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DR. HEALY HAMILTON Center for Biodiversity Research and Information 875 Howard St.
RESEARCH INTERESTS Biodiversity conservation & education; Comparative phylogeography. Evolution, molecular systematics, and phylogeography of cetaceans and seahorses PhD Thesis : Phylogeny and Evolution of River Dolphins EMPLOYMENT2001- Head, Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California APPOINTMENTSAdjunct Professor, Dept. of Geography & Human Environmental Sciences, San Francisco State University Visiting Research Associate, Dept. of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, U.C. Berkeley EDUCATION2001 Ph.D. Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley 1992 M.Sc. Environmental Studies, Yale University, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies 1987 B.A. Ecology, Behavior & Evolution, University of California, San Diego PUBLICATIONS Sasaki, T., Nikaido, M., Hamilton, H., Goto, M., Kato, H., Kanda, N., Pastene, L.A., Cao, Y., Hasegawa, M., Fordyce, R.E. & N. Okada. Mitochondrial phylogenetics and evolution of mysticete whales. Systematic Biology, in press Teske, P.R., Hamilton, H., Palsbøll, P.J., Choo, C.K., Gabr, H., Lourie, S.A., Santos, M., Sreepada, A., Cherry, M.I. & C.A. Matthee. 2005. Molecular evidence suggests that long-distance colonization, low inter- population connectivity, and population expansions are driving speciation in an Indo-Pacific seahorse lineage. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 286:249-260 Lázaro, M, Lessa, E.P. & H. Hamilton. 2004. Geographic genetic structure in the franciscana dolphin (Pontoporia blainvillei). Marine Mammal Science 20(2):201-214. Hamilton, H., Caballero, S., Collins, A.G. & R.L. Brownell, Jr.2001.Evolution of river dolphins. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences.268: 549-556 Caballero, S., Hamilton, H., Jaramillo, C., Capella, J., Florez-Gonzalez, L., Olavarria, C., Rosenbaum, H., Guhl, F., & C.S. Baker. 2001. Genetic characterization of the Colombian Pacific Coast humpback whale population using RAPD and mitochondrial DNA sequences. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Australia 47 (2):459-464. Nikaido, M, Matsuno, F, Abe, H, Shimamura, M, Hamilton, H, Matsubayashi, H, & N. Okada. 2001. Evolution of CHR-2 SINEs in cetartiodactyl genomes: possible evidence for monophyletic origin of toothed whales. Mammalian Genome12:909-15 Nikaido, M., Matsuno, F., Hamilton, H., Cao, Y., Brownell Jr., R.L., Ding, W., Zuoyan, Z., Shedlock, A.M., Hasegawa, M., & Okada, N. 2001. Retroposon analysis of major cetacean lineages: the monophyly of toothed whales and the paraphyly of river dolphins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98 (13):7384-7389. Caballero, S., Hamilton, H., Flórez-González, L., Capella, J., Olavarría, C.,Rosenbaum, H.C and C.S. Baker. 2000. Stock identity and diversity of humpback whale mitochondrial DNA lineages on the Colombian winter breeding grounds.Report to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission SC/52IA14. Bada, J.L., X. Wang, & H. Hamilton. 1999. Preservation of key biomolecules in the fossil record: Current knowledge and future challenges. Philosophical Tranactions of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 354(1379):77-87. Valentine, J. W. & H. Hamilton. 1997. Body plans, phyla, & arthropods. pp. 1-11 in: Arthropod Relationships. R.H.Thomas & R.A. Fortey, eds. Chapman & Hall, NYC. Fernandez, R., F. Montagnini, & H. Hamilton. 1997. The influence of five native species on soil chemistry in a subtropical humid forest region of Argentina. Journal of Tropical Forest Science10(2):188-196 ABSTRACTSFernandez M., Hamilton H., Heyer R., McDiarmid R., Reichle S., & Wilson D. 2003. Testing a predictive model of amphibian distribution for Bolivia, X Conferencia Latinoamericana de Usuarios SIG, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Hamilton, H. & M. Koo. 2003. A natural partnership of conservation efforts: natural history museums and land managers, Abstracts of the 84 th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division. Hamilton, H. 2001. The phylogenetic diversity of river dolphins. Abstracts of the 14th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Marine Mammalogy, Vancouver, B.C. Hamilton, H. 2000. Evolución y sistemática de cetaceos de aguadulce sudamericanos. Resumenes del 3 o Congreso SOLAMAC, p.56. Buenos Aires, Argentina Hamilton, H., Rosenberg, A., Corcuera, J., Monzon, F. & R.L. Brownell. 