CURRICULUM VITAE Nicola Mary Anthony Department of Biological Sciences University of New Orleans Tel (504) 280-1362 Fax.

(504) 280-6121 Email: nanthony@uno.edu EDUCATION 1996-1999 M. Sc. in Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Advisor: Dr. T. Garland Jr., Dept. of Zoology, University of WisconsinMadison. Thesis: The Wisconsin Small Mammal Survey: A small mammal survey program for native grassland preserves in Southern Wisconsin. Ph.D., in Zoology. Department of Zoology, Cambridge University, U.K. Advisor: Dr. D.B. Sattelle, Cambridge University, U.K. Dissertation: Actions of convulsants and insecticides on vertebrate and insect GABA receptors. B.Sc. (Hons.) in Biological Sciences, University of Birmingham, U.K. Upper Second Class Honors: Zoology and Comparative Physiology.

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1984-1987

ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2009-present 2010-2011 2003-2009 1999-2002 1993-1999 1992 Associate professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans, U.S.A. Rotating program director for the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology program in Evolutionary Processes. Assistant professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans, U.S.A. Research associate, Darwin Initiative, University of Cardiff, Wales, U.K. Research associate, Department of Entomology, University of WisconsinMadison, U.S.A. Postdoctoral position, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, U.K.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS In preparation 1. Clostio R.W. and Anthony N.M. Landscape features influence regional population genetic structure of the gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus. 2. Anthony N.M., Abernethy K.A., Atteke. C., Bruford M.W., Dallmeier F., Freedman A.H., Hardy O., Ibrahim B., Jeffery K.A., Johnson M., Lahm S., Mboumba J-F., Ntie S., Smith T.B., Sullivan J.P., Verheyen E. and Gonder M.K. Evolution and conservation of central African biodiversity: a road map for future international collaboration in research, conservation and education.

3. Anthony N.M., Santonastaso T., van Oosterhout C., Jones K.L. and Foufopoulos J. The effects of historical fragmentation on major histocompatibility complex variation in the Aegean island reptile Podarcis erhardii. 4. Ntie S., Davis A.R. and Anthony N.M. Testing Pleistocene refugia and riverine barrier hypotheses of diversification using central African duikers as a model (genera Cephalophus and Philantomba).

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1 Anthony N.M. Microevolution: examples from the primate world. Nature Education Knowledge (in press). Clostio R.W., Martinez A.M., LeBlanc K.E. and Anthony N. M. (2012) Population genetic structure of a threatened tortoise across the southeastern United States: implications for conservation management. Animal Conservation. doi:10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00557.x Soto-Caldern I.D., Lee E.J., Jensen-Seaman M.I. and Anthony N.M. (2012) Factors affecting the relative abundance of nuclear copies of the mitochondrial control region (numts) in hominoids Journal of Molecular Evolution 75: 102-111. Johnston A.R. and Anthony N.M. (2012) A multi-locus species phylogeny of African forest duikers in the subfamily Cephalophinae: evidence for a recent radiation in the Pleistocene. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12: 120. Terrell K.A., Wildt D.E., Anthony N.M., Baviser B.D., Leibo S.P., Penfold L.M., Marker L.L. and Crosier A.E. (2012) Different patterns of metabolic cryo-damage in domestic cat (Felis catus) and cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) spermatozoa. Cryobiology 64: 110-117. Anthony N.M., Mickala P., Abernethy K.A., Atteke C., Bissiengou P., Bruford M.W., Dallmeier F., Decaens T., Dudu A., Freedman A., Gonder M.K., Hardy O., Hart J., Jeffery K., Johnson M., Koumba Pambo F., Ley A., Korte L., Lahm S.A., Lee M., Lowenstein J., Mboumba J.-F., Ndiade Bourobou D., Ngomanda A., Ntie S., Sebag D., Sullivan J., Vanthomme H., Vergnes V. and Zimkus B. (2012) Biodiversity and conservation genetics research in central Africa: new approaches and avenues for international collaboration. Conservation Genetics Resources 4: 523525. Johnston A.R., Morikawa M., Ntie S. and Anthony N.M. (2011) Evaluating DNA barcoding criteria using the genus Cephalophus as a test case. Conservation Genetics 10: 251-255. Terrell K.A., Wildt D.E., Anthony N.M., Bavister B.D., Leibo S.P. Penfold L.M., Marker L.L. and Crosier A.E. (2011) Oxidative phosphorylation is essential for felid sperm function but is substantially lower in cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) compared to domestic cat (Felis catus). Biology of Reproduction 85: 473-481. Terrell K.A., Wildt D.E., Anthony N.M., Bavister B.D., Leibo S.P. Penfold L.M., Marker L.L. and Crosier A.E. (2011) Glycolytic enzyme activity is essential for domestic cat (Felis catus) and

cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) sperm motility and viability in a sugar-free medium. Biology of Reproduction 84: 1198-1206. 10 Ntie S., Soto-Calderon I.D. and Anthony N.M. (2010) Assembly and cross-species amplification of three microsatellite multiplex sets in central African artiodactyls. Molecular Ecology Resources 10: 1059-1065. 11 Terrell K.A., Wildt D.E., Anthony N.M., Bavister B.D., Leibo S.P., Penfold L.M., Marker L.L. and Crosier A.E. (2010) Evidence for compromised metabolic function and limited glucose uptake in spermatozoa from the teratospermic domestic cat (Felis catus) and cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus). Biology of Reproduction 83: 833-841. 12 Ntie S., Johnston A., Mickala P., van Vuuren B., Bowkett A., Colyn M., Sonet G., Rouyer R., Wallace R.A., LeBlanc K., van Vliet N., Ryder O., Hymas O., Wickings E., Telfer P., Maisels F., Lahm S.A. and Anthony N.M. (2010) A molecular diagnostic for the identification of central African artiodactyls from faeces. Animal Conservation 13: 80-93. 13 Hurston H.H., Foufopoulos J., Voith L., Bonanno J., Pafilis P, Valakos E and Anthony N.M. (2009) Effects of fragmentation on genetic diversity in island populations of the Aegean wall lizard Podarcis erhardii (Lacertidae, Reptilia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52: 395405. 14 Jensen-Seaman M.I., Wildschutte J.V.H, Soto-Calderon I. and Anthony N.M. (2009). A comparative approach reveals differences in patterns of numt insertion during hominoid evolution. Journal of Molecular Evolution 68: 688-699. 15 Linares M.C., Soto-Calderon I.D., Lees D.C., Anthony N.M. (2009) High mitochondrial diversity in geographically widespread butterflies of Madagascar: a test of the DNA barcoding approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50: 485-495. 16 Soto-Calderon I.D., Ntie S., Mickala P., Maisels F., Wickings E.J. and Anthony N.M. (2009) Effects of storage type and time on DNA amplification success in tropical ungulate faeces. Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 471-479. 17 Anthony N.M., Johnson-Bawe M., Jeffery K., Clifford S.L., Abernethy K.A., Tutin C.E., Lahm S.A., White L.T.J., Utley J., Wickings E.J. and Bruford M.W. (2007) The role of Pleistocene refugia and rivers in shaping gorilla genetic diversity in central Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 104: 20432-20436. 18 Jeffery K.J., Abernethy K.A., Tutin C.E.G., Anthony N.M. and Bruford M.W. (2007) Who killed Porthos? Genetic tracking of a gorilla death. Integrative Zoology 2: 111-119. 19 Anthony N.M., Anthony N.M., Clifford S.L., Bawe-Johnson M., Abernethy K.A., Bruford M.W. and Wickings E. J. (2007) Distinguishing mitochondrial sequences from nuclear integrations and PCR recombinants: guidelines for their diagnosis in complex sequence databases. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43: 553-566.

