C.V.
C.V.
Education
PhD Student, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Kansas, 2023-
Bachelor of Science (Major: Biology, Minor: Chemistry), The University of Pittsburgh, 2022
Bachelor of Arts (Major: Anthropology, Minor: Political Science), The University of Pittsburgh, 2022
Publications
Mulcahy, K., Constenius, K.N., Beard, K.C. (2025). Northernmost Record of Dinocerata (Mammalia: Eutheria) in North America from the Middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation of Montana. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 90(3), 225-231.
Mulcahy, K. (2023). Relative Abundance of Vertebrate Fossil Taxa in the Upper Cretaceous Exposures of Monmouth County & a Test of Species Richness Metrics. The Mosasaur, the Journal of the Delaware Valley Paleontological Society, 13, 1-14.
Honors and Awards
University of Kansas, Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship ($225,000), March 2024-May 2028
University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute 2024 Panorama Grant ($1,000), April 2024
Martha Mitchell Pearson Scholarship ($6,000), March 2024
Association of Earth Science Clubs of Greater Kansas City Honorarium ($200), March 2024
Association of Earth Science Clubs of Greater Kansas City Research Grant ($500), February 2024
Kansas and Missouri Paleontological Society Honorarium ($50), February 2024
Delaware Valley Paleontological Society Honorarium ($150), April 2023
Academic Scholarship, University of Pittsburgh ($40,000), May 2018-May 2022
Graduated Summa Cum Laude, University of Pittsburgh, May 2022
University of Pittsburgh Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Scholar Award Nominee, February 2022
National AP Scholar, June 2018
National Merit Finalist, May 2018
Presentations
Mulcahy, K.D, Beard K.C., Constenius, K. “The northernmost record of Uintatheriidae (Mammalia: Dinocerata) in North America: phylogenetic and biogeographic implications.” Fall 2025 Self Graduate Fellowship Public Poster Session. Lawrence, KS, December 2024. Poster Presentation.
Mulcahy, K.D, Beard K.C., Constenius, K. “The northernmost record of Uintatheriidae (Mammalia: Dinocerata) in North America: phylogenetic and biogeographic implications.” 2025 Self Graduate Fellowship Holiday Luncheon and Poster Session. Lawrence, KS, December 2024. Poster Presentation.
Knoff, J., Mulcahy, K., Beard K.C., Georgalis, G. “The Herpetological Fauna of Eocene Balkanatolia”. 84th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Minneapolis, MN, October 2024. Poster Presentation.
Mulcahy, K., Beard K.C., Constenius, K. “The northernmost record of Uintatheriidae (Mammalia: Dinocerata) in North America: phylogenetic and biogeographic implications.” 84th Annual Meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Minneapolis, MN, October 2024. Poster Presentation.
Knoff, J., Mulcahy, K., Beard K.C. “The Herpetological Fauna of Eocene Balkanatolia”. 156th Annual Meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS, April 2024. (Poster Presentation).
Mulcahy, K. “Paleogene Mammals of Wyoming”. 62nd Kansas City Gem and Mineral Show, The Association of Earth Science Clubs of Greater Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, March 2024. (Invited Oral Presentation).
Mulcahy, K. “Cretaceous Sharks, Reptiles and Fish from New Jersey”. 62nd Kansas City Gem and Mineral Show, The Association of Earth Science Clubs of Greater Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, March 2024. (Invited Oral Presentation).
Mulcahy, K. “Measuring Prehistoric Biodiversity in Late Cretaceous New Jersey”. February 2024 Meeting of the Kansas and Missouri Paleontological Society, The Kansas and Missouri Paleontological Society, Kansas City, MO, February 2024. (Invited Oral Presentation).
Mulcahy, K. “Measuring Prehistoric Biodiversity in the Brooks of Monmouth County”. April 2023 Meeting of the Delaware Valley Paleontological Society, The Delaware Valley Paleontological Society, Plymouth Meeting, PA, April 2023. (Invited Oral Presentation).
Mulcahy, K., Zallek, T. “Inter-and Intraspecific Variation Leads to Different Invasion Outcomes”. Undergraduate Research Symposium, University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA, February 2022. (Poster Presentation).
Teaching, Service, & Outreach
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Human Anatomy, Department of Undergraduate Biology, The University of Kansas, August 2023-December 2023; June-July 2024
Adult Education and Work Preparedness Tutor, The Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, August 2022-August 2023
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Biochemistry, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Pittsburgh, August 2021-May 2022
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Organic Chemistry II, Department of Chemistry, The University of Pittsburgh, May 2020-August 2020
Outreach Committee Co-Chair, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Organization, The University of Kansas, August 2023-Present
Secretary, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Organization, The University of Kansas, August 2024-Present
Fundraising Committee Co-Chair, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Organization, The University of Kansas, September 2024-Present
Previous Research & Professional Experience
Field Researcher and Public Laboratory Volunteer, Bureau of Natural History, The New Jersey State Museum, May 2021-August 2023
Undergraduate/Post-Baccalaureate Researcher, The Turcotte Lab of Experimental Evolutionary Ecology, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Pittsburgh, August 2021-June 2022
Intern, Center for Comparative Archaeology, Department of Anthropology, The University of Pittsburgh, May 2022-June 2022
Intern, Section of Vertebrate Paleontology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, November 2019-June 2022
Undergraduate Researcher, Department of Economics, The University of Pittsburgh, January 2020-April 2020
Professional Membership
Kansas Academy of Science, March 2024-Present
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, August 2023-Present
Delaware Valley Paleontological Society, November 2022-Present
The Paleontological Society, January 2022-Present
Sigma Gamma Alpha Anthropology Honors Society, January 2022-Present
Phi Eta Sigma National Honors Society, January 2019-Present