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Current Member

Brad Bolman

Funding provided by the Herodotus Fund

Affiliation

Historical Studies

Field of Study

History of Science

Home Institution

Institute for Advanced Study
Brad Bolman studies the history of knowledge about organisms. His first book, “Lab Dog: What Global Science Owes American Beagles,” follows the emergence of beagles as the “laboratory dog” into the present. While at IAS, Bolman is working on a transnational history of mycology and fungal science, tentatively titled “The Decomposition Book.”

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Historical Studies

Degrees

Harvard University
Ph.D.
2021
Harvard University
B.A.
2015

Appointments

The University of Chicago
2021–2023
Postdoctoral Researcher