Caroline E. Rinaldi

Present Address:      

                           Department of Basic Medical Science

                           School of Medicine

                           University of Missouri-Kansas City

                           2411 Holmes Street

                           Kansas City, MO  64108

                                    Phone:  (816)235-1984 (office)           

                                     E-mail:  RinaldiC@umkc.edu

 

Research Interests:  

                                    Incremental structure of teeth and other mineralized tissues,

                                    growth and eruption of teeth, and the evolution of teeth

Academic Degrees:

            August 1999     Ph.D., Biology (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology), University of

                           Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.

   May 1990        B.S., Zoology, University of Oklahoma,

                                    Norman, Oklahoma.

Dissertation Title:     

                                    Dentin Growth Increments: Insight into Rodent Paleobiology     

                                    Principal Advisor: Larry D. Martin

Professional Appointments:

1999–Present      Assistant Professor:  University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Medicine.

2000–Present      Research Associate:  University of Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center

      1999             Instructor:  University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Medicine.

1995-1998         Graduate Teaching Assistant:  University of Kansas, Biological Sciences Division. 

1994             Graduate Teaching Assistant:  University of Kansas, Biological Sciences Division.

 

Courses Taught at UMKC:

         2003-Present                        Human Structure Function I, UMKC School of Medicine (Coordinator)

                                                            Human Structure Function II, UMKC School of Medicine (Faculty)

                                                            Human Structure Function III, UMKC School of Medicine (Faculty)

                                                            Human Structure Function IV, UMKC School of Medicine (Faculty)

         1999-2003                           Human Gross Anatomy, UMKC School of Medicine (Co-coordinator)

         1999-Present                        Human Anatomy I, UMKC School of Dentistry (Coordinator)

         1999-Present                        Regional Anatomy of the Thorax and Abdomen Intensive Dissection Rotation, UMKC School of Medicine

                                                      (Co-coordinator)

         1999-2002                           Regional Anatomy of the Head and Neck Intensive Dissection Rotation, UMKC School of Medicine

                                                      (Co-coordinator)

         1999-2002                           Clinical Anatomy of the Head and Neck, UMKC School of Dentistry (Faculty)

 

Courses Taught at the University of Kansas:

         1995-1998                           Human Anatomy, University of Kansas Biological Sciences Division

                                                      (Graduate Teaching Assistant)

               1994                               Comparative Anatomy, University of Kansas Biological Sciences Division

                                                      (Graduate Teaching Assistant)

 

Public Education Courses Taught at the University of Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center:

1995-1998         Instructor:   “Fun with Fossils”  five-day summer workshops for children ages 6-7, University of Kansas, Natural History Museum Public Education Division

1996-1998         Instructor:   “Fossil Finds”  five-day summer workshops for children ages 8-9, University of Kansas, Natural History Museum Public Education Division

1994             Assistant Instructor:   “Fossil Finds”, “Desert Dwellers”,

                     “New Horizons” five­-day summer workshops for children

                     ages 4-9, University of Kansas, Natural History Museum Public Education Division     

1993-1998         Instructor:   15 to 30 programs per year on “Dinosaurs”, “Kansas Fossils”, and “Fossil Exhibits” for children ages 3­-17, University of Kansas, Natural History Museum Public Education Division

 

Assistantships:

       1992-1994          Curatorial Assistant:  University of Kansas, Natural History Museum, Vertebrate Paleontology Division

                                   Curator in Charge:  Larry D. Martin

        1989-1991         Research Assistant: University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate Paleontology Division

                                   Curator in Charge:  Richard L. Cifelli

 

Grants and Awards:

              2002             National Science Foundation, ITR Small Grants, Physical Anthropology, “A Portable Laboratory for High-Resolution Three-Dimensional Digital Imaging of Craniodental Morphology” (PI with TM Cole, co-PI) ($144,990).

              1998             University of Kansas, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center Endowment Fund ($400).

              1998             University of Kansas, Travel Support from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology ($150).

              1995             University of Kansas, Graduate Student Travel Award, Paper Presenter Fund of the Graduate School ($300).

              1995             University of Kansas, Travel Support from the Department of Systematics and Ecology ($300).

              1994             University of Kansas, Natural History Museum Panorama Society Small Grants Fund ($486).

 

Scientific Society Affiliations:

                                   Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

                                   Institute for Tertiary-Quaternary Studies

                                   American Association for Dental Research

                                  

Academic / Professional Service:

2005–present              Enrollment Management Task Force, University of Missouri-Kansas City: Chancellor-Appointed Member

2004–present              Chair, Dept. of Basic Medical Science Faculty Council, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

2000–present              Council on Selection, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine: Elected Member

2004–present              Admission Committee, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry: Appointed Member

2005                        UMKC School of Medicine Readmission Committee: Appointed Member

 

2004–2005                 Student Affairs Task Force/Search Committee for the selection of the Associate Dean for Student Affairs, UMKC School of Medicine: Appointed Member

 

2004–2005                 Chair, Neuroanatomist Search Committee, UMKC School of Medicine

 

2002–2004                 Secretary, Dept. of Basic Medical Science Faculty Council, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine

 

2002–present              Dept. of Basic Medical Science Curriculum Council: Elected member

2000                                               Mentor for Summer Scholars Student Research program, UMKC School of Dentistry (Advisee: Wendy Harless)

2000                        University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry Part I Dental Board Examination Performance Assessment Committee: Appointed Member

1998-1999                 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Organization: Representative at Faculty Meetings   

1998-1999                  Natural History Museum Graduate Student Organization: Secretary

1998-1999                  Natural History Museum Graduate Student Organization: Chair of Speaker Committee

   1998                        Natural History Museum Search Committee member for the position of Vertebrate Paleontology Preparator

1998                        Natural History Museum Graduate Student Organization Representative in the search for Faculty Curator in the Division of Herpetology

1997-1998                 University of Kansas Educational Talent Search “Career Horizons Program” volunteer biology instructor

   1996                        Association of Women in Science: Membership Recruitment Committee

                                   

Reviewer for Scientific Journals:

 

              Journal of Mammalogy

              Naturwissenschaften

              Quaternary Research

              Current Science

 

Presentations / Published Abstracts:

 

              Rinaldi, C., T. M. Cole III, and Y. Nievergelt.  2005. “A 3-D Method for Theoretical Modeling and Morphometric Comparison of Helical Form of Rodent Incisors”, oral presentation, 65^th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Oct. 18–23, 2005, Mesa, AZ.

