This National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology award for $138,000 will fund research from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2025 investigating the diversity of synovial joint form and function. The fellowship, provided under the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), will support the fellow's research and training contributing to the area of rules of life. The fellow will integrate techniques from developmental biology, biomechanics, and computational modeling to study...
The National Science Foundation awarded $414,000 under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to support an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biology from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The fellowship funding will support integrative research investigating the intersection of genomes, environments, and phenotypes in elevational migrant bird species across the Andes and Himalayas. The fellow will generate valuable museum specimens including frozen tissues and genomic,...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $138,000 Project Grant to support a POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN BIOLOGY from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2023. The grant was awarded under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to promote progress in the biological sciences and enhance understanding of major problems confronting the nation. The funding will support comparative methods and model clades research in evolutionary developmental biology. Specifically, the grant will provide two...
This $270,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund a postdoctoral research fellowship to study plumage coloration and evolution in tropical birds. The research aims to elucidate the genetic basis and evolutionary history of species-specific plumage signals, which enable coexistence of multiple bird species in the same environment. The fellowship will involve microevolutionary and macroevolutionary analyses...
This federal Project Grant award of $270,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports a postdoctoral research fellowship focused on understanding the genetic and functional bases of rapid phenotypic evolution in birds. The project will characterize the production and evolution of structural white coloration in feathers across three bird clades, investigating the phenotype-environment associations and genetic adaptations underlying this...
This $276,000 National Science Foundation award under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund research and training from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2024. The fellowship recipient will conduct integrative research investigating the interaction of genomes, environments and phenotypes in evolutionary biology. Specifically, the fellow will study mechanisms connecting short-term plastic behavioral responses to long-term evolutionary change. Using a pupfish system with specialist and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $240,000 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to fund an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology for FY 2023. The purpose of the fellowship is to increase the participation of groups underrepresented in biology. The fellow's proposed studies will investigate interactions between migratory and resident bird species during spring migration stopover periods, which have implications for migration ecology, climate...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation will fund $240,000 over three years to support a postdoctoral research fellowship in biology under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The fellowship will fund integrative research investigating the interaction of genomes, environments, and phenotypes in driving the diversification of North American lizards during adaptive radiation. The fellow will generate reference genomes for Anolis lizards, apply cytogenetic techniques to...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.074 Biological Sciences) provides $240,000 to fund a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology for FY 2024. The fellowship supports a research and training plan that aims to enhance understanding of human-wildlife interactions in the face of global change, with a focus on birds worldwide. The fellow will develop a new modeling framework and global database to predict human-wildlife interactions and determine key drivers....
This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $276,000 provides funding from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024 to support a postdoctoral research fellowship in biology. The fellowship, awarded under the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), will fund integrative research investigating the rules governing interactions between genomes, environments and phenotypes in innovative ways. Specifically, the fellow will conduct in vivo and in vitro testing of zebra finch...
This National Science Foundation project grant award of $138,000 provides funding for a postdoctoral research fellowship in biology from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2024. The fellowship supports research investigating the genetic mechanisms governing interactions between genomes, environments and phenotypes within the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074).
Specifically, the fellow will conduct a comparative study of axial skeleton evolution in birds using genetic, developmental, morphological and evolutionary approaches. This includes describing and tracking vertebral column fusion development across five bird species, as well as studying gene expression associated with fusions. The fellow will also engage in fieldwork to collect avian embryos and conduct specimen dissection, imaging and transcriptome analysis. Broader impacts include training undergraduates and broadening participation of underrepresented groups in STEM through classroom visits. Research findings and new collections will contribute to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.