US-Peru Planning Visit: Collaborative Research on Penguin Evolution and Biogeography

在国际科学与工程办公室美洲项目的支持下，北卡罗来纳州立大学的朱莉娅·a·克拉克博士和一位美国合作者将会见他们的秘鲁同事，秘鲁利马圣马科斯大学自然历史博物馆的马里奥·乌尔比纳和马塞洛·斯图奇。在访问期间，他们将规划企鹅进化和生物地理学联合研究的确切范围，并收集和评估化石材料的初步数据，以供未来的合作研究。旅行地点包括秘鲁利马的圣马科斯大学自然历史博物馆，以及秘鲁伊卡附近的皮斯科盆地收集化石材料的地方。这个主题是及时的，而且相当重要，因为进化与气候变化的联系对于解释化石记录和检查生物对现在和未来的全球变化的反应都是高度相关的。预期的合作项目将加强与外国科学家的互动，并与即将到来的国际极地年有关。

In this U.S.-Peru planning visit supported by the Americas Program of the Office of International Science and Engineering, Dr. Julia A. Clarke of North Carolina State University and a US collaborator will meet with the their Peruvian colleagues, Mario Urbina and Marcelo Stucchi of the Natural History Museum of San Marcos University (UNMSM) in Lima, Peru. During the visit they will plan the exact scope of joint research on on penguin evolution and biogeography and gather and assess preliminary data on fossil material for future collaborative study. Travel locations include the Natural History Museum of San Marcos University in Lima, Peru and localities where the fossil material is being collected in the Pisco Basin near Ica, Peru.The topic is timely and of considerable importance, since the linkage of evolution with climate change is highly relevant for both interpreting the fossil record and examining organism responses to global change in the present and future. The anticipated collaborative project would strengthen interactions with foreign scientists and is relevant to the upcoming International Polar Year.