Michael A. Mares | |
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Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Zoologist, academic, and author |
Awards | National Medal for Museums and Libraries, Institute of Museum and Library Service |
Academic background | |
Education | B.S., Biology M.S., Biology PHD, Zoology |
Alma mater | University of New Mexico Fort Hays Kansas State University University of Texas |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Oklahoma Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History |
Michael A. Mares is an American zoologist, academic, and author. He is the Emeritus Director and Curator at the Sam Noble Museum, as well as a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biology at the University of Oklahoma.[1]
Mares is the recipient of the 2008 Jackson Award for exceptional service to the American Society of Mammalogists[2] and is most known for his works on convergent evolution, conservation, biogeography, systematics, and ecology of small mammals. He is the co-editor of Latin American Mammalogy: History, Biodiversity, and Conservation[3] and the author of A Desert Calling: Life in a Forbidding Landscape.[4]