GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Museum of Natural History will host a free presentation with paleontologist Timothy Rowe at 7 p.m. Feb. 16 as part of the 2014-2015 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholars Program.

Rowe will present a lecture titled “What Happened to the Dinosaurs?” at Powell Hall, 3215 Hull Road, on the University of Florida campus. His talk complements the museum’s current featured exhibition, “A T. rex Named Sue,” which presents the story of the largest, most complete and best-preserved Tyrannosaurus rex ever discovered. A reception will follow the presentation.

The J. Nalle Gregory Regents Professor of Geology at the University of Texas at Austin, Rowe primarily studies the evolution and development of the vertebrate skeleton. He serves as director of the school’s vertebrate paleontology laboratory, which holds one of the nation’s largest research collections of vertebrate fossils. Rowe is also a leader in developing digital technologies to visualize and analyze the skeleton and soft tissues it supports. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the W. M. Keck Foundation, the Intel Foundation and the American Chemical Society.

As a Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar, Rowe is traveling to universities and colleges with Phi Beta Kappa chapters to meet with students and participate in seminars and public lectures. The visiting scholar program is designed to contribute to the intellectual life on campus through an exchange of ideas between the visiting scholars and faculty and students. His visit to UF is sponsored by Phi Beta Kappa, the Florida Museum and the iDigBio program.

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Writer: Katina Prokos, kprokos@flmnh.ufl.edu
Source: Pam Soltis, 352-273-1964, psoltis@flmnh.ufl.edu
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