Curriculum Vitae

Director, Foundation for Scientific Advancement, current position.

 

Research Associate, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. Seattle, Washington. May 2007-2015.

2015, Kaye, T. G., Falk, A. R., Pittman, M., Sereno, P.C., Martin, L.D., Burnham, D. A., Gong, E., Xu, X., Wang Y., "Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence in Paleontology",  PLoS ONE, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125923

2011, Salzberg S.L., Novak B.J., Brady A., Kuch M., King C. E., Poinar H. N., Kaye T. G., Fittzgibbon M. P., Merrihew G. E., MacCoss M. J., Pevzner P.A., Jeong Kyowan, Martin McIntosh, "DNA, Dinosaurs, and Metagenomics: A New Tool for Mass Identification of DNA from Fossil Bone", Seventy First Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Las Vegas, Nevada, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts. Abstract

2010, Kaye T.G., Martin L., Burnham D., Gong E., "Multispectral Imaging and Analysis of a Liaoning 'Mystery Specimen' ", Seventieth Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, SVP Program and Abstracts Book. Poster

2008 Kaye, T. G., Gaugler, G., "Biofilm Micro-Environments In Dinosaur Bone", Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 40, No. 6, p. 296. Abstract

2008 Sereno P. C., Garcea E. A. A., Jousse H, Stojanowski C. M., Salie`ge J-F, Maga A, Ide O. A., Knudson K. J., Mercuri A. M., Stafford T. W., Kaye T. G., Giraudi C., N’siala IM, Cocca E., Moots H. M., Dutheil D. B., Stivers J. P., "Lakeside Cemeteries in the Sahara: 5000 Years of Holocene Population and Environmental Change", PLoS ONE 3(8): e2995. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002995

2008 Kaye, T. G., Gaugler, G., Sawlowicz, Z., "Dinosaurian Soft Tissues Interpreted as Bacterial Biofilms", PLoS ONE 3(7): e2808. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002808

2007 Kaye, T. G., "Mass Extinction Enigmas in Context with Gamma Ray Bursts", Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs Vol. 39, No. 6. Abstract

2007 Kaye, T. G., "Fully Automated Sorting of Microfossils from Sediment using Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence", Sixty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Austin, Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 (Supplement to Number 3): 98A. Link to web info. Talk available here.

2007 Cavigelli, J. P., Kaye, T. G., "Report on a new 'Bugcreekian' fossil site from southeastern Montana", 13th Annual Symposium in Paleontology and Geology, Casper, Wyoming.

2007 Kaye, T. G., "Detection of Micro-Fossils using Laser-Stimulated Fluorescence", 13th Annual Symposium in Paleontology and Geology, Casper, Wyoming. Abstract

2007 Kaye, T. G., Gaugler, G., Sawlowicz, Z., "Soft Tissues, Hard Bones-The Bacteria Connection", Geological Society 41st Annual MeetingJoint South-Central and North-Central Sections, Lawrence, Kansas. Abstract

2006 Sawlowicz Z., Kaye T.G., "Replacement of iron sulphides by oxides in the dinosaur bone from the Lance Fm. (Wyoming, USA) -preliminary study". Mineralogia Polonica Spec. Pap. 29, 184-187. PDF

2006 Maguire, K. C., Carrano, M. T. and Kaye, T. G., "Paleoecology of a Masstrichtian Vertebrate Community from Montana", Geological Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Abstract

2006 Kaye, T. G., Sawlowicz, Z., Gaugler, G., Stipanovic, B., “Soft Tissue Surrogates from an SEM Survey of Fossil Material from the Lance and Hell Creek Formations” Poster presentation, Sixty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Ottawa, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26 (Supplement to Number 3): 50B. Abstract  Poster (1.6 meg)

2005 Kaye, T. G., Cavigelli, J. P., “Remote Detection of Fossils using Infrared Spectroscopy ” Poster presentation, Sixty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Mesa Southwest Museum, Mesa, Arizona. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25 (Supplement to Number 3): 71B. Abstract  Poster

2004 Croft, D.A., Kaye, T. G., & Panko, L, “ A New Method for Finding Small Vertebrate Fossils: Ultraviolet Light at Night”, Palaeontology, Vol. 47, Part 4, 2004, (795-800) Abstract

2004 Kaye, T. G., “Evidence for GRB Induced Extinctions in the Fossil Record?”, Gamma Ray Bursts 30 Years of Discovery, American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, vol. 727 (562-565) Download page

2004 Kaye, T. G., “Evidence for GRB Induced Extinctions in the Fossil Record?” Poster presentation, Gamma-Ray Bursts: 30 Years of Discovery, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Poster

2003 Kaye, T. G., Innis, J, “Laser Spectroscopy for Comparative Analysis of Fossil Material”
Poster presentation, Sixty-Third Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Science Museum of Minnesota, St Paul, Minnesota. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(Supplement to Number 3): 67A. Kaye, T. Poster

1998 Kaye, T., ‘Corralling the Cow of the Cretaceous” GPS World Magazine March 1998

1998 Kaye, T. and Croft, D.A, “Do you know where your field crew has been? Using full-spectrum GPS to track, coordinate, and assess", Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting Snowbird Utah. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(Supplement to Number 3): 55A.

