Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Warren Johnson
Citation names
- Johnson, Warren
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 4C15-622A-CFEB
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-5954-186X
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biodiversity Conservation
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Ecology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Evolutionary Biology
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Genetics and Heredity
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| English (Mother tongue) | |||||
| Spanish; Castilian | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | |
| Portuguese | Elementary (A2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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1992
Concluded
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Animal Ecology (Doctor of Philosophy)
Iowa State University, United States
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1984
Concluded
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Wildlife Ecology (Master)
Utah State University, United States
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1983
Concluded
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Biology (Bachelor)
Oberlin College Department of Biology, United States
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 - Current | Coordinating Researcher (Research) | Smithsonian Institution, United States |
| 2012 - 2018 | Principal Investigator (Research) | Smithsonian Institution, United States |
| 2000 - 2012 | Principal Investigator (Research) | National Cancer Institute, United States |
| 1997 - 1999 | Researcher (Research) | National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, United States |
| National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, United States | ||
| 1995 - 1997 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, United States |
| 1992 - 1994 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Smithsonian Institution and Program Resources, Inc., United States |
| 1992 - 1994 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, United States |
| 1990 - 1992 | Researcher (Research) | Iowa State University, United States |
| 1983 - 1984 | Researcher (Research) | Utah State University, United States |
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 - 2004 | Visiting Professor (University Teacher) | Universidad Austral de Chile Instituto de Ecología y Evolución, Chile |
| 1990 - 1992 | Assistant (University Teacher) | Iowa State University, United States |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 - 1989 | Administrator | Torres del Paine National Park, Chile, Chile |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2015 - Current | SCBI Support for Kenya Wildlife Trust Cheetah and Lion Research Activities
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Researcher
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| 2015 - Current | Asian Elephant Genome
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Researcher
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Smithsonian Women’s Committee |
| 2015 - Current | Application of Genomics to Investigate Genetic Recovery in the Endangered Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes)
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Researcher
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Smithsonian Competitive Grants Program |
Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 - Current | A Pan-Regional Vector Biosurveillance Network to Detect, Characterize, and Predict Endemic and Emergent Zoonosis in East and
Central Africa
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Researcher
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US Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System |
| 2018 - Current | Leveraging Existing Traditional and Next Generation Data and Analytic Tools to Enhance Current and Future Arthropod Disease
Biosurveillance Activities Across the GEIS Network
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Principal investigator
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US Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System |
| 2018 - Current | Phylogenomic and Biogeographic Reconstruction of malaria vector-competence traits in Pyretophorus Series (Anopheles (Cellia))
mosquitoes
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Researcher
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Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit |
| 2017 - Current | Development of Specialized Information Resources for Animal Survival
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Principal investigator
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Smithsonian Women’s Committee |
| 2017 - Current | Determining Genetic Variability, Kinship and Uniqueness in the North American Cheetah Population
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Principal investigator
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Smithsonian Women's Committee |
| 2016 - Current | Identification of SNPs and development of a SNP array to advance genetic improvement of Huacaya Alpacas
