.
1995: M.S. Zoology, Auburn University, Thesis: Redescription of the Protostegid Turtle Calcarichelys gemma Zangerl, 1953 and Systematic Revision of the Protostegidae using Cladistic Analysis.
1991: B.S. Pre-veterinary Medicine, Zoology Major.
Work Experience
2010 – present: Professor of Anatomy and Physiology, Florida SouthWestern State College: Anatomy and Physiology I & II and Introductory Geology.
2003 – 2010: Assistant/Associate Professor of Biology, Longwood University: Freshman Orientation, Non-majors Biology, Vertebrate Morphology, Vertebrate Physiology, Evolution, student advisor.
1999 – 2003: Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology/Collections Manager, Alabama Museum of Natural History, The University of Alabama: field recovery, preparation, and cataloging of fossil vertebrates; recruit, train, and supervise student workers and volunteers; direct, in cooperation with other museum/university departments, extended summer expeditions; manage Harrell Station Paleontology Preserve; conduct research including publication and representation at appropriate conferences; collaborate with other museum/university departments to design and install paleontology exhibits; manage paleontology budget; interact with members of the press and general public in matters regarding paleontology; manage publication of the Alabama Museum of Natural History Bulletin.
1999: Adjunct Faculty, The University of Alabama: Introductory Geology.
1999: Adjunct Faculty, Shelton State Community College, Alabama: Non-majors Biology.
1998: Adjunct Faculty, Bevill State Community College, Alabama: Biology and Human Anatomy.
1994 – 1998: Graduate Research Assistant, Alabama Museum of Natural History, The University of Alabama: field collection, preparation, cataloging, and display of fossil vertebrates; supervision of student employees and volunteers. 1991 – 1994: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Auburn University: Laboratories in Human Anatomy, Human Physiology, Vertebrate Comparative Anatomy, and Animal Physiology, Mammalian Physiology.
1992 (summer): Graduate Field Assistant, USFWS/Auburn University: Alabama Red-bellied Turtle (Pseudemys alabamensis) Recovery Plan: studied population structure and nesting behavior.
Awards/Honors/Commendations
2009 - Invited presenter, Gaffney Turtle Symposium, Royal Tyrell Museum, Drumheller, Canada [Declined to present, served as moderator].
2003 - Invited presenter, International Symposium on Turtle Origins, Evolution, and Systematics, St. Petersburg, Russia [Declined].
1996 - Invited presenter, Symposium: Phylogeny and Evolution of the Testudinates, Fifty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.
1995 - Invited presenter, Symposium: Turtle Systematics and Morphology, Seventy-Fifth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.
1994 - Selected candidate for the Romer Prize, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology award for outstanding graduate research.
Publications
Journal Articles:
2009 - Gaffney, E. S., G. E. Hooks, III, and Schnieder, V. New material of North American side-necked turtles (Pleurodira: Bothremydidae). AmericanMuseum Novitates 3655, 26 pp.
2004 - Shimada, K, and G. E. Hooks, III. Shark-bitten protostegid turtles from the Upper Cretaceous Mooreville Chalk, Alabama. Journal of Paleontology 78(1):205-210.
2002 - Schwimmer, D. R., G. E. Hooks, III, and B. Johnson. Revised taxonomy, age, and geologic range of the large lamniform shark Cretodus semiplacodus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(3):704-707.
1999 - Hooks, G. E., III, D. R. Schwimmer, and G. D. Williams. Synonymy of the pycnodont Phacodus punctatus Dixon, 1850, and its occurrence in the Late Cretaceous of the southeastern United States. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):588-590.
1998 - Hooks, G. E., III. Systematic revision of the Protostegidae with a redescription of Calcarichelys gemma Zangerl, 1953. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(1):85-98. Abstracts:
2002 - Shimada, K., M. J. Everhart, and G. E. Hooks, III. Ichthyodectid fish and protostegid turtle bitten by the Late Cretaceous lamniform shark Cretoxyrhina mantelli. Abstracts of the Sixty-second Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, supplement to 22(3):106A
1996 - Hooks, G. E., III. A new primitive protostegid turtle from the Mooreville Chalk (Campanian) of Alabama. SVP Symposium: Origin and Evolution of Turtles. Abstracts of the Fifty-sixth Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, supplement to 16(3):42A.
1995 - Hooks, G. E., III. A new specimen of Calcarichelys gemma from the Mooreville Chalk (Campanian) of Alabama. Abstracts of the Fifty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, supplement to 15(3):35A-36A.
1995 - Hooks, G. E., III. Cladistic analysis of the Protostegidae. ASIH/HL Symposium: Turtle Systematics and Morphology. Program and Abstracts of the Seventy-fifth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists:122.
1994 - Hooks, G. E., III. Systematic revision of the Protostegidae using cladistic analysis. SVP Romer Prize Session. Abstracts of the Fifty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, supplement to 14(3):30A.
Other Publications:
2005 - Hooks, G. E., III. The importance of the amateur paleontologist; pp. 187-188 in R. J. Buta, R. K. Rindsberg, and D. C. Kopaska-merkle (eds.), Pennsylvanian Footprints in the Black Warrior Basin of Alabama, Alabama Paleontological Society Monograph No. 1.
1996 - Hooks, Ed. Ancient sea turtles of Alabama. NatureSouth. 6(4):6-8
Other Professional Activities
2002-2004: Served as Thesis Advisory Committee member for Jason Schein, Department of Geology, Auburn University.
2003: Provided technical assistance for BBC program: “Sea Monsters – A Walking With Dinosaurs Special.”
2003: Organizer: Workshop on Permo-Carboniferous Ichnology, Alabama Museum of Natural History, The University of Alabama.