Schlinger Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Systematic Entomology

Wendy Moore, Ph.D.


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Education

2006. Ph.D. University of Arizona. Tucson, Arizona.
Entomology (major), Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (minor)
Advisor: Dr. David R. Maddison

1996. M.Sc. College of Charleston. Charleston, South Carolina.
Marine Biology
Advisor: Dr. Richard C. Brusca

1991. B.Sc. Vanderbilt University. Nashville, Tennessee.
General Biology
Advisor: Dr. Gary A. Polis

Professional Experience

2007-present. Zootaxa, subject editor for terrestrial Adephaga (Coleoptera).

2007. Beetles of the World Identification Workshop. John Lawrence and Mike Ivie. Bozeman, Montana.

2006-present. Schlinger Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Systematic Entomology. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. Mentor: Dr. David H. Kavanaugh

2006-present. Member, Board of Directors, Priscilla and Michael Baldwin Foundation. Evergreen, Colorado.

2001-2005. Instructor, "Insect Biodiversity and Land Use Change in Sonora, Mexico."
Center for Insect Science and Department of Entomology, University of Arizona.

2001-2005. Research Assistant and Curator, Sonoran Insect Biodiversity Program.
Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona.

2003-2005. Lab Manager for Dr. David R. Maddison. Department of Entomology, University of Arizona.

2000. Insect Taxonomy Consultant. School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona.

1999. Insect Taxonomy Consultant. Columbia University's Biosphere 2 Center.

1997-1998. Post-Graduate Research Associate, University of Charleston. N.S.F.-funded, full-time position as Project Manager for NSF-PEET project (marine isopod crustaceans).

Grants and Fellowships

2008-2011. National Science Foundation, Systematic Biology and Biodiversity Inventories Cluster, Revisionary Syntheses in Systematics. “REVSYS: Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Taxonomy within the Ground Beetle subfamily Paussinae (Carabidae)” Start Date: September 1, 2008. $329,964

2006-2008. Schlinger Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Systematic Entomology. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. "Systematics and biogeography of Malagasy paussines (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Paussinae) based on molecular and morphological data."

2004. BIO5 (State of Arizona). Graduate Research Fellowship. "Molecular Investigations into the evolution of explosive defensive chemistry in bombardier beetles." $22,000

2003. National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant. "Phylogeny and Natural History of the Flanged Bombardier Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Paussinae)." $8,806

2003. Graduate College Fellowship. Graduate College, University of Arizona.

2002. Graduate College Fellowship. Graduate College, University of Arizona.

2002. L.A. Carruth Fellowship. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona.

2001. Research Grant. National Science Foundation, Research Training Grant Fellowship in the Analysis of Biological Diversification. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona.

2001. Travel Grant. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.

2001. Ernst Mayr Grant for Systematic Research. Harvard University.

2001. Revision Taxonomica en El Groupo Coleoptera. (co-PIs: Dr. T.L. Erwin and Dr. D.H. Kavanaugh) Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), Costa Rica.

2000. Research Grant. National Science Foundation, Research Training Grant Fellowship in the Analysis of Biological Diversification. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona.

1999. Graduate College Fellowship. Graduate College, University of Arizona.

1998. Recruiting Fellowship. National Science Foundation, Research Training Grant in the Analysis of Biological Diversification. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona.

1995. Joanna Fellowship. Deep Water Fund. University of Charleston, South Carolina.

1995. Lerner Gray Fund for Marine Research. American Museum of Natural History, New York.

1995. Dean's Graduate Fellowship in Environmental Biology. University of Charleston, South Carolina.