Publications
Lotterhos, K E, Card, D C, Schaal, S M, Wang, L, Collins, C, & Verity, R (2018) Composite measures of selection can improve the signal-to-noise ratio in genome scans. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 8: 717-727
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Verity, R, Collins, C, Card, D C, Schaal, S M, Wang, L, & Lotterhos, K E (2017) Minotaur: A platform for the analysis and visualization of multivariate results from genome scans with R Shiny. Molecular Ecology Resources 17: 33-43
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Lotterhos, K E & Schaal, S M (2014) Genome scans for the contemporary response to selection in quantitative traits. Molecular Ecology 23: 4435-4437
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Schaal, S M, Xie, Y, Yankey, F, Zeidler, T (2013) Changes in the Optical Properties of Lake Michigan by the Invasive Species Dreissena bugensis (Quagga Mussel). NCUR Proceedings
Awards & Honors
$500 Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences Conference Travel Award 2019
$250 Best Talk Award Marine and Environmental Sciences Graduate Student Symposium 2019
$3,000 Graduate Thesis/Dissertation Research Grant 2018
$25,000 Leifur Eiríksson Fellow February 2018
$500 College of Science Travel Grant Program 2018
$375 Graduate Student Government Travel Award 2017
$1,000 AFS Steven Berkeley Marine Conservation Fellowship Runner-Up 2017
Honorable Mention NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program. 2015 & 2016
$1,224 Vecellio Grant for Biological Research 2015
$1,100 European Society of Evolutionary Biology Outreach Fund 2014
$2,000 Support for Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Fellow 2014
$2,500 SURF Fellow September 2013
$3,500 SURF Fellow May 2013
$10,400 Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Mathematics and Biology 2011
$10,400 Northwestern Mutual Undergraduate Education Scholarship Foundation 2009
Presentations
Oral Presentations:
Graduate Student Symposium, Northeastern University Marine Science Center. April 2017, 2018 & 2019
Benthic Ecology, Portland, ME. March 2016.
Western Society of Naturalists. Monterey, CA. Nov 2016.
National Conference for Undergraduate Research, Lexington. KY, April 2014
National Conference for Undergraduate Research, La Crosse, WI. April 2013
Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Biology and Mathematics, Knoxville, TN. Nov 2012
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Poster Presentations:
Evolution, Providence, RI. 2019
Marine Evolution, Strömstad, Sweden. 2018
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Biological Sciences Research Symposium. Nov 2014, 2013 & 2012
Riveredge Nature Center's Student Research Symposium, Saukville, WI. Nov 2013.
Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography Conference, New Orleans, LA. Feb 2013
UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium, Milwaukee, WI. Oct 2013, 2012 & 2011
Workshops & Visiting Researcher
Visiting Researcher, Princeton University, Department of Geosciences. June-July 2019
Software and Statistical Methods for Population Genetics (SSMPG). Aussois, France. September 2017
NESCent Population Genetics Hackathon, Durham, NC. March 2015
Teaching Experience
Biostatistics (TA) – Northeastern University – ENVR 2500. Three semesters (2017 – Present)
Conservation & Ecological Genetics (Guest Lecturer) – Northeastern University – EEMB 3465. Supergenes and Inverted Genomic Regions (15 November 2017)
Oceanography (TA) – Northeastern University – EEMB 5516. One semester (2016)
Genetics (TA) – Wake Forest University – BIO 213. One semester (2015)
Comparative Physiology (TA) – Wake Forest University – BIO 114. One semester (2014)
Outreach Experience
Girls Inc. Guest Speaker (Jan 2018):
Spoke to the 8th grade girls at Girls Inc, a program promoting female interest in STEM, about my science and experience working in STEM
Evolution and Adaptation Workshop Development and Leader for High School Students (May & August 2016):
Designed and implemented a four-day workshop on evolution and adaptations in marine organisms for high school students participating in Coastal Ocean Sciences Academy and with Essex Tech High School students
Northeastern University Marine Science Center (NUMSC) Open House (2015-2017)
High School Intern Supervisor (2015 & 2016)
Mentored two students Julia Lane and Laura Long at NUMSC
Undergraduate Student Supervisor (2014 & 2015)
Mentored Sandi Scripa and Jeanne Bloomberg at NUMSC and Stephanie Bilodeau at Wake Forest University
Assistant Organizer of PRO+TECT event (2015)
At Wake Forest University three female ocean scientists spent the day on campus talking with students and gave a panel discussion on the current and future state of the ocean
Conference Assistant (2014)
9th Annual Great Lakes Restoration Conference, Milwaukee, WI
Adopt-A-Beach Volunteer (2014)
Participated with a team to clean and monitor water quality at South Shore Beach in Milwaukee, WI