Division of Mammals
open weekdays 8am - 5pm
visitors welcome by appointment
information for visitors
phone: (505) 277-1360
fax: (505) 277-1351
museum administrator
open weekdays 8am - 5pm
visitors welcome by appointment
information for visitors
phone: (505) 277-1360
fax: (505) 277-1351
museum administrator
Curator of Mammals
Associate Curator of Genomic Resources
Distinguished Professor of Biology
Cook Molecular Evolution and Ecology Lab Ph.D. 1990 - Biology, University of New Mexico M.S. 1982 - Biology, University of New Mexico B.S. 1980 - Zoology, Western New Mexico University |
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2021-present: Distinguished Professor of Biology
2018 - present: Regents Professor of Biology, University of New Mexico
2004 - present: Professor of Biology, University of New Mexico
2003 - present: Curator of Mammals, Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico
2011 - 2017: Director, Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico
2007 - 2017: Curator of Genomic Resources, Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico
2016-2017: President, Natural Science Collections Alliance
2010-2016: Chair, Steering Committee, AIM-UP! Research Coordinating Network
2007-2017: Board of Directors, American Society of Mammalogists
2015-present: Chair, Steering Committee, ARCTOS on-line museum database
2009-2015: Member, Steering Committee, ARCTOS on-line museum database
2008-present: International Advisory Board, Revista Brasileira de Zoologia
2014-present: Steering Committee, BCoN Biodiversity Collections Alliance
2013-2016: Commission Member - IUCN SSC Small Mammal Specialist Group
2008-2013: Convener and Lead, Genetic Resources, Arctic Biodiversity Assessment, Conservation of Arctic Fauna and Flora (CAFF)
2011-2014: Steering Committee, VertNet
2011-2013: Steering Committee, CollectionsWeb Research Coordinating Network
2007-2013: Director, Undergraduate Opportunities for Minorities (NSF-URM)
2000 - 2003: Chair and Professor of Biology, Idaho State University
1999 - 2001: Associate Editor, Journal of Mammalogy
2000 - 2001: Professor of Biology, University of Alaska
1998 - 2000: Chief Curator, University of Alaska Museum
1995 - 2000:
1993 - 2016:
1997: Faculty Affiliate, Universidad Gabriel Rene Moreno-Santa Cruz, Bolivia
1993 - 1995: Faculty Affiliate, Universidad de la Republica, Facultad de Ciencias, Montevideo, Uruguay
1993: J. William Fulbright Fellowship (Uruguay)
1990 - 1995: Assistant Professor of Biology and Curator of Mammals, University of Alaska
University of Alaska Honors, Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1992
J. William Fulbright Fellow (Uruguay) 1993
Rotary International Professor, Univ. GR Moreno (Santa Cruz, Bolivia) 1997
Scientist in Residence, Sitka Sound Science Center (Alaska) 2013
Joseph Grinnell Award, American Society of Mammalogists 2016
Regents Professor, University of New Mexico 2018
William Fulbright Fellow (Ecuador) 2019
Oxymycterus josei Hoffmann, Lessa & Smith, 2002
Jose’s hocicudo (long-nosed rat in Uruguay)
Arostrilepis cooki Makarikov, Galbreath, & Hoberg, 2013
Cook’s hymenolepidid cestode (tapeworm of Myodes gapperi)
Cookiella ondatrae Haukisalmi, Hardman, Hoberg, Henttonen, 2014
Cook’s anoplocephalid cestode (tapeworm of arvicoline rodents)
Various sources of support have kept our operation running (e.g. National Science Foundation, USDA Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, National Institutes of Health, Coastal Marine Institute, and Hayward Fund for Mammalogy).