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Researcher
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Peru National Institute of Agrarian Innovation |
| 2015 - Current | Emerging pathogens at the wildlife-domestic interface: Assessing impact of FIV and FeLV on threatened Leopardus guigna in
Chile
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Researcher
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National Geographic Society |
| 2015 - Current | Metapopulation Dynamics of Canada Lynx in the Northern Appalachian/Acadian Ecoregion
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Researcher
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Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife |
| 2014 - Current | Biodiversity Genomics Exemplar Projects
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Principal investigator
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Smithsonian Grand Challenges Award Program |
| 2014 - Current | Development of Smithsonian Biodiveristy Genomics (IBG) Bioinformatic Analysis Pipelines
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Researcher
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Smithsonian Grand Challenges Award Program |
| 2014 - Current | Genetic Distinctions Between Two Pairs of Closely-Related Canids and Felids: Developing Comparative Genomic and Evolutionary
Foundations for Management and Conservation
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Principal investigator
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Smithsonian Competitive Grants Program |
| 2018 - 2021 | (SeXomics) Sex and the environment: Genomic decoding and the perpetuation of animal life in a changing world
PTDC/CTA-AMB/31774/2017 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER/031774/2017
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2017 - 2020 | Animal sensory diversity: innovative genomic solutions to enhance perception of environmental stimuli
PTDC/AAG-GLO/6887/2014 (POCI-01-0124-FEDER-016845
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2012 - 2015 | Genomics of venomous metazoans: deciphering the evolution of natural venoms and the molecular mechanisms of natural venom-resistance
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Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2012 - 2015 | Biological warfare: unraveling the genomics of natural venoms and the mechanisms of natural venom-resistance
PTDC/AAC-AMB/121301/2010
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2010 - 2013 | Evolutionary genomic analyses of toxic cyanobacteria and study of the molecular mechanisms for detoxification of cyanotoxins
across metazoan species
PTDC/AAC-AMB/104983/2008
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2009 - 2012 | Generation of an integrated physical map for the alpaca genome
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Researcher
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Morris Animal Foundation |
| 2008 - 2010 | Phenogenetic drift in evolution: insights into the genetic basis of vertebrate developmental genes
PTDC/BIA-BDE/69144/2006
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2008 - 2009 | Assembly, Annotation and Comparative Analysis of the Alpaca Whole Genome Sequence
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Researcher
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Morris Animal Foundation |
| 2006 - 2009 | Supermatrices vs. Supertrees: A Complete Species Level Phylogeny of the Carnivora
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Researcher
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National Science Foundation |
| 2003 - 2007 | A Global Study of the Molecular Genetics of Pangolins, the Scaly Anteaters
POCTI/BSE/47559/2002
Researcher
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| 2005 - 2005 | Identifying Markers and Populations for Study of Inherited Traits in S.A. Camelids
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Researcher
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Morris Animal Foundation |
| 2002 - 2005 | A Radiation-Hybrid Map of the Alpaca
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Principal investigator
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Morris Animal Foundation Alpaca Research Foundation |
| 2003 - 2003 | A Global Study of the Molecular Genetics of Pangolins, the Scaly Anteaters
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Principal investigator
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National Geographic Society |
| 2000 - 2000 | The Role of Infectious diseases in the conservation of the endangered Iberian lynx
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Researcher
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Spain Science and Technology Program |
| 2000 - 2000 | Characterization of Polymorphic Microsatellite Loci for Conservation and Management of Lynx Species
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Principal investigator
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Wildlife Conservation Society |
