title article_title birth_date employer education name
professor of california museum of paleontology president , national center for of science education integrative biology curator of paleontology , university kevin padian
 1951 university of california , berkeley ph.d. 1980 , yale university kevin padian
kevin padian

kevin padian -lrb- born 1951 -rrb- is a professor of integrative biology at the university of california , berkeley , curator of paleontology , university of california museum of paleontology and president of the national center for science education .
padian 's area of interest is in vertebrate evolution , especially the origins of flight and the evolution of birds from theropod dinosaurs .
he served as an expert witness for the plaintiffs in the `` kitzmiller v. dover area school district '' trial , and his testimony was repeatedly cited in the court 's decision .
padian received a bachelor 's degree in natural science and a master of arts degree in teaching from colgate university , and a ph.d. from yale university , where he focused on the evolution of flight in pterosaurs .
in addition to his work at berkeley , padian taught science in high school and was principal author of the `` california science framework k -- 12 '' .
in 2003 he received wonderfest 's carl sagan prize for science popularization .
he has cowritten several papers with john r. horner and armand de ricqlès based on histological analysis of fossil bones from the ucmp as well as the museum of the rockies .
padian has authored over 100 scientific articles .
in 2007 , padian was made a fellow of the american association for the advancement of science .
