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Danielle J. Whittaker CV, 1

Danielle J. Whittaker

Managing Director BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action1441 Biomedical and Physical Sciences BuildingMichigan State UniversityEast Lansing, MI 48824

phone : (517) 884-2561 fax : (517) 353-7248email : [email protected]: http://www.burroughs-whittaker.com/danielle

Education

2006-2010: Postdoctoral training in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Indiana University,Bloomington, IN. Advisor: Ellen Ketterson.

1998-2005: Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology, City University of New York GraduateCenter, New York, NY. Advisor: John F. Oates; Co-advisor: Juan CarlosMorales, Columbia University.

1992-1996: B.A. in Anthropology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

Professional Appointments

2010-present: Managing Director, BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action,Michigan State University.

2010-present: Citizen Science Faculty, Bard College.

2010-present: Adjunct Faculty, Department of Biology, Indiana University.

2010: Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Biology, Indiana University.

2006-2010: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biology, Indiana University.

2006: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, BarnardCollege.

2005-2006: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Lehman College,City University of New York.

2005-2006: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Queens College,

City University of New York.2003-2005: Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Lehman College, City

University of New York.

2000-2005: Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Hunter College, CityUniversity of New York.




Honors and Awards

Graduate Fellow, New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology (NYCEP), 1998-2005.

Robert E. Gilleece Fellowship, City University of New York, 1998-2005.

Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, 2000.

National Merit Scholar, Emory University, 1992-1996.

Phi Beta Kappa, 1996.

Grants

Indiana Academy of Science, November 2009 $3,000Hormonal regulation of chemical signals in songbirds.

Indiana University Faculty Research Support Program, June 2008 $74,975

MHC-based mate choice in songbirds: mechanisms, hormonal correlates, and populationpatterns. Official PIs: Ellen Ketterson, Milos Novotny, and Helena Soini; project developedand written by Danielle Whittaker. June 2008.

American Philosophical Society Franklin Research Grant, March 2008 $4,000MHC, odor, and mate choice in a passerine bird.

Indiana Academy of Science, April 2007 $3,000MHC and mate choice in an isolated songbird population.

Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation, May 2004 $10,580Using patterns of genetic diversity in Kloss's gibbons to conserve nature and culture in theMentawai Islands, Indonesia.

NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, January 2004 $12,000Evolutionary genetics of Kloss’s gibbons: Grant BCS-0335949. PI: J. C. Morales.

Primate Conservation, Inc., December 2002 $3,000Conservation biology of Kloss’s gibbons.

Primate Conservation, Inc., December 2000 $3,000Conservation genetics of Kloss’s gibbons: pilot study.

Conservation International, November 2000 $3,720Conservation genetics of Kloss’s gibbons in the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia.

Publications

Forthcoming Articles

Whittaker, D. J., K. M. Richmond, A. K. Miller, R. Kiley, C. Bergeon Burns, J. W.

Atwell, and E. D. Ketterson. In prep. Intraspecific chemical communication insongbirds: preen oil odor preferences in dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis ). Behavioral

Ecology.




Atwell, J. W., G. C. Cardoso, D. J. Whittaker , T. D. Price, and E. D. Ketterson.

Submitted. Testosterone mediates rapid adaptation to a novel climatic regime in apasserine bird. Science.

Whittaker, D. J., A. L. Dapper, M. P. Peterson, J. W. Atwell, and E. D. Ketterson. In

review. MHC diversity in a recently diverged songbird population: evidence for selection

mediated by a novel environment, with notes on the structure of passerine MHC.Genetica.

Atwell, J. W., K. W. Robertson, S. J. Campbell-Nelson, D. J. Whittaker, G. C. Cardoso,

E. D. Ketterson. In revision. Evidence for rapid evolution of exploratory boldness behaviour following colonisation of a novel urban environment. Animal Behaviour.

Peer-reviewed Articles

Whittaker, D. J., H. A. Soini, J. W. Atwell, C. Hollars, M. V. Novotny, and E. D.