| 1992 - 1993 | Molecular Genetic Approach to Taxonomic & Phylogenetic Relationships of South American Felids & Asian Small Cats
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Principal investigator
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American Aquarium and Zoological Parks Association |
Other
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017/02/21 - 2017/02/23 | Global Biodiversity Genomics Conference
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Other
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| 2016 - 2016 | Smithsonian Institute for Biodiversity Genomics & Genome 10K Conference
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Conference
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American Genetics Association |
| 2011 - 2011 | 2nd International Conference on Camelid Genetics and Reproductive Biotechnologies
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Conference
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American Genetics Association |
Outputs
Publications
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Other
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Phylogeographic and Bionomic Insights from Whole Genome Sequence Analyses of the Species-rich Australasian Anopheles annulipes Mosquito Complex | Systematics Association BiAnnual Conference, Bristol, UK |
| 2018 | A Brief History of Conservation Genomics: Anticipating the imminent sequencing of ALL life through the Earth Biogenome Project | Universidade Federal de São Carlos. Brazil |
| 2018 | Racing to catch up with the Future: Anticipating the imminent sequencing of ALL life through the Earth Biogenome Project | Escola de Ciências – PUCRS, Brazil |
| 2016 | A Brief Glimpse of How Genomic Approaches Will Enhance Conservation Genetics in Training in tools and best practices of conservation genetics, for policy and management | IUCN World Conservation Congress. Honolulu, HI |
| 2016 | Broadening the Relevance and Impact of Reproductive Sciences: Expanding Dog and Cat Research Through Increased Use of Genomic and Evolutionary Approaches | 8th International Symposium on Canine and Feline Reproduction, Paris, France |
| 2016 | Strengthening links between forensics and genomic approaches to wildlife management | NCSU Forensic Sciences Institute and Biosense Africa Wildlife Security and Conservation Symposium. Raleigh, N.C. |
| 2016 | Restaurando ecosistemas funcionales y adaptables de praderas: midiendo éxitos e identificando necesidades futuras para Parque National Torres del Paine | Simposio Cientifico Parque Nacional Torres del Paine. Puerto Natales, Chile |
| 2016 | Genomics: Providing Context, Premise, and Measures of Success of Reintroduction Programs | SCBI Conservation Immersion Seminar |
| 2016 | A Brief History of Conservation Genomics | Smithsonian Castle Lecture Series |
| 2015 | Cheetah Conservation Genomics: Cheetah Conservation Fund | Cheetah Symposium, Smithsonian National Zoological Park |
| 2015 | Biodiversity: Understanding the Past and Managing for the Future | American Prairie Reserve Annual Meeting, Montana |
| 2015 | The Smithsonian black-footed Ferret Project. | Black-footed Ferret Genetics Symposium. Colorado State University, CO |
| 2015 | Smithsonian Institute for Biodiversity Genomics: collaborative projects and opportunities | Genome 10K Meeting. Santa Cruz, CA |
| 2014 | Recent Advances in South American Conservation Genomics | Ribeirao Preto College of Sao Paulo University |
| 2014 | Genomic tools: implications and limitations of genomic studies in conservation | 60th Brazilian Congress of Genetics, Guaruja, Sao Paolo |
| 2013 | Promotion and Coordination of International Genomic Biodiversity Initiatives. | 2nd international Conference on Genomics in the Americas |
| 2013 | Felid taxonomy and domestication. Cats and Society | Caniseus College, Buffalo NY |
| 2011 | G10K Initiatives in Mammalian Comparative Genomics: Lessons and Opportunities | Frontiers in Ecological, Evolutionary and Conservation Genomics. Sevilla, Spain |
| 2011 | Florida panther inbreeding depression and the Genetic restoration of the Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi) | International Exploratory Workshop on Inbreeding in reintroduced Eurasian lynx populations – results from genetic research and consequences for conservation, Saanen, Switzerland |
| 2011 | Advances in felid comparative genomics: Implications for Eurasian lynx conservation | International Exploratory Workshop on Inbreeding in reintroduced Eurasian lynx populations – results from genetic research and consequences for conservation, Saanen, Switzerland |
| 2011 | Alpaca Comparative Genomics: Recent Developments and Future Expectations | Second International Conference on Camelid Genetics and Reproductive Biotechnologies, Houston, TX, USA |
| 2010 | Genomics and the Conservation Genetics of Iconic Latin American Mammalian Species | Latin American Genetics Association Congress, Viña del Mar, Chile |
| 2010 | Felid Genomics and Evolutionary History | Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology & Biodiversity, Universidad Catolica, Santiago, Chile |
