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Lowry D. B., K. D. Behrman, P. Grabowski, G. P. Morris, J. R. Kiniry, T. E. Juenger.  Local and climatic adaptations across the ''Panicum virgatum'' species complex.  ''In review''
Lowry D. B., K. D. Behrman, P. Grabowski, G. P. Morris, J. R. Kiniry, T. E. Juenger.  Local and climatic adaptations across the ''Panicum virgatum'' species complex.  ''In review''
Aspinwall M. J., D. B. Lowry, S. H. Taylor, T. E. Juenger, C. V. Hawkes, M. V. Johnson, J. R. Kiniry, P. A. Fay.  Productivity and leaf functional trait associations among genotypes of a dominant polyploid C4 grass are linked to latitude of origin. ''In review''


Lowry, D. B., C. T. Purmal, T. E. Juenger. A population genetic transect of Panicum hallii (Poaceae). ''In review''  
Lowry, D. B., C. T. Purmal, T. E. Juenger. A population genetic transect of Panicum hallii (Poaceae). ''In review''  


Wright, K. M., D. Lloyd, D. B. Lowry, M. R. Macnair, J. H. Willis. Indirect evolution of hybrid lethality due to linkage with selected locus in Mimulus guttatus. ''In review''
Wright, K. M., D. Lloyd, D. B. Lowry, M. R. Macnair, J. H. Willis. Indirect evolution of hybrid lethality due to linkage with selected locus in Mimulus guttatus. PLoS Biology ''In revision''


Lowry, D. B. (2012) Ecotypes and the controversy over stages in the formation of new
Lowry, D. B. (2012) Ecotypes and the controversy over stages in the formation of new
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Grants and Fellowships
Grants and Fellowships


2011-2013 USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture AFRI Postdoctoral
2011-2013 USDA National Institute of Food and Ag
Fellowship. $130,000
 
2010 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Bioinformatics Course Scholarship. $1000
 
2007-2010 NSF Environmental Genomics Grant (EF-0723814): “Ecological
genomics of drought adaptation in Mimulus.” Conceived and conducted
research that formed the proposal, and co-wrote grant. PhD advisor John
Willis listed as PI. $866,802
 
2007-2009 NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DEB-0710094). $11,943
 
2005 Duke University International Travel Grant. $2500
 
2004-2006 NIH Graduate Student Fellowship in Genetics at Duke University
 
2000 Howard Hughes Undergraduate Fellowship. $4000
 
2000 Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid. $900
 
1999 NSF Research experience for undergraduates
 
 
'''Presentations'''
 
''Invited talks:''
 
2012 “Natural Selection in the Wild: From Genotype to Phenotype” American Society
of Naturalists Vice-Presidential Symposium. International Evolution Society
Conference. Ottawa, Canada.
 
2012 University of California, Davis. Department of Viticulture and Enology.
Davis, CA.
 
2011 Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics Gordon Research Conference. University
of New England, Biddeford, ME
 
2011 University of Toronto. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department. Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
 
2011 University of Arizona. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. Tucson, AZ
 
2011 California State University, Chico. Biology weekly seminar. Chico, CA
 
2009 “The Origin of Species 150 years after Darwin” symposium, Japanese
Society for Evolutionary Studies. Sapporo, Japan
 
2009 University of Virginia EEBio Seminar. Charlottesville, VA
 
2009 University of California, Berkeley Ecolunch Seminar. Berkeley, CA
 
2009 University of Southern California. Los Angeles, CA
 
2007 Ecological Genomics Symposium. Kansas City, MO
 
 
''Contributed talks and posters:''
 