Ketterson. 2010. Songbird chemosignals: Preen oil volatile compounds vary among

individuals, sexes, and populations. Behavioral Ecology 21: 608-614.

McGlothlin, J. W., D. J. Whittaker , S. E. Schrock, N. M. Gerlach, J. M. Jawor, E. A.

Snajdr, E. D. Ketterson. 2010. Natural selection on testosterone production in a wildsongbird population. The American Naturalist 175: 687-701.

Whittaker, D. J., D. G. Reichard, A. L. Dapper, E. D. Ketterson. 2009. Behavioral

responses of nesting female dark-eyed juncos Junco hyemalis to hetero- and conspecificpasserine preen oils. Journal of Avian Biology 40: 579-583.

Whittaker, D. J., J. C. Morales, D. J. Melnick. 2007. Resolution of the Hylobates

phylogeny: Congruence of mitochondrial D-loop sequences with molecular, behavioral,

and morphological datasets. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45(2): 620-628.Whittaker, D. J. 2006. Conservation action plan for the Mentawai primates. Primate

Conservation 20: 95-106.

Whittaker, D. J., N. Ting, D. J. Melnick. 2006. Molecular phylogenetic affinities of the

simakobu monkey (Simias concolor ). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39: 887-892.

Whittaker, D. J. 2005. New population estimates for the endemic Kloss’s gibbon Hylobates

klossii on the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia. Oryx 39(4): 458-461.

Edited Volume

Lappan, S. and D. J. Whittaker , eds. 2009. The Gibbons: New Perspectives on Small Ape

Socioecology and Population Biology . New York: Springer.

Book Chapters

Whittaker, D. J. 2009. Phylogeography of Kloss’s gibbon ( Hylobates klossii ) populations and

implications for conservation planning in the Mentawai Islands. In The Gibbons: New




Perspectives on Small Ape Socioecology and Population Biology , ed. S. Lappan and D. J.

Whittaker. New York: Springer, pp. 73-89.

Whittaker, D. J. and S. Lappan. 2009. The diversity of small apes and the importance of

population-level studies. In The Gibbons: New Perspectives on Small Ape Socioecology and Population Biology , ed. S. Lappan and D. J. Whittaker. New York: Springer, pp. 3-10.

Whittaker, D. J. 2009. Saving the small apes: Conservation assessment of gibbon species at

the 2006 Asian Primate Red List Workshop. In The Gibbons: New Perspectives on Small Ape

Socioecology and Population Biology , ed. S. Lappan and D. J. Whittaker. New York:

Springer, pp. 497-499.

Whittaker, D. J. 2011. Kloss’s gibbon, Hylobates klossii . In All the World’s Primates , ed. Noel

Rowe. Charlestown: Pogonias Press.

Selected Conference Presentations

Whittaker, D. J., H. A. Soini, N. M. Gerlach, A. L. Posto, M. V. Novotny, and E. D.Ketterson. The role of steroid hormones in chemosignal production in songbirds. (Talk presented at the Animal Behavior Society annual meeting, Williamsburg, VA, July2010.)

Whittaker, D. J., H. A. Soini, J. W. Atwell, A. Miller, A. L. Posto, M. V. Novotny, and E.

D. Ketterson. 2010. Songbird chemosignaling: differentiation and detection of volatilecompounds by dark-eyed juncos. (Poster presented at the Association for Chemoreception Sciences annual meeting, St. Petersburg, FL, April 2010)

Whittaker, D. J., H. A. Soini, J. W. Atwell, M. V. Novotny, and E. D. Ketterson. 2009.

Evidence for chemosignaling in songbirds. (Talk presented at American Ornithologists'

Union annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 2009)Soini, H. A., C. A. Hollars, D. J. Whittaker, J. W. Atwell, E. D. Ketterson, and M. V.

