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Kay Behrensmeyer
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American taphonomist and paleoecologist
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Kay Behrensmeyer is an American paleontologist, curator, and university teacher. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy and was educated at Harvard University and Washington University in St. Louis. Her doctoral advisor was Bryan Patterson. She has worked at the University of Arizona, the National Museum of Natural History, and the Smithsonian Institution.
Her professional fields include taphonomy, paleoecology, geology, and paleontology. Behrensmeyer is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. She received the Romer-Simpson Medal. Her collection items are held at the National Museum of Natural History. She was born in Quincy in 2000 and speaks English.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Katherine
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Quincy
- Educated at
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Employer
- Smithsonian Institution
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Doctoral advisor
- Bryan Patterson
- Field of work
- paleontology
- Image
- Kay Behrensmeyer 2018 (cropped).jpg
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- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- name
- Kay
- date of birth
- 2000-00-00
- nickname
- Kay
- collection items at
- National Museum of Natural History
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