2012 USDA NIFA Fellows Meeting. Washington, D.C.
 
2012 Plant and Animal Genomes Conference. San Diego, CA
 
2011 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX
 
2010 International Evolution Society Conference. Portland, OR
 
2010 Plant and Animal Genomes Conference. San Diego, CA
 
2009 Ecological & Evolutionary Functional Genomics. Gordon Conference. Tilton, NH
 
2008 International Evolution Society Conference. Minneapolis, MN
 
2007 Joint Conference of Botany and Plant Biology. Chicago, IL
 
2007 Mimulus community meeting. Durham, NC
 
2007 Duke University Program in Genetics and Genomics Retreat. Nags Head, NC
 
2006 Genetics of Speciation Conference. Vancouver, BC, Canada
 
2006 International Evolution Society Conference. Stony Brook, NY
 
 
'''Professional Experience'''
 
2010-2012 Postdoctoral Fellow. Landscape evolutionary genomics in switchgrass.
University of Texas at Austin PI:Thomas Juenger
 
2004-2010 Graduate Student. Adaptation and speciation in monkeyflower.
Duke University PI:John Willis
 
2004 Field Assistant. Predator exclusion effects on food web ecology.
University of Montana, Missoula PI:John Maron
 
2004 Field Assistant. Tropical fish and stream ecosystem ecology in Venezuela.
Cornell University PI:Alex Flecker
 
2003 Postgraduate Researcher. Invasive salt marsh plant population genetics.
University of California, Davis PI:Donald Strong
 
2002-2003 Field Assistant. Landscape ecology and pollinator service of native bees.
Princeton/UC Davis PI:Claire Kremen/Neal Williams
 
2002 Postgraduate Researcher. Plant nitrogen fixation and herbivore ecology.
University of California, Davis PI:Chris van Kessel/Thomas Juenger
 
1998-2001 Laboratory and Field Assistant. Plant evolutionary ecology.
UC Berkeley/Bodega Marine Reserve PI: Ellen Simms/John Maron
 
 
'''Teaching and Mentoring Experience'''
 
 
''Undergraduate Teaching:''
 
2011-2012 Biology of Biofuels (Genetics Section) University of Texas at Austin
 
''Teaching Assistantships:''
 
2007 AIDS and Emerging Diseases in Africa Duke University
Instructor: Sherryl Broverman
 
2006, 2008 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy Duke University
Instructor: Kathleen Smith
 
1999-2000 Biology 1B Field Ecology Section UC Berkeley
Instructor: Mike Moser
 
 
''Invited Guest Lectures/Discussion:''
 
2011 Evolutionary Genetics University of Colorado, Boulder
Instructor: Patrik Nosil
 
2010 Graduate Ecology and Evolution North Carolina State University
Instructor: Marc Johnson
 
2007 Education Outreach Presentations Northwest High School, Lenexa, KS
 
 
''Mentoring Programs:''
 
2009 Howard Hughes Medical Institute summer undergraduate mentorship
 
2008 Howard Hughes Medical Institute summer precollege mentorship
 
2007 Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) for minority undergraduates
 
 
''Students Mentored:''
 
2012 Jacob Heiling, The University of Texas at Austin
 
2011 Tiffany Liu, The University of Texas at Austin
 
2011 Ashley Asmus, The University of Texas at Austin
 
2011 Daniel Dillon, The University of Texas at Austin
 
2010-2011 Colin Purmal, The University of Texas at Austin
 
2009-2010 Por Tangwancharoen, Duke University
 
2008-2009 Zhirui Zhu, Duke University
 
2007-2010 Calvin Sheng, Duke University
 
2007-2009 Laura Nutter, Duke University
 
2008 Nettie McMiller, Jordan High School, Durham, NC
 
2007 Mike Yan, Duke University
 
2007 Porsha Andrews, Winston Salem University
 
 
'''Service and Outreach'''
 
2012 Proposal Reviewer: NSF DEB
 
2011 Proposal Reviewer: Texas Natural Science Center's "Evolution in Action"
museum exhibit (NSF-BEACON)
 
2010-2012 Web Host: Texas Switchgrass Collaborative Wiki page
 
2010 Symposia Co-Organizer: “The Population Genetics of Development”
European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology Conference
 
2010 Guest Blogger: Discover Magazine: The Intersection
 
2008 Collaborator: Building Opportunities and Overtures in Science and
Technology, a program for introducing middle school students to science
in Durham, NC
 