20 Masters J.C., Anthony N.M., de Wit M.J. and Mitchell A. (2005) Reconstructing the evolutionary history of the Lorisidae using morphological, molecular, and geological data. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 127: 465-480. 21 Anthony N.M., Ribic C.A., Bautz R. and Garland T., Jr. (2005) Relative efficacy of Longworth and Sherman live-trap types in capturing grassland-associated small mammals. Wildlife Society Bulletin 33: 1018-1026. 22 Nice C.C., Anthony N.M., Gelembiuk G., Raterman D. and ffrench-Constant R. (2005) The history and geography of diversification within the butterfly genus Lycaeides in North America Molecular Ecology 14: 1741-1754. 23 Clifford S.L., Anthony N.M., Bawe-Johnson M., Abernethy K.A., Tutin C.E.G., White L.J.T., McFarland K., Goldsmith M.L., Bermejo M., Bruford M.W. and Wickings E.J. (2004) Mitochondrial phylogeography of western lowland gorillas Gorilla gorilla gorilla. Molecular Ecology 13: 1551-1567. Equal first authorship. 24 Anthony N.M., Bautz R., Spencer E. and Garland T. Jr. (2003) Small mammal community composition in native dry and wet prairies of southern Wisconsin. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 98: 1-26. 25 Guillemaud T., Brun A., Anthony N., Sauge M-H., Boll R., Delorme R., Fournier D., Lapchin L. and Vanlerberghe-Masutti F. (2003) Incidence of insecticide resistance alleles in sexuallyreproducing populations of the peach-potato aphid Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from southern France. Bulletin of Entomological Research 93: 289-297. 26 Anthony N.M., Gelembiuk G., Raterman D., Nice C.C. and ffrench-Constant R. (2001) Isolation and characterization of microsatellite markers from the endangered Karner blue butterfly Lycaeides melissa samuelis. Hereditas 134: 271-3. 27 ffrench-Constant, R.H., Anthony, N.M., Aronstein, K., Rocheleau, T. and Stilwell, G. (2000) Cyclodiene insecticide resistance: from molecular to population genetics. Annual Review of Entomology 48: 447-464. 28 ffrench-Constant R.H., Pittendrigh B.R., Vaughan A. and Anthony N.M. (1998) Why are there so few resistance-associated mutations in insecticide resistance genes? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 353: 1685-1693. 29 Anthony N.M., Ganser D., Unruh T. and ffrench-Constant R.H. (1998) Duplication of the Rdl GABA receptor subunit gene in an insecticide resistant aphid, Myzus persicae. Molecular General Genetics 260: 165-175. 30 Anthony N.M., Brown J.K., Feyereisen R. & ffrench-Constant R.H. (1998) Diagnosis and characterization of insecticide insensitive acetylcholinesterase in three populations of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius). Pesticide Science 52: 39-46.

31 Severson D.W., Anthony N.M. and ffrench-Constant R.H. (1997) Molecular mapping of insecticide resistance genes in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti. Journal Heredity 88: 520-524. 32 Liu H.T., Stilwell G., Anthony N.M., Rocheleau T. and ffrench-Constant R.H. (1997) Analysis of a mosquito acetylcholinesterase gene promoter. Insect Molecular Biology 7: 11-17. 33 Anthony N.M., Brown J.K., Markham, P.G. and ffrench-Constant R.T. (1995) Distribution of cyclodiene resistance associated mutations among strains of the sweet potato whitefly Bemisia tabaci. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 51: 220-228. 34 Anthony N.M., Rocheleau T., Mocelin G., Lee H-J and ffrench-Constant R. (1995) Cloning, sequencing and functional expression of an acetylcholinesterase gene from the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti. FEBS Letters 368: 461-465. 35 ffrench-Constant R.T., Aronstein K.A., Anthony N.M. and Coustau C. (1995) PCR based monitoring techniques for the detection of insecticide resistance associated point mutations and their potential applications. Pesticide Science 43: 195-200. 36 Anthony N.M., Holyoke C.W. and Sattelle D.B. (1994) Blocking actions of picrotoxinin analogues on GABA receptors of an identified insect motor neurone. Neuroscience Letters 171: 67-69. 37 Anthony N.M., Holyoke C.W. and Sattelle D.B. (1993) Actions of picrotoxinin analogues on a chick optic lobe GABAA receptor expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Molecular Neuropharmacology 3: 63-67. 38 Blake A.D., Anthony N.M., Chen H.H., Harrison J.B., Nathanson N.M. and Sattelle D.B. (1993) Drosophila nervous system muscarinic acetylcholine receptor: Transient functional expression and localization by immunocytochemistry. Molecular Pharmacology 44: 716-724. 39 Anthony N.M., Benner E.A., Rauh J.J. and Sattelle D.B. (1992) [35S]t-Butylbicyclophosphorothionate binding sites in susceptible and cyclodiene-resistant houseflies. Neurochemistry International 21: 215-221. 40 Anthony, N.M., Benner, E.A., Rauh, J.J. and Sattelle, D.B. (1991) GABA receptors of insects susceptible and resistant to cyclodiene insecticides. Pesticide Science 33: 223-230. BOOK CHAPTERS 1. Goossens B., Anthony N.M., Bruford M.W., Jeffery K. and Johnson-Bawe M. (2003) Collection, storage and analysis of non-invasive genetic material. In: Field and laboratory methods in primatology (Setchell and Curtis eds.) pp 295-308. Cambridge University Press. 2. Anthony, N.M. (2001) Small mammals of New Britain pp. 34-44. In: University of Wisconsin New Britain Biological Survey, Papua New Guinea. Falcon Art Publishing, WI. 214 pp.

