Larisa DeSantis
Larisa DeSantis is an American vertebrate paleontologist and evolutionary biologist. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences at Vanderbilt University..[1][2] Before arriving in Tennessee and developing her own research program and the DeSantis DREAM Lab (Dietary Reconstructions and Ecological Assessments of Mammals), she completed her bachelor's degree at the University of California, Berkeley, her master's in environmental management at Yale University, and her doctoral degree at the University of Florida[2]. She also worked for the American Museum of Natural History and brought dinosaur exhibits to children and community members throughout New York City (in a 38-foot Movable Museum)[3]
DeSantis is known primarily for her work on Pleistocene ecosystems in Australia[4][5][6][7][8][9] and North America, including work at the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] She also worked on the man-eating lions of Tsavo[19] and was featured in Brain Scoop [20].
DeSantis has written or coauthored more than 50 scientific works on ecology and evolution[2] in books and journals including Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences[9], Current Biology[21], Science Advances[22], Scientific Reports[19][23], Paleobiology[7], and more. These have focused on dietary and hunting behavior of ancient mammals[10][21] (including saber-toothed cats[4][10][15][16], dire wolves[18], giant short faced bears[13], marsupial lions[6], and tapirs[23]), and their response to climate change and human impacts[7][8][24][25]. She was also the former National Poster Child for the Epilepsy Foundation and advocated for the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.[26]
DeSantis's work has been featured in hundreds of news (electronic, print), radio, pod-casts, tv, and film media outlets, and she appeared recently in documentaries on Curiosity Stream (Saber-Tooth Brawl, Lucha Entre Dientes De Sable, and Top Science Stories of 2019) and National Geographic Wild (Future Cats).
References
- ↑ Paschal, Lacy. "Expert Bios". Vanderbilt University. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Dr. Larisa R.G. DeSantis". Vanderbilt University. 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- ↑ Zarr, Gary (2005). American Museum of Natural History: Report for Fiscal Years 2001 through 2003 (PDF). American Museum of Natural History. Search this book on
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Saber-tooth surprise: Fossils redraw picture of the fearsome big cat". Science. 2019-08-05. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- ↑ "Human role in big kangaroo demise". 2009-06-22. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Pickrell, John (2018-10-23). "Climate change implicated in marsupial-lion extinction". Nature. doi:10.1038/d41586-018-07128-z.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 DeSantis, Larisa R. G.; Field, Judith H.; Wroe, Stephen; Dodson, John R. (May 2017). "Dietary responses of Sahul (Pleistocene Australia–New Guinea) megafauna to climate and environmental change". Paleobiology. 43 (2): 181–195. doi:10.1017/pab.2016.50. ISSN 0094-8373. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 Scholtz, E. J.; DeSantis, L. R. G. (2020). "Invasive species, not environmental changes, restrict the population and geographical range of the quokka (Setonix brachyurus)". Journal of Zoology. 311 (2): 106–115. doi:10.1111/jzo.12765. ISSN 1469-7998. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 Prideaux, Gavin J.; Ayliffe, Linda K.; DeSantis, Larisa R. G.; Schubert, Blaine W.; Murray, Peter F.; Gagan, Michael K.; Cerling, Thure E. (2009-07-14). "Extinction implications of a chenopod browse diet for a giant Pleistocene kangaroo". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 106 (28): 11646–11650. Bibcode:2009PNAS..10611646P. doi:10.1073/pnas.0900956106. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 2710660. PMID 19556539.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 DeSantis, Larisa R. G.; Schubert, Blaine W.; Scott, Jessica R.; Ungar, Peter S. (2012-12-26). "Implications of Diet for the Extinction of Saber-Toothed Cats and American Lions". PLOS ONE. 7 (12): e52453. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...752453D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052453. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3530457. PMID 23300674.
- ↑ DeSantis, Larisa R. G.; Haupt, Ryan J. (2014-04-30). "Cougars' key to survival through the Late Pleistocene extinction: insights from dental microwear texture analysis". Biology Letters. 10 (4): 20140203. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2014.0203. PMC 4013708. PMID 24759373.