2007-2008 Czar: Duke Population Biology Seminar Series
 
2006-2010 Web Host: Mimulus Community Wiki page
 
2005-2009 Education Collaborator: Provided plant material for Bio. 26 at Duke
 
2005-2009 Organizer: Mimulus seed collection center
 
2005-2006 Chairperson: Duke Biology Department Steering Committee
 
2005-2006 Organizer: Duke Graduate Student Symposium
 
2004-2005 Representative: Duke Graduate and Professional Student Council
 
 
'''Reviewer'''
 
Evolution (10), Molecular Ecology (8), New Phytologist (8), American Journal of Botany
(1), The American Naturalist (1), Genetics (1), Heredity (1), Current Opinion in Plant
Biology (1), International Journal of Ecology (1), Journal of Evolutionary Biology (1), Functional Plant Biology (1), PLoS Biology (1), PLoS Genetics (1), PLoS One (1), Proceedings of the Royal Society B (1), and Trends in Ecology and
Evolution (1)
 
 
'''Society Membership'''
 
The Linnean Society of London
 
Society for the Study of Evolution
 
Botanical Society of America
 
American Association for the Advancement of Science
 
American Society of Agronomy
 
Crop Science Society of America
 
Soil Science Society of America
 
 
'''International Experience'''
 
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, England, France, Guatemala, Greece, India, Italy,
Mexico, Laos, Japan, Thailand, Turkey, Peru, Venezuela
 
 
'''References'''
 
Dr. Thomas Juenger
 
Postdoctoral Advisor
 
Section of Integrative Biology
 
The University of Texas at Austin
 
1 University Station C0930
 
Austin, TX 78712
 
Phone: 512-232-5751
 
E-mail: tjuenger@austin.utexas.edu
 
 
Dr. John Willis
 
Ph.D. Thesis Advisor
 
Department of Biology
 
Duke University
 
Box 90338
 
Durham, NC 27708
 
Phone: 919-660-7340
E-mail: jwillis@duke.edu
 
 
Dr. Mohamed Noor
 
Department of Biology
 
Duke University
 
Box 90338
 
Durham, NC 27708
 
Phone: 919-613-8193
 
E-mail: noor@duke.edu
 
 
Dr. Christine Hawkes
Section of Integrative Biology
 
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station C0930
Austin, TX 78712
Phone: 512-471-6049
E-mail: chawkes@mail.utexas.edu
 
 
Dr. Mark Rausher
 
Department of Biology
 
Box 90338
 
Duke University
 
Durham, NC 27708
 
Phone: 919-684-2295
 
E-mail: mrausher@duke.edu
 
 
Dr. Mark Kirkpatrick
 
Section of Integrative Biology
The University of Texas at Austin
 
1 University Station C0930
Phone: 512-471-5996
E-mail: kirkp@mail.utexas.edu

Revision as of 07:40, 9 September 2012

David Bryant Lowry

Section of Integrative Biology

1 University Station C0930

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX 78712

E-mail: davidbryantlowry@gmail.com

Phone: 908-723-3534

Website: http://openwetware.org/wiki/User:Lowry

Twitter: @DavidBLowry


Education

2004 - 2010 Ph.D. Duke University.

Program in Genetics and Genomics

Advisor: John Willis


1997 - 2001 B.S. University of California, Berkeley.

Genetics and Plant Biology

High Honors - College of Natural Resources


Publications

Peer reviewed papers:

Lowry D. B., K. D. Behrman, P. Grabowski, G. P. Morris, J. R. Kiniry, T. E. Juenger. Local and climatic adaptations across the Panicum virgatum species complex. In review

Lowry, D. B., C. T. Purmal, T. E. Juenger. A population genetic transect of Panicum hallii (Poaceae). In review

Wright, K. M., D. Lloyd, D. B. Lowry, M. R. Macnair, J. H. Willis. Indirect evolution of hybrid lethality due to linkage with selected locus in Mimulus guttatus. PLoS Biology In revision

Lowry, D. B. (2012) Ecotypes and the controversy over stages in the formation of new species. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 106: 241-257.