3. ffrench-Constant R.H., Anthony N.M., Andreev D. & Aronstein K. (1996) Single versus multiple origins of resistance: inferences from the cyclodiene resistance gene Rdl. In: Molecular genetics and ecology of pesticide resistance, (Ed. T. Brown), American Chemical Society Symposium Series. 4. Anthony N.M., Harrison J.B. and Sattelle D.B. (1993) GABA receptor molecules of insects. In: Comparative Molecular Neurobiology (Ed. Y. Pichon), pp. 172-209. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. 5. Sattelle D.B., Lummis S.C.R., Riina H.A., Fleming J.T., Anthony N.M. and Marshall J. (1992) Functional expression in Xenopus oocytes of invertebrate ligand-gated ion channels. In: Neurotox '91: Molecular Basis of Drug and Insecticide Action (Eds. I. Duce, Usherwood P.N.R., Reay R.C. and Ford M.G.) pp. 203-219. Elsevier Press, U.K. 6. Sattelle, D.B., Marshall, J., Lummis, S.C.R., Leech, C.A., Wafford, K.A., Anthony, N.M., Bai, D., Miller, K.W.P., Harrison, B.J., Chapiatis, L., Watson, K., Wong, J. and Rauh, J.J. (1991) GABA and L-Glutamate receptors of insects. In: Transmitter Amino Acid Receptors: Structures, Transduction and Models for Drug Development (Ed. E. Costa) pp. 273-291. Raven Press, New York. POPULAR PRESS 1. Wickings E.J., Clifford S.L., Anthony N.M., Jeffery K., Johnson-Bawe M., Abernethy K.A. and Bruford M.W. (2004) Gorilla mitochondrial DNA sequences unraveled and secrets revealed. Gorilla Journal 29: 21-26. PROCEEDINGS 1. Anthony N.M., Clifford S., Jeffery K., Johnson-Bawe M., Abernethy K., Tutin C., White L., Bruford M.W. and Wickings E.J. (2004) Molecular phylogeography of western lowland gorillas: inferences from mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA. In: Folia Primatologica 75 (supplement): 232. 2. Anthony N.M., Brown J.K., Markham P.G. & ffrench-Constant R.T. (1996) Molecular analysis of cyclodiene resistance associated mutations among strains of the sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci. In: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Bemisia tabaci, (Ed. D. Gerling), Intercept, UK. 3. Anthony N.M., Rocheleau T. and ffrench-Constant R.T. (1994) Cloning and analysis of the acetylcholinesterase gene from the mosquito Aedes aegypti. American Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 20: 80. 4. Anthony, N.M., Benner, E.A., Lamison, C.D., Vassallo, J.G., Sattelle, D.B. and Rauh, J.J., (1991) GABA receptors of insects susceptible and resistant to cyclodienes. American Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 16: 857. 5. Anthony, N.M., Buckingham, S.D., Lummis, S.C.R., Wafford, K.A., Rauh, J.J. and Sattelle, D.B. (1990) Actions of polychlorocycloalkanes on GABA-operated chloride ion channels of insect and vertebrate central nervous tissues. In: Abs. I.U.P.A.C. Seventh International Congress of Pesticide Chemistry, Hamburg, Germany Vol. 1: 379. 6. Anthony, N. M., Marshall, J., Sattelle, D.B. and Barnard, E.A. (1989) Functional expression of a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor using chick optic lobe mRNA. Neuroscience Letters Supplement 36: S66.

PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS (2003 PRESENT) 1. Johnston A.R. and Anthony N.M. A multi-locus phylogeny of the duiker antelope (genus Cephalophus). Evolution 2011, Norman, Oklahoma. June 17-21, 2011. 2. Ntie S., Johnston A. and Anthony N.M. Do rivers constitute effective barriers to gene flow among central African duikers (genus Cephalophus)? Evolution 2011, Norman, Oklahoma. June 17-21, 2011. 3. Soto-Caldern I.D., Lee E.J., Jensen-Seaman M. and Anthony N. Evolution 2011, Norman, Oklahoma. Factors affecting the relative abundance of nuclear copies of the mitochondrial control region (Numts) in great apes. June 17-21, 2011. 4. Clostio R.W., Anthony N.M., Martinez A.M. and LeBlanc K.E. Landscape features influence regional population genetic structure of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). Evolution 2010, Portland, Oregon. June 25-29, 2010. 5. Anthony N.M., Hurston H.H., Foufopoulos J., Voith L., Bonanno J., McCloskey A., Pafilis P. and Valakos E. (2009) The effects of historical fragmentation on genetic variation and disease resistance in an island reptile (Podarcis erhardii). Evolution 2009, Moscow, Idaho. June 12-16, 2009. 6. Martinez A., Anthony N.M., and Wallace R. (2009) Phylogeography and population structure of Gopherus polyphemus throughout the southeast United States. Evolution 2009, Moscow, Idaho. June 12-16, 2009. 7. Rouyer R.L., Ntie S., Johnston A.R. and Anthony N.M. (2009) Mapping tropical forest duiker distributions from their feces using a molecular-based species diagnostic. Evolution 2009, Moscow, Idaho. June 12-16, 2009. 8. Johnston A.R., Rouyer R.L., Anthony N.M., Bowkett A.E., Jansen van Vuuren B. (2009) Phylogeny of central African duiker species (genus Cephalophus) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear intron sequence data. Evolution 2009, Moscow, Idaho. June 12-16, 2009. 9. Soto-Calderon I., Lee E.J., Jensen-Seaman M.I., Anthony N.M. (2009) Patterns of insertion and nucleotide substitution of nuclear translocations of mitochondrial DNA in great apes. Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, Iowa City, Iowa. June 3-7, 2009. 10. Ntie S., Johnston A.R., Soto-Calderon I.D., Mickala P., Bowkett A.E., Jansen van Vuuren B., Colyn M., Telfer P., Maisels F., Hymas O., Rouyer R.L., Wallace R.A., LeBlanc K., van Vliet N., Sonet G., Verheyen E., Ryder O., Wickings E.J., Lahm S.A. and Anthony N.M. (2009). Optimal storage methods and identification of forest artiodactyls species from their fecal pellets. Evolution 2009, Moscow, Idaho. June 12-16, 2009. 11. Gonder K. and Anthony N.M. (2008) Population genetics of great apes in Nigeria and Cameroon: status and prospects for the future. Oral presentation at the XXI Congress of the International Primatological Society, Edinburgh, U.K. August 3-8, 2008. 12. Ntie S., Johnston A.R., LeBlanc K., Mickala P., van Vuuren B., Bowkett A., Wickings E.J., Maisels F., Telfer P., Ryder O. and Anthony N.M. (2007) Molecular identification of central African ungulates from fecal pellets. Poster presentation at the Third International Conservation Genetics Symposium, American Museum of Natural History, New York, September 2007. 13. Ntie S., Johnston A., Mickala P., Van Vuuren B., Bowkett A., Maisels F., Telfer P., Wickings E.J., Maisels F., Ryder O. and Anthony N.M. Student poster presentation at inaugural meeting of Biodiversitas Gabonica, Libreville, Gabon, July 11-13, 2007. 14. Linares M.C., Lees D. and Anthony N.M. Student poster presentation at Evolution 2007 Meeting, Christchurch, New Zealand, June 16-20, 2007. 15. Anthony NM. Invited oral presentation in the DNA bar-coding symposium at the American Association for Zoos and Aquaria, Tampa, Florida, Sept 22-25, 2006.

