Selected Presentations & Appearances
Seeing the Island through the Trees: Reconstructing the Biogeography of Madagascar's Mammals in the Absence of a Fossil Record
· November 22, 2013
Lecture
National Association of Biology Teachers - Atlanta
Why are there so many mouse lemur species?: complexities and conundrums in linking genotype to phenotype
· November 1, 2013
Lecture
Department of Biology, University of Virginia
Ancient Gene Duplication and other Surprising Patterns of Allelic Diversity of V1R genes in Toothcombed Primates (suborder Strepsirrhini)
· February 20, 2013
Lecture
University of Washington
Vomeronasal Receptor Genes in Lemurs: Who “nose” what all the diversity is about? (pun intended)
· November 5, 2012
Lecture
Department of Genetics, NC State University
What's behind door #1?: An experiment in speed collaborating (Audience participation required!)
· October 1, 2012
Lecture
Department of Biology, Duke University
The Duke Lemur Center: Who we are and what we do
· August 20, 2012
Lecture
Ecological Society of America, Arlington, VA
Hidden biodiversity in cryptic species: lessons from Madagascar's mouse lemurs
· June 26, 2012
Lecture
American Society of Mammalogists, Reno, NV
Hidden biodiversity in cryptic species: lessons from Madagascar's mouse lemurs
· May 17, 2012
Lecture
European Bioinformatics Institute, Hixton/Cambridge, United Kingdom
The vomeronasal receptor gene family: clues for solving the mysteries of mouse lemur cryptic speciation
· April 12, 2012
Lecture
German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany
Hidden biodiversity in cryptic species: lessons from Madagascar's mouse lemurs
· March 21, 2012
Lecture
Department of Genetics, Evolution, and Environment; University College London, United Kingdom
Hidden biodiversity in cryptic species: lessons from Madagascar's mouse lemurs
· November 28, 2011
Lecture
Department of Biology, Duke University
Lemurs in Geopolitical Context
· November 16, 2011
Lecture
The Torch Club, RTP Chapter
Madagascar: A case study for integrating population genetic and GIS methods for guiding conservation policies
· November 10, 2011
Lecture
Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Zillions of Mouse Lemur Species: Biological fact or conservation politics?
· November 2, 2011
Lecture
Duke University, Conservation Biology (Stuart Pimm)
The Evolutionary History of Lemurs, and What Morris Goodman taught me about Science
· October 3, 2011
Lecture
Wayne State University, Morris Goodman Memorial Symposium
How to Study an Island (Madagascar) with Genetic Data
· August 1, 2011
Lecture
Workshop on Molecular Evolution, Marine Biological Lab, Woods Hole, MA
Zillions of Mouse Lemur Species: Biological fact or conservation politics?
· June 23, 2011
Lecture
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm
What lemurs can tell us about Earth's past, present, and future …
· April 19, 2011
Lecture
Appalachian State University, Department of Biology and local chapter of the Sigma Xi (2 lectures)
Madagascar: un modelo para la integración de métodos de genética poblacional y SIG para entender mecanismos filogeográficos
· March 28, 2011
Lecture
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid
Madagascar: A case study for integrating population genetics and GIS for understanding phylogeographic mechanisms
· March 7, 2011
Lecture
University of Miami, Department of Biology
Phylogeography
· January 29, 2011
Lecture
Workshop on Molecular Evolution, Cseky Krumlov
What Lemurs can tell us about the Earth’s Past, Present, and Future
· December 9, 2010
Lecture
Carol Woods Retirement Community
Tanner Lecturer
· March 1, 2010
Lecture
Bringham Young University, M.L. Bean Life Science Museum
Symposia
· October 1, 2009
Lecture
German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany
Evolution in the Triangle: North Carolina Museum of Natural History
· July 1, 2009
Lecture
NESCent
Darwin Celebration
· April 1, 2009
Lecture
University of Iowa
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
Bass Connections Team Leader - Biocultural Sustainability in Madagascar
· 2023
- 2024
Projects & Field Work
Bass Connections Team Leader - Biocultural Sustainability in Madagascar
· 2022
- 2023
Projects & Field Work
thesis advisor to Amy Heilman - Outreach to special needs children at Lakewood Elementary
· December 18, 2010
Other
thesis advisor to Meredith Barrett - Eno River Association
· December 18, 2010
Other
Board of Directors - Women in Science Tomorrow
· December 18, 2010
Other
Service to the Community
Board of Directors - Women in Science Tomorrow
· December 18, 2010
Other
thesis advisor to Amy Heilman - Outreach to special needs children at Lakewood Elementary
· December 18, 2010
Other
Service to the Community
thesis advisor to Meredith Barrett - Eno River Association
· December 18, 2010
Other
Service to the Community
thesis advisor to Sheena Faherty - FEMMES (Females Excelling More at Math, Engineering, and Sciences)
· December 18, 2010
Other
Service to the Community
thesis advisor to Sheena Faherty - FEMMES (Females Excelling More at Math, Engineering, and Sciences)
· December 18, 2010
Other
Service to the Profession
Panel Member : National Science Foundation (DEB)
·
November 2013
Committee Service
Panel Member : National Science Foundation (DEB)
·
October 24, 2012
- October 26, 2012
Committee Service
Arlington, VA
Committee of Visitors : National Science Foundation (DEB)
·
June 5, 2012
- June 7, 2012
Committee Service
Arlington, VA
NSF grant review panel member
·
December 2011
Committee Service
NSF grant review panel member
·
May 2011
Committee Service
Associate Editor for Evolution
·
December 10, 2009
Editorial Activities
NSF-Division of Environmental Biolog, Committee of Visitors
·
December 10, 2009
Committee Service
NSF Panel Member: Eukaryotic Genetics, Spring Panel
·
December 10, 2009
Committee Service
Editorial Board for International Journal of Primatology
·
December 10, 2009
Editorial Activities
Editorial Board for Phylogenetics and Evolution
·
December 10, 2009
Editorial Activities
Reviewer for multiple journals
·
2009
Editorial Activities