Novotny. 2009. Investigations of chemical communication in birds: comparisons of preen oil volatile compound compositions in different songbirds by gas chromatographymass spectrometry. (Poster presented at the International Symposium on CapillaryChromatography and Electrophoresis, Portland, OR, May 2009)

Whittaker, D. J., D. G. Reichard, and E. D. Ketterson. 2008. Birds smell: behavioral

responses of nesting females to avian odors. (Talk presented at Indiana Academy of Sciences annual meeting, Evansville, IN, October 2008)

Whittaker, D. J., J. W. Atwell, G. Cardoso, T. Price, and E. D. Ketterson. 2008.

Flexibility in mate choice for MHC: a comparison of two ecologically distinctpopulations of Dark-eyed Juncos. (Poster presented at International Society for Behavioral Ecology meeting, Ithaca, NY, August 2008)

Whittaker, D. J. and H. Dooley. 2008. Kloss’s gibbon biology and conservation. (Talk

presented at International Primatological Society Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland,August 2008)




Whittaker, D. J., J. W. Atwell, G. Cardoso, T. Price, and E. D. Ketterson. 2007. Do Dark-

eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis ) choose mates on the basis of MHC genotype? (Talk

presented at Animal Behavior Society annual meeting, Burlington, VT, July 2007)

Whittaker, D. J. 2007. Evolution of gibbons: resolving the Hylobates phylogeny with

multiple datasets. (Talk presented at Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology

annual meeting, Phoenix, AZ, January 2007)

Whittaker, D. J. 2006. A DNA barcode for the gibbons (Family Hylobatidae). (Poster

presented at Molecular Primatology: Progress and Promise, New York, NY, March2006)

Whittaker, D. J., J. C. Morales, D. J. Melnick. 2004. Phylogeographic structure of Kloss's

gibbon ( Hylobates klossii ) populations. Folia Primatologica 75(S1): 113. [Abstract] (Talk

presented at International Primatological Society Congress, Torino, Italy, August 2004)

Lappan, S., D. J. Whittaker . 2004. Wild gibbons as members of populations: new

perspectives on small ape socioecology, phylogeography, and conservation. Folia

Primatologica 75(S1): 107. [Abstract] (Symposium organized for IPS Congress, Torino,Italy, August 2004)

Invited Talks

“Chemical communication and evolution in songbirds.” York College, City University of New York, New York, NY. 26 April 2010.

“Chemical communication and evolution in songbirds.” University of Northern Colorado,Greeley, CO. 22 March 2010.

“The junco transcriptome: a genomic approach to songbird evolution, ecology, and

behavior.” Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics Roundtable, Indiana University,Bloomington, IN. 11 March 2010.

“Chemical communication and evolution in songbirds.” New College of InterdisciplinaryArts and Sciences, Arizona State University, Glendale, AZ. 1 March 2010.

“Sex, Smells, and Speciation in Songbirds.” Indiana University Kokomo, IN. 24 February2010.

“Chemical communication in dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis ): Do birds use pheromones?”

Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, Indiana University, Bloomington,IN. 30 November 2009.

“Chemical communication and reproduction in dark-eyed juncos: do birds usepheromones?” Mountain Lake Biological Station, Pembroke, VA. 2 July 2009.

“Past, present, and future: Using genetics to understand evolution, behavior, andconservation of species.” Suffolk University, Boston, MA. 29 January 2009.

“Sex in the city: Inbreeding avoidance, MHC and pheromones in a songbird.” Indiana StateUniversity, Terre Haute, IN. 11 November 2008.




“Creating a conservation action plan from primate data: the Mentawai Islands of Indonesia.” Queens College Anthropology Society, Flushing, NY. 28 November 2005.

“Male and female reproductive strategies.” Barnard College, New York, NY. 30 September 2005.

“Identifying and conserving the genetic diversity of the Kloss’s gibbon while balancing thenature of the Mentawai Islands of Indonesia with the culture of its people.” The CharlesA. and Anne Lindbergh Foundation, New York, NY. May 2004.

