Robert S. Voss

Curator and Professor
Vertebrate Zoology, Mammalogy

Education
  • University of Michigan, Ph.D., 1983
  • University of Arizona, B.S., 1976
E-mail
voss@amnh.org
Phone
212.769.5482
Fax
212.769.5239
Downloads
VossCV_7.2009.pdf
Links
Department of Mammalogy

Research Interests

Dr. Voss’s primary research interests are the evolution of marsupials and the systematics and biogeography of other Neotropical mammals that inhabit moist-forest habitats in Amazonia and the Andes. He is actively involved in long-term revisionary studies on several groups that have radiated extensively in lowland and montane rainforests, including didelphid marsupials, caviomorph rodents (erethizontids and dasyproctids), and murid rodents. For several of these groups, he is also collaborating with molecular researchers on phylogenetic studies designed to provide a stable basis for higher-level classifications, historical biogeography, and comparative analyses of ecobehavioral adaptations. The collection and analysis of faunal inventory data, especially from long-term projects in tropical rainforest habitats, is another research focus.

Teaching Experience

  • Faculty Appointments
    • Adjunct Senior Research Faculty, Center for Environmental Research and Conservation, Columbia University, 1999
    • Adjunct Faculty, Ph.D. Program in Biology, CUNY, 1994
  • Graduate Advisees
    • Valeria Taveres, CUNY
    • Adrian Tejedor, CUNY
    • Marcelo Weksler, CUNY
    • Victor Pacheco, CUNY
  • Graduate Committees
    • Marcelo Weksler, CUNY (chair)
    • Valeria Taveres, CUNY
    • Adrian Tejedor, CUNY
    • Henry Bernard, CUNY
    • Patricia Escalante, CUNY