16. Anthony N.M., Clifford S.L., Bawe-Johnson M., Abernethy K.A., Tutin C.E.G., White L.J.T., Jeffery K., Wickings E.J. and Bruford M.W. Oral presentation at the XX Congress of the International Primatological Society, Turin, Italy. August 23-28, 2004. 17. Anthony N.M., Clifford S.L., Bawe-Johnson M., Abernethy K.A., Tutin C.E.G., White L.J.T., Jeffery K., Wickings E.J. and Bruford M.W. Oral presentation at Evolution 2006 meeting, SUNY Stony Brook June 23-27, 2006. 18. Hurston H., Bonanno J., Foufopoulos J., Pafilis P., Valakos E. and Anthony N.M. Student poster presentation (Hurston) at Evolution 2006 meeting, SUNY Stony Brook June 23-27, 2006. 19. Wickings E.J., Anthony N.M., Johnson-Bawe M.J., Abernethy K.A., Maisels F., and Bruford M.W. Poster presentation at the Molecular Primatology meetings, New York University. March 1-3, 2006. 20. Anthony N.M., Clifford S.L., Bawe-Johnson M., Abernethy K.A., Tutin C.E.G., White L.J.T., Jeffery K., Wickings E.J. and Bruford M.W. Oral presentation at the XX Congress of the International Primatological Society, Turin, Italy. August 23-28, 2004. 21. Anthony N.M., Clifford S.L., Bawe-Johnson M., Abernethy K.A., Tutin C.E.G., White L.J.T., Jeffery K., Wickings E.J. and Bruford M.W. Poster presentation at the Society for Evolutionary Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA. June 26-30, 2004. 22. Anthony N.M., Clifford S.L., Bawe-Johnson M., Abernethy K.A., Tutin C.E.G., White L.J.T., Jeffery K., Wickings E.J. and Bruford M.W. Poster presentation at the American Genetics Association Conservation Genetics Conference, September 14-17, Front Royal, Virginia. 23. Anthony N.M., Clifford S.L., Bawe-Johnson M., Abernethy K.A., Tutin C.E.G., White L.J.T., Jeffery K., Wickings E.J. and Bruford M.W. Oral presentation at the 88th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Savanna, Georgia, August 2003. OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Editorial or grant review 2009-present 2008-2010 2006-present Associate editor for Conservation Genetics Editorial board of the Journal of Evolutionary Biology National Science Foundation panelist and ad hoc review for the Division of Environmental Biology (DEB). Assessed and tested educational modules for Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners (NCEP) of the American Museum of Natural History Center for Biodiversity and Conservation. Reviewer for publications in American Journal of Primatology, Animal Conservation, American Naturalist, Canadian Journal of Zoology, Conservation Genetics, Evolution, Genetics, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Molecular Ecology, PLoS ONE.

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AWARDS 2007 Early Career Achievement Award for Excellence in Research. University of New Orleans International Alumni Association.

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS Molecular ecology and genetics research (* denotes co-PI or co-authorship)

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* National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering OISE 1243524. Partnerships in International Research and Education: Mapping evolutionary process in the face of climate change: an integrated approach to education and conservation prioritization in Central Africa (PI Tom Smith; co-PIs Anthony and Gonder). Total award ($4,950,000; amount awarded to co-PI Anthony is $966,350). UNO Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. Isolation and characterization of the major histocompatibility complex in the green anole Anolis carolinensis: development of a reptilian model system for studying host-parasite evolution ($14,900) UNO College of Sciences Faculty Research Grant. Development of crossspecies microsatellite and immunity gene markers in Anolis species ($7,500). National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering OISE 0968587 (co-PI: Katy Gonder). Workshop: Evolution and conservation of central African biological diversity: new approaches and avenues for international collaboration ($59,855). REU supplement to DEB 0516425 to support undergraduate participation in molecular research ($6,000). United States Fish and Wildlife Service (co-PI: Rachel Wallace). Population structure and disease transmission in the gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus ($5000). * National Geographical Society (PI: Katy Gonder): The biogeography of the Sanaga river basin: Testing the riverine barrier hypothesis using great apes and forest ungulates. ($14,000) University of New Orleans Stimulating Competitive Research (SCoRe) Award: Isolation and characterization of variation in the major histocompatibility complex of Aegean wall lizard Podarcis erhardii ($15,000). National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology DEB 0910184 (co-PI: Rachel Wallace). Dissertation research: Influence of environmental variables on gene flow, population structure and disease transmission in the gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus ($11,000). REU supplement to DEB 0516425 to support undergraduate participation in field and molecular research ($6,000). National Institutes for Health: National Institute for General Medical Sciences 1R15GM073682-01A2. Nuclear integrations of mitochondrial DNA in great apes ($224,485).

