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Kenneth Lacovara

December 07, 2023

Kenneth John Lacovara (born March 11, 1961) is an American paleontologist and geologist at Rowan University and fellow of the Explorers Club,[1] known for the discovery of the titanosaurian dinosaur Dreadnoughtus and his involvement in the discovery and naming of the giant sauropod dinosaur Paralititan,[2][3] as well as his work applying 3D printing technology to paleontology.[4][5][6] Lacovara is the founder of the Edelman Fossil Park of Rowan University and the author of the general-audience book, Why Dinosaurs Matter (2017), for which he received a Nautilus Book Award.[7] Additionally, he serves as Paleontology Fellow of the Academy of Natural Sciences.[8] He is a recipient of the Explorers Club Medal, the highest honor bestowed by The Explorers Club.[9]

Kenneth Lacovara
Kenneth J. Lacovara with Dreadnoughtus femur
BornMarch 11, 1961 (1961-03-11) (age 62)
New Jersey, USA
CitizenshipUnited States of America
Alma materRowan University
Known forDiscovery of Dreadnoughtus schrani, Paralititan stromeri, and other dinosaurs and for founding the Edelman Fossil Park of Rowan University
Scientific career
FieldsPaleontology
InstitutionsRowan University

Biography edit

Lacovara grew up in Linwood, New Jersey[10] and attended Mainland Regional High School.[11] He graduated with honors from Rowan University in 1984. He was named Alumnus of the Year in 2002.[12] He received a Master's degree in Physical Geography from the University of Maryland and a PhD in Geology from the University of Delaware in 1998.[13]

Professor of paleontology and geology at Rowan University, he is founding Dean of Rowan University's School of Earth & Environment and the founding Director of the Rowan Fossil Park. Formerly, Lacovara was a Professor of Biology at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

Discover Magazine has three times listed his work in the "Top 100 Science Stories" of the year, for 2001,[14] 2012,[15] and 2014.[16] He was a speaker at the 2016 TED and INK conferences.

Lacovara is known for his work in applying high-tech tools to dinosaur paleontology, including 3D scanning and 3D printing,[15][17] and robotics.[18]

He is a resident of Swedesboro, New Jersey[11][19] and a professional jazz drummer.[20]

Discoveries edit

On September 4, 2014, Lacovara's discovery of the giant titanosaur, Dreadnoughtus schrani, was published by the journal Scientific Reports, making international headlines. It is the most complete skeleton of a giant titanosaur discovered to date.[21]

Lacovara was part of the team that discovered Paralititan stromeri in the Bahariya Oasis of Egypt in 2000. Paralititan was the first new dinosaur discovery in Egypt since the early 20th century and was featured in the 2-hour documentary The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt, narrated by Matthew McConaughey and produced by Ann Druyan. The team published their findings in Science in 2001.[22] The announcement of the new species was named by Discover Magazine as one of the "100 Top Science Stories of 2001".[23]

In China, Lacovara was part of a team that discovered multiple skeletons of the Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) aquatic bird Gansus yumenensis. Gansus filled an important gap in bird evolution, and the team published their result in Science in 2006.[24]

Lacovara was also a member of the team that discovered Suzhousaurus megatherioides, a therizinosauroid from the Lower Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert of China.

Edelman Fossil Park of Rowan University edit

Lacovara is the founding Director of the Edelman Fossil Park of Rowan University, a 65-acre property in southern New Jersey that preserves a K/Pg bonebed of vertebrate fossils and serves as a site for STEM education and outreach.[25][26]

Explorers Club Medal edit

In 2019 Lacovara received the Explorers Club's highest honor, the Explorers Club Medal 2016-03-19 at the Wayback Machine, awarded for "extraordinary contributions directly in the field of exploration, scientific research, or to the welfare of humanity.".[27] Previous recipients include Roy Chapman Andrews, Neil Armstrong, Jane Goodall, Edward O. Wilson, and Neil deGrasse Tyson.[28]

Selected talks by Kenneth Lacovara edit

  • La Ciudad de las Ideas, Puebla, Mexico - 2016[29]
  • INK, Goa, India - 2016[30]
  • TED Summit, Banff, Canada - 2016[31]
  • TED, Vancouver, Canada - 2016[32]
  • NASA New Horizons Flyby, Baltimore, USA - 2015[33]
  • TEDx Drexel, Philadelphia, USA - 2015[34]
  • Linda Hall Library of Science, Kansas City, USA - 2013[35]
  • iNatura, Dornbern, Austria - 2010[36]
  • Explorers Club Centennial Gala - 2004[37]

