Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., State University of New York, Stony Brook 2015
  • M.S., State University of New York, Stony Brook 2012
  • B.S., Ohio State University 2008
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • CSBR: Rescuing and Sharing a Unique and Irreplaceable Fossil Collection at the Duke Lemur Center awarded by  National Science Foundation 2021 - 2024
  • Expanding Access to the Evidence of Primate Evolution: Specimen digitization and record Integration in the Duke Lemur Center Natural History Collection awarded by Institute of Museum and Library Services 2020 - 2023
  • CSBR:Continued Support of the Duke Lemur Center for the Study of Primate Biology and History awarded by  National Science Foundation 2020 - 2023
  • Training a Dedicated Collections Manager for the Natural History Collection at the Duke Lemur Center awarded by Institute of Museum and Library Services 2021 - 2022
  • Making the primate family tree tangible awarded by Paleontological Society 2019 - 2021
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  External Relationships

  • Institute for Museum and Library Services
  • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
  • Western Science Center
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Borths, M. R., and N. J. Stevens. “Simbakubwa kutokaafrika, gen. et sp. nov. (Hyainailourinae, Hyaenodonta, ‘Creodonta,’ Mammalia), a gigantic carnivore from the earliest Miocene of Kenya.” Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39, no. 1 (January 1, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2019.1570222.
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    • Borths, Matthew R., and Erik R. Seiffert. “Craniodental and humeral morphology of a new species of Masrasector (Teratodontinae, Hyaenodonta, Placentalia) from the late Eocene of Egypt and locomotor diversity in hyaenodonts.” Plos One 12, no. 4 (January 2017): e0173527. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173527.
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    • Borths, Matthew R., and Nancy J. Stevens. “The first hyaenodont from the late Oligocene Nsungwe Formation of Tanzania: Paleoecological insights into the Paleogene-Neogene carnivore transition.” Plos One 12, no. 10 (January 2017): e0185301. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185301.
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