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*National Geographical Society (PI: David Lees): Lepidoptera as probes of Pleistocene rainforest refugia and Holocene forest fragmentation history in Madagascar ($19,750). LINK RFP 2005-D Louisiana EPSCoR. Genetic variation in Mycoplasma agassizii and its evolutionary relationship to gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) ($2,500). National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology DEB 0516425. Comparative phylogeography of Central African duikers ($240,000). Louisiana Board of Regents Research Competitiveness Scheme. Comparative phylogeography of Central African duikers. Funding withdrawn due to NSF award ($131,263). University of New Orleans Investing in Research Excellence Program. The effects of long term habitat fragmentation on island populations of the Aegean rock lizard Podarcis erhardii ($13,000). * National Science Foundation Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology DBI 0405263: Mentoring Undergraduate Research in Conservation Biology and Ecology ($438,902) (PI: S. Johnson; co-PIs Anthony and Schluchter). National Science Foundation International Cooperative Planning Grant US Gabon. Comparative phylogeography of Central African Duikers ($4,315). Royal Society Travel Award to attend the Evolution meetings in the U.S. ($750) * University of Wisconsin Consortium grant: Conservation genetics of the Karner Blue butterfly Lycaeides melissa samuelis with R. ffrench-Constant and M. Boyce (~$40,000) * USDA Pest Management Alternatives Research Program: Managing Insecticide Resistant Green Peach Aphids on Potatoes with R. ffrench-Constant and J. Wyman. (~$120,000)

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Field research and conservation Rapid assessment of terrestrial vertebrate fauna in the Nakanai Mountains of the island of New Britain, Papua New Guinea 1998-1999 Fauna and Flora International ($5,000) * UW-Madison Museums Council ($2,000) * Quixote Foundation ($18,000)

Non-volant mammal survey in the Tambopata-Candamo Reserved Zone, Madre de Dios, Peru 1993 Percy Sladen Memorial Society ($500) Cambridge Philosophical Society ($500) Wisconsin small mammal survey program 1995-1997 1996-1997 1996 1996 * United States Fish and Wildlife Service Partners for Wildlife Program (~$10,000) WI Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters (Lois Almon Small Grants) ($2,000) The Nature Conservancy (Rodney Johnson Stewardship Endowment Fund) ($1,000) Zoological Society of Milwaukee County (Graduate Student Research Grants in Wildlife Conservation). ($1,000)

THESIS/DISSERTATION COMMITTEE SERVICE 1. Major advisor for Stephan Ntie (Ph.D. graduated 2012), Ivan Dario Soto-Calderon (Ph.D. graduated 2012), Anne Johnston (M.Sc. Graduated 2011), Rachel Wallace (Ph.D. graduated 2010), Kimberly Terrell (Ph.D. graduated 2010), Heather Hurston (M.Sc. Graduated 2007), Tracy Faustermann (M.Sc.), Trent Santonastaso (Ph.D.) and Christie Sukhdeo (Ph.D.). Committee member for the following graduate students: Ivonne Garzon (Ph.D. graduated 2011), Jessa Madosky (Ph.D. graduated 2010), Robert Harvey (M.Sc. graduated 2009), Cristina LopezGallego (Ph.D. Graduated 2007), Mariella Superina (Ph.D. Graduated 2007), Jennifer Barfield (Ph.D. Graduated 2007), Laura Vogel (Ph.D. Graduated 2007), Lyndon Coghill (Ph.D.), Adrienne Egge (Ph.D.).

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COURSES TAUGHT 6053. 4590 Conservation Genetics 3 CR. A graduate course in the principles and applications of conservation genetics. Lecture, discussion and hands on computer exercises. Conservation biology 4 CR. An undergraduate course in conservation biology with an option for graduate students. Class consists of a mixture of lecture, lab, field exercises, literature discussion and group demographic modeling research using VORTEX. Conservation management and policy seminar 2 CR. An integrative graduate seminar aiming to draw from both biological and social sciences. Tools in environmental sciences 4CR. A class with laboratory specifically designed to introduce students to research methods in biological sciences. Population genetics, ecology and evolution 4CR. Lecture and lab component: a required class for all biology majors.

