David A. Steen

David A. Steen
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of New Hampshire (B.S), SUNY ESF (M.S.), Auburn University (Ph.D.)[2]
Scientific career
FieldsHerpetology, ecology, conservation, science communication
InstitutionsThe Alongside Wildlife Foundation, Georgia Sea Turtle Center[1]

David A. Steen is an American herpetologist and conservation biologist.[1] He is Reptile and Amphibian Research Leader of the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission), and was previously a research professor at Auburn University, where he completed his Ph.D.[2][1] Steen runs a popular Twitter account where he offers reptile and amphibian identification and dispels myths about oft-maligned snakes such as copperheads, cottonmouths, and rattlesnakes.[3][4][5]

He won the Mindlin Foundation's "Mindlin Science Communication Prize" in 2017 for his efforts in online science communication.[6][7] He is author of the book Secrets of Snakes: the Science Beyond the Myths.[8]

In 2018, along with researchers Sean P. Graham, Richard Kline, and Crystal Kelehear, he described a new species of aquatic salamander endemic to the Gulf coastal plain, Siren reticulata, known as the reticulated siren or leopard eel.[9][10][11]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "David A. Steen, Ph.D." Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Interview with Dr David Steen". thefreethinktank.com. The Freethink Tank. January 19, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  3. ^ Lund, Nicholas (May 29, 2015). "This Snake Scientist Is the Best Biologist on Twitter". Slate Magazine. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  4. ^ "David Steen, Ph.D. (@AlongsideWild) on Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  5. ^ Wootson Jr., Cleve R. (May 22, 2018). "He was kayaking in a 'paddler's paradise.' Then, he was bitten by a rattlesnake". Washington Post. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
  6. ^ "SciComm Winners". mindlinfoundation.org. The Mindlin Foundation. June 23, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  7. ^ "Mindlin Science Communication Prize". mindlinfoundation.org. The Mindlin Foundation. June 23, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  8. ^ Steen, David A. (2019). Secrets of Snakes: the Science Beyond the Myths (First ed.). Texas A&M University Press. p. 184. ISBN 978-1623497972.
  9. ^ Graham, Sean P.; Kline, Richard; Steen, David A.; Kelehear, Crystal; Cimmaruta, Roberta (December 5, 2018). "Description of an extant salamander from the Gulf Coastal Plain of North America: The Reticulated Siren, Siren reticulata". PLOS ONE. 13 (12): e0207460. Bibcode:2018PLoSO..1307460G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0207460. PMC 6281224. PMID 30517124.
  10. ^ Bittel, Jason (December 5, 2018). "New species of giant salamander discovered in Florida". nationalgeographic.com. National Geographic. Archived from the original on December 5, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
  11. ^ Graham, S. P.; Steen, D. "Song of the Siren – The Story Behind How We Found and Described a Two-foot Long Amphibian New to Science". livingalongsidewild.com. Living Alongside Wild. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
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