“Conservation biology of Kloss’s gibbons.” As-Syafi’iyah Islamic University RafflesiaBiology Students Club, Jakarta, Indonesia. 14 January 2004.

“Conservation biology of Kloss’s gibbons.” Jakarta International School, Jakarta,Indonesia. 15 January 2004.

Press Coverage

Indiana University press release, March 23, 2010: “Could smell play a role in the origin of new bird species?” Reprinted elsewhere.http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/13820.html

Science Daily, March 24, 2010: “Could smell play a role in the origin of new bird species?”http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100323111555.htm

LiveScience, April 21, 2010: “Songbirds hold secrets of attracting mates.”http://www.livescience.com/culture/pheromone-songbird-mating-sl-whittaker-100421.html

Indiana University press release, May 4, 2010. “Natural selection for moderation intestosterone surprises scientists.” Reprinted elsewhere.

http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/14348.html

Science Daily, May 4, 2010. “Natural selection for moderation in testosterone surprisesscientists.” http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100504102126.htm

Science Journalism

Whittaker, D. J. October 29, 2010: “Digital organisms shed light on mystery of altruism.”

http://www.livescience.com/technology/altruism-evolution-computer-science-bts-101029.html

Teaching Experience

Undergraduate courses taught:

Citizen ScienceIntroduction to Human EvolutionIntroduction to Human VariationContemporary Issues in Biology




Human GeneticsAnimal Behavior Primate Behavior and Ecology

Graduate courses taught:

Techniques in Reproductive Diversity (co-instructor: taught sections on field methods,DNA sequencing, and hormone assays)Professional Ethics for the Bio-behavioral Sciences (co-instructor)

Undergraduate Research Mentoring

Kaitlin Richmond, Hanover College Academic Internship, 2010.

Meelyn Pandit, Indiana University Intensive Freshman Learning Experience (IFLE)program, 2009.

Allison Miller, Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), 2009.

Rebecca Rice, Indiana University Intensive Freshman Learning Experience (IFLE)program, 2008.

Elizabeth Schultz, Indiana University Science, Technology, and Research Scholars(STARS) program, 2006-2008.

Professional Service and Development

Participant in “Science: Becoming the Messenger” workshop, National Science Foundation,November 2010.

Judge for Women in Science Research Conference, Indiana University, 2008 and 2010.Responsible Conduct of Research workshop, Fall 2008.

Member of search committee for IU CISAB Core Laboratory manager, Fall 2007.

Judge for South Central Indiana Regional Science and Engineering Fair, March 2007,Bloomington, Indiana.

IUCN Red List Assessor at the 2006 Asian Primate Red List Workshop, Phnom Penh,Cambodia.

Represented NYCEP at 2005 NSF IGERT Project Meeting; presented two posters,“Conservation biology of Kloss’s gibbons ( Hylobates klossii )” and “Phylogenetic position

of the simakobu monkey (Simias concolor ).”"Wild gibbons as members of populations": Symposium organized at the XX Congress of

the International Primatological Society, Torino, Italy, August 2004. (With SusanLappan)

Assisted with the organization and logistics of the Society for Conservation Biology annualmeeting held at Columbia University, New York, NY, July 2004.




Reviewing

Ad hoc reviewer for journals: American Journal of Primatology American Naturalist Animal Cognition

Auk Biology Letters Biotropica BMC Evolutionary Biology Canadian Journal of Zoology Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology

Ethology Evolutionary Bioinformatics

Ibis Journal of Avian Biology Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Molecular Biology and Evolution Molecular Ecology Resources Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Naturwissenschaften Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Reviewer for grants:Sigma Delta Epsilon/Graduate Women in ScienceCharles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh FoundationNational Science Foundation

Membership in Professional Organizations

American Ornithologists' Union

Animal Behavior Society

Indiana Academy of Science

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology

Languages

English (Native speaker)

Indonesian (Proficient)

Spanish (Conversational)

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