2007 Kaye, T.G., "Dinosaurian Soft Tissues, the Other Side of the Story" . Invited talk, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.

2006 Kaye, T.G., Vicari, F. A., "Dinosaur Extinction and Gamma Ray Bursts" Invited talk, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois

2005 Kaye, T.G., "Connecting the Dots between Gamma Ray Bursts and Extinctions" Invited talk, 11th Annual Symposium in Paleontology and Geology, The Cretaceous-Paleocene K-T Boundary: Adaptive Radiation after the Bottleneck, Tate Museum, Casper, Wyoming

2001 Kaye, T., “You too can be a famous Paleontologist!” Oral presentation at Lake Forest College, Lake Forest Illinois

2000 Kaye, T., “You too can be a famous Paleontologist!” Oral presentation at Lake Forest College, Lake Forest Illinois

1998 Kaye, T., “Caudal Fusion in Sauropods” Oral presentation Dino Fest Symposium, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

2008-2013 Wyoming, White River and Lance fm under permit to the Burke Museum. Hell Creek and Bearpaw fm Montana.
2007 Wyoming, White River and Lance fm under permit to the Burke Museum. Cloverly and Morrison formations under permit to the Smithsonian Museum.
2006 Wyoming White River group under permit to the Burke Museum
Cloverly fm under permit to the Smithsonian Museum
Montana, Hell Creek fm, Bearpaw fm
2005 Wyoming, White River group, Lance fm, Cloverly fm
Montana, Hell Creek fm.
2004 Lance Creek Wyoming, White River group, Lance fm

Fossil Frontier Expedition, field leader and financier under permit to the Field Museum.
2003 Lance Creek , Wyoming, White River group.
2002 Lance Creek Wyoming, White River group, Lance fm.
2001 Lance Creek Wyoming, White River group.
2000 Casper, Wyoming, Popo Agie fm.
1999 Lance Creek, Wyoming Lance fm.
1998 Lance Creek, Wyoming Lance fm.
1997 Winnette, Montana Hell Creek fm. 13 people.
1996 Winnette, Montana Hell Creek fm. 3 people.
1995 Lance Creek, Wyoming White River group, Montana, Hell Creek fm.

1992 Field work Medicine Bow, Wyoming with Dr. Bob Baker

2008 National Geographic News, "Dinosaur Slime Sparks Debate Over Soft-Tissue Finds"
2006 Science, "Soft Tissue in Dinosaur Fossils? The Evidence Hardens" Vol. 314. no. 5801, p. 920
1998 Mid America Paleontologists Newsletter “Fossil Frontier Expedition"
1997 Chicago Sun Times article “Ancient Gift” June 6th
1995 Chicago Tribune article “Fan of Paleontology Hits Paydirt” Dec. 14th
1995 Chicago Sun Times article “Field Museum Digs its New Fossil Find” Dec 14th

1995 June 5th named “Fossil Frontier Expedition Day” in Chicago by Mayor Richard M.
Daley

Society of Vertebrate Paleontologists 1994- present
Mid America Paleontology Annual Meeting 1993- 2007
Tyrannosaur Symposium, Burpee Museum, 2005
"The Cretaceous-Paleocene K-T Boundary: Adaptive Radiation after the Bottleneck" Tate Museum, Casper, Wyoming, 2005
"New Perspectives On The Origin And Early Evolution Of Birds", Peabody Museum, 1999
Dino Fest Symposium, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, 1998
Dino Fest Symposium, Purdue University, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1994 

2016 S. Rappaport, B.L. Gary, T. Kaye, A. Vanderburg, B. Croll, P. Benni, J. Foote, "Drifting Asteroid Fragments Around WD 1145+017" in press. PDF

2015 V. Reddy, B. L. Gary, J. A. Sanchez, D. Takir, C. A. Thomas, P. S. Hardersen, Y. Ogmen, P. Benni, T. G. Kaye, J. Gregorio, J. Garlitz, D. Polishook, L. Le Corre, A. Nathues, "The Physical Characterization of the Potentially-Hazardous Asteroid 2004 BL86: A Fragment of a Differentiated Asteroid", The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 811, Issue 1, article id. 65, 10 pp. PDF