2000. Secuencias de la región control del ADN mitocondrial de la franciscana, Pontoporia blainvillei. Resumenes del 3 o Congreso SOLAMAC. p.56-57. Buenos Aires, Argentina ACADEMIC MENTORSHIP 1998-99 Enzo Aliaga Rossel, La Paz, Bolivia. Masters degree, Universidad Mayor de San Andres 1998-present Susana Caballero, Bogotá, Colombia. Ph.D. degree, University of Auckland, New Zealand 2003-present Miguel Fernandez, La Paz, Bolivia. Masters degree, SF State University 2004-present Ingrid Overgaard, San Francisco, CA. Masters degree, SF State University GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS 2005 Building CAS capacity for interactive web mapping with specimen data, Cal. Academy of Sciences 2004 Phylogeography of the Pacific seahorse, Hippocampus ingens, California Academy of Sciences 2003 Preliminary analysis of georeferenced multitaxon California faunal data, Cal. Academy of Sciences 2002 Retrospective georeferencing of California ichthyological collections, California Academy of Sciences 2002 Retrospective georeferencing of California ornithological collections, California Academy of Sciences 2001-03 Switzer Environmental Leadership Grant, The San Francisco Foundation 2000 Remington Kellogg Award, Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley 1999 Distribution and abundance of the Amazon river dolphin in Bolivia. Conservation & Research Foundn. 1999 Molecular phylogeny of the world’s river dolphins. International Fund for Animal Welfare 1998 U.S. Fulbright Fellowship, Instituto por Intercambio Educativo, Colombia, South America 1997, 99 Remington Kellogg Award, Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley 1996 Annie M. Alexander Fellowship, Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley 1994-97 Predoctoral Training Grant in Genetics, National Institutes of Health 1995 Summer Fellowship in Exobiology, NASA Specialized Center of Research & Training, UCSD 1991 The Switzer Foundation Environmental Fellowship, New Hampshire Charitable Trust 1991 Tropical Resources Institute, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Summer Fellowship SHORT COURSES1998 Advances in Molecular Ecology, NATO Advanced Study Institute, Erice, Sicily 1994 Workshop on Molecular Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratories, Woods Hole, MA 1992 Animal Genetic Resource Conservation, University of California, Davis, CA PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES 1994 - American Association for the Advancement of Science 1992 - American Museum of Natural History 1987 - Organization of Tropical Studies 1996 - Society for Conservation Biology 1997 - Society of Marine Mammalogy PREVIOUS WORK & VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE 2001 Graduate Student Instructor: Astrobiology, College of Letters & Sciences, UC Berkeley 1998-99 U.S. Fulbright Fellowship. Molecular phylogeography of the Amazon river dolphin. Cali, Colombia 1998 Ecotour leader, Fremen Tours & Travel, Trinidad, Bolivia Guide & lecturer on Amazon riverboat 1997 Graduate Student Instructor: Principles of Biodiversity, Dept of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley 1997 Graduate Student Instructor: Biological Oceanography/Lab, Dept of Integrative Biology, UCB 1996 Graduate Student Instructor: Principles of Biodiversity, Dept of Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley 1995 Co-founder, Environmental Options Mentorship Program, Pre-College Academy & UC Berkeley 1994 Graduate Student Instructor: Biology & Geomorphology of Tropical Islands, Moorea, Polynesia 1993 Ecotour leader, International Journeys, Iquitos, Peru. Guide & lecturer on Amazon riverboat ecotours 1992 Technician, Biosphere Genetics, Inc, Berkeley CA. Genetic analyses of threatened species 1991 Summer research internship, Eldorado, Misiones, Argentina. Influence of native trees on soil fertility 1988-90 Legal assistant, Department of Land Use & Environmental Law, Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco 1987-88 Research assistant, Department of Marine Chemistry, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla 1987 University of California Education Abroad Program in Tropical Biology, Monteverde, Costa Rica |
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