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September 15, 2009
Lake Campus Professor’s Research Highlighted in The New York Times
CELINA, Ohio – First the National Geographic Channel, now The New York Times. The collaborative research efforts of Dr. Chuck Ciampaglio, Associate Professor of Geology at the Lake Campus of Wright State University, and Duke University’s Gregory Wray, that look at the ancestry and teeth formations of the Great White Shark, continue to garner attention in the science world at the national and international level.
Ciampaglio and his fellow scientists looked at the shape of the teeth of the giant shark Megalodon and the Great White shark using 10 separate measurements where analysis revealed that the teeth could be grouped into five designs with distinct eating functions.
In the recent New York Times coverage, available on-line at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/science/15creature.html?_r=2&hp, Ciampaglio’s research is used in the article “In a Shark’s Tooth, a New Family Tree” to dispute long-existing theory of a close relationship between Great Whites and Megalodon sharks. Ciampaglio and his team argue that the Great Whites are closer to the mako shark, and the tooth analysis supports this argument.
Lake Campus Dean Jim Sayer is not surprised that the professor’s work continues to be in the national spotlight. “Dr. Ciampaglio continues to be on the cutting edge of geological and paleontological research. He is well respected by his colleagues throughout this country and internationally. As such we are proud that he is part of the Lake Campus family.”
For more information about Dr. Ciampaglio’s research and the recent National Geographic television event, please go to:
http://www.wright.edu/cgi-bin/lake/news.cgi?action=news_item&id=131
PHOTO IDENTIFICATION:
Dr. Chuck Ciampaglio, Associate Professor of Geology at the Lake Campus of Wright State University, has gained national attention due to his continued research analyzing the evolution of sharks. Photo by Will Jones, WSU Photographer.
For more information, contact Sandi Holdheide, 419-586-0359.
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