Luis M. Chiappe

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Luis M. Chiappe
Luis M. Chiappe in the field 2009
Born18 June 1962
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality
  • Argentina
  • United States
Occupation(s)Paleontologist, Professor, Vice President of Research and Collections at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Author
Scientific career
FieldsPaleontology
InstitutionsNatural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Doctoral studentsJingmai O'Connor

Luis María Chiappe (born 18 June 1962) is an Argentine paleontologist born in Buenos Aires who is best known for his discovery of the first sauropod nesting sites in the badlands of Patagonia in 1997 and for his work on the origin and early evolution of Mesozoic birds. He is currently the Vice President of Research and Collections at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and director of the museum's Dinosaur Institute.[1] He was a postdoctoral researcher at the American Museum of Natural History, New York after immigrating from Argentina. Chiappe is currently the curator of the award winning Dinosaur Hall at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County,[2] an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California,[3] BBC advisor and author of scientific and popular books.[4]

Chiappe is a fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation,[5] a laureate of the Alexander Humboldt Foundation, and a research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing.[6]

Academic contributions

Chiappe has published nearly 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals, with over 12,000 citations.[7] He has numerous publications in high-profile scientific journals, including Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, Current Biology, Gondwana Research, Nature, Nature Communications, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Science, and Scientific Reports. He is best known for his extensive work on the origin and early evolution of birds, although he is also well-known for work on sauropod nesting sites and embryos from Patagonia, on which he has authored several books and articles,[8][9] and on pterosaur embryos.[10][11]

Below is a list of taxa that Chiappe has contributed to naming:

Year Taxon Authors
2019 Gretcheniao sinensis gen. et sp. nov. Chiappe, Qingjin, Serrano, Sigurdsen, Min, Bell, & Di[12]
2019 Elektorornis chenguangi gen. et sp. nov. Xing, O'Connor, Chiappe, McKellar, Carroll, Hu, Bai, & Lei[13]
2019 Orienantius ritteri gen. et sp.. nov. Liu, Chiappe, Zhang, Serrano, & Meng[14]
2015 Fumicollis hoffmani gen. et sp. nov. Bell & Chiappe[15]
2014 Gansus zheni sp. nov. Liu, Chiappe, Zhang, Bell, Meng, Ji, & Wang[16]
2014 Changyuraptor yangi gen. et sp. nov. Han, Chiappe, Ji, Habib, Turner, Chinsamy, Liu, & Han[17]
2013 Zhouornis hani sp. nov. Zhang, Chiappe, Han, & Chinsamy[18]
2013 Overosaurus paradasorum gen. et sp. nov. Coria, Filippi, Chiappe, Garcia, & Arcucci[19]
2013 Sulcavis geeorum, gen. et sp. nov. O'Connor, Zhang, Chiappe, Meng, Quanguo, & Di[20]
2010 Morsoravis sedilis gen. et sp. nov. Bertelli, Lindow, Dyke, & Chiappe[21]
2010 Shenqiornis mengi gen. et sp. nov. Wang, O'Connor, Zhao, Chiappe, Gao, & Cheng[22]
2010 Longicrusavis houi gen. et sp. nov. O'Connor, Gao, & Chiappe
2010 Hollanda luceria gen. et sp. nov. Bell, Chiappe, Erickson, Suzuki, Watabe, Barsbold, Tsogtbaatar[23]
2008 Zhongornis haoae gen. et sp. nov. Gao, Chiappe, Meng, O'Connor, Wang, Cheng, & Liu[24]
2007 Kelenken guillermoi gen. et sp. nov. Bertelli, Chiappe, & Tambussi[25]
2007 Elsornis keni gen. et sp. nov. Chiappe, Suzuki, Dyke, Watabe, Tsogtbaatar, & Barsbold[26]
2006 Dalingheornis liweii gen. et sp. nov. Zihui, Lianhai, Yoshikasu, O'Connor, Martin, & Chiappe[27]
2006 Juravenator starki gen. et sp. nov. Göhlich & Chiappe, 2006[28]
2002 Aucasaurus garridoi gen. et sp. nov. Coria, Chiappe, & Dingus[29]
2002 Halimornis thompsoni gen. et sp. nov. Chiappe, Lamb, & Ericson[30]
2001 Limenavis patagonica gen. et sp. nov. Clarke & Chiappe[31]
1999 Changchengornis hengdaoziensis gen. et sp. nov. Qiang, Chiappe, & Shu' An[32]
1998 Shuvuuia deserti gen. et sp. nov. Chiappe, Norell, & Clark[33]
1996 Vorona berivotrensis gen. et sp. nov. Forster, Chiappe, Krause, & Sampson[34]
1996 Eoalulavis hoyasi gen. et sp. nov. Sanz, Chiappe, Pérez-Moreno, Buscalioni, Moratalla, Ortega, & Poyato-Ariza[35]
1995 Avisaurus gloriae sp. nov. Varrichio & Chiappe[36]
1994 Neuquenornis volans gen. et sp. nov. Chiappe & Calvo[37]
1993 Mononychus olecranus gen. et sp. nov. Altangerel, Norell, Chiappe, & Clark[38]
1988 Amargasuchus minor gen. et sp. nov. Chiappe[39]
1988 Caiman tremembensis sp. nov. Chiappe[40]

Books

In popular culture

Chiappe was featured in the 2016 BBC documentary, Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur, showing Sir David Attenborough the dinosaur egg nesting site at Auca Mahuevo, and eggs from that site in the Museo Carmen Funes in Plaza Huincul, Neuquén Province, Argentina.

References

  1. ^ "Dinosaur Institute Staff Biographies - Natural History Museum of Los Angeles". Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  2. ^ Rothstein, Edward (July 19, 2011). "Giants Tiptoe at a Los Angeles Museum". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Hayden, Tyler. "Luis Chiappe's USC Faculty Profile". USC Faculty Profile. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Luis M Chiappe - Publications List". Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  5. ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation - Luis Maria Chiappe". Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Luis M Chiappe". Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Luis M. Chiappe - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
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  40. ^ Chiappe, Luis M. (1988). "Un nuevo Caiman (Crocodylia, Alligatoridae) de la Formación Tremembé (Oligoceno), Estado de São Paulo, Brasil, y su significado paleoclimático". Paual-Coutiana. 3: 49–66.

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