Education
- PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 1996
About
I studied math, statistics and genetics as an undergraduate at the University of Washington, and continued there for a M.S. in Statistics. I worked as an applied statistician in the Department of Physical Anthropology at UW for a couple of years before going to UC-Berkeley in the early 1990's for more graduate school. My Ph.D. advisors at Berkeley were Glenys Thomson (Integrative Biology) and Terry Speed (Statistics). At UC-Davis I was a post-doctoral researcher in Evolution and Ecology for several years, supervised by John Gillespie and Chuck Langley.
Research Focus
I specialized early on in statistical population genetics, but over the years I've become a generalist, working with anthropologists and others on many kinds of data analysis projects. I spend much of my time helping students formalize their questions, and supervising their analytic and computing work. My current projects are varied, including geometric studies of lithic artifacts and hominid skeletal elements, and the analysis of camera-trap observations of tropical mammals. Computational Bayesian methods are common elements of my work, but on occasion I gladly take up pen, paper and sit quietly at my desk doing math.
Johnson, C.L., T. Bolorbat, M.N. Grote, C.H. Paine, G. Lkhundev, D. Odsuren, M. Izuho, B. Gunchingsuren, N. Zwyns (2024) Analyzing blank cutting edge efficiency associated with the adoption of microblade technology: A case study from Tolbor-17, Mongolia. PLoS ONE 19(8): e0305136.
Monteza-Moreno, C.M., M.N. Grote, J.S. Hall, P.A. Jansen (2024) Tropical timber plantations as habitat for ground-dwelling mammals: A camera-trapping assessment in Central Panama. Biotropica 56: e13352.
Stahlschmidt, M.C., S.M. Mentzer, S. Heinrich, A. Cooper, M.N. Grote, P.J. McNeill, J.C.-B. Wilder, T.E. Steele (2023) Impact of a recent wildfire on tortoises at Cape Point, South Africa, and implications for the interpretation of heated bones in the archaeological record. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 15.
Reynolds, A.W., M.N. Grote, J.W. Myrick, D.R. Al-Hindi, R.L. Siford, M. Mastoras, M. Moller, B.M. Henn (2023) Persistence of matrilocal postmarital residence across multiple generations in southern Africa. Human Nature 34: 295–323.
Adegboyega, M.T., S. Jhanjar, M.N. Grote, T.D. Weaver (2023) Predicting the shape, size, and placement of adult human pubic symphyses. American Journal of Biological Anthropology 181: 182-194.
Naar, N., M.N. Grote, M. Borgerhoff Mulder (2022) What people say and how people play: Mixed methods and multiple measures of fishing behavior with implications for external validity. Global Perspectives 3: 35863.
Collins, A., M.N. Grote, T. Caro, A. Ghosh, J.H. Thorne, J.D. Salerno, M. Borgerhoff Mulder (2022) How community forest management performs when REDD+ payments fail. Environmental Research Letters 17: 034019.
Havmøller, L.W., J.C. Loftus, R.W. Havmøller, S.E. Alavi, D. Caillaud, M.N. Grote, B.T. Hirsch, L.L. Tórrez- Herrera, R. Kays, M.C. Crofoot (2021) Arboreal monkeys facilitate foraging of terrestrial frugivores. Biotropica 53: 1685-1697.
Watson, S., S. Nasoordeen, M.N. Grote, A. MacKay, P. Schmidt (2021) What causes differences in fracture rates of silcrete during heat treatment? A near-infrared study of water-related transformations in South African silcretes. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 39.
Lau, A.R., M.N. Grote, M.E. Dufek, T.J. Franzetti, K.L. Bales, L.A. Isbell (2021) Titi monkey neophobia and visual abilities allow for fast responses to novel stimuli. Scientific Reports 11.
