Short Bio
Former Professor of Biology, now an artist with residence in Utah
Statement
As a scientist and an artist, I combine my intimate knowledge of the natural world gained over six decades of field observations with realistically rendered oil paintings to produce realistic art that is both aesthetically engaging and informative.
Biography
While growing up, Duke lived in Austria, Italy, as well as in California, New Jersey, South Carolina, and Texas. His parents supported Duke’s interest in art by buying him a set of oil paints, brushes, and an easel for his 10th birthday and enrolled him in after school art classes. In May the following year, he received an Honorable Mention in an adult juried art show held at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina. In high school Duke wanted to become a scientific illustrator after taking a sophomore biology class, but instead choose to major in biology in college. Still taking art lessons through continuing education, he sold a series of commission pieces while in college. However, Duke gave up oil painting to pursue a PhD in Zoology at the University of California, Berkeley. He ultimately developed a career as a university professor, first teaching courses in Biology at Texas A&M University. In 1989 he accepted a tenure-track position at Brigham Young University and culminated his career there by serving as the Director of BYU’s Natural History Museum from 2015-2021. Duke’s research combined lab and field methods to study the biodiversity of mammals. During his career, he conducted field-based research in six countries and on three continents totaling more than 270 weeks in the field: always taking reference images for painting. Now retired, Duke has returned full-time to his first love – art, using those photography to depict scenes that no longer exist due to urbanization, deforestation or other land use changes.
Resume / CV
DUKE S. ROGERS
CURRICULUM VITAE
Address: 867 E Bryan Avenue 645, Salt Lake City, UT 84105
Phone: 801.941.5898 email: dukesrogers@gmail.com
Social media: @dukerogerspainter
Education:
Ph.D. in Zoology, Summa Cum Laude, University of California, Berkeley, 1986
M.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Magna Cum Laude, TAMU, 1979
B.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Cum Laude, TAMU, 1976
Current Professional Positions:
Emeritus Professor of Biology, BYU (2022 to present)
Emeritus Curator of Mammals, Life Science Museum, BYU (2022 to present)
Research Associate, Natural History Museum of Utah (2012 to present)
Previous Professional Positions (selected – 1994-2021):
Director, BYU Life Science Museum (2016–2021)
Professor of Biology, BYU (2006 to 2021)
Curator of Mammals, BYU Life Science Museum (1994–2021)
Visiting Scientist, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (2009-2010)
Honors, Awards, Fellowships (selected):
Honorable Mention, Fort Jackson Juried Art Show (1965)
Outstanding Professor in Zoology, BYU (1991-1992)
College of Biology and Agriculture Professorship, BYU (2005-2006)
John A. Widtsoe Fellowship, BYU (2006-2008)
Outstanding Faculty Curator, BYU Life Science Museum (2007-2008)
Professional Society Affiliations:
Oil Painters of America
American Society of Mammalogists
Mexican Society of Mammalogists
Field Experience:
Foreign: Brazil, 14 weeks (1992–1995); Colombia, 1 week (1994); Costa Rica, 7 weeks
(1982-1983); México, 72 weeks (1976–2018); Panamá, 3 weeks (1983); Sierra
Leone: 2 weeks (2009).
Domestic: Arizona, 5 weeks (2018–2022); California,15 weeks (1979–1984); Eastern
U.S., 8 weeks (1988–2005); Idaho, 3 weeks (1995–1999); Nevada, 26 weeks,
(1981, 2007–2017, 2019–2023); New York, 2 weeks (1991); Texas, 55 weeks
(1975–1989, 2010); Utah: 74 weeks (1989–2023); Wyoming: 2 weeks (1991).
Community Outreach Experience:
Natural History Museum of Utah
Wasatch Beekeepers Association
Peer-Reviewed Publications (previous 3 years – 73 publications total)
D. Martinez, E. Arellano, F. González-Cózatl, S. Ospina-Garces, and D. S. Rogers. 2023.
Species delimitation and integrative taxonomy of the Reithrodontomys mexicanus
(Rodentia: Cricetidae) cryptic complex. Ecology and Evolution. DOI:
10.22541/au.167775702.26895137/v1.
Bateman, J., V. A. Vance, and D. S. Rogers. 2023. Molecular and geographic
evaluations of the Heteromys pictus-spectabilis complex indicate multiple cryptic
species. Journal of Mammalogy, 104:792-819.
E. Arellano, A. L. Almendra, D. Martínez-Borrego, F. X. González-Cózatl, and D. S.
Rogers. 2023. Revisiting species delimitation within Reithrodontomys
sumichrasti (Rodentia: Cricetidae) using molecular and ecological evidence.
Therya, 14:161-179.
Martínez-Borrego, D., E. Arellano, F. X. González-Cózatl, I. Castro-Arellano, L. León-
Paniagua, and D. S. Rogers. 2022. Molecular systematics of the Reithrodontomys tenuirostris group (Rodentia: Cricetidae) highlighting the Reithrodontomys microden species complex. Journal of Mammalogy, 103:29-44.
Martínez-Borrego, D., E. Arellano, D. D. Cruz, F. X. González-Cózatl, E. Nava-García,
and D. S. Rogers. 2022. Morphological and ecological data confirm Reithrodontomys cherrii as a distinct species from Reithrodontomys mexicanus. Therya 13:115-128.
Teaching Experience:
Texas A&M University:
Introductory Biology, Biology (Bio. 113); Human Physiology (Bio. 220);
Comparative Animal Physiology (Bio. 388); Seminar in Biology, Evolution and
Cytogenetics (Bio. 481); Natural History of the Vertebrates, Wildlife and
Fisheries Sciences (WFS 302); Vertebrate Cytogenetics, (WFS 611).
Brigham Young University:
Undergraduate Courses: Non-majors introductory Biology (Bio. 100); Coordinator for Introductory Biology (Bio. 130); Introductory Zoology
(Zoo.) 101; Animal Diversity, Zoology (Zoo. 204); Evolutionary Biology (Bio. 420); Undergrad. Res., (Bio. 449R); Mammalogy, (Bio. 447).
Graduate Courses: Molecular Evolution (Zoo. 605); Graduate Seminar in Systematics and Ecology (Zoo. 696R); Advanced Topics in Evolution and Systematics (Bio. 549); Master’s Thesis Research (Bio. 699R); Dissertation Research, (Bio. 799R).
References:
Dr. Leigh Johnson, Professor, Department of Biology
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602
(801) 422-2582
Dr. Eric A. Rickart, Curator of Vertebrates, Natural History Museum of Utah
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
(801) 585-7759