- ↑ "Black gold". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Donohue, Shelly L.; DeSantis, Larisa R. G.; Schubert, Blaine W.; Ungar, Peter S. (2013-10-30). "Was the Giant Short-Faced Bear a Hyper-Scavenger? A New Approach to the Dietary Study of Ursids Using Dental Microwear Textures". PLOS ONE. 8 (10): e77531. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...877531D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0077531. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3813673. PMID 24204860.
- ↑ Jones, Davis Brent; Desantis, Larisa R.G. (January 2017). "Dietary ecology of ungulates from the La Brea tar pits in southern California: A multi-proxy approach". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 466: 110–127. Bibcode:2017PPP...466..110J. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.11.019.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 DeSantis, Larisa R. G.; Crites, Jonathan M.; Feranec, Robert S.; Fox-Dobbs, Kena; Farrell, Aisling B.; Harris, John M.; Takeuchi, Gary T.; Cerling, Thure E. (2019-08-05). "Causes and Consequences of Pleistocene Megafaunal Extinctions as Revealed from Rancho La Brea Mammals". Current Biology. 29 (15): 2488–2495.e2. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.059. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 31386836. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Saber-tooth surprise: Fossils redraw picture of the fearsome big cat". Science. 2019-08-05. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- ↑ CNN, Ashley Strickland. "Fossils in La Brea Tar Pits reveal why coyotes still exist, but not saber-toothed cats". CNN. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Montanari, Shaena. "Are The Dire Wolves From Game Of Thrones Real Animals?". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 DeSantis, Larisa R. G.; Patterson, Bruce D. (2017-04-19). "Dietary behaviour of man-eating lions as revealed by dental microwear textures". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 904. Bibcode:2017NatSR...7..904D. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-00948-5. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5430416. PMID 28424462.
- ↑ Communications, Vanderbilt Division of. "Childhood meeting with Bush inspired Vanderbilt's DeSantis to be role model for others". Vanderbilt University. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 DeSantis, Larisa R. G.; Crites, Jonathan M.; Feranec, Robert S.; Fox-Dobbs, Kena; Farrell, Aisling B.; Harris, John M.; Takeuchi, Gary T.; Cerling, Thure E. (2019-08-05). "Causes and Consequences of Pleistocene Megafaunal Extinctions as Revealed from Rancho La Brea Mammals". Current Biology. 29 (15): 2488–2495.e2. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.059. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 31386836. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ Larmon, Jean T.; McDonald, H. Gregory; Ambrose, Stanley; DeSantis, Larisa R. G.; Lucero, Lisa J. (2019-02-01). "A year in the life of a giant ground sloth during the Last Glacial Maximum in Belize". Science Advances. 5 (2): eaau1200. Bibcode:2019SciA....5.1200L. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aau1200. ISSN 2375-2548. PMC 6392778. PMID 30820449.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 DeSantis, Larisa R. G.; Sharp, Alana C.; Schubert, Blaine W.; Colbert, Matthew W.; Wallace, Steven C.; Grine, Frederick E. (2020-06-01). "Clarifying relationships between cranial form and function in tapirs, with implications for the dietary ecology of early hominins". Scientific Reports. 10 (1): 8809. Bibcode:2020NatSR..10.8809D. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-65586-w. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 7264299 Check
|pmc=value (help). PMID 32483196 Check|pmid=value (help). - ↑ DeSantis, Larisa R. G.; Feranec, Robert S.; MacFadden, Bruce J. (2009-06-03). "Effects of Global Warming on Ancient Mammalian Communities and Their Environments". PLOS ONE. 4 (6): e5750. Bibcode:2009PLoSO...4.5750D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005750. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 2684586. PMID 19492043.
- ↑ Desantis, Larisa R. G.; Bhotika, Smriti; Williams, Kimberlyn; Putz, Francis E. (2007). "Sea-level rise and drought interactions accelerate forest decline on the Gulf Coast of Florida, USA". Global Change Biology. 13 (11): 2349–2360. Bibcode:2007GCBio..13.2349D. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01440.x. ISSN 1365-2486.
- ↑ Communications, Vanderbilt Division of. "Childhood meeting with Bush inspired Vanderbilt's DeSantis to be role model for others". Vanderbilt University. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
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