Lowry, D. B., C. S. Sheng, Z. Zhu, T. E. Juenger, B. Lahner, D. E. Salt, J. H. Willis. (2012) Mapping of ionomic traits in Mimulus guttatus reveals Mo and Cd QTLs that colocalize with MOT1 homologues. PLoS One 7: e30730.

Lowry D. B., C. S. Sheng, J. R. Lasky, J. H. Willis. (2012) Five anthocyanin polymorphisms are associated with a R2R3-MYB cluster in Mimulus guttatus. American Journal of Botany 99:82-91.

Lowry, D. B., C. T. Purmal, E. Meyer, T. E. Juenger. (2012) Microsatellite markers for the native Texas perennial grass, Panicum hallii (Poaceae). American Journal of Botany Primer Notes & Protocols 99: e114-e116.

Lowry, D. B., J. H. Willis. (2010) A widespread chromosomal inversion polymorphism contributes to a major life-history transition, local adaptation, and reproductive isolation. PLoS Biology 8: e1000500. (Faculty of 1000, Nature Genetics Research Highlight, ScienceNews Feature)

Lowry, D. B. (2010) Landscape evolutionary genomics. Biology Letters 6: 502-504.

Hall M. C., D. B. Lowry, J. H. Willis. (2010) Is local adaptation in Mimulus guttatus caused by trade-offs at individual loci? Molecular Ecology. 19: 2739-2753

Wu, C. A., D. B. Lowry, L. I. Nutter, J. H. Willis. (2010) Natural variation for drought response in the Mimulus guttatus species complex. Oecologia 162: 23-33.

Lowry, D. B., M. C. Hall, D. E. Salt, J. H. Willis. (2009) Genetic and physiological basis of adaptive salt tolerance divergence between coastal and inland Mimulus guttatus. New Phytologist 183: 776-788. (Special issue on plant adaptation)

Lowry, D. B., J. L. Modliszewski, K. M. Wright, C. A. Wu, J. H. Willis. (2008). The strength and genetic basis of reproductive isolating barriers in flowering plants. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 363: 3009-3021. (Cover photo)

Lowry, D. B., R. C. Rockwood, J. H. Willis. (2008). Ecological reproductive isolation of coast and inland races of Mimulus guttatus. Evolution 62: 2196-2214. (Cover photo)

Wu, C. A., D. B. Lowry, A. M. Cooley, K. M. Wright, Y. W. Lee, and J. H. Willis. (2008). Mimulus is an emerging model system for the integration of ecological and genomic studies. Heredity 100: 220-230.


Book chapters and commentaries:

Lowry D. B. (2012) Local adaptation in the model plant. New Phytologist. 194: 888- 890.

Lowry D. B. and R. Hopkins. (2012) “Speciation and Natural Selection.” In The Princeton Guide to Evolution, edited by Jonathan Losos. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. In press


Editorials and Guest Blog Posts

2011 By the numbers: Is basic research worth it? (with Sheril R. Kirshenbaum) The Austin American-Statesman. September 1, 2011.

2010 Book Review: Higher Education? How Colleges Are Wasting Our Money and Failing Our Kids—and What We Can Do About It. The Intersection. Discover Magazine Blogs. Post was excerpted for The Austin American- Statesman Insight & Books section on September 5, 2010.

2010 Unscientific California: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Serpentine and Biodiversity. The Intersection. Discover Magazine Blogs. Post was part of a campaign by a coalition of scientists that successfully defeated a bill (SB624) aimed at removing serpentine as the state rock of California.


Honors and Awards

2010 W. D. Hamilton Outstanding Presentation Award (Honorable Mention) International Evolution Society Conference. Portland, OR

2007 Best student talk, Duke University Program in Genetics and Genomics

2006 NSF Graduate Student Fellowship (Honorable Mention)

2001 Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, UC Berkeley Grants and Fellowships

2011-2013 USDA National Institute of Food and Ag