Publications edit

  • Why Dinosaurs Matter. New York: Simon & Schuster/TED Books, 2017. ISBN 978-1501120107 - winner of a Nautilus Silver Book Award.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ The Next Generation of Explorers. Men's Journal. September 2006. pp. 128–129.
  2. ^ Roach, John (May 31, 2001). . National Geographic News. Archived from the original on June 5, 2001. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  3. ^ Smith, Jesse. "Paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara". The Smart Set. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  4. ^ Hadhazy, Adam (January 29, 2013). "Digital Fossils Bring Dinos to Life". No. January–February 2013. Discovery Magazine. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  5. ^ Wilkins, Alasdair (February 21, 2012). "Robot dinosaurs are the future of paleontology". io9. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  6. ^ Wagstaff, Keith (February 22, 2012). "The Robotic Dinosaurs That Could Change Paleontology Forever". Time. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  7. ^ a b http://www.snjtoday.com/story/38162555/rowan-university-paleontologist-wins-prestigious-nautilus-book-award[dead link]
  8. ^ "paleontology-fellow". 27 April 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  9. ^ . www.snjtoday.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-29.
  10. ^ Avril, Tom. "Paleontologist gets equal pleasure explaining his work", The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 7, 2014. Accessed September 22, 2022. "The carpenter's son grew up in Linwood, Atlantic County, where the coastal terrain is largely sand and mud. Then one day at a Cub Scouts meeting, when Lacovara was in second grade, an amateur geologist brought in a box of geodes and minerals."
  11. ^ a b Marino, Suzanne. "MRHS students dig the mighty tale of Dreadnoughtus discovery by alum" 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, The Current, February 24, 2015. Accessed June 10, 2015. "Mainland Regional High School can boast many successful alumnae. There are doctors, lawyers, politicians, NFL players, and Peace Corps volunteers, but Friday, Feb. 20, Ken Lacovara Ph.D., a paleontologist and possibly one of the most adventurous of the famous alums, stopped in to talk about what he has been up to since he left Mainland in 1978....
  12. ^ "Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients". Rowan Today. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  13. ^ . Drexel University College of Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  14. ^ "Campus Buzz | Penn Current". penncurrent.upenn.edu. 7 February 2002. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  15. ^ a b "Digital Fossils Bring Dinos to Life | DiscoverMagazine.com". Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  16. ^ "Introducing the Heavyweight Dino of the World | DiscoverMagazine.com". Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  17. ^ June, Laura (2012-07-02). "Printing dinosaurs: the mad science of new paleontology". The Verge. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  18. ^ "How a 65-ton dinosaur took a power walk". Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  19. ^ Riordan, Kevin. "New wave digging those fossils", The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 14, 2013. Accessed February 27, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "'It's been a rough summer for us, with the weather,' says Lacovara, who's 52 and lives in Swedesboro."
  20. ^ Nothdurft, William; Smith, Josh (2002-09-24). The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 9781588361172.
  21. ^ Lacovara, Kenneth J.; Lamanna, Matthew C.; Ibiricu, Lucio M.; Poole, Jason C.; Schroeter, Elena C.; Ullman, Paul V.; Voegele, Kristyn K.; Boles, Zachary M.; Carter, Aja M.; Fowler, Emma K.; Egerton, Victoria M.; Moyer, Alison E.; Coughenour, Christopher L.; Schein, Jason P.; Harris, Jerald D.; Martínez, Rubén D; Novas, Fernando E. (September 4, 2014). "A Gigantic, Exceptionally Complete Titanosaurian Sauropod Dinosaur from Southern Patagonia, Argentina". Scientific Reports. 4: 6196. Bibcode:2014NatSR...4E6196L. doi:10.1038/srep06196. PMC 5385829. PMID 25186586.
  22. ^ Smith, Joshua; Lamanna, Matthew; Lacovara, Kenneth; Dodson, Peter; Smith, Jennifer; Poole, Jason; Giegengack, Robert; Attia, Yousry (June 1, 2001). "A Giant Sauropod Dinosaur from an Upper Cretaceous Mangrove Deposit in Egypt". Science. 292 (5522): 1704–6. Bibcode:2001Sci...292.1704S. doi:10.1126/science.1060561. PMID 11387472. S2CID 33454060.
  23. ^ Penn Current. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  24. ^ You, Hai-Lu; Lamanna, Matthew; Harris, Jerald; Chiappe, Luis; O'Connor, Jingmai; Ji, Shu-an; Lü, Jun-chang; Yuan, Chong-xi; Li, Da-qing; Zhang, Xing; Lacovara, Kenneth; Dodson, Peter; Ji, Qiang (June 16, 2006). "A Nearly Modern Amphibious Bird from the Early Cretaceous of Northwestern China". Science. 312 (5780): 1640–1643. Bibcode:2006Sci...312.1640Y. doi:10.1126/science.1126377. PMID 16778053. S2CID 42723583. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  25. ^ Driscoll, Jessica (June 28, 2012). "Mantua Township's Inversand site may be of national importance to paleontologists". Gloucester County Times. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  26. ^ Chang, Kenneth (2016-01-04). "Behind a Shopping Center in New Jersey, Signs of a Mass Extinction". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  27. ^ "Home | Rowan Today | Rowan University".
  28. ^ . Archived from the original on 2016-03-19. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  29. ^ . www.ciudaddelasideas.com. Archived from the original on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  30. ^ . inktalks.com. Archived from the original on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  31. ^ . 2016-03-29. Archived from the original on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  32. ^ Lacovara, Kenneth (22 April 2016), Hunting for dinosaurs showed me our place in the universe, retrieved 2016-09-24
  33. ^ Ewing, Rachel (2015-07-10). "Quick Take: A Paleontologist's View of the New Horizons Pluto Flyby". Drexel News Blog. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  34. ^ "TEDxDrexelU | TED.com". www.ted.com. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  35. ^ "Next-Gen Paleontology: 3D Printed Dinosaurs - Linda Hall Library". Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  36. ^ . Dinosaurier in der inatura: Amerikanischer Star-Paläontologe Prof. Dr. Kenneth Lacovara hielt Vortrag in Dornbirn. (in Austrian German). Archived from the original on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
  37. ^ "From Antarctica to Mars in 100 years". Retrieved 2016-09-24.