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ACADEMIC SERVICE Graduate Committee, Department of Biological Sciences (Jan 2004 -present) Job search Committees, Department of Biological Sciences (2007-2008)

Seminar Committee, Department of Biological Sciences (Fall 2012-present) University Research Council (Fall 2012-present) Faculty advisor for the New Orleans chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology (2006-present) MENTORSHIP Past postdoctoral associates 2004-2005 Dr. Patrick Mickala. Development of a species diagnostic for central African duikers.

Current graduate students 2012-present Christie Sukhdeo (Ph.D.) Thesis: Disruption of ecosystem services in fragmented landscapes. NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. 2011-present Trent Santonastaso (Ph.D.) Thesis: Major histocompatibility complex variation in island reptiles. 2010-present Tracy Faustermann (M.Sc.) Thesis: Testing hypotheses of evolutionary diversification in Madagascan butterflies in the genus Heteropsis. Past Graduate Students 2006-2012 Stephan Ntie (Ph.D.). Thesis: Comparative phylogeography of central African duikers using non-invasive sampling methods. Kimberly Terrell (Ph.D.). Thesis: Sperm metabolic function, genetic variation and teratospermia in the Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus. NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Ivan Dario Soto-Calderon (Ph.D.). Thesis: Nuclear integrations of mitochondrial DNA in humans and African great apes. Anne Johnston, now Davis (M.Sc.). Thesis: Phylogenetic relationships and diversification of the rainforest antelope genus Cephalophus. Louisiana Environmental Professional Association Award. Rachel Wallace (Ph.D.). Thesis: Influence of environmental variables on gene flow, population structure and disease transmission in the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). Dee Saunders Dundee Memorial Graduate Student Scholarship Award. NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant. Heather Hurston (M.Sc. Graduated 2007). Historical land fragmentation and its effects on genetic diversity and parasitism in island populations of Podarcis erhardii (Lacertidae, Reptilia). Sigma Xi Outstanding Research Award.

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Current undergraduate students 2011-present Nicholas Jonathon Clark*: Assessing the frequency of species-specific numts in gorillas.

2012-present Gabriel Fiorini: Isolation and characterization of the MHC complex and immunogenetic markers in Anolis. Funded by the UNO College of Sciences undergraduate research program. 2012-present David William Weber: Optimization of Anolis microsatellites for five Caribbean anole species from the Northern Antilles. Past undergraduate students 2003 2003-2005 Janine Vinaet: Analysis of HV1 sequence variation in western lowland gorilla populations Jolie Bonanno: Isolation and development of microsatellite markers for the studying island populations of Aegean wall lizards; construction of a microsatellite library from the rainforest tree Sacloglottis gabonensis (2003 - 2005) Heather Hurston: Cross-species amplification of microsatellite markers for studies of genetic variation in island populations of the Aegean lizard Podarcis erhardii. Sigma Xi Outstanding Research Award. Marjorie Linares*: Mitochondrial variation in Malagasy butterflies (Genus Heteropsis); investigations of Wolbachia infections in the genus Heteropsis (2004 2007). Society for the Study of Evolution prize to attend the Society for Evolution meetings in New Zealand. Laura Voith*: Effect of historical fragmentation on genetic diversity in the Aegean lizard Podarcis erhardii. UNO Faculty prize in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (2007). Anne Johnston: Phylogenetic and population genetic analysis of the genus Cephalophus. Faculty Prize in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (2008). Funded by DEB 0516425. Kimberly LeBlanc*: Construction of a microsatellite library from the gopher tortoise and analysis of population genetic structure using SSCP. Richard Rouyer: Construction of a reference phylogeny for the genus Cephalophus; control region sequencing of duiker fecal DNA. Funded by an REU supplement to existing NSF award DEB 0516425. Eun Joo Lee: Nuclear integrations or mitochondrial DNA in great apes. Funded by NIH AREA award 1R15GM073682-01A2. Amonie Johnson: Analysis of nuclear genetic variation in Malagasy butterflies. Anne Martinez*: Control region sequencing of duiker fecal DNA and the population genetic structure of the gopher tortoise. Stephen Ford: Targeted re-sequencing and analysis of MHC variation in the Aegean reptile Podarcis erhardii. Whitney Nolan: Mitochondrial variation in Heteropsis butterflies.

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*Participants in the UNO NSF Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology (UMEB) or Undergraduate Research Mentoring (URM) program.