Paula T. DePriest
Deputy Director
Phone: 301-238-1206
Fax: 301-238-3709
E-mail Address: DepriestP [at] si.edu
Address:
Museum Conservation Institute
Smithsonian Institution
4210 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, MD 20746
Education
B.A. Union University (1978)
M.S. University of Tennessee (1983)
Ph.D. Duke University (1992)
Research Specialties and Interests
- Systematics, chemotazonomy and molecular evolution of lichens, especially Cladoniaceae and Parmeliaceae
Field Work Locations
Mongolia
Recent Publications
DePriest, Paula T. 2010. On the Ancient Uighur Trail in Northern Mongolia. Arctic Studies Center Newsletter, 17: 21-23.
DePriest, Paula T. 2009. Khuren Taiga: The Tsaatan’s Lost Homeland in Sacred Reindeer Dewlap Embroidery. In: Fitzbugh, William W. and Bayarsaikhan, J., American-Mongolian Deer Stone Project Field Report 2008 (Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian Institution and National Museum of Mongolia, March 2009), Part VI. pp.158-165.
DePriest, Paula T. 2009. Botany Team Visits Sacred Mongolian Springs. Arctic Studies Center Newsletter, 16: 43-44.
DePriest, P.T. 2008. Ongon and Ovoos: Worship in the Darkhal Valley. Arctic Studies Center Newsletter, 15: 29-30.
Cioffi-Revilla, C., Luke, S., Parker, D. C., Rogers, J. Daniel, Fitzhugh, William W., Honeychurch, W., Frohlich, Bruno, DePriest, P. and Amartuvshin, C. 2007. Agent-Based Modeling Simulation of Social Adaptation and Long-Term Change in Inner Asia. In: Takahashi, S., Sallach, D. and Rouchier, J., Advancing Social Simulation: The First World Congress. Tokyo: Springer, pp.189-200.
DePriest, P.T. 2007. Botany team travels north of the Shishget Gol in East Taiga. In: Fitzhugh, W.W., American-Mongolian Deer Stone Project: Field Report 2006. Washington, DC: Arctic Studies Center, pp.117-118.
DePriest, P.T. 2007. Botany team travels north of the Shishged Gol in East Taiga. Arctic Studies Center Newsletter, 14: 40-41.
DePriest, P.T. 2007. Worship of spirits in the Darkhat Valley, Northwest Mongolia. Part VII. In: Fitzhugh, W.W. and Bayarsaikhan, J., American-Mongolian Deer Stone Project: Field Report 2007. Washington, DC: Arctic Studies Center, pp.104-111.
DePriest, P.T. 2007. Botanical and cultural explorations in the west Darkhad Taiga. Part VIII. In: Fitzhugh, W.W. and Bayarsaikhan, J., American-Mongolian Deer Stone Project: Field Report 2007. Washington, DC: Arctic Studies Center, pp.115-117.

