Peter S. Ungar

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Federal Grant PI High Impact

Distinguished Professor

University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: California Institute of Technology (1980); Google (United States) (2019); International Rescue Committee (2020); State University of New York (1990–1991); Johns Hopkins University (1994–2000); Duke University (1994); University of the Witwatersrand (2003–2022); George Washington University (2010); University of Miskolc (2025); University of Arkansas System (2001–2006); Johns Hopkins Medicine (1994–1995); Yahoo (Spain) (2006); UCL Australia (1951); Directorate-General for Energy (2001); Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (1977–1978); Institute for Atomic Energy Research (2025); IR Dynamics (United States) (2022); Duke Medical Center (1994–1995); Neogen (United States) (2005); Scarsdale Historical Society (1986–2006); National Museums of Kenya (1995); Duke University Hospital (1994–1995); University College London (1951–1953); Southwest Jiaotong University (2017); New York University (1954–1982); Stony Brook University (1990–1991); Carnegie Mellon University (1980)

Faculty Researcher

66 h-index 345 pubs 13,404 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Peter S. Ungar's research focuses on understanding hominin diets and feeding behaviors through the analysis of dental microwear and paleodontology. He investigates how the properties of food materials and the presence of abrasives influence the rates of dental microwear formation, using primate models like *Sapajus apella* to inform these studies. His work also extends to reconstructing paleoenvironmental conditions, as demonstrated by his contributions to multiproxy analyses of Early Pleistocene sites.

Ungar's research extends to ecological studies, including the use of incisor microwear in Arctic rodents as a proxy for microhabitat preference and examining dental evidence for dietary variations in Arctic foxes. He also leads a collaborative research initiative funded by the National Science Foundation, investigating the interactions of natural and social systems with climate change, globalization, and infrastructure development in the Arctic. This project involves a convergence science approach to understanding complex environmental changes.

With a distinguished career, Ungar has authored or co-authored over 340 publications, accumulating more than 13,000 citations and an h-index of 66. He is recognized as a highly cited researcher and has served as PI on federally funded grants, including the significant NSF award for his Arctic research. He actively leads a research group and maintains a lab website, indicating ongoing scholarly activity.

Metrics

h-index: 66
Publications: 345
Citations: 13,404

Selected Publications

Land cover, plant functional type, and forage quality in the reindeer herding district of Sattasniemi, Finland (2026)

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Dental microwear textures of reindeer data from northern herding districts in Finnish Lapland, 1993-1994. (2025)

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Dental microwear from the Harappan sites of Juna Khatiya and Rakhigarhi, India (2025)

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Forbs in Viking lands: the effect of disturbing dominant graminoids on recruitment in tundra grasslands (2025)

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Dental Microwear and Diets of Late Miocene Primates From Rudabánya, Hungary (2025)

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Comparing Dental Microwear in the Populations at an Iron Age (c. 4010 BP) and Early Historic (c. 2600 BP) Site in South India (2025)

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Small rodent disturbance impact on Arctic graminoid forage quality (2025)

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Dental microwear of bovids from the Pliocene-Pleistocene transition in the lower Awash Valley, Ethiopia (2025)

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Dental microwear and diet of the latest Miocene ape in southern China (Lufengpithecus lufengensis) (2025)

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Dental microwear of Neogene cercopithecoids from the Turkana Basin, Kenya (2025)

Journal of Human Evolution 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
Forbs in Viking lands: The effect of disturbing dominant graminoids on forb recruitment in tundra grasslands (2024)

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On the use of dental microwear texture analysis to determine aetiology and assess wear of dental tissues for clinical evaluation (2024)

Biosurface and Biotribology 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Small rodent disturbance impact on Arctic graminoid forage quality. (2024)

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MIOCENE LANDSCAPE RECONSTRUCTION AND FAUNAL EVOLUTION IN KENYA’S TURKANA BASIN: A REPORT FROM THE TURKANA MIOCENE PROJECT (2024)

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Paleodiet reconstruction of Procapra przewalskii from the Qinghai Lake Basin during the Early and Middle Holocene (2024)

Journal of Archaeological Science Reports 2 citations DOI OpenAlex