             

              Rinaldi, C. and T. M. Cole III.  2001.  “Environmental Temperatures and Incremental Growth Rates of Beaver (Castor canadensis) Incisors: Implications for Paleobiology”, oral presentation, 61^st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Oct. 3–6, 2001, Bozeman, MT.

 

              Goodwin, H. T., Gonzalez, D., Rinaldi, C., and Michener, G.  2001.  “A Record of Hibernation in Lower Incisors of Middle Pleistocene and Modern Spermophilus (Ground Squirrels)”, abstract, 61^st Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Oct. 3–6, 2001, Bozeman, MT.

 

              Rinaldi, C. and T. M. Cole III.  2000.  “Wear and Developmental Constraints as Factors in the Evolution of Evergrowing Incisors”, oral presentation, 60^th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Oct. 25–28, 2000, Mexico City, Mexico.

 

              Graves, L., Arnold, L., Cole, T. M. III, Cuddy, P., Go, S., and C. Rinaldi.  2000.  “Curriculum Renewal Through a Competency-Based Approach to Undergraduate Medical Education”, poster presentation, Association of American Medical Colleges, 2000 Annual Meeting, Oct. 27–Nov. 1, 2000, Chicago, IL.

 

              Rinaldi, C.  1998.  “A Record of Hibernation in the Incisor Teeth of Recent and Fossil Marmots (Marmota flaviventris), oral presentation, 11^th International Symposium on Dental Morphology, August 25-30, 1998, Oulu, Finland.

             

              Rinaldi, C.  1998.  “Were Giant Beavers Functionally Giant Muskrats?”, oral presentation, Institute for Tertiary-Quaternary Studies Symposium, March 9-10, 1998, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

             

              Rinaldi, C.  1997.  “A Record of Hibernation in the Incisors of Recent and Fossil Marmota”, oral presentation, Institute for Tertiary-Quaternary Studies Symposium, March 20-22, 1997, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Alva, OK.

             

              Rinaldi, C.  1996.  “A Record of Diurnal Eruption Rate Patterns in Recent and Fossil Rodent Incisors”, poster presentation, Fifty-sixth Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Oct. 16-19, 1996, New York, NY.

             

              Rinaldi, C.  1996.  “A New Approach to the Analysis of Rodent Incisor Eruption Histories and Possible Applications to Paleobiology”, oral presentation, Institute for Tertiary-Quaternary Studies Symposium, Feb. 29-March 1, 1996, Lawrence, KS.

 

              Rinaldi, C.  1995.  “A New Technique for Assessing the Incremental Growth of Rodent Incisors”, poster presentation, 10th International Symposium on Dental Morphology, Sept. 6-10, 1995, Berlin, Germany.

 

Invited Lectures / Symposia:

 

              2000             “Analysis of Tooth Incremental Structure as a Tool in the Study of Rodent Paleobiology”, Department of Geosciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City.

 

              2000             “Dentin Growth Increments: Insight into Rodent Paleobiology”, Department of Pharmacology, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine.

 

              2000             “Anatomy Review Course”, American Massage Therapy Association Regional Meeting, Kansas City, MO.

 

 

Scientific Papers:

 

              Goodwin, H. T., G. R. Michener, D. Gonzalez, and C. Rinaldi (2005) Hibernation is Recorded in Lower Incisors of Recent and Fossil Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus).  Journal of Mammalogy, 86(2):323-332.

 

              Rinaldi, C. and T.M. Cole III. (2004).  Environmental Seasonality and Incremental Growth Rates of Beaver (Castor canadensis) incisors: Implications for paleobiology.  Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 206:289-301.

 

              Rinaldi, C.  (2002) A New Approach to the Analysis of Rodent Incisor Teeth Eruption Histories and Possible Applications to Paleobiology. Institute for Tertiary-Quaternary Studies Symposium Series, 3:201–219.

 

              Rinaldi, C.  (1999).   A Record of Hibernation in the Incisor Teeth of Recent and Fossil Marmots (Marmota flaviventris). Proceedings of the 11^th International Symposium on Dental Morphology, Aug. 25-30, 1998, ed. John Mayhall.

 

              Rinaldi C.  (1995).  A New Technique for Assessing the Incremental Growth of Rodent Incisors.  Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Dental Morphology, Sept. 6-10, 1995, eds. R.J. Radlanski and H. Renz.  pp. 190-194.

             

              Martin, L. D. and C. Rinaldi  (1994).  How to Tell a Dinosaur from a Bird.  MAPS Digest, vol. 17, no. 4, Expo XVI Edition. pp. 190-196.

 

Published Scientific Illustrations:

 

              The Coleopterists Bulletin 51(4):303-318, 1997. Journal Cover and Figure 5.  Dorsal Habitus of Lepidotoramus groovellei. 

 

              Science News 144:396-397, 1993. Figure on p. 396. 

                                   Bone Crunchers Through Time.