George D. Louderback Award, UC Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, 2004-2005

Teaching Effectiveness Award, University of California, Berkeley, Spring 2004

Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley Dept. of Integrative Biology, Spring 2004

First Place, University of Oklahoma Graduate College Student Poster Session, Spring 2000

Wedel, M.J. Evidence for bird-like air sacs in saurischian dinosaurs. Journal of Experimental Zoology.

Wedel, M.J. 2007b. Aligerando a los gigantes (Lightening the giants). ¡Fundamental! 12:1-84. [in Spanish, with English translation]

Wedel, M.J. 2007a. What pneumaticity tells us about â ˜prosauropods , and vice versa. Special Papers in Palaeontology 77:207-222.

Wedel, M.J. 2006. Origin of postcranial skeletal pneumaticity in dinosaurs. Integrative Zoology 2:80-85.

Wedel, M.J. 2005. Postcranial skeletal pneumaticity in sauropods and its implications for mass estimates; pp. 201-228 in Wilson, J.A., and Curry-Rogers, K. (eds.), The Sauropods:Evolution and Paleobiology. University of California Press, Berkeley.

Wedel, M.J., and Cifelli, R.L. 2005. Sauroposeidon: Oklahoma s native giant. Oklahoma Geology Notes 65:40-57.

Bonnan, M.F., and Wedel, M.J. 2004. First occurrence of Brachiosaurus (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Oklahoma. PaleoBios24(2):13-21.

Wedel, M.J. 2003b. The evolution of vertebral pneumaticity in sauropod dinosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23:344-357.

Wedel, M.J. 2003a. Vertebral pneumaticity, air sacs, and the physiology of sauropod dinosaurs. Paleobiology 29:243-255.

Wedel, M.J., and Saunders, R.K. 2002. Osteological correlates of cervical musculature in Aves and Sauropoda (Dinosauria: Saurischia), with comments of the cervical ribs of Apatosaurus. PaleoBios 22 (3):1-6.

Wedel, M.J., Cifelli, R.L., and Sanders, R.K. 2000b. Osteology, paleobiology, and relationships of the sauropod dinosaur Sauroposeidon. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 45:343-388.

Wedel, M.J., Cifelli, R.L., and Sanders, R.K. 2000a. Sauroposeidon proteles, a new sauropod from the Early Cretaceous of Oklahoma. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20:109-114.

Sanders, R.K., and Wedel, M.J. 2008. The endocranial anatomy of the dome-skulled chalicothere Tylocephalonyx UCMP 115867 with emphasis on the paranasal sinuses and turbinates. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(3):

Wedel, M.J., and Taylor, M.P. 2008. Did sauropods really decline in the Early Cretaceous ofNorth America? PaleoBios 28(1), Supplement, p. 8.

Pine, S., and Wedel, M. 2007. Increases in sacral vertebrae in non-avian dinosaurs: a pervasive,homoplastic, driven evolutionary trend. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3):130A.

Wedel, M.J. 2006. Pneumaticity, neck length, and body size in sauropods. Journal of VertebratePaleontology 26(3):137A.

Wedel, M.J. 2005. What pneumaticity tells us about â œprosauropodsâ , and vice versa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):128A. [listed below under Invited Talks and Symposia]

Wedel, M.J. 2004. Skeletal pneumaticity in saurischian dinosaurs and its implications for mass estimates. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(3):127A.

Invited Talks & Symposia

November 20, 2005. â œCarving your Thanksgiving dinosaur.â Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, CA.

October 22, 2005. â œWhat pneumaticity tells us about â ˜prosauropods , and vice versa.â Evolution of Giants symposium, 65th SVP meeting, Mesa, AZ. [also listed above under Abstracts]

October 3, 2001. â œThe evolution of vertebral pneumaticity in the Sauropoda.â Sauropod Evolution and Paleobiology symposium in honor of John S. McIntosh, 61st SVP meeting, Bozeman, MT.

April 26, 2001. â œSauroposeidon and air sac systems in dinosaurs.â Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman, OK.

March 22, 2001. â œVertebral pneumaticity in dinosaurs: evolution and implications.â Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA.

Professional Service

Reviewer for Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, Anatomical Record, BYU Geology Studies, Cretaceous Research, Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae, Journal of Experimental Zoology, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Palaeontology, PaleoBios, PLoS ONE, Proceedings: Biology Letters, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, and Indiana University Press.

Research Grants (source, title, amount)

2006, UC Dept. of Integrative Biology,Pneumatic hiatuses in dinosaurs,$4730

2005, UC Dept. of Integrative Biology, Micro CT of pneumatic bones in birds, $3760

Jurassic Foundation, Postcranial pneumaticity in sauropods, $1500

Sigma Xi GIAR, Pneumatization in birds: micro CT, $780

2004, UC Dept. of Integrative Biology, Development of pneumaticity in birds, $2825

UCMP Samuel Welles Fund, Origin and evolution of pneumaticity, $1000

UC Museum of Paleontology, The canalis supramedullaris of sauropods, $299

2003, UC Dept. of Integrative Biology, Development of pneumaticity in birds, $4700

UC Dept. of Integrative Biology, Evolution of pneumaticity in dinosaurs, $200

2000, OU Graduate College, Evolution of pneumaticity in sauropods, $300

OU Graduate Student Senate, Evolution of pneumaticity in sauropods, $100

1997, OU Honors Council, A new sauropod dinosaur from Oklahoma, $200

OU Honors Council, A new sauropod from the Antlers Fm., $200

Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Western Univ. of Health Sciences, 2008-Gross Anatomy (lab and lecture) 1 semester

Instructor, School of Natural Science and Writing Program, UC Merced, 2007-2008
Introduction to Ecology 1 semester
Human Anatomy Laboratory 1 semester
Contemporary Biology 1 semester
Core 1, The World at Home 1 semester

Graduate Student Instructor, Department of Integrative Biology,UC Berkeley,2002-2007
Biology and anatomy labs 10 semesters

National Science Foundation Graduate Teaching Fellow, UC Berkeley, 2004-2005
Exploring California Biodiversity 2 semesters

Instructor, Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, 2001
Introduction to Zoology 1 semester

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Zoology,University of Oklahoma,1998-2001
Zoology and anatomy labs 7 semesters

Professional Consulting

2008: Scholastic, Inc., Megan Butler, research, fact checking, and proofing art for upcoming video game

2007-08: Leapfrog Enterprises, Inc., Julia Petchey, research, fact checking, and proofing illustrations for T. Rex's Mighty Roar

2006-07: University of California Museum of Paleontology, Judy Scotchmoor, revising and writing content for UCMP taxa pages

2005: Lawrence Hall of Science, Brooke Smith, research, fact checking, signage, and public demonstrations for exhibit Big Dinos Return

2003: Leapfrog Enterprises, Inc., Wesley Hall, research, fact checking, and proofing illustrations for book Leap and the Lost Dinosaur