2015 Samarasinha, Nalin H., Mueller, Beatrice E. A., Knight, Matthew M., Farnham, Tony L., Briol, John, Brosch, Noah, Caruso, John, Gao, Xing, Gomez, Edward, Lister, Tim, Hergenrother, Carl, Hoban, Susan, Prouty, Roy, Holloway, Mike, Howes, Nick, Guido, Ernesto, Hui, Man-To, Jones, Joseph H., Penland, Tyler B., Thomas, Samuel R., Wyrosdick, Jim, Kiselev, Nikolai, Ivanova, Aleksandra V., Kaye, Thomas G., Eluo, Jean-Baptist Kikwaya, Lau, Betty P. S., Lin, Zhong-Yi, Martin, JosĂŠ Luis, Moskvitin, Alexander S., Nicolini, Martino, Ottum, Brian D., Pruzenski, Chris, Vogel, David C., Kellett, Leo, Rapson, Valerie, Schmid, Joel, Doyle, Brandon, Dimino, Frank, Carlino, Stephanie, Safonova, Margarita, Murthy, Jayant, Sutaria, Firoza, Schleicher, David G., Snodgrass, Colin, Tezcan, Cihan T., Yorukoglu, Onur, Trowbridge, David, Whitmer, Dennis, Ye, Quan-Zhi Results from the "Worldwide Coma Morphology Campaign for Comet ISON (C/2012 S1)", Planetary and Space Science, Vol. 118, pgs 127-137. PDF

2013 MPEC 2013-H16 Asteroid follow up detection using the 2.1 meter telescope on Kitt Peak. PDF

2012 Kaye, T.G., Crawford, R., Bowling, M, Kalas, J. "Tracking Bolides, 3D Visualization and Data", 31st Annual Conference of the Society for Astronomical Sciences, Big Bear California, May 22-24 Video

2010 MPEC 2010-N40 Asteroid follow up detection from Kitt Peak. PDF

2010 MPEC 2010-N43 Asteroid follow up detection from Kitt Peak. PDF

2009 Kaye,T.G., Healy, D."The Spectrashift Extrasolar Planet Search Project, 40,000 light curves and counting", 28th Annual Conference of the Society for Astronomical Sciences, Big Bear California, May 19-20 PDF

2008 Innis, J. L., Budding, E., Oláh, K., Järvinen, S. P., Coates, D. W., Messina, S., Kaye, T. G., "Recent CCD Photometry of AB Dor, and a Comment on the Long-term Activity Cycle", Commissions 27 and 42 of the IAU Information Bulletin on Variable Stars number 5832, May 26 Link

2008 Kaye,T.G., "The "Bubble Dome" a New Observatory Concept for Small Robotic Telescopes", 27th Annual Conference of the Society for Astronomical Sciences, Big Bear California, May 21-22 Poster

2007 Ulmer, M. P., Vaynman S., Graham M. E., Davis A., Ehelert S., Baker D., Kaye T. G., "Mirrors from light-weight sintered microspheres combined with replication techniques", Proceedings of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, Volume 6666 Link

2007 Innis, J. L., Coates, D. W., Kaye,T. G., Borisova, A.P., Tsvetkov, M. K., "Archival photographic light curves of the red semiregular star CPD –80o966 [1964-1976], and modern CCD multicolor photometry", Peremennye Zvezdy, Prilozhenie, vol. 27, Number 4 Link

2007 Innis, J.L., Coates, D.W., and Kaye, T.G., 'CCD photometry of CF Tuc
and a note on the orbital period', Open European Journal on Variable
Stars, 65, 1 PDF

2007 Innis, J.L., Coates, D.W., and Kaye, T.G., "'Rapid changes in the light
curve of the active, late-type subgiant CF Octantis", Inform. Bull.
Var. Stars, No. 5762, 1. PDF

2007 Innis, J. L., Coates, D. W., Kaye, T. G., "CCD and Photometry of the young, active, late-type star PZ Telescopii", Peremennye Zvezdy, vol. 27, Number 1 PDF

2006 Innis, J. L., Kaye,T. G., Coates, D. W., "CPD-80 966: a red semi-regular star in Octans", Peremennye Zvezdy, Prilozhenie, vol. 6, Number 29 Link

2006 Kaye, T. G., "Switching to Infrared! A New Method for Non-Professional Imaging in the Mid-IR" Proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference of the Society for Astronomical Sciences, Big Bear California, May 24-26

2005 Kaye, T., Vanaverbeke, S., Innis, J., "High-precision radial-velocity measurement with a small telescope: Detecting the Tau Bootis extrasolar planet" Journal of the British Astronomical Association, Vol. 116, No. 2, 78-83 Astro-PH/0609468

2005 Kaye, T. and Michael Schwartz, "Implementation of a fully automated fiber spectrograph and first data", Proceedings of the 24th Society for Astronomical Sciences symposium, Big Bear California, May 26-27

2004 Kaye, T., “Detection and Discovery of Extrasolar Planets” Proceedings of the 23rd Society for Astronomical Sciences symposium, Big Bear California, May 26-27.

