Abbreviated CV
Carson P. Hedberg
Education
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM
M.S and Ph.D., Biology
Graduate Advisor: Felisa Smith
Anticipated graduation: May 2023
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
B.A., Earth and Environmental Science
Undergraduate Advisor: Larisa DeSantis
Graduation: May 2016, cum laude
Grants & Awards
2018 National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship
2019 Paleontology Society, Poster Award (2nd place)
2019 International Biogeography Society, Travel Award
2020 University of New Mexico, Research Coaching Fellowship
2021 American Society of Mammalogists, A. Brazier Howell Award
2021 Biology Graduate Student Association, Research Award
2021 UNM Biology Department, Summer Research Award
2021 UNM Biology Department, Joseph Gaudin Award
2021 Sevilleta LTER, Summer Research Fellowship
2021 CPEG, Presentation Award (1st place)
Publications
Hedberg, C. P., Lyons, S. K., & Smith, F. A. (2021). The hidden legacy of megafaunal extinction: Loss of functional diversity and resilience over the Late Quaternary at Hall’s Cave. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 31, 294– 307.
https://doi-org/10.1111/geb.13428
Hedberg, C., & DeSantis, L. R. G. (2017). Dental microwear texture analysis of extant koalas: clarifying causal agents of microwear. Journal of Zoology, 301(3), 206-214. https://doi-org/10.1111/jzo.12413
DeSantis, L. R. G., & Hedberg, C. (2017). Stable isotope ecology of the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus). Australian Journal of Zoology, 64 (5), 353-359. https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO16057
Presentations
Hedberg, C. P., Smith, F. A. “Know thy neighbor: Unpacking functional and phylogenetic diversity gradients in the Anthropocene.” October 2021. International Biogeography Society Early Career Biogeographers Conference (virtual).
Hedberg, C. P., S. K. Lyons, Smith, F. A. “The hidden legacy of megafaunal extinction: Functional diversity and ecosystem resilience loss over the Late Quaternary.” September 2021. 2nd Crossing the Paleontological Ecological Gap Conference (virtual).
Hedberg, C. P., S. K. Lyons, Smith, F. A. “The hidden legacy of megafaunal extinction: Functional diversity and ecosystem resilience loss over the Late Quaternary.” June 2021. American Society of Mammalogists Annual Meeting (virtual).
Hedberg, C. P., S. K. Lyons, Smith, F. A. “The hidden legacy of megafaunal extinction: A fine-scale examination of functional diversity over the Late Quaternary.” October 2020. Society for Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting (virtual).
Rovelli, R. C., A. J. Cotter, C. H. Dwyer, N. A. Freymueller, K. H. Gaines, C. P. Hedberg, J. S. Keller, J. S. Silviria, J. D. Witts, J. R. Moore, and C. E. Myers. 2019. “Using PaleoENM to predict patterns of survivorship in the Hell Creek Formation across the K/Pg mass extinction”. September 2019. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. Phoenix, AZ
Hedberg, C. P., DeSantis, L. R. G “Clarifying causal agents of dental microwear formation as revealed by koalas.” October 2016. Society for Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT