Nicola Mary Anthony
Department of Biological Sciences
University of New Orleans (UNO)
Tel (504) 280-1362
Email: [email protected]
www.anthonylab.org & www.caballiance.org
Department of Biological Sciences
University of New Orleans (UNO)
Tel (504) 280-1362
Email: [email protected]
www.anthonylab.org & www.caballiance.org
DEGREES
1996-1999 M. Sc. in Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
1988-1991 Ph.D., in Zoology. Department of Zoology, Cambridge University, U.K.
1984-1987 B.Sc. (Hons.) in Biological Sciences, University of Birmingham, U.K.
1996-1999 M. Sc. in Conservation Biology and Sustainable Development. Institute for Environmental Studies, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
1988-1991 Ph.D., in Zoology. Department of Zoology, Cambridge University, U.K.
1984-1987 B.Sc. (Hons.) in Biological Sciences, University of Birmingham, U.K.
POSITIONS
2023-present Chair of the UNO Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
2019-2021 Faculty Senate President, University of New Orleans
2014-present Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans
2011-present Senior Research Fellow, University of California Los Angeles Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
2015 Sabbatical appointment, Tropical Ecology and Conservation group at the University of Stirling, Scotland, U.K.
2010-2011 Rotating Program Director, National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology
2009-2014 Associate professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans
2003-2009 Assistant professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans
1999-2002 Research associate, Darwin Initiative, University of Cardiff, Wales, U.K.
1993-1999 Research associate, Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1992 Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, U.K.
2023-present Chair of the UNO Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
2019-2021 Faculty Senate President, University of New Orleans
2014-present Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans
2011-present Senior Research Fellow, University of California Los Angeles Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
2015 Sabbatical appointment, Tropical Ecology and Conservation group at the University of Stirling, Scotland, U.K.
2010-2011 Rotating Program Director, National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology
2009-2014 Associate professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans
2003-2009 Assistant professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans
1999-2002 Research associate, Darwin Initiative, University of Cardiff, Wales, U.K.
1993-1999 Research associate, Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1992 Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, U.K.
AWARDS
2017-present Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair in Wildlife Sustainability
2015 Leopold Leadership Fellowship, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, California.
2007 Early Career Achievement Award for Excellence in Research. UNO International Alumni Association.
2017-present Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair in Wildlife Sustainability
2015 Leopold Leadership Fellowship, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, California.
2007 Early Career Achievement Award for Excellence in Research. UNO International Alumni Association.
PUBLICATIONS
1. Martinez O.W.*, Guibinga Mickala A.*, Ntie S., Anthony, N.M. (in revision) DNA barcoding and identification of small rodent hairs sampled non-invasively in Gabon. Submitted to Journal of Mammalogy. * Equal first author
2. Miller C.A., Tasse Taboue G.C., Fokam E.B., Morgan K.J., Zhen Y., Harrigan R.J., Underwood V.L., Ruegg K., Sesink Clee P.R., Ntie S., Mickala P., Mboumba J-F., Fuller T., Zimkus B., Smith T.B. and Anthony N.M. (in press). Environmental variation predicts patterns of genomic variation in an African tropical forest frog. Frontiers in Conservation Science.
3. Konefal A., Kirkland A., Gilpin R., Wyssmann K., Cebrian J. Anthony N.M. and Cox T.E. (2024). The relationship between genetic diversity and resilience for coastal foundational species: what do we know for actionable science. BioScience 74: 187-206.
4. Weber A., Lighten K., van Osterhout C.V., Guibinga Mickala A., Ntie S., Mickala P., Lehmann D., Abernethy K.A. and Anthony N.M. (2023) What mandrills leave behind: using fecal samples to characterize the major histocompatibility complex in a threatened primate. Conservation Genetics 25: 533-549.
5. Guibinga Mickala A., Weber, A., Ntie S., Gahlot P., Lehmann D., Mickala P., Abernethy K.A. and Anthony N.M. (2022) Estimation of the census (Nc) and effective (Ne) population size of a wild mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) horde in the Lopé National Park, Gabon using a non-invasive genetic approach. Conservation Genetics 23: 871-83.
6. Babin C.H., Anthony N.M. and Bell C.D. (2022) Intraspecific differentiation of Allium canadense var. canadense (Amaryllidaceae) across the North American Coastal Plain. Plant Species Biology 37: 369-380.
7. Card D.C., Van Camp A., Santonastaso T., Jensen-Seaman M.I., Anthony N.M. and Edwards S.V. (2022) Structure and evolution of the squamate major histocompatibility complex as revealed by two Anolis lizard genomes. Frontiers in Genetics 13: fgene.2022.979746
8. Smith T.B., Fuller T.L., Zhen Y., Zaunbrecher V., Thomassen H.A., Njabo K., Anthony N.M., Gonder M.K., Buermann W., Larison B., Ruegg K. and Harrigan R.J. (2021) Genomic vulnerability and socio-economic threats under climate change in an African rainforest bird. Evolutionary Applications 14: 1239-1247.
9. Weber W.D., Anthony N.M. and Lailvaux S.P. (2021) Size but not relatedness drives the spatial distribution of an urban population of Anolis carolinensis lizards. Ecology and Evolution 11: 2886-2898.
10. Morgan K.J., Mboumba J-F., Ntie S., Mickala P., Miller C.A., Zhen Y., Harrigan R.J., Underwood V.L., Reugg K., Fokam E.B., Taboue Tasse G.C., Sesink Clee P.R., Fuller T., Smith T.B. and Anthony N.M. (2020) Precipitation and vegetation shape patterns of genomic and craniometric variation in the Central African rodent Praomys misonnei. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287: 20200449.
11. Mboumba J.-F., Hervé M.R., Tionga T., Taylor A., Lowery N., Mezeme Ndong F., Maloupazoa Siawaya A.C., Morgan K.J., Anthony N.M. (2019) Comparative efficiency of three bait types for live trapping small rodents in central Africa. International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation 11: 85-89
12. Fuller T.L., Narins T.P., Nackoney J., Bonebrake T.C., Sesink Clee P., Morgan K., Tróchez A., Bocuma Meñe D., Bongwele E., Njabo K.Y., Anthony N.M., Gonder M.K., Kahn M., Allen W.R., Smith T.B. (2018) Assessing the impact of China’s timber industry on Congo Basin land use change. Area 2018:1-10.
13. Fuller T.L., Sesink Clee P.R., Njabo K.Y., Trochez A., Morgan K., Bocuma Meñe D., Anthony N.M., Gonder M.K., Allen W.R., Hanna R. and Smith T.B. (2018) Climate warming causes declines in crop yields and lowers school attendance rates in central Africa. Science of the Total Environment 610-611: 503-510.
14. Miller C.A., Tasse Taboue G.C, Ekane M.P., Robak, M., Sesink-Clee P.R., Richards-Zawacki C., Fokam E.B., Fuashi N.A. and Anthony N.M. (2018) Distribution modeling and lineage diversity of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in a central African amphibian hotspot. PLOS ONE 13: e0199288.
15. Ntie S., Davis A.R., Hils K., Mickala P., Thomassen H., Morgan K., Gonder M. K. and Anthony N.M. (2017) Evaluating the role of Pleistocene refugia, rivers and environmental variation in the diversification of central African duikers (genera Cephalophus and Philantomba). BMC Evolutionary Biology 17: 212.
16. Santonastaso T., van Oosterhout C., Jones K.L., Foufopoulos J. and Anthony, N. M. (2017) The effects of historical fragmentation on major histocompatibility complex class II β and microsatellite variation in the Aegean island reptile, Podarcis erhardii. Ecology and Evolution 7: 4568-4581.
17. Terrell K.A., Crosier A. E., Wildt, D. E., O’Brien S. J., Anthony N. M., Marker L. and Johnson W. (2016). Continued decline in genetic diversity among wild cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) without further loss of semen quality. Biological Conservation 200: 192-199.
18. Anthony N. M., Atteke, C., Bruford M.W., Dallmeier F., Freedman A.H., Hardy O., Ibrahim B., Jeffery K. J., Johnson M., Lahm S. A., Lepengue, N., Lowenstein, J. H., Maisels, F., Mboumba J-F., Mickala P., Morgan K., Ntie S., Smith T.B., Sullivan J.P., Verheyen E. and Gonder M.K. (2015) Evolution and conservation of central African biodiversity: priorities for research and education in the Congo basin and Gulf of Guinea. Biotropica 47: 6-17
19. Soto-Calderón I. D., Dew J. L., Jensen-Seaman M. I., Bergl, R. and Anthony N. M. (2015) Admixture between historically isolated mitochondrial lineages in captive western gorillas: recommendations for future management. Journal of Heredity 106: 310-314.
20. Mitchell, M. W., Locatelli, S. Ghobrial, L., Pokempner, A.A., Sesink Clee, P.R., Abwe, E.E., Nicolas, A., Nkembi, L., Anthony, N.M. Morgan, B.J. Fotso, R. Peeters, M. Hahn, B.H. and Gonder, M. K. (2015) The population genetics of wild chimpanzees in Cameroon and Nigeria suggests a positive role for selection in the evolution of chimpanzee subspecies. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 1
21. Sesink Clee P. R., Abwe E. E., Ambabe R. D., Anthony N. M., Fotso R., Locatelli S., Maisels F., Mitchell M. W., Morgan B. J., Pokempner A. A. and Gonder M. (2015) Chimpanzee population structure in Cameroon and Nigeria is associated with habitat variation that may be lost under climate change. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 2
22. Soto-Calderón I. D., Clark N. J., Halo Wildschutte, J. V., DiMattio, K., Jensen-Seaman M. I. and Anthony N. M (2014) Identification of species-specific nuclear insertions of mitochondrial DNA (numts) in gorillas and their potential as population genetic markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 81: 61-70.
23. Das R., Hergenrother S., Soto-Calderón I. D, Dew J. L. and Anthony N.M. (2014) Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the Eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei) and implications for African ape biogeography. Journal of Heredity 105: 752-761
24. Soto-Calderón 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.
25. 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 15: 613-625.
26. 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.
27. Kim J., Anthony N.M. and Larget B.R. (2012) A Bayesian method for estimating evolutionary history. Bayesian Analysis 7: 917-973.
28. 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.
29. 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: 523-525.
30. 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.
31. 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.
32. 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.
33. 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.
34. 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.
35. 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.
36. 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: 395-405.
37. 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.
38. 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.
39. 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.
40. 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.
41. 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.
42. 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.
43. 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.
44. 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.
45. 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.
46. 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.
47. 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.
48. 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.
49. 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 sexually-reproducing populations of the peach-potato aphid Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from southern France. Bulletin of Entomological Research 93: 289-297.
50. 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.
51. 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.
52. 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? Phil. Trans. Royal Society of London Series B. 353: 1685-1693.
53. 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.
54. 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.
55. 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.
56. 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.
57. 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.
58. 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.
59. 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.
60. 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.
61. 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.
62. 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.
63. 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.
64. Anthony N.M., Benner E.A., Rauh J.J. and Sattelle D.B. (1992) [35S]t‑Butylbicyclo phosphorothionate binding sites in susceptible and cyclodiene-resistant houseflies. Neurochemistry International 21: 215-221.
65. 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.
66. 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.
1. Martinez O.W.*, Guibinga Mickala A.*, Ntie S., Anthony, N.M. (in revision) DNA barcoding and identification of small rodent hairs sampled non-invasively in Gabon. Submitted to Journal of Mammalogy. * Equal first author
2. Miller C.A., Tasse Taboue G.C., Fokam E.B., Morgan K.J., Zhen Y., Harrigan R.J., Underwood V.L., Ruegg K., Sesink Clee P.R., Ntie S., Mickala P., Mboumba J-F., Fuller T., Zimkus B., Smith T.B. and Anthony N.M. (in press). Environmental variation predicts patterns of genomic variation in an African tropical forest frog. Frontiers in Conservation Science.
3. Konefal A., Kirkland A., Gilpin R., Wyssmann K., Cebrian J. Anthony N.M. and Cox T.E. (2024). The relationship between genetic diversity and resilience for coastal foundational species: what do we know for actionable science. BioScience 74: 187-206.
4. Weber A., Lighten K., van Osterhout C.V., Guibinga Mickala A., Ntie S., Mickala P., Lehmann D., Abernethy K.A. and Anthony N.M. (2023) What mandrills leave behind: using fecal samples to characterize the major histocompatibility complex in a threatened primate. Conservation Genetics 25: 533-549.
5. Guibinga Mickala A., Weber, A., Ntie S., Gahlot P., Lehmann D., Mickala P., Abernethy K.A. and Anthony N.M. (2022) Estimation of the census (Nc) and effective (Ne) population size of a wild mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) horde in the Lopé National Park, Gabon using a non-invasive genetic approach. Conservation Genetics 23: 871-83.
6. Babin C.H., Anthony N.M. and Bell C.D. (2022) Intraspecific differentiation of Allium canadense var. canadense (Amaryllidaceae) across the North American Coastal Plain. Plant Species Biology 37: 369-380.
7. Card D.C., Van Camp A., Santonastaso T., Jensen-Seaman M.I., Anthony N.M. and Edwards S.V. (2022) Structure and evolution of the squamate major histocompatibility complex as revealed by two Anolis lizard genomes. Frontiers in Genetics 13: fgene.2022.979746
8. Smith T.B., Fuller T.L., Zhen Y., Zaunbrecher V., Thomassen H.A., Njabo K., Anthony N.M., Gonder M.K., Buermann W., Larison B., Ruegg K. and Harrigan R.J. (2021) Genomic vulnerability and socio-economic threats under climate change in an African rainforest bird. Evolutionary Applications 14: 1239-1247.
9. Weber W.D., Anthony N.M. and Lailvaux S.P. (2021) Size but not relatedness drives the spatial distribution of an urban population of Anolis carolinensis lizards. Ecology and Evolution 11: 2886-2898.
10. Morgan K.J., Mboumba J-F., Ntie S., Mickala P., Miller C.A., Zhen Y., Harrigan R.J., Underwood V.L., Reugg K., Fokam E.B., Taboue Tasse G.C., Sesink Clee P.R., Fuller T., Smith T.B. and Anthony N.M. (2020) Precipitation and vegetation shape patterns of genomic and craniometric variation in the Central African rodent Praomys misonnei. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 287: 20200449.
11. Mboumba J.-F., Hervé M.R., Tionga T., Taylor A., Lowery N., Mezeme Ndong F., Maloupazoa Siawaya A.C., Morgan K.J., Anthony N.M. (2019) Comparative efficiency of three bait types for live trapping small rodents in central Africa. International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation 11: 85-89
12. Fuller T.L., Narins T.P., Nackoney J., Bonebrake T.C., Sesink Clee P., Morgan K., Tróchez A., Bocuma Meñe D., Bongwele E., Njabo K.Y., Anthony N.M., Gonder M.K., Kahn M., Allen W.R., Smith T.B. (2018) Assessing the impact of China’s timber industry on Congo Basin land use change. Area 2018:1-10.
13. Fuller T.L., Sesink Clee P.R., Njabo K.Y., Trochez A., Morgan K., Bocuma Meñe D., Anthony N.M., Gonder M.K., Allen W.R., Hanna R. and Smith T.B. (2018) Climate warming causes declines in crop yields and lowers school attendance rates in central Africa. Science of the Total Environment 610-611: 503-510.
14. Miller C.A., Tasse Taboue G.C, Ekane M.P., Robak, M., Sesink-Clee P.R., Richards-Zawacki C., Fokam E.B., Fuashi N.A. and Anthony N.M. (2018) Distribution modeling and lineage diversity of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in a central African amphibian hotspot. PLOS ONE 13: e0199288.
15. Ntie S., Davis A.R., Hils K., Mickala P., Thomassen H., Morgan K., Gonder M. K. and Anthony N.M. (2017) Evaluating the role of Pleistocene refugia, rivers and environmental variation in the diversification of central African duikers (genera Cephalophus and Philantomba). BMC Evolutionary Biology 17: 212.
16. Santonastaso T., van Oosterhout C., Jones K.L., Foufopoulos J. and Anthony, N. M. (2017) The effects of historical fragmentation on major histocompatibility complex class II β and microsatellite variation in the Aegean island reptile, Podarcis erhardii. Ecology and Evolution 7: 4568-4581.
17. Terrell K.A., Crosier A. E., Wildt, D. E., O’Brien S. J., Anthony N. M., Marker L. and Johnson W. (2016). Continued decline in genetic diversity among wild cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) without further loss of semen quality. Biological Conservation 200: 192-199.
18. Anthony N. M., Atteke, C., Bruford M.W., Dallmeier F., Freedman A.H., Hardy O., Ibrahim B., Jeffery K. J., Johnson M., Lahm S. A., Lepengue, N., Lowenstein, J. H., Maisels, F., Mboumba J-F., Mickala P., Morgan K., Ntie S., Smith T.B., Sullivan J.P., Verheyen E. and Gonder M.K. (2015) Evolution and conservation of central African biodiversity: priorities for research and education in the Congo basin and Gulf of Guinea. Biotropica 47: 6-17
19. Soto-Calderón I. D., Dew J. L., Jensen-Seaman M. I., Bergl, R. and Anthony N. M. (2015) Admixture between historically isolated mitochondrial lineages in captive western gorillas: recommendations for future management. Journal of Heredity 106: 310-314.
20. Mitchell, M. W., Locatelli, S. Ghobrial, L., Pokempner, A.A., Sesink Clee, P.R., Abwe, E.E., Nicolas, A., Nkembi, L., Anthony, N.M. Morgan, B.J. Fotso, R. Peeters, M. Hahn, B.H. and Gonder, M. K. (2015) The population genetics of wild chimpanzees in Cameroon and Nigeria suggests a positive role for selection in the evolution of chimpanzee subspecies. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 1
21. Sesink Clee P. R., Abwe E. E., Ambabe R. D., Anthony N. M., Fotso R., Locatelli S., Maisels F., Mitchell M. W., Morgan B. J., Pokempner A. A. and Gonder M. (2015) Chimpanzee population structure in Cameroon and Nigeria is associated with habitat variation that may be lost under climate change. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 2
22. Soto-Calderón I. D., Clark N. J., Halo Wildschutte, J. V., DiMattio, K., Jensen-Seaman M. I. and Anthony N. M (2014) Identification of species-specific nuclear insertions of mitochondrial DNA (numts) in gorillas and their potential as population genetic markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 81: 61-70.
23. Das R., Hergenrother S., Soto-Calderón I. D, Dew J. L. and Anthony N.M. (2014) Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the Eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei) and implications for African ape biogeography. Journal of Heredity 105: 752-761
24. Soto-Calderón 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.
25. 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 15: 613-625.
26. 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.
27. Kim J., Anthony N.M. and Larget B.R. (2012) A Bayesian method for estimating evolutionary history. Bayesian Analysis 7: 917-973.
28. 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.
29. 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: 523-525.
30. 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.
31. 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.
32. 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.
33. 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.
34. 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.
35. 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.
36. 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: 395-405.
37. 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.
38. 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.
39. 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.
40. 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.
41. 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.
42. 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.
43. 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.
44. 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.
45. 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.
46. 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.
47. 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.
48. 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.
49. 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 sexually-reproducing populations of the peach-potato aphid Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from southern France. Bulletin of Entomological Research 93: 289-297.
50. 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.
51. 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.
52. 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? Phil. Trans. Royal Society of London Series B. 353: 1685-1693.
53. 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.
54. 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.
55. 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.
56. 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.
57. 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.
58. 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.
59. 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.
60. 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.
61. 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.
62. 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.
63. 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.
64. Anthony N.M., Benner E.A., Rauh J.J. and Sattelle D.B. (1992) [35S]t‑Butylbicyclo phosphorothionate binding sites in susceptible and cyclodiene-resistant houseflies. Neurochemistry International 21: 215-221.
65. 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.
66. 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.
PROGRAM ORGANIZATION AND OUTREACH
2023-present Steering committee of the Congo Basin Science Initiative – a consortium formed to build science and capacity building for the region.
2022 Instructor and co-organizer of the ECOTROP field school in collaboration with the national science university of Gabon (USTM) from June 30th to July 11th, 2021, in Lastourville and the village of Doume, Gabon.
2021 Instructor and co-organizer of the ECOTROP field school in collaboration with the national science university of Gabon (USTM) from June 30th to July 11th, 2021, in Lastourville and the village of Ndambi, Gabon.
2019 Co-organization of a series of outreach events to natural resource agencies and scientific institutions in Gabon on findings from the CAB-Alliance project and our recommendations for conservation
2018 Organization of a bioinformatics workshop run by CyVerse at the University of New Orleans May 16-18, 2018
2018 Instructor at the ECOTROP field school organized by the national science university of Gabon (USTM) and the University of New Orleans from July 1st to 8th at Lopé National Park, Gabon.
2017 Organization of an international workshop in bioinformatics and its use in conservation genomics at the national science university of Gabon (USTM) from July 3rd to 8th, Franceville, Gabon.
2017 Contributor to the B.I.G. girl scouts campus event at the University of New Orleans on October 21st, 2017. Various booths focused on interactive activities for girls K-12 centered on the theme: “Conservation around the world”.
2016 Institutional member of the Congo Basin Institute, a joint initiative founded by the University of California Los Angeles and the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
2016 International field course and on-line seminar for US and Gabonese student participants at the Gamba Complex of Protected Areas in Gabon from July 17 – August 7th, 2016. All materials are available through a class MOODLE website.
2016 Symposium at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting on: Empowering Environmental Research, Education, and Outreach in Congo Basin Forests, February 11, 2016.
2015 Round table workshop between Gabonese institutions of higher education, natural resource management agencies, non-governmental organizations and overseas partnerships on the establishment of a common platform for biodiversity education in Gabon, Libreville November 27, 2015.
2015 Professional development workshop for African, European and US students and early career scientists at the national science university of Gabon (USTM) from July 20-25, 2015. All materials are available through a class MOODLE website.
2014 Working group member of the Academic Consortium of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership.
2014 International field course and on-line preparatory seminar for US and Gabonese student participants at the Lopé National Park in Gabon from July 14 – August 4th, 2014. All materials are available through a class MOODLE website.
2013 Professional development workshop for African, European and US students and early career scientists at the national science university of Gabon (USTM) from July 22-26, 2013. For more information, see program website: http://pireworkshop.weebly.com/.
2013 National outreach event on the goals and objectives of the Central African Biodiversity Alliance, held at the Ministère des Eaux et Forets, July 2013.
2011 International workshop to identify priorities for evolutionary research in central Africa and explore avenues for future collaboration. For more information see http://www.albany.edu/gabonworkshop/
2023-present Steering committee of the Congo Basin Science Initiative – a consortium formed to build science and capacity building for the region.
2022 Instructor and co-organizer of the ECOTROP field school in collaboration with the national science university of Gabon (USTM) from June 30th to July 11th, 2021, in Lastourville and the village of Doume, Gabon.
2021 Instructor and co-organizer of the ECOTROP field school in collaboration with the national science university of Gabon (USTM) from June 30th to July 11th, 2021, in Lastourville and the village of Ndambi, Gabon.
2019 Co-organization of a series of outreach events to natural resource agencies and scientific institutions in Gabon on findings from the CAB-Alliance project and our recommendations for conservation
2018 Organization of a bioinformatics workshop run by CyVerse at the University of New Orleans May 16-18, 2018
2018 Instructor at the ECOTROP field school organized by the national science university of Gabon (USTM) and the University of New Orleans from July 1st to 8th at Lopé National Park, Gabon.
2017 Organization of an international workshop in bioinformatics and its use in conservation genomics at the national science university of Gabon (USTM) from July 3rd to 8th, Franceville, Gabon.
2017 Contributor to the B.I.G. girl scouts campus event at the University of New Orleans on October 21st, 2017. Various booths focused on interactive activities for girls K-12 centered on the theme: “Conservation around the world”.
2016 Institutional member of the Congo Basin Institute, a joint initiative founded by the University of California Los Angeles and the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
2016 International field course and on-line seminar for US and Gabonese student participants at the Gamba Complex of Protected Areas in Gabon from July 17 – August 7th, 2016. All materials are available through a class MOODLE website.
2016 Symposium at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting on: Empowering Environmental Research, Education, and Outreach in Congo Basin Forests, February 11, 2016.
2015 Round table workshop between Gabonese institutions of higher education, natural resource management agencies, non-governmental organizations and overseas partnerships on the establishment of a common platform for biodiversity education in Gabon, Libreville November 27, 2015.
2015 Professional development workshop for African, European and US students and early career scientists at the national science university of Gabon (USTM) from July 20-25, 2015. All materials are available through a class MOODLE website.
2014 Working group member of the Academic Consortium of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership.
2014 International field course and on-line preparatory seminar for US and Gabonese student participants at the Lopé National Park in Gabon from July 14 – August 4th, 2014. All materials are available through a class MOODLE website.
2013 Professional development workshop for African, European and US students and early career scientists at the national science university of Gabon (USTM) from July 22-26, 2013. For more information, see program website: http://pireworkshop.weebly.com/.
2013 National outreach event on the goals and objectives of the Central African Biodiversity Alliance, held at the Ministère des Eaux et Forets, July 2013.
2011 International workshop to identify priorities for evolutionary research in central Africa and explore avenues for future collaboration. For more information see http://www.albany.edu/gabonworkshop/
FIELD RESEARCH
2019-present Co-organized the annual ECOTROP field schools “forests, rivers and savannas” track in collaboration with the national science university of Gabon and the Gabonese National Park Service.
2006-2015 Coordinated and conducted field research in central Africa in collaboration with students and faculty in Gabon, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. An example field season can be viewed here: http://www.Gabon2013.wordpress.com
1999 Co-organizer of a two-month UW-Madison expedition to the Nakanai Mountains of New Britain, Papua New Guinea, 1999.
1993 Survey of non-volant mammals in an area of lowland tropical rainforest in the Tambopata Candamo Reserved Zone (TCRZ), Madre de Dios, Peru, 1993.
2019-present Co-organized the annual ECOTROP field schools “forests, rivers and savannas” track in collaboration with the national science university of Gabon and the Gabonese National Park Service.
2006-2015 Coordinated and conducted field research in central Africa in collaboration with students and faculty in Gabon, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea. An example field season can be viewed here: http://www.Gabon2013.wordpress.com
1999 Co-organizer of a two-month UW-Madison expedition to the Nakanai Mountains of New Britain, Papua New Guinea, 1999.
1993 Survey of non-volant mammals in an area of lowland tropical rainforest in the Tambopata Candamo Reserved Zone (TCRZ), Madre de Dios, Peru, 1993.
CITIZEN SCIENCE
1995-1998 Initiation and co-development of a volunteer-based small mammal survey program in Wisconsin prairies with the collaboration of the Wisconsin Chapter of The Nature Conservancy and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
1995-1998 Initiation and co-development of a volunteer-based small mammal survey program in Wisconsin prairies with the collaboration of the Wisconsin Chapter of The Nature Conservancy and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
PARTICIPATION AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS (2003 - present)
- Anthony N.M. (2023) Invited participant to the scientific panel preceding the ONE FOREST Congo Basin Meeting, Libreville, February 2023.
- Anthony N.M. (2023) Research and Capacity Building in Gabon: Project mandrill and the ECOTROP field schools. UNO - Audubon Nature Institute Sustainable Wildlife research symposium. University of New Orleans, March 2023.
- Wyssmann K. (2023) Analyzing seagrass epibiont diversity through metabarcoding in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. UNO - Audubon Nature Institute Sustainable Wildlife research symposium. University of New Orleans, March 2023.
- Bowers E.A. (2023) Population genetic analysis of the last megafaunal species in the Chaco forest, Paraguay. UNO - Audubon Nature Institute Sustainable Wildlife research symposium. University of New Orleans, March 2023.
- Weber A., Guibinga Mickala A., Lighten J. van Oosterhout C, Abernethy K., Lehmann D. Ntie S., Mickala P. and Anthony N.M. (2022). How reliable are non-invasive samples for sequencing hypervariable loci? Speed talk, candidate for Best Student Presentation, Society for Conservation Biology North America, July 2022.
- Weber A., Guibinga Mickala A., Abernethy K., Lehmann D. Ntie S., Mickala P. and Anthony N.M. (2021) Demographic history of wild mandrills during periods of environmental change. Virtual talk, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, January 2021.
- Weber A., Guibinga Mickala A., Lighten J. van Oosterhout C, Abernethy K., Lehmann D. Ntie S., Mickala P. and Anthony N.M. (2020). Characterizing the class II major histocompatibility complex in wild mandrills. The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Austin, Texas Jan 3-7, 2020.
- Weber A., Guibinga Mickala A., Lighten J. van Oosterhout C, Abernethy K., Lehmann D. Ntie S., Mickala P. and Anthony N.M. (2019) Next generation sequencing of fecal samples reveals extensive trans-species polymorphism in the major histocompatibility complex in mandrills and related primates. Evolution 2019, Providence, Rhode Island. June 21-26, 2019.
- Weber A. (2019) Reproductive ecology of wild mandrills. UNO - Audubon Nature Institute Sustainable Wildlife research symposium. Audubon Zoo, Sept. 2019.
- Weber A. (2018) The use of non-invasive genetics to study the reproductive ecology of wild mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx). UL Lafayette Graduate Student Symposium in Lafayette, LA. Oct 12, 2018
- Davis J., Weber A. and Anthony N.M. (2018) A comparison of MHC genetic diversity in wild and semi-captive populations of mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx) in Gabon. Innovate UNO, Nov 7, 2018.
- Hall P.G, Anthony N.M. and Hatwood M. (2018) Assessing nesting material preferences in wild and semi-captive populations of milky storks (Mycteria cinerea). Innovate UNO, Nov 7, 2018.
- Anthony N.M., Ntie S., Morgan K. and Mickala P. (2018) Evolution and diversification of central African forest duikers (subfamily Cephalophinae): applications to conservation management. American Zoological Association ungulate taxonomic advisory group midyear meeting, Jacksonville, Florida. March 24-26, 2018.
- Anthony N.M., Elsheikh S., Harrigan R., Mickala P., Miller C., Morgan K., Ntie S. and van der Walt A. (2018) Building capacity for genomics data analysis in resource-limited environments. Plant and Animal Genomic Conference, San Diego, California. January 13-17, 2018.
- Morgan K. (2017) Environmentally-driven morphological and genomic divergence in forest mice (Praomys sp.). Evolution 2017, Portland, Oregon. June 22-25th, 2017.
- Sukhdeo C. (2017) Dung Beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) Species Diversity in Cameroon. Entomological Society of America, Denver, Colorado. November 5 – November 8th, 2017.
- Morgan K., Mickala P., Ntie S., Mboumba J-F., Fokam E., Tasse G., Miller C., Tionga T., Limesse R., Ganzi T. and Anthony N.M. (2016) Differentiation between competing phylogeographic hypotheses in the Congo basin. Evolution 2016, Austin, Texas. June 17-21, 2016.
- Miller C. (2016) Distribution of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in an amphibian hotspot. Evolution 2016, Austin, Texas. June 17-21, 2016.
- Morgan K., Anthony N. M., Apkenas V., Bonebrake T. C., Lowenstein J., Issembe Y., Mickala P., Mboumba J-F, Mitchell M., Ntie S. and Smith T. B. (2015) Central African Biodiversity Alliance: an international field course for Gabon and US students. Congo Basin Forest Partnership annual meeting, Yaoundé, Cameroon June 17-19, 2015.
- Morgan K., Smith T. B., Gonder M. K., Fokam E., Mboumba J.-F., Mickala P., Ntie S., Fiorini G. and Anthony, N. M. (2015) Central African Biodiversity Alliance. POPGROUP 48, Sheffield University, U.K. Jan 6-9, 2015.
- Morgan K., Smith T. B., Gonder M. K., Fokam E., Mboumba J.-F., Mickala P., Ntie S., Fiorini G. and Anthony, N. M. (2014) Central African Biodiversity Alliance. Southeastern Ecology and Evolution conference, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA March 14-16, 2014.
- Sukhdeo C., Phillips K. and Anthony N. M. (2014) Co-declines of dung beetles and associated large mammal fauna in central African rainforests. Southeastern Ecology and Evolution conference, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA March 14-16, 2014.
- Soto-Calderón I.D., Dew J. L., Jensen-Seaman M. I. and Anthony N. M. (2013) Geographic representation of the western gorilla genetic diversity in U.S.A. Zoos. Thirty sixth meeting of the American Society for Primatology, San Juan, Puerto Rico June 19-22, 2013.
- Johnston A.R. and Anthony N.M. (2011) A multi-locus phylogeny of the duiker antelope (genus Cephalophus). Evolution 2011, Norman, Oklahoma. June 17-21, 2011.
- Ntie S., Johnston A. and Anthony N.M. (2011) Do rivers constitute effective barriers to gene flow among central African duikers (genus Cephalophus)? Evolution 2011, Norman, Oklahoma. June 17-21, 2011.
- Soto-Calderón I.D., Lee E.J., Jensen-Seaman M. and Anthony N. (2011) 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.
- Clostio R.W., Anthony N.M., Martinez A.M. and LeBlanc K.E. (2010) Landscape features influence regional population genetic structure of the gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus). Evolution 2010, Portland, Oregon. June 25-29, 2010.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Linares M.C., Lees D. and Anthony N.M. Student poster presentation at Evolution 2007 Meeting, Christchurch, New Zealand, June 16-20, 2007.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
INVITED TALKS (2003 - present)
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (2020)
University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada (2017)
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin (2017)
University of Montana, Missoula, Montana (2016)
Louisiana State University Natural History Museum, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (2015)
Stirling University, Scotland U.K. (2015)
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon (2013)
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana (2010)
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2010)
State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York (2008)
Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana (2005)
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama (2005)
Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana (2004)
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (2020)
University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada (2017)
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin (2017)
University of Montana, Missoula, Montana (2016)
Louisiana State University Natural History Museum, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (2015)
Stirling University, Scotland U.K. (2015)
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon (2013)
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana (2010)
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2010)
State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York (2008)
Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana (2005)
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama (2005)
Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana (2004)
PARTICIPATION IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS
2015-2016 Participant in the Leopold Leadership Core Training program. Johnson Foundation at Wingspread, Kenosha WI, June 15-20, 2015 and June 20-24, 2016.
2015 Participant in workshop on RNA-sequencing and transcriptomics funded through Cold Spring Harbor DNA learning center at Bowie State University, June 8-12, 2015
2010 Participant in Scientific Teaching Assessment and Resources Mini-institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, January 5-7, 2010.
2010 Participant in Statistical Phylogeography course, Southwest Research Station, New Mexico, April 4-9, 2010.
2007 Participant in the Conservation Genetics Course: Recent Approaches for Estimation of Population Size, Structure, Gene flow, Landscape Genetics, Selection Detection and Bioinformatics. Flathead Lake Biological Research Station, University of Montana, Sept 11-16, 2007.
2015-2016 Participant in the Leopold Leadership Core Training program. Johnson Foundation at Wingspread, Kenosha WI, June 15-20, 2015 and June 20-24, 2016.
2015 Participant in workshop on RNA-sequencing and transcriptomics funded through Cold Spring Harbor DNA learning center at Bowie State University, June 8-12, 2015
2010 Participant in Scientific Teaching Assessment and Resources Mini-institute, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, January 5-7, 2010.
2010 Participant in Statistical Phylogeography course, Southwest Research Station, New Mexico, April 4-9, 2010.
2007 Participant in the Conservation Genetics Course: Recent Approaches for Estimation of Population Size, Structure, Gene flow, Landscape Genetics, Selection Detection and Bioinformatics. Flathead Lake Biological Research Station, University of Montana, Sept 11-16, 2007.
ACADEMIC SERVICE AND REVIEW
2006-present Panelist and ad hoc reviewer for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) and Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE).
2012-present Panelist for the National Academy of the Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NAS) for grants submitted to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
2004-2006 Assessed and tested educational modules for the Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners.
1996-present 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, Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
2006-present Panelist and ad hoc reviewer for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) and Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE).
2012-present Panelist for the National Academy of the Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NAS) for grants submitted to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
2004-2006 Assessed and tested educational modules for the Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners.
1996-present 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, Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
JOURNAL EDITORSHIP
2023-present Associate Editor for Frontiers in Conservation Science
2009-present Associate Editor for Conservation Genetics
2008-2010 Editorial board of the Journal of Evolutionary Biology
2023-present Associate Editor for Frontiers in Conservation Science
2009-present Associate Editor for Conservation Genetics
2008-2010 Editorial board of the Journal of Evolutionary Biology
GRANTS (Principal investigator or co-Principal Investigator*)
Molecular ecology and conservation genetics
2024-2025
State of Florida & Mote Marine Lab Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative. Addressing uncertainties to facilitate restoration success of Halodule wrightii beds: Does seagrass genetic variation and genotypic identity enhance primary productivity and confer resilience to stressors? T. Erin Cox, Nicola Anthony, Just Cebrian. $110,152
2021-2023
NOAA Restore planning grant. Building resilience into seagrass restoration: the role of genetic variation. T. Erin Cox (University of New Orleans), Matt Posner (Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program), Whitney Sheffel (Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program), Nicola Anthony* (University of New Orleans), Just Cebrian (Mississippi State University) and Anastasia Konefal (University of New Orleans). $118,319
2020-2021
UNO Stimulating Competitive Research Award. Does spatio-temporal variation in the prevalence of malaria drive host immunogenetic variation? Co-Principal Investigator Dr. Simon Lailvaux (UNO) and Pr. Susan Perkins (City University of New York). $14,916.
2013-2019
National Science Foundation OISE 1243524* (PI Tom Smith, UCLA; other co-PI Katy Gonder). Partnerships in International Research and Education (PIRE): Mapping evolutionary process in the face of climate change: an integrated approach to education and conservation prioritization in Central Africa. Total award ($4,950,000; amount awarded to co-PI Anthony is $966,350). For more information about the project see the following short film by Day’s Edge Productions and Drill Films: https://vimeo.com/124577880.
2017
MHC-mediated mate choice in mandrills. UNO College of Sciences internal grants program ($10,000)
2016-2017
UNO Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. Mechanisms of inbreeding avoidance in wild mandrills Mandrillus sphinx ($11,995)
2012
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)
2011-2012
UNO College of Sciences Faculty Research Grant. Development of cross-species microsatellite and immunity gene markers in Anolis species ($7,500).
2010-2011
National Science Foundation OISE 0968587 (co-PI Katy Gonder; substitute PI Steve Johnson). Workshop: Evolution and conservation of central African biological diversity: new approaches and avenues for international collaboration ($59,855).
2010
REU supplement to NSF DEB 0516425 ($6,000) to support undergraduate participation in molecular research.
2009-2010
United States Fish and Wildlife Service (co-PI: Rachel Wallace). Population structure and disease transmission in the gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus. ($5000)
2009-2010
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)
2009-2010
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)
2009-2010
National Science Foundation 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).
2008
REU supplement to NSF DEB 0516425 ($6,000) to support undergraduate participation in field and molecular research.
2007-2011
National Institutes for Health: National Institute for General Medical Sciences 1R15GM073682-01A2. Nuclear integrations of mitochondrial DNA in great apes ($224,485).
2007-2010
*National Geographical Society (PI: David Lees): Lepidoptera as probes of Pleistocene rainforest refugia and Holocene forest fragmentation history in Madagascar. ($19,750)
2006-2007
LINK RFP 2005-D Louisiana EPSCoR (co-PI: Rachel Wallace). Genetic variation in Mycoplasma agassizii and its evolutionary relationship to gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) ($2,500).
2006-2010
National Science Foundation DEB 0516425. Comparative phylogeography of Central African duikers ($240,000).
2005-2008
Louisiana Board of Regents Research Competitiveness Scheme. Comparative phylogeography of Central African duikers. Funding withdrawn due to existing NSF award ($131,263).
2005-2006
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).
2004-2008
*National Science Foundation Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology: Mentoring Undergraduate Research in Conservation Biology and Ecology. NSF DBI 0405263 ($438,902). Co-PI.
2004
National Science Foundation International Cooperative Planning Grant US and Gabon. Comparative phylogeography of Central African Duikers ($4,315).
2002
Royal Society Travel Award to attend the Evolution meetings in the U.S. ($750)
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
*United States Fish and Wildlife Service Partners for Wildlife Program (~$10,000)
1996-1997
WI Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters (Lois Almon Small Grants) ($2,000)
1996
The Nature Conservancy (Rodney Johnson Stewardship Endowment Fund) ($1,000)
1996
Zoological Society of Milwaukee County (Graduate Student Research Grants in Wildlife Conservation) ($1,000)
As a postdoctoral researcher (PI status was not allowed)
1998-1999
University of Wisconsin Consortium grant: Conservation genetics of the Karner Blue butterfly Lycaeides melissa samuelis with R. ffrench-Constant and M. Boyce (~$140,000)
1996-1998
USDA Pest Management Alternatives Research Program: Managing Insecticide Resistant Green Peach Aphids on Potatoes with R. ffrench-Constant and J.Wyman (~$120,000)
Molecular ecology and conservation genetics
2024-2025
State of Florida & Mote Marine Lab Seagrass Restoration Technology Development Initiative. Addressing uncertainties to facilitate restoration success of Halodule wrightii beds: Does seagrass genetic variation and genotypic identity enhance primary productivity and confer resilience to stressors? T. Erin Cox, Nicola Anthony, Just Cebrian. $110,152
2021-2023
NOAA Restore planning grant. Building resilience into seagrass restoration: the role of genetic variation. T. Erin Cox (University of New Orleans), Matt Posner (Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program), Whitney Sheffel (Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program), Nicola Anthony* (University of New Orleans), Just Cebrian (Mississippi State University) and Anastasia Konefal (University of New Orleans). $118,319
2020-2021
UNO Stimulating Competitive Research Award. Does spatio-temporal variation in the prevalence of malaria drive host immunogenetic variation? Co-Principal Investigator Dr. Simon Lailvaux (UNO) and Pr. Susan Perkins (City University of New York). $14,916.
2013-2019
National Science Foundation OISE 1243524* (PI Tom Smith, UCLA; other co-PI Katy Gonder). Partnerships in International Research and Education (PIRE): Mapping evolutionary process in the face of climate change: an integrated approach to education and conservation prioritization in Central Africa. Total award ($4,950,000; amount awarded to co-PI Anthony is $966,350). For more information about the project see the following short film by Day’s Edge Productions and Drill Films: https://vimeo.com/124577880.
2017
MHC-mediated mate choice in mandrills. UNO College of Sciences internal grants program ($10,000)
2016-2017
UNO Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. Mechanisms of inbreeding avoidance in wild mandrills Mandrillus sphinx ($11,995)
2012
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)
2011-2012
UNO College of Sciences Faculty Research Grant. Development of cross-species microsatellite and immunity gene markers in Anolis species ($7,500).
2010-2011
National Science Foundation OISE 0968587 (co-PI Katy Gonder; substitute PI Steve Johnson). Workshop: Evolution and conservation of central African biological diversity: new approaches and avenues for international collaboration ($59,855).
2010
REU supplement to NSF DEB 0516425 ($6,000) to support undergraduate participation in molecular research.
2009-2010
United States Fish and Wildlife Service (co-PI: Rachel Wallace). Population structure and disease transmission in the gopher tortoise Gopherus polyphemus. ($5000)
2009-2010
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)
2009-2010
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)
2009-2010
National Science Foundation 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).
2008
REU supplement to NSF DEB 0516425 ($6,000) to support undergraduate participation in field and molecular research.
2007-2011
National Institutes for Health: National Institute for General Medical Sciences 1R15GM073682-01A2. Nuclear integrations of mitochondrial DNA in great apes ($224,485).
2007-2010
*National Geographical Society (PI: David Lees): Lepidoptera as probes of Pleistocene rainforest refugia and Holocene forest fragmentation history in Madagascar. ($19,750)
2006-2007
LINK RFP 2005-D Louisiana EPSCoR (co-PI: Rachel Wallace). Genetic variation in Mycoplasma agassizii and its evolutionary relationship to gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) ($2,500).
2006-2010
National Science Foundation DEB 0516425. Comparative phylogeography of Central African duikers ($240,000).
2005-2008
Louisiana Board of Regents Research Competitiveness Scheme. Comparative phylogeography of Central African duikers. Funding withdrawn due to existing NSF award ($131,263).
2005-2006
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).
2004-2008
*National Science Foundation Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology: Mentoring Undergraduate Research in Conservation Biology and Ecology. NSF DBI 0405263 ($438,902). Co-PI.
2004
National Science Foundation International Cooperative Planning Grant US and Gabon. Comparative phylogeography of Central African Duikers ($4,315).
2002
Royal Society Travel Award to attend the Evolution meetings in the U.S. ($750)
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
*United States Fish and Wildlife Service Partners for Wildlife Program (~$10,000)
1996-1997
WI Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters (Lois Almon Small Grants) ($2,000)
1996
The Nature Conservancy (Rodney Johnson Stewardship Endowment Fund) ($1,000)
1996
Zoological Society of Milwaukee County (Graduate Student Research Grants in Wildlife Conservation) ($1,000)
As a postdoctoral researcher (PI status was not allowed)
1998-1999
University of Wisconsin Consortium grant: Conservation genetics of the Karner Blue butterfly Lycaeides melissa samuelis with R. ffrench-Constant and M. Boyce (~$140,000)
1996-1998
USDA Pest Management Alternatives Research Program: Managing Insecticide Resistant Green Peach Aphids on Potatoes with R. ffrench-Constant and J.Wyman (~$120,000)
THESIS/DISSERTATION COMMITTEE SERVICE
Major advisor
Rachel Wallace (Ph.D. graduated 2010), Kimberly Terrell (Ph.D. graduated 2010), Heather Hurston (M.Sc. Graduated 2007; Sigma Xi Outstanding Research Award), Anne Johnston (M.Sc. Graduated 2011), Stephan Ntie (Ph.D. Graduated 2012), Ivan Dario Soto-Calderon (Ph.D. Graduated 2012), W. David Weber (M. Sc. Graduated 2016), Courtney Miller (Ph.D. Graduated 2018), Trent Santonastaso (Ph.D. graduated 2019), Christie Sukhdeo (Ph.D. graduated 2019), Gina Zwicky (M. Sc., graduated 2022), Anna Weber (Ph.D., graduated 2023), Amour Guibinga Mickala (Ph.D., USTM, Gabon, graduated 2023), Prakhar Gahlot (M. Sc.), Emily Bowers (M. Sc.) and Katie Wyssmann (M.Sc.)
Thesis committees
Cristina Lopez-Gallego (Ph.D, Graduated 2007), Mariella Superina (Ph.D., Graduated 2007), Jennifer Barfield (M.Sc., Graduated 2007), Laura Vogel (Ph.D., Graduated 2007), Robert Harvey (M.Sc., Graduated 2009), Jessa Madosky (Ph.D., Graduated 2010), Ivonne Garzon (Ph.D., Graduated 2011), Lyndon Coghill (Ph.D., Graduated 2013), Cara Nighohossian (Ph.D., Graduated 2013), Adrienne Egge (Ph.D., Graduated 2016), Maddy Chenevert (M.Sc., Graduated 2019), Jasmine Harris (M.Sc., Graduated 2020), Gina Profetto (Ph.D., Graduated 2021), Henry Woolley (Ph.D., Graduated 2021).
Major advisor
Rachel Wallace (Ph.D. graduated 2010), Kimberly Terrell (Ph.D. graduated 2010), Heather Hurston (M.Sc. Graduated 2007; Sigma Xi Outstanding Research Award), Anne Johnston (M.Sc. Graduated 2011), Stephan Ntie (Ph.D. Graduated 2012), Ivan Dario Soto-Calderon (Ph.D. Graduated 2012), W. David Weber (M. Sc. Graduated 2016), Courtney Miller (Ph.D. Graduated 2018), Trent Santonastaso (Ph.D. graduated 2019), Christie Sukhdeo (Ph.D. graduated 2019), Gina Zwicky (M. Sc., graduated 2022), Anna Weber (Ph.D., graduated 2023), Amour Guibinga Mickala (Ph.D., USTM, Gabon, graduated 2023), Prakhar Gahlot (M. Sc.), Emily Bowers (M. Sc.) and Katie Wyssmann (M.Sc.)
Thesis committees
Cristina Lopez-Gallego (Ph.D, Graduated 2007), Mariella Superina (Ph.D., Graduated 2007), Jennifer Barfield (M.Sc., Graduated 2007), Laura Vogel (Ph.D., Graduated 2007), Robert Harvey (M.Sc., Graduated 2009), Jessa Madosky (Ph.D., Graduated 2010), Ivonne Garzon (Ph.D., Graduated 2011), Lyndon Coghill (Ph.D., Graduated 2013), Cara Nighohossian (Ph.D., Graduated 2013), Adrienne Egge (Ph.D., Graduated 2016), Maddy Chenevert (M.Sc., Graduated 2019), Jasmine Harris (M.Sc., Graduated 2020), Gina Profetto (Ph.D., Graduated 2021), Henry Woolley (Ph.D., Graduated 2021).
COURSES TAUGHT
6083 Integrative Biology 3 CR (graduate students only). A broad course designed to look at the many ways that different disciplines in biology can be used to study the effects of global climate change in terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Seminar and hands on exercises.
6083 Conservation Management and Policy seminar 2 CR (graduate students only). An inter-disciplinary seminar that explores how science is translated into conservation management and policy and what tools/instruments are used to bring about conservation in practice.
6083 Ecological Genomics 3 CR (graduate students only). An introduction to next generation sequencing, analysis of genomics data and its application to ecology and evolution.
6053 Molecular Ecology 3 CR (graduate students only). A broad overview of the tools used to study the ecology and evolution of natural populations. Seminar and hands on exercises.
6053 Conservation Genetics 3 CR (graduate students only). A practical course focused on reviewing the principles and applications of genetics to in situ and ex situ conservation. Lecture, seminar and hands on computer exercises.
6022 Scientific Communications 2 CR (graduate students only). Graduate level class in scientific writing, presentation skills and grant writing.
4590/5590 Environmental Writing 3 CR (graduate and undergraduate students). An integrative, cross-disciplinary course taught in conjunction with faculty in the English Department on writing for a popular audience on important environmental issues.
4590/5590 Evolutionary Genomics 4 CR (an undergraduate course with an option for graduate students). A broad overview of bioinformatics and its application to research questions in evolutionary genomics. A hands-on computer lab accompanies lecture material.
4534/5534 Conservation Biology 4 CR (an undergraduate course with an option for graduate students). Class consists of a mixture of lecture, discussion and group research using VORTEX. A classroom and field laboratory to complement lecture material covered in the course is also included.
2090 Research Tools in Biology 4 CR (undergraduate students only). A class with afternoon laboratory specifically designed to introduce students participating in the URM program to research methods in environmental sciences.
2014 Population Genetics, Evolution and Ecology 4 CR (undergraduate students only). A foundational course in the principles of ecology and evolutionary biology required for all biology majors.
6083 Integrative Biology 3 CR (graduate students only). A broad course designed to look at the many ways that different disciplines in biology can be used to study the effects of global climate change in terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Seminar and hands on exercises.
6083 Conservation Management and Policy seminar 2 CR (graduate students only). An inter-disciplinary seminar that explores how science is translated into conservation management and policy and what tools/instruments are used to bring about conservation in practice.
6083 Ecological Genomics 3 CR (graduate students only). An introduction to next generation sequencing, analysis of genomics data and its application to ecology and evolution.
6053 Molecular Ecology 3 CR (graduate students only). A broad overview of the tools used to study the ecology and evolution of natural populations. Seminar and hands on exercises.
6053 Conservation Genetics 3 CR (graduate students only). A practical course focused on reviewing the principles and applications of genetics to in situ and ex situ conservation. Lecture, seminar and hands on computer exercises.
6022 Scientific Communications 2 CR (graduate students only). Graduate level class in scientific writing, presentation skills and grant writing.
4590/5590 Environmental Writing 3 CR (graduate and undergraduate students). An integrative, cross-disciplinary course taught in conjunction with faculty in the English Department on writing for a popular audience on important environmental issues.
4590/5590 Evolutionary Genomics 4 CR (an undergraduate course with an option for graduate students). A broad overview of bioinformatics and its application to research questions in evolutionary genomics. A hands-on computer lab accompanies lecture material.
4534/5534 Conservation Biology 4 CR (an undergraduate course with an option for graduate students). Class consists of a mixture of lecture, discussion and group research using VORTEX. A classroom and field laboratory to complement lecture material covered in the course is also included.
2090 Research Tools in Biology 4 CR (undergraduate students only). A class with afternoon laboratory specifically designed to introduce students participating in the URM program to research methods in environmental sciences.
2014 Population Genetics, Evolution and Ecology 4 CR (undergraduate students only). A foundational course in the principles of ecology and evolutionary biology required for all biology majors.
POSTDOCTORAL AND STUDENT MENTORSHIP
Postdoctoral researchers
2013-2018 Dr. Katy Morgan. Mapping environmentally-associated genomic and phenotypic variation in the soft-furred mouse Praomys misonnei and blue duiker Philantomba monticola. Funded by NSF OISE 1243524.
2004-2005 Pr. Patrick Mickala (sabbatical leave from the Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku, Gabon). Development of a species diagnostic for central African duikers.
Current graduate students
2023-present Lydia Diapola (M.Sc.) Canal backfilling as restoration solution for Louisiana’s disappearing wetlands. Supported by a teaching assistantship and the Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair.
2021-present Kathryn Wyssmann (M.Sc.) Thesis: Using a metabarcoding approach to assess the diversity of epibiont communities associated with seagrass beds in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Supported by a teaching assistantship and the Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair.
2021-present Emily Bowers (M. Sc.) Thesis: Assessing genetic structure in lowland tapirs within the Chaco forest of Paraguay. Supported by a teaching assistantship and the Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair.
Past Graduate Students
2019-2022 Gina Zwicky (M.Sc.) Thesis: Does fluctuating parasite-mediated selection maintain MHC variability in the lizard Anolis sabanus?
2018-2023 Amour Guibinga Mickala (Ph.D.), Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku, Gabon. Thesis: Estimating population size, gene flow and viability of wild mandrills. Research funded by the Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair.
2016-2023 Anna Weber (Ph.D.) Thesis: Neutral and adaptive genetic variation in the mandrill Mandrillus sphinx. Supported by a teaching assistantship and the Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair.
2012-2020 Christie Sukhdeo (Ph.D.) Thesis: comparative phylogeography and diversity of dung beetle fauna in Central Africa. Funded by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and UNO diversity fellowship
2011-2020 Trent Santonastaso (Ph.D.) Thesis: Immunogenetic variability in island reptiles. Partly funded by a UNO doctoral fellowship and teaching assistantship.
2015-2018 Courtney Miller (Ph.D.) Thesis: Mapping environmentally-associated genomic and phenotypic variation in the African puddle frog Phrynobatrachus auritus. Funded by NSF OISE 1243524 and a UNO teaching assistantship.
2013-2016 William D. Weber (M.Sc.) Thesis: Territoriality and spatial genetic structure in the green anole Anolis carolinensis. Funded by a UNO teaching assistantship.
2006-2012 Stephan Ntie (Ph.D.). Thesis: Comparative phylogeography of central African duikers using non-invasive sampling methods. Funded by DEB 0516425 and a UNO teaching assistantship.
2006-2011 Kimberly Terrell (Ph.D.). Thesis: Sperm metabolic function, genetic variation and teratospermia in the Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus. Funded by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
2005-2012 Ivan Dario Soto-Calderon (Ph.D.). Thesis: Nuclear integrations of mitochondrial DNA in humans and African great apes. Funded by NIH 1R15GM073682-01A2.
2003-2010 Rachel Wallace, now Clostio (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. Funded by a teaching assistantship.
2009-2011 Anne Johnston, now Davis (M.Sc.). Thesis: Phylogenetic relationships and diversification of the rainforest antelope genus Cephalophus. Louisiana Environmental Professional Association Award. Funded by a teaching assistantship.
2004-2007 Heather Hurston, now Dragna (M.Sc.). Historical land fragmentation and its effects on genetic diversity and parasitism in island populations of Podarcis erhardii (Lacertidae, Reptilia). Sigma Xi Outstanding Research Award. Funded by a teaching assistantship.
Current undergraduate students
2022-2024 Morgan Ives*: Microsatellite analysis of lowland tapirs from Paraguay. UNO Tolmas scholar.
Past undergraduate students
2022-2023 Andrea Smith*: Sequence analysis of seagrass epibiont diversity in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Supported by the Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair.
2022-2023 Margo Boucetta: Sequence analysis of seagrass epibiont diversity in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Supported by the Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair.
2020-2022 Zariah Ross*: Analysis of the impacts of fluctuating parasite-mediated selection on host immunogenetic variability in an endemic anole Anolis sabanus. UNO Tolmas scholar and supported by UNO internal grant # 57N71.
2019-2022 Oscar Martinez*: Development of a DNA barcoding diagnostic for identifying small mammals from non-invasively sampled hair. Supported by the Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair.
2020-2021 Ibraheem Hachem: Analysis of gene flow between neighboring hordes of wild mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx). Supported by the Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair.
2019-2020 Shayla LaFonta*: Analysis of a non-invasive diagnostic for identifying sex in non-invasively sampled mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx). Supported by the Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair.
2018-2019 Justine Davis: Analysis of microsatellite variation in a wild mandrill population in Gabon. Funded through the College of Sciences.
2018-2019 Patrick Hall: Analysis of nesting material preferences in captive Milky and Abdim’s storks. Funded through the College of Sciences undergraduate research award and the Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair.
2016-2018 Gina Kissee: MAXENT modeling of endangered amphibians across central Africa and assessment of different fecal sampling techniques for studying the genetics of wild mandrills. Funded through the College of Sciences undergraduate research award and Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair.
2017-2018 Kaleb Hill: Snake surveys in Bayou Sauvaga National Wildlife Refuge, Big Branch National Wildlife Refuge and the Louisiana Nature Center. Funded through the Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair.
2016-2017 Sarah Crawford: Development of candidate genes for analysis of adaptive variation in tropical forest duikers (Cephalophinae). Funded through the College of Sciences undergraduate research award.
2015-2016 Natasha Bourgeois*: Development of candidate genes for analysis of adaptive variation in tropical forest duikers (Cephalophinae). Funded through a NASA minority program and UNO Office of Research and Sponsored Programs undergraduate research award.
2014-2015 Christopher Lewis*: Spatial and temporal patterns of genetic variability in response to parasite pressure in the island lizard Anolis sabanus. Funded through the NSF Undergraduate Research Mentoring program DBI 1040996.
2014-2015 Idrisa Dunn*: Documenting the distribution of African forest duikers using a non-invasive molecular approach. Funded through the NSF Undergraduate Research Mentoring program DBI 1040996.
2013 Courtney Miller: Analysis of mitochondrial variation in African duikers and assessment of amplification success from feces of different ages; analysis of feral pig abundance in Lafitte National Park.
2012-2013 Gabriel Fiorini: Isolation and characterization of the beta-defensins and other
immunogenetic markers in Anolis. Funded through the UNO College of Sciences undergraduate research program.
2012-2013 David William Weber: Optimization of Anolis microsatellites for five Caribbean anole species from the Northern Antilles.
2012 Whitney Nolan: Mitochondrial variation in Heteropsis butterflies.
2011-2012 Nicholas Jonathon Clark*: Assessing the frequency of species-specific numts in
gorillas. Funded through the NSF Undergraduate Research Mentoring program DBI 1040996.
2009-2010 Stephen Ford: Targeted re-sequencing and analysis of MHC variation in the Aegean reptile Podarcis erhardii.
2008-2009 Anne Martinez*: Control region sequencing of duiker fecal DNA and the population genetic structure of the gopher tortoise. Funded through the NSF Undergraduate Research Mentoring program DBI 1040996.
2009 Amonie Johnson*: Analysis of nuclear genetic variation in Malagasy butterflies.
2008-2011 Eun Joo Lee: Nuclear integrations or mitochondrial DNA in great apes. Funded by NIH 1R15GM073682-01A2.
2008-2010 Richard Rouyer: Construction of a reference phylogeny for the genus Cephalophus; mitochondrial control region analysis of duiker fecal DNA. Funded by an REU supplement to NSF DEB 0516425.
2007-2008 Kimberly LeBlanc*: Construction of a microsatellite library from the gopher tortoise and analysis of population genetic structure using SSCP. Funded through the NSF Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology DBI 0405263.
2006-2008 Anne Davis (Johnston): Phylogenetic and population genetic analysis of the genus Cephalophus. Faculty Prize in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (2008). Funded by NSF DEB 0516425.
