Robert D. Martin, D. Phil., D. Sc. Dr. Martin joined The Field Museum as Vice President, Academic Affairs and Curator in Biological Anthropology in September 2001. His title was subsequently changed to Provost and, following a reorganization in July 2004, his duties became focused on general responsibility for Academic Affairs, with special attention to external relationships. He is also a member of the Committee on Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago, Adjunct Curator of Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University. He has taught courses on primate evolution at the University of Chicago and at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Robert Martin, a British citizen, originally trained in zoology and subsequently acquired strong interests in evolutionary biology, paleontology and conservation, notably with respect to primates. He received a B.A. in Zoology in 1964, and a Ph.D. in Zoology in 1967, both from Worcester College, Oxford, England. Between 1969 and 1974, he was a Lecturer in Physical Anthropology at University College London (UCL). For the next four years (1974-78), he was Senior Research Fellow, in charge of the Wellcome Laboratories of Comparative Physiology at the Zoological Society of London. During that time, he also served as a Visiting Professor in Physical Anthropology at Yale University in 1975. He then returned to UCL, first as Reader in Physical Anthropology (1978-1982) and later as Professor of Physical Anthropology (1982-1986). While back at UCL, he held a parallel appointment as a Visiting Professor in Zoology at Birkbeck College, London. In 1983, he also served as an Associate Professor at the Musée de l'Homme, Paris, France. For the next 15 years prior to joining the Field Museum (1986-2001), he was Professor and Director at the Anthropological Institute and Museum of the University of Zürich, Switzerland. In recognition of his academic work there, he was elected Professor emeritus at the time of his move to Chicago. Dr. Martin is a scientist of international reputation, widely recognized as a leader in both primate biology and the origin of humans. In addition to authoring the widely acclaimed Primate Origins and Evolution (1990), which is a standard textbook in biological anthropology, he has produced more than 240 scientific publications, including several edited books and translations. Throughout his career, he has been the recipient of numerous fellowships and grants, including awards from the Royal Society, the Medical Research Council (UK), the Smithsonian Institution, the Swiss National Science Foundation and Wildlife Preservation Trust International. He has also been awarded numerous international scientific honors, including election as a Fellow of the Institute of Biology (UK) and of the Zoological Society of London, as well as receiving a D.Sc. degree from the University of Oxford. He was recently elected to a Fellowship in the anthropological section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has had a long-standing relationship with the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, serving both as a Council Member and as Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee for 25 years. He has served on numerous editorial boards, and is a reviewer on primatology for such prestigious journals as Science and Nature. His expertise in the field of primate biology and evolution uniquely bridges the fields of zoology, paleontology and anthropology, equipping him with an interdisciplinary strength that is unusually well-suited for The Field Museum and its broad range of scientific programs and research collections.