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kenneth Lacovara (paleontologist).
  • Official website  
  • Hunting for dinosaurs showed me our place in the universe, a TED talk
  • TED Profile - Kenneth Lacovara
  • Edelman Fossil Park of Rowan university page
  • Linda Hall Library of Science lecture: Next-Gen Paleontology
  • Philadelphia Inquirer: Ancient Sea Turtle Discovered in New Jersey
  • Philadelphia Inquirer: Reconstructing a Fossil Turtle

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Kenneth John Lacovara born March 11 1961 is an American paleontologist and geologist at Rowan University and fellow of the Explorers Club 1 known for the discovery of the titanosaurian dinosaur Dreadnoughtus and his involvement in the discovery and naming of the giant sauropod dinosaur Paralititan 2 3 as well as his work applying 3D printing technology to paleontology 4 5 6 Lacovara is the founder of the Edelman Fossil Park of Rowan University and the author of the general audience book Why Dinosaurs Matter 2017 for which he received a Nautilus Book Award 7 Additionally he serves as Paleontology Fellow of the Academy of Natural Sciences 8 He is a recipient of the Explorers Club Medal the highest honor bestowed by The Explorers Club 9 Kenneth LacovaraKenneth J Lacovara with Dreadnoughtus femurBornMarch 11 1961 1961 03 11 age 62 New Jersey USACitizenshipUnited States of AmericaAlma materRowan UniversityKnown forDiscovery of Dreadnoughtus schrani Paralititan stromeri and other dinosaurs and for founding the Edelman Fossil Park of Rowan UniversityScientific careerFieldsPaleontologyInstitutionsRowan University Contents 1 Biography 2 Discoveries 3 Edelman Fossil Park of Rowan University 4 Explorers Club Medal 5 Selected talks by Kenneth Lacovara 6 Publications 7 References 8 External linksBiography editLacovara grew up in Linwood New Jersey 10 and attended Mainland Regional High School 11 He graduated with honors from Rowan University in 1984 He was named Alumnus of the Year in 2002 12 He received a Master s degree in Physical Geography from the University of Maryland and a PhD in Geology from the University of Delaware in 1998 13 Professor of paleontology and geology at Rowan University he is founding Dean of Rowan University s School of Earth amp Environment and the founding Director of the Rowan Fossil Park Formerly Lacovara was a Professor of Biology at Drexel University in Philadelphia Discover Magazine has three times listed his work in the Top 100 Science Stories of the year for 2001 14 2012 15 and 2014 16 He was a speaker at the 2016 TED and INK conferences Lacovara is known for his work in applying high tech tools to dinosaur paleontology including 3D scanning and 3D printing 15 17 and robotics 18 He is a resident of Swedesboro New Jersey 11 19 and a professional jazz drummer 20 Discoveries editOn September 4 2014 Lacovara s discovery of the giant titanosaur Dreadnoughtus schrani was published by the journal Scientific Reports making international headlines It is the most complete skeleton of a giant titanosaur discovered to date 21 Lacovara was part of the team that discovered Paralititan stromeri in the Bahariya Oasis of Egypt in 2000 Paralititan was the first new dinosaur discovery in Egypt since the early 20th century and was featured in the 2 hour documentary The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt narrated by Matthew McConaughey and produced by Ann Druyan The team published their findings in Science in 2001 22 The announcement of the new species was named by Discover Magazine as one of the 100 Top Science Stories of 2001 23 In China Lacovara was part of a team that discovered multiple skeletons of the Early Cretaceous Aptian Albian aquatic bird Gansus yumenensis Gansus filled an important gap in bird evolution and the team published their result in Science in 2006 24 Lacovara was also