The Madagascar Ankizy Fund

Dr. David Krause is the Curator of Fossil Mammals at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, where he has been since 2016. Prior to that, he was a Distinguished Service Professor at Stony Brook University in New York, where he was also a member and then an honorary member of the Smithtown Rotary Club. He was elected as a Paul Harris Fellow on three separate occasions. He is also the Founder and Executive Director of the Madagascar Ankizy Fund and former President of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.  Born and raised on a cattle ranch in southeastern Alberta, Dr. Krause received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.  He is a 50-year veteran of field research in Canada, the United States, Pakistan, India, and Madagascar. He has published over 135 peer-reviewed research articles and edited four monographic volumes.