2002 Kaye, T., “How to Build a High Precision Radial Velocity Spectrograph” book chapter
Practical Amateur Spectroscopy, Springer, 2002 Springer Online

2013 Kaye, T.G., "Dinosaurs, Gamma Ray Bursts and Extinctions" Invited talk or the Huachuca Astronomy Club, Sierra Vista Arizona, July 26th.

2011 Kaye, T.G., "The Spectrashift Project" Invited talk or the Huachuca Astronomy Club, Sierra Vista Arizona, September 10th.

2010 Kaye, T.G., "Radial Velocity Detection of Extrasolar Planets" Invited talk for the Saguaro Astronomy Club, Phoenix, AZ, March 26th.

2010 Kaye, T.G., Crawford, R., Schwartz, M., "Desert Fireball Array, Detecting Meteors in Arizona" Invited talk for the Huachuca Astronomy Club, Sierra Vista Arizona, February 26th.

2008 Kaye, T.G. "Finding and Grinding a One Meter Mirror" Invited talk for the Huachuca Astronomy Club, Sierra Vista Arizona, September 19th.

2006 Kaye, T. G. "Radial Velocity Detection of Extra Solar Planets by Non-Professionals: The
Spectrashift Project", Invited talk for the General Assembly of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Ottawa, Canada May 6-8

2006 Kaye, T. G. "The Spectrashift Project Update" Invited talk for the Naperville Astronomical Society. Naperville, Illinois, March 8th.

2005 Kaye, T. G. "Amateur Spectroscopy and Radial Velocity Measurements of Extrasolar Planets" Invited talk for the Chicago Astronomical Society Annual Meeting, Kankakee, Illinois, September 9-11

2003 Kaye, T., “Maximum R with Minimum $, an Economical Sub-kilometer per Second Spectrograph”. Poster presentation, Search for Other Worlds conference, College Park Maryland, Oct 13-14 Poster

2002 Kaye, T., “Radial Velocity Detection of an Extrasolar Planet by Amateurs”, Oral presentation for the Chicago Astronomical Society

2002 Kaye, T., “Update on the Spectrashift Radial Velocity Project” Oral presentation
Northwest Suburban Astronomers, Arlington Heights, Illinois

2000 Kaye, T., “First Amateur Detection of an Extrasolar Planet” Oral presentation
Tucson Arizona Astronomical Society

2000 Kaye, T., "Extrasolar Planet Detection by Amateurs" Oral presentation
Naperville Astronomical Association

2000 Kaye, T., “Radial Velocity Measurements and Equipment” Oral presentation
Northwest Suburban Astronomers, Arlington Heights, Illinois

1997 Kaye, T., “Redshift and Blueshift Everything is Moving” Oral presentation
Astronomy class of Walker High School

2004 “Amateur CCD Discoveries” Astronomy Vol. 32 No6 June 2004 pg 78-82
1999 NetWatch Hot Picks, Science 286: 371c
1995 WGN News feature on Aurora Photographs

Society for Astronomical Sciences meeting, Big Bear CA 2004 -20012
General Assembly of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Ottawa, Canada May 6-8, 2006
"Gamma Ray Bursts in the Swift Era" Washington, DC, Nov. 29 - Dec. 2, 2005
"Planet Formation and Detection" 2005 Winter Conference on Astrophysics, Aspen, Colorado, Feb. 6-12, 2005
"A Decade of Extrasolar Planets Around Normal Stars." Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, May 2-4, 2005
“The Search for Other Worlds” 14th Annual Astrophysics Conference, College Park, Maryland, October 13-14th 2003
“GRB 2003” Conference, Santa Fe NM Sept 10th 2003
American Astronomical Society Meetings 1999, 2000

Society of Vertebrate Paleontologists 1995-present
Mid America Paleontological Society 1992 – 2009
American Astronomical Society 1999 – present
Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999- 2007
Society for Astronomical Science 2004-present
Society for Applied Spectroscopy 2004 - present