| 2010 | Felid Genomics: New Opportunities for Evolutionary Study and Development of Animal Models | Snow Leopard Genomics Initiative Workshop. San Diego, USA |
| 2009 | The Genomics of Model Organisms. The Biology of Extinction in the Genomics Era Working Group | The Biology of Extinction in the Genomics Era Working Group. San Diego, USA. |
| 2009 | The Camel and Related Camelids Enter the Genomic Era | Second International Society of Camelid Research and Development (ISOCARD) Conference Djerba, Tunisia |
| 2008 | An Assessment of Florida Panther Fitness Correlates Derived from Long-term Pedigree and Life History Data | Fourth International Conference on Advances in Canine and Feline Genomics and Inherited Diseases. St. Malo, France |
| 2008 | Alpaca Enters the Genomic Era | 1st International Workshop on Camelid Genetics. Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. |
| 2007 | Comparative Genomics and the Evolutionary History of the Felidae | Felid Biology and Conservation International Conference. Oxford, England |
| 2007 | Genomic Archaeology: Decrypting the Mysteries of Natural History | Spanish Society of Genetics Congress, Leon, Spain |
| 2007 | Comparative Genomics and Felidae Evolution | University of Porto, Porto, Portugal |
| 2006 | Recent Advances in Understanding Felidae Evolutionary History | 3rd International Conference, Advances in Canine & Feline Genomics and Inherited Diseases. Davis, California |
| 2006 | Introduction to Conservation Genetics and comparative genomics | Envirovet Summer Institute, Yulee, Florida |
| 2004 | Linking Comparative Genomics and the Conservation of Wildlife | Seminar on Genetics and Conservation of Animal Resources. Santiago, Chile |
| 2004 | The Nexus Between Comparative Genomics, Conservation Genetics, and Animal Health (In Spanish) | Chilean Veterinary Medicine Congress. Valdivia, Chile |
| 2003 | A Molecular Genetic Analysis of Florida Panther Recovery Efforts | AGA Conservation Genetics Conference, Front Royal, Virginia |
| 2003 | Molecular ecology and carnivore conservation: identification of individuals, kinship analyses and patterns of population diversity | I Workshop on Research and Conservation of Neotropical Carnivores. Brazil |
| 2003 | An Introduction to The Alpaca Genome Project | AOBA Meeting, Lexington, Kentucky |
| 2003 | The Alpaca Genome Project | Alpaca Registry Mid-Winter meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada |
| 2002 | Phylogeographic and Evolutionary Analyses of Genetic Variation in Exotic Species and Natural Populations | Atlantic Society of Fish & Wildlife Biologists, Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| 2002 | Felid Phylogenetics | Advances in Canine and Feline Genomics, Comparative Genome Anatomy and Genetic Disease. St. Louis, Missouri |
Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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| 2016 - Current | PhD Thesis
Supervisor
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| 2014 - 2016 | Post Doctoral Work
Supervisor of Begonia Martinez-Cruz
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| 2014 - 2015 | Master Thesis
Supervisor of Audra Huffmeyer
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| 2009 - 2012 | Post Doctoral Work
Supervisor
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| 2005 - 2011 | Post Doctoral Work - Creation of Radiation Hybrid Map in the Alpaca
Supervisor of Polina Perelman
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| 2006 - 2009 | Post Doctoral Work
Supervisor
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| 2004 - 2006 | PhD Thesis
Supervisor of Shujin Luo
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| 2002 - 2004 | Post Doctoral Work - Utility of nuclear markers for analyses of intraspecific patterns of variation in Panthera genus species
including leopards and lions.
Supervisor
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| 2001 - 2004 | Master Thesis
Supervisor
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| 2000 - 2004 | Master Thesis
Supervisor of Valerie Beason-Buckley
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| 1998 - 2001 | Post Doctoral Work - Molecular genetic patterns in South American camelids
Supervisor
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| 1998 - 2001 | Post Doctoral Work - The insertion of a large mitochondrial DNA segment in the nuclear genome of an ancestral Panther genus
species.
Supervisor
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Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2016 - Current | Member Earth Biogenome working group | |
| 2000 - Current | Member: American Genetics Association
Member
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American Genetics Association, United States |
| 1997 - Current | Member: IUCN Felid Specialist Group
Member
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IUCN Felid Specialist Group, United States |
| 2013 - 2017 | Member National Science and Technology Council Committee on Science Interagency - Working Group on Plant Genomes | |
| 1998 - 2013 | Member: IUCN Canid Specialist Group | IUCN Canid Specialist Group, United Kingdom |
Consulting
| Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 - 2016 | Member: Mars Symbioscience Scientific Advisory Board | |
| 2015 - 2015 | Advisor: Offspring Films, CATS |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 - Current | Lectures on Medical Entomology, Bioinformatic and Speciation | Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, United States | |
| 2018 - 2018 | Recent Advances in Conservation Genetics - Front Royal, VA | ||
| 2014 - 2014 | Conservation Genomics | Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil | |
| 2013 - 2013 | Recent Advances in Conservation Genetics - South African Wildlife College | Southern African Wildlife College, South Africa | |
| 2012 - 2012 | Conservation Genetics | Conservation Genetics | Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile |
| 2011 - 2011 | Recent Advances in Conservation Genetics - Pantanal, Brazil | ||
| 2010 - 2010 | Recent Advances in Conservation Genetics - White Oak Conservation Center | White Oak Conservation Center, United States | |
| 2010 - 2010 | Present and Future of Comparative Genomics in Chile (Presente y futuro de la genómica comparada en Chile) | Universidad del Bio-Bio - Sede Chillán, Chile | |
| 2009 - 2009 | Recent Advances in Conservation Genetics - Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama | Recent Advances in Conservation Genetics | Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama |
| 2007 - 2007 | Recent Advances in Conservation Genetics - Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology | Recent Advances in Conservation Genetics | Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, United States |
| 2004 - 2004 | Current Topics in Conservation Genetics and Comparative Genomics (Actualización en Genética de la Conservación y Genómica Comparativa) | Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile | |
| 2000 - 2004 | Recent Advances in Conservation Genetics - Participated in conceptualizing and organizing courses and/or providing lectures for courses sponsored by the American Genetics Association and held at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute | Recent Advances in Conservation Genetics | |
| 1996 - 1998 | Recent Advances in Conservation Genetics - Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute | Recent Advances in Conservation Genetics | Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, United States |
Evaluation committee
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 - Current | International Rhino Fund | ||
| 2015 - 2018 | Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Hong Kong | ||
| 2008 - 2008 | National Museum of Natural History (France) - “Rapporteur” (Outside reviewer) of PhD of Marie-Lilith Patou | ||
| 2005 - 2007 | EPISARS Consortium - Scientific advisory board (http://www.pasteur.fr/recherche/episars/accueil/) | ||
| 2003 - 2003 | National Museum of Natural History (France) - “Rapporteur” (Outside reviewer) of PhD of Philippe Gaubert | ||
| 2001 - 2003 | Morris Animal Foundation - Wildlife Health Grant Review Committee |
Journal scientific committee
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 - Current | Biological Conservation | |
| 2001 - Current | Biological Letters | |
| 2001 - Current | BioScience | |
| 2001 - Current | BMC Evolutionary Biology | |
| 2001 - Current | BMC Genetics | |
| 2001 - Current | Conservation Genetics | |
| 2001 - Current | Current Biology | |
| 2001 - Current | Genetica | |
| 2001 - Current | Genome Research | |
| 2001 - Current | Genomics | |
| 2001 - Current | Immunogenetics | |
| 2001 - Current | Journal of Animal Conservation | |
| 2001 - Current | Journal of Biogeography | |
| 2001 - Current | Journal of Heredity | |
| 2001 - Current | Journal of Mammalogy | |
| 2001 - Current | Journal of Virology | |
| 2001 - Current | Journal of Wildlife Management | |
| 2001 - Current | Journal of Zoology | |
| 2001 - Current | Mammalia | |
| 2001 - Current | Mammalian Biology | |
| 2001 - Current | Mammalian Species | |
| 2001 - Current | Mitochondrion | |
| 2001 - Current | Molecular Biology and Evolution | |
| 2001 - Current | Molecular Ecology | |
| 2001 - Current | Molecular Ecology Resources (Molecular Ecology Notes) | |
| 2001 - Current | Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | |
| 2001 - Current | Nature | |
| 2001 - Current | PLOS One | |
| 2001 - Current | Oryx | |
| 2001 - Current | Proceedings of the National Academy of Science - USA | |
| 2001 - Current | Proceedings of the Royal Society of London (Series B) | |
| 2001 - Current | Zoological Sciences | |
| 2001 - Current | Science |
Distinctions
Award
| 2018 | National Research Council Associate |
| 2004 | Fulbright Visiting Scholar to Chile |
| 1995 | National Institutes of Health Intramural Research Training Award |
| 1992 | Iowa State University Teaching Excellence Award |
| 1992 | Zaffarano Prize (Exemplary research achievement, Iowa State Univ.) |
| 1991 | Sherry Fisher Award (Exemplary achievement in Conservation Communication) |
| 1986 | ITT International Fellowship |
| 1985 | National Wildlife Federation Conservation Fellowship |
| 1985 | Iowa State University PACE Award (Academic Excellence) |
| 1983 | Utah State University Presidential Fellowship |