a member of the team that discovered Suzhousaurus megatherioides a therizinosauroid from the Lower Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert of China Edelman Fossil Park of Rowan University editLacovara is the founding Director of the Edelman Fossil Park of Rowan University a 65 acre property in southern New Jersey that preserves a K Pg bonebed of vertebrate fossils and serves as a site for STEM education and outreach 25 26 Explorers Club Medal editIn 2019 Lacovara received the Explorers Club s highest honor the Explorers Club Medal Archived 2016 03 19 at the Wayback Machine awarded for extraordinary contributions directly in the field of exploration scientific research or to the welfare of humanity 27 Previous recipients include Roy Chapman Andrews Neil Armstrong Jane Goodall Edward O Wilson and Neil deGrasse Tyson 28 Selected talks by Kenneth Lacovara editLa Ciudad de las Ideas Puebla Mexico 2016 29 INK Goa India 2016 30 TED Summit Banff Canada 2016 31 TED Vancouver Canada 2016 32 NASA New Horizons Flyby Baltimore USA 2015 33 TEDx Drexel Philadelphia USA 2015 34 Linda Hall Library of Science Kansas City USA 2013 35 iNatura Dornbern Austria 2010 36 Explorers Club Centennial Gala 2004 37 Publications editWhy Dinosaurs Matter New York Simon amp Schuster TED Books 2017 ISBN 978 1501120107 winner of a Nautilus Silver Book Award 7 References edit The Next Generation of Explorers Men s Journal September 2006 pp 128 129 Roach John May 31 2001 Tidal Giant Roamed Coastal Swamps of Ancient Africa National Geographic News Archived from the original on June 5 2001 Retrieved 4 August 2014 Smith Jesse Paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara The Smart Set Retrieved 4 August 2014 Hadhazy Adam January 29 2013 Digital Fossils Bring Dinos to Life No January February 2013 Discovery Magazine Retrieved 4 August 2014 Wilkins Alasdair February 21 2012 Robot dinosaurs are the future of paleontology io9 Retrieved 4 August 2014 Wagstaff Keith February 22 2012 The Robotic Dinosaurs That Could Change Paleontology Forever Time Retrieved 4 August 2014 a b http www snjtoday com story 38162555 rowan university paleontologist wins prestigious nautilus book award dead link paleontology fellow 27 April 2015 Retrieved 2016 09 24 Rowan University Dean Dr Kenneth Lacovara Awarded The Explore South Jersey News Weather Sports Entertainment NJ www snjtoday com Archived from the original on 2019 03 29 Avril Tom Paleontologist gets equal pleasure explaining his work The Philadelphia Inquirer September 7 2014 Accessed September 22 2022 The carpenter s son grew up in Linwood Atlantic County where the coastal terrain is largely sand and mud Then one day at a Cub Scouts meeting when Lacovara was in second grade an amateur geologist brought in a box of geodes and minerals a b Marino Suzanne MRHS students dig the mighty tale of Dreadnoughtus discovery by alum Archived 2016 03 04 at the Wayback Machine The Current February 24 2015 Accessed June 10 2015 Mainland Regional High School can boast many successful alumnae There are doctors lawyers politicians NFL players and Peace Corps volunteers but Friday Feb 20 Ken Lacovara Ph D a paleontologist and possibly one of the most adventurous of the famous alums stopped in to talk about what he has been up to since he left Mainland in 1978 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients Rowan Today Retrieved 4 August 2014 Drexel University faculty page Drexel University College of Arts amp Sciences Archived from the original on 14 August 2014 Retrieved 4 August 2014 Campus Buzz Penn Current penncurrent upenn edu 7 February 2002 Retrieved 2016 09 24 a b Digital Fossils Bring Dinos to Life DiscoverMagazine com Retrieved 2016 09 24 Introducing the Heavyweight Dino of the World DiscoverMagazine com Retrieved 2016 09 24 June Laura 2012 07 02 Printing dinosaurs the mad science of new