David Mindell

David P. Mindell is an American evolutionary biologist and author. He is currently a senior researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology.[5] Mindell's work is focused on the systematics, conservation and molecular evolution of birds, especially birds of prey. He is known for his 2006 book, The Evolving World in which he explained, for the general public, how evolution applies to everyday life.[6][7]

David P. Mindell
NationalityAmerican
Known forThe Evolving World: Evolution in Everyday Life
Awards1986 George S. Wise Post-doctoral Fellowship, Tel Aviv University, Israel[1]
2006 Fellow of Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University[2]
2007 Independent Publisher Gold Medal Award, for "The Evolving World"'[3]
2011 Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco[4]
Academic background
Alma materPrescott College
Brigham Young University
Academic work
DisciplineOrnithology, evolutionary biology
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
Websitedavidpmindell.wordpress.com

From 1994 to 2008 Mindell was Professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and Curator of birds at the University of Michigan. He served as Dean of Science and Harry & Diana Hind Chair at the California Academy of Sciences between 2008 and 2011,[8][9] and was Program Director in the Division of Environmental Biology at the US National Science Foundation during 2012 to 2016.[10]

Biography

Mindell was born in Buffalo, New York, where he attended Nichols School. He received a B.S. degree from Prescott College in 1975, and a Ph.D. degree from Brigham Young University in 1986. He was a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University between 1987 and 1989, after which he joined the University of Cincinnati as an assistant professor.[11]

In 1994, Mindell joined the University of Michigan where he taught evolutionary biology and served as professor and curator of birds. In 1998, he was appointed as the director of Genomic Diversity Laboratory at the Museum of Zoology, and in 2003, he was appointed the director of Museum of Zoology. In 2006, he was awarded the Radcliffe Fellowship at Harvard University, where he conducted research on variable rates of evolutionary change across genes and organisms.[12]

He was elected to serve as the president of Society of Systematic Biology in 2011.[13]

Research

Mindell’s research focuses on evolutionary biology, and specifically the evolution and molecular systematics of birds. He has conducted comprehensive analyses of the systematics of diurnal birds of prey (hawks, eagles, falcons, vultures) in the orders Accipitriformes, Falconiformes and Cathartiformes. His work, funded by both U.S. National Science Foundation and The Peregrine Fund,[14] includes assessment of the genetic distinctiveness and diversity of many poorly known groups of diurnal raptors, and resolution of taxonomic uncertainties.

Publications

Selected articles
  • Ribosomal RNA in vertebrates: evolution and phylogenetic applications. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics.[15] (1990)
  • Substitution bias, weighting of DNA sequence evolution, and the phylogenetic position of Fea's viper. Systematic Biology.[16] (1993)
  • Multiple independent origins of mitochondrial gene order in birds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[17] (1998)
  • Interordinal relationships of birds and other reptiles based on whole mitochondrial genomes. Systematic Biology.[18] (1999)
  • Primers for a PCR-based approach to mitochondrial genome sequencing in birds and other vertebrates. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution.[19] (1999)
  • Homology evolving. Trends in Ecology and Evolution.[20] (2001)
  • Phylogenetic relationships among modern birds (Neornithes): towards an avian tree of life. Oxford University Press.[21] (2004)
  • Strong mitochondrial DNA support for a Cretaceous origin of modern avian lineages. BMC biology.[22] (2008)
  • Approaching a state shift in Earth’s biosphere. Nature.[23] (2012)
  • The tree of life: metaphor, model and heuristic device. Systematic Biology.[24] (2013)
  • Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds. Science.[25] (2014)
  • Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation. Science.[26] (2014)
  • Rapid diversification of falcons due to expansion of open habitats in the Late Miocene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.[27] (2015)
  • Phylogeny, taxonomy and geographic diversity of diurnal raptors: Falconiformes, Accipitriformes and Cathartiformes. Birds of Prey: Biology and Conservation in the XXI Century.[28] (2018)
  • Genome-wide diversity in the California condor tracks its prehistoric abundance and decline. Current Biology.[29] (2021)

Books
  • Avian Molecular Evolution and Systematics (1997) ISBN 978-0124983151
  • The Evolving World: Evolution in Everyday Life. (2007) ISBN 978-0674025585
  • The Theory of Evolution: Principles, Concepts and Assumptions. (2020) ISBN 978-0226671024
  • The Network of Life: A New View of Evolution (2024) ISBN 978-0-691-22877-8