2006-2007 Laura Voith*: Effect of historical fragmentation on genetic diversity in the Aegean lizard Podarcis erhardii. UNO Faculty prize in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (2007). Funded through the NSF Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology DBI 0405263.
2004-2007 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 Evolution meeting in New Zealand. Funded through the NSF Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology DBI 0405263.
2004 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.
2003-2005 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).
2003 Janine Vinaet: Analysis of HV1 sequence variation in western lowland gorilla populations.
*Students from under-represented groups.
Postdoctoral researchers
2013-2018 Dr. Katy Morgan. Mapping environmentally-associated genomic and phenotypic variation in the soft-furred mouse Praomys misonnei and blue duiker Philantomba monticola. Funded by NSF OISE 1243524.
2004-2005 Pr. Patrick Mickala (sabbatical leave from the Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku, Gabon). Development of a species diagnostic for central African duikers.
Current graduate students
2023-present Lydia Diapola (M.Sc.) Canal backfilling as restoration solution for Louisiana’s disappearing wetlands. Supported by a teaching assistantship and the Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair.
2021-present Kathryn Wyssmann (M.Sc.) Thesis: Using a metabarcoding approach to assess the diversity of epibiont communities associated with seagrass beds in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Supported by a teaching assistantship and the Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair.
2021-present Emily Bowers (M. Sc.) Thesis: Assessing genetic structure in lowland tapirs within the Chaco forest of Paraguay. Supported by a teaching assistantship and the Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair.
Past Graduate Students
2019-2022 Gina Zwicky (M.Sc.) Thesis: Does fluctuating parasite-mediated selection maintain MHC variability in the lizard Anolis sabanus?
2018-2023 Amour Guibinga Mickala (Ph.D.), Université des Sciences et Techniques de Masuku, Gabon. Thesis: Estimating population size, gene flow and viability of wild mandrills. Research funded by the Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair.
2016-2023 Anna Weber (Ph.D.) Thesis: Neutral and adaptive genetic variation in the mandrill Mandrillus sphinx. Supported by a teaching assistantship and the Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair.
2012-2020 Christie Sukhdeo (Ph.D.) Thesis: comparative phylogeography and diversity of dung beetle fauna in Central Africa. Funded by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and UNO diversity fellowship
2011-2020 Trent Santonastaso (Ph.D.) Thesis: Immunogenetic variability in island reptiles. Partly funded by a UNO doctoral fellowship and teaching assistantship.
2015-2018 Courtney Miller (Ph.D.) Thesis: Mapping environmentally-associated genomic and phenotypic variation in the African puddle frog Phrynobatrachus auritus. Funded by NSF OISE 1243524 and a UNO teaching assistantship.
2013-2016 William D. Weber (M.Sc.) Thesis: Territoriality and spatial genetic structure in the green anole Anolis carolinensis. Funded by a UNO teaching assistantship.
2006-2012 Stephan Ntie (Ph.D.). Thesis: Comparative phylogeography of central African duikers using non-invasive sampling methods. Funded by DEB 0516425 and a UNO teaching assistantship.
2006-2011 Kimberly Terrell (Ph.D.). Thesis: Sperm metabolic function, genetic variation and teratospermia in the Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus. Funded by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
2005-2012 Ivan Dario Soto-Calderon (Ph.D.). Thesis: Nuclear integrations of mitochondrial DNA in humans and African great apes. Funded by NIH 1R15GM073682-01A2.
2003-2010 Rachel Wallace, now Clostio (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. Funded by a teaching assistantship.
2009-2011 Anne Johnston, now Davis (M.Sc.). Thesis: Phylogenetic relationships and diversification of the rainforest antelope genus Cephalophus. Louisiana Environmental Professional Association Award. Funded by a teaching assistantship.
2004-2007 Heather Hurston, now Dragna (M.Sc.). Historical land fragmentation and its effects on genetic diversity and parasitism in island populations of Podarcis erhardii (Lacertidae, Reptilia). Sigma Xi Outstanding Research Award. Funded by a teaching assistantship.
Current undergraduate students
2022-2024 Morgan Ives*: Microsatellite analysis of lowland tapirs from Paraguay. UNO Tolmas scholar.
Past undergraduate students
2022-2023 Andrea Smith*: Sequence analysis of seagrass epibiont diversity in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Supported by the Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair.
2022-2023 Margo Boucetta: Sequence analysis of seagrass epibiont diversity in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Supported by the Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair.
2020-2022 Zariah Ross*: Analysis of the impacts of fluctuating parasite-mediated selection on host immunogenetic variability in an endemic anole Anolis sabanus. UNO Tolmas scholar and supported by UNO internal grant # 57N71.
2019-2022 Oscar Martinez*: Development of a DNA barcoding diagnostic for identifying small mammals from non-invasively sampled hair. Supported by the Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair.
2020-2021 Ibraheem Hachem: Analysis of gene flow between neighboring hordes of wild mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx). Supported by the Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair.
2019-2020 Shayla LaFonta*: Analysis of a non-invasive diagnostic for identifying sex in non-invasively sampled mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx). Supported by the Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair.
2018-2019 Justine Davis: Analysis of microsatellite variation in a wild mandrill population in Gabon. Funded through the College of Sciences.
2018-2019 Patrick Hall: Analysis of nesting material preferences in captive Milky and Abdim’s storks. Funded through the College of Sciences undergraduate research award and the Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair.
2016-2018 Gina Kissee: MAXENT modeling of endangered amphibians across central Africa and assessment of different fecal sampling techniques for studying the genetics of wild mandrills. Funded through the College of Sciences undergraduate research award and Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair.
2017-2018 Kaleb Hill: Snake surveys in Bayou Sauvaga National Wildlife Refuge, Big Branch National Wildlife Refuge and the Louisiana Nature Center. Funded through the Freeport McMoran Endowed Chair.
2016-2017 Sarah Crawford: Development of candidate genes for analysis of adaptive variation in tropical forest duikers (Cephalophinae). Funded through the College of Sciences undergraduate research award.
2015-2016 Natasha Bourgeois*: Development of candidate genes for analysis of adaptive variation in tropical forest duikers (Cephalophinae). Funded through a NASA minority program and UNO Office of Research and Sponsored Programs undergraduate research award.
2014-2015 Christopher Lewis*: Spatial and temporal patterns of genetic variability in response to parasite pressure in the island lizard Anolis sabanus. Funded through the NSF Undergraduate Research Mentoring program DBI 1040996.
2014-2015 Idrisa Dunn*: Documenting the distribution of African forest duikers using a non-invasive molecular approach. Funded through the NSF Undergraduate Research Mentoring program DBI 1040996.
2013 Courtney Miller: Analysis of mitochondrial variation in African duikers and assessment of amplification success from feces of different ages; analysis of feral pig abundance in Lafitte National Park.
2012-2013 Gabriel Fiorini: Isolation and characterization of the beta-defensins and other
immunogenetic markers in Anolis. Funded through the UNO College of Sciences undergraduate research program.
2012-2013 David William Weber: Optimization of Anolis microsatellites for five Caribbean anole species from the Northern Antilles.
2012 Whitney Nolan: Mitochondrial variation in Heteropsis butterflies.
2011-2012 Nicholas Jonathon Clark*: Assessing the frequency of species-specific numts in
gorillas. Funded through the NSF Undergraduate Research Mentoring program DBI 1040996.
2009-2010 Stephen Ford: Targeted re-sequencing and analysis of MHC variation in the Aegean reptile Podarcis erhardii.
2008-2009 Anne Martinez*: Control region sequencing of duiker fecal DNA and the population genetic structure of the gopher tortoise. Funded through the NSF Undergraduate Research Mentoring program DBI 1040996.
2009 Amonie Johnson*: Analysis of nuclear genetic variation in Malagasy butterflies.
2008-2011 Eun Joo Lee: Nuclear integrations or mitochondrial DNA in great apes. Funded by NIH 1R15GM073682-01A2.
2008-2010 Richard Rouyer: Construction of a reference phylogeny for the genus Cephalophus; mitochondrial control region analysis of duiker fecal DNA. Funded by an REU supplement to NSF DEB 0516425.
2007-2008 Kimberly LeBlanc*: Construction of a microsatellite library from the gopher tortoise and analysis of population genetic structure using SSCP. Funded through the NSF Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology DBI 0405263.
2006-2008 Anne Davis (Johnston): Phylogenetic and population genetic analysis of the genus Cephalophus. Faculty Prize in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (2008). Funded by NSF DEB 0516425.
2006-2007 Laura Voith*: Effect of historical fragmentation on genetic diversity in the Aegean lizard Podarcis erhardii. UNO Faculty prize in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (2007). Funded through the NSF Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology DBI 0405263.
2004-2007 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 Evolution meeting in New Zealand. Funded through the NSF Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology DBI 0405263.
2004 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.
2003-2005 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).
2003 Janine Vinaet: Analysis of HV1 sequence variation in western lowland gorilla populations.
*Students from under-represented groups.