paleontology The Verge Retrieved 2016 09 24 How a 65 ton dinosaur took a power walk Retrieved 2016 09 24 Riordan Kevin New wave digging those fossils The Philadelphia Inquirer July 14 2013 Accessed February 27 2023 via Newspapers com It s been a rough summer for us with the weather says Lacovara who s 52 and lives in Swedesboro Nothdurft William Smith Josh 2002 09 24 The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt Random House Publishing Group ISBN 9781588361172 Lacovara Kenneth J Lamanna Matthew C Ibiricu Lucio M Poole Jason C Schroeter Elena C Ullman Paul V Voegele Kristyn K Boles Zachary M Carter Aja M Fowler Emma K Egerton Victoria M Moyer Alison E Coughenour Christopher L Schein Jason P Harris Jerald D Martinez Ruben D Novas Fernando E September 4 2014 A Gigantic Exceptionally Complete Titanosaurian Sauropod Dinosaur from Southern Patagonia Argentina Scientific Reports 4 6196 Bibcode 2014NatSR 4E6196L doi 10 1038 srep06196 PMC 5385829 PMID 25186586 Smith Joshua Lamanna Matthew Lacovara Kenneth Dodson Peter Smith Jennifer Poole Jason Giegengack Robert Attia Yousry June 1 2001 A Giant Sauropod Dinosaur from an Upper Cretaceous Mangrove Deposit in Egypt Science 292 5522 1704 6 Bibcode 2001Sci 292 1704S doi 10 1126 science 1060561 PMID 11387472 S2CID 33454060 Campus Buzz A huge discovery Penn Current Archived from the original on 14 August 2014 Retrieved 4 August 2014 You Hai Lu Lamanna Matthew Harris Jerald Chiappe Luis O Connor Jingmai Ji Shu an Lu Jun chang Yuan Chong xi Li Da qing Zhang Xing Lacovara Kenneth Dodson Peter Ji Qiang June 16 2006 A Nearly Modern Amphibious Bird from the Early Cretaceous of Northwestern China Science 312 5780 1640 1643 Bibcode 2006Sci 312 1640Y doi 10 1126 science 1126377 PMID 16778053 S2CID 42723583 Retrieved 4 August 2014 Driscoll Jessica June 28 2012 Mantua Township s Inversand site may be of national importance to paleontologists Gloucester County Times Retrieved 4 August 2014 Chang Kenneth 2016 01 04 Behind a Shopping Center in New Jersey Signs of a Mass Extinction The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2016 09 24 Home Rowan Today Rowan University The Explorers Club Archived from the original on 2016 03 19 Retrieved 2019 04 03 La Ciudad de las Ideas www ciudaddelasideas com Archived from the original on 2016 09 27 Retrieved 2016 09 24 INK2016 Stories Ideas and Perspectives 300 Inspirational talks by remarkable people from INK events inktalks com Archived from the original on 2016 09 27 Retrieved 2016 09 24 Meet the 110 speakers at TEDSummit 2016 including some of the most popular of all time 2016 03 29 Archived from the original on 2016 09 27 Retrieved 2016 09 24 Lacovara Kenneth 22 April 2016 Hunting for dinosaurs showed me our place in the universe retrieved 2016 09 24 Ewing Rachel 2015 07 10 Quick Take A Paleontologist s View of the New Horizons Pluto Flyby Drexel News Blog Retrieved 2016 09 24 TEDxDrexelU TED com www ted com Retrieved 2016 09 24 Next Gen Paleontology 3D Printed Dinosaurs Linda Hall Library Retrieved 2016 09 24 Dinosaurier in der inatura Amerikanischer Star Palaontologe Prof Dr Kenneth Lacovara hielt Vortrag in Dornbirn Dinosaurier in der inatura Amerikanischer Star Palaontologe Prof Dr Kenneth Lacovara hielt Vortrag in Dornbirn in Austrian German Archived from the original on 2016 09 27 Retrieved 2016 09 24 From Antarctica to Mars in 100 years Retrieved 2016 09 24 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kenneth Lacovara paleontologist Official website nbsp Hunting for dinosaurs showed me our place in the universe a TED talk TED Profile Kenneth Lacovara Edelman Fossil Park of Rowan university page Linda Hall Library of Science lecture Next Gen Paleontology Discovery Channel Daily Planet Cretaceous Jersey Shore Philadelphia Inquirer Ancient Sea Turtle Discovered in New Jersey 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