References
  1. "Awards – Society for the History of Technology" (PDF). www.historyoftechnology.org. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  2. "David P. Mindell". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  3. The Evolving World — David P. Mindell. Harvard University Press. 31 October 2007. ISBN 9780674025585. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  4. "California Academy of Sciences welcomes new fellows, bestows annual awards".
  5. "Affiliated Researchers".
  6. Montgomery, William (2006). "The Evolving World: Evolution in Everyday Life. By David P Mindell". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 81 (4): 395–396. doi:10.1086/511558.
  7. "David P. Mindell – Google Scholar".
  8. Miller, Greg (19 September 2008). "California Academy Practices What It Preaches About Sustainable Living". Science. 321 (5896): 1616–1617. doi:10.1126/science.321.5896.1616. PMID 18801972. S2CID 41375603.
  9. "Pepperdine University to Examine the 150th Anniversary of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species" (Press release).
  10. "NSF awards $12.3 million for research on genealogy of life".
  11. "History". www.artsci.uc.edu. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  12. "David P.Mindell".
  13. "Systematic Biology" (PDF).
  14. "The Peregrine Fund – Annual Report" (PDF).
  15. Mindell, D P; Honeycutt, R L (November 1990). "Ribosomal RNA in Vertebrates: Evolution and Phylogenetic Applications". Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics. 21 (1): 541–566. doi:10.1146/annurev.es.21.110190.002545. ISSN 0066-4162. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  16. "Substitution Bias, Weighting of DNA Sequence Evolution, and the Phylogenetic Position of Fea's Viper". Systematic Biology. 42 (1). 1 March 1993. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  17. Mindell, D. P.; Sorenson, M. D.; Dimcheff, D. E. (1 September 1998). "Multiple independent origins of mitochondrial gene order in birds". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 95 (18): 10693–10697. Bibcode:1998PNAS...9510693M. doi:10.1073/pnas.95.18.10693. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 27957. PMID 9724766.
  18. Mindell, David P.; Sorenson, Michael D.; Dimcheff, Derek E.; Hasegawa, Masami; Ast, Jennifer C.; Yuri, Tamaki (March 1999). "Interordinal Relationships of Birds and Other Reptiles Based on Whole Mitochondrial Genomes". Systematic Biology. 48 (1): 138–152. doi:10.1080/106351599260490. PMID 12078637.
  19. Sorenson, Michael D.; Ast, Jennifer C.; Dimcheff, Derek E.; Yuri, Tamaki; Mindell, David P. (1 July 1999). "Primers for a PCR-Based Approach to Mitochondrial Genome Sequencing in Birds and Other Vertebrates". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 12 (2): 105–114. doi:10.1006/mpev.1998.0602. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 10381314.
  20. Mindell, David P.; Meyer, Axel (1 August 2001). "Homology evolving". Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 16 (8): 434–440. doi:10.1016/S0169-5347(01)02206-6. ISSN 0169-5347. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  21. Cracraft, J.; Barker, F. K.; Braun, M.; Harshman, J.; Dyke, Gareth J.; Feinstein, J.; Stanley, S.; Cibois, A.; Schikle, P.; Beresford, P.; García-Moreno, J.; Sorenson, M. D.; Yuri, T.; Mindell, D. P. (12 August 2004). Phylogenetic relationships among modern birds (Neornithes): towards an avian tree of life. Oxford University Press. pp. 468–489. ISBN 978-0-19-517234-8. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  22. Brown, Joseph W.; Rest, Joshua S.; García-Moreno, Jaime; Sorenson, Michael D.; Mindell, David P. (28 January 2008). "Strong mitochondrial DNA support for a Cretaceous origin of modern avian lineages". BMC Biology. 6: 6. doi:10.1186/1741-7007-6-6. PMC 2267772. PMID 18226223.
  23. Barnosky, Anthony D.; Hadly, Elizabeth A.; Bascompte, Jordi; Berlow, Eric L.; Brown, James H.; Fortelius, Mikael; Getz, Wayne M.; Harte, John; Hastings, Alan; Marquet, Pablo A.; Martinez, Neo D.; Mooers, Arne; Roopnarine, Peter; Vermeij, Geerat; Williams, John W.; Gillespie, Rosemary; Kitzes, Justin; Marshall, Charles; Matzke, Nicholas; Mindell, David P.; Revilla, Eloy; Smith, Adam B. (June 2012). "Approaching a state shift in Earth's biosphere". Nature. 486 (7401): 52–58. Bibcode:2012Natur.486...52B. doi:10.1038/nature11018. hdl:10261/55208. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 22678279. S2CID 4788164. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  24. Mindell, David P. (May 2013). "The Tree of Life: Metaphor, Model, and Heuristic Device". Systematic Biology. 62 (3): 479–489. doi:10.1093/sysbio/sys115. PMID 23291311.
  25. Jarvis, Erich D.; et al. (12 December 2014). "Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds". Science. 346 (6215): 1320–1331. Bibcode:2014Sci...346.1320J. doi:10.1126/science.1253451. ISSN 0036-8075. PMC 4405904. PMID 25504713. S2CID 52818555.
  26. Zhang, Guojie; et al. (12 December 2014). "Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation". Science. 346 (6215): 1311–1320. Bibcode:2014Sci...346.1311Z. doi:10.1126/science.1251385. ISSN 0036-8075. PMC 4390078. PMID 25504712. S2CID 14410644.
  27. Fuchs, Jérôme; Johnson, Jeff A.; Mindell, David P. (1 January 2015). "Rapid diversification of falcons (Aves: Falconidae) due to expansion of open habitats in the Late Miocene". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 82: 166–182. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.08.010. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 25256056. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  28. Mindell, David P.; Fuchs, Jérôme; Johnson, Jeff A. (2018). "Phylogeny, Taxonomy, and Geographic Diversity of Diurnal Raptors: Falconiformes, Accipitriformes, and Cathartiformes". Birds of Prey: Biology and conservation in the XXI century. Springer International Publishing: 3–32. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-73745-4_1.
  29. Robinson, Jacqueline A.; Bowie, Rauri C. K.; Dudchenko, Olga; Aiden, Erez Lieberman; Hendrickson, Sher L.; Steiner, Cynthia C.; Ryder, Oliver A.; Mindell, David P.; Wall, Jeffrey D. (12 July 2021). "Genome-wide diversity in the California condor tracks its prehistoric abundance and decline". Current biology: CB. 31 (13): 2939–2946.e5. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.035. ISSN 1879-0445.
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