Michael A. Nedbal, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
1997-1998
Department of Geology
The Field Museum
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Education:
- B.Sc. in Biology. University of Illinois.
Ph.D. in Genetics. Texas A&M University.
Research at the Lab:
- Michael Nedbal was a Postdoctoral Research Associate for Dr. John J. Flynn, MacArthur Curator, Chairman, Department of Geology of the Field Museum, from August 1997 until June 1998. He worked on the study of carnivores with Dr. Flynn and was co-PI on an NSF grant entitled Phylogeny and Rates of Evolution of the Carnivora (Mammalia).
Dr. Nedbal worked in the Pritzker Laboratory for the Study of Molecular Systematics and Evolution generating DNA sequences for the study. While he was here at the Field Museum he published papers entitled "Do the Combined Effects of the Asymmetric Process of Replication and DNA Damage from Oxygen Radicals Produce a Mutation-Rate Signiture in the Mitochondrial Genome?", "Phylogeny of the Carnivora (Mammalia): Congruence vs. Incompatibility among Multiple Data Sets", and "Northern bobwhite restocking in east Texas: a genetic assessment."
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