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| Curriculum Vita |
| EDUCATIONAL HISTORY Ph.D. 2000. Ecology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN M.S. 1991. Biology, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL B.A. 1988. Biology, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA A.A. 1985. Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Starting 2007 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Texas Christian University 2005–2007 Assistant Scientist, Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, University of Miami (Mentor: Dr. Douglas Crawford) 2004–2005 DNA Core Facility Supervisor & Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Biology, University of Miami (Mentor: Dr. Michael Gaines) 2001–2004 Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Biology, University of Miami (Mentor: Dr. Colin Hughes) TEACHING 2007-present Texas Christian University BIOL 30403 Ecology BIL 104 Genetics and Society 2001 Purdue University AP Environmental Science Workshop 1990 – 2000 Graduate Teaching Assistantships: Diversity, Ecology, and Behavior – 5 semesters PUBLICATIONS Williams DA, SD Brown, and DL Crawford. In press. Contemporary and historical influences on the genetic structure of the estuarine dependent Gulf killifish, Fundulus grandis. Marine Ecology Progress Series. Murray, KL, TH Fleming, MS Gaines, and DA Williams. 2008. Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci for two species of Phyllostomid bats from the Greater Antilles (Erophylla sezekorni and Macrotus waterhousii). Molecular Ecology Resources 8:596-598. Williams DA and AM Hale. 2008. Investment in nesting activities and patterns of within-group genetic paternity in a cooperatively breeding bird. The Condor: An International Journal of Avian Biology 110:13-23. Manrique V, JP Cuda, WA Overholt, D Williams, G Wheeler. 2008. Effect of host-plant genotypes on the performance of two candidate biological control agents of Brazilian peppertree in Florida. Biological Control 47:167-171. Kruger TR, DA Williams, WA Searcy. 2008. The genetic mating system of a tropical tanager. The Condor: An International Journal of Avian Biology 110:559-562. Purcell J, RK Cowen, CR Hughes and DA Williams. 2008. Population structure in a common Caribbean coral reef fish: implications for larval dispersal and early life-history traits. Journal of Fish Biology 73:1-15. Berg EC and DA Williams. 2007. Studying individual interactions and direct fitness benefits in wild birds: history and practice. Behavioural Processes 76:163-166. Williams DA and M Osentoski. 2007. Genetic considerations for the captive breeding and reintroduction of freshwater turtles and tortoises. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 6:302-313. Williams DA, Y Wang, M Borchetta and MS Gaines. 2007. Genetic diversity and spatial structure of a keystone species in fragmented pine rockland habitat. Biological Conservation 138:256-268. Williams DA and AM Hale. 2007. Female-biased helping in a cooperatively breeding bird: female benefits or male costs? Ethology 113:534-542. Williams DA, E Muchugu, WA Overholt and JP Cuda. 2007. Colonization patterns of the invasive Brazilian peppertree, Schinus terebinthifolius, in Florida. Heredity 98:284-293. Purcell J, RK Cowen, CR Hughes and DA Williams. 2006. Weak genetic structure indicates strong dispersal limits: a tale of two coral reef fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 273:1483-1490. Williams DA and AM Hale. 2006. Helper effects on offspring production in cooperative breeding brown jays. The Auk: A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology 123:847-857. Krueger TR and DA Williams. 2006. Microsatellite loci for Cherrie’s tanager (Ramphocelus costaricensis). Molecular Ecology Notes 6:853-855. Williams DA, WA Overholt, JP Cuda and CR Hughes. 2005. Chloroplast and microsatellite DNA diversities reveal the introduction history of Brazilian peppertree (Schinus terebinthifolius) in Florida. Molecular Ecology 14:3643-3656. Wang Y, DA Williams and MS Gaines. 2005. Evidence for a genetic bottleneck in the endangered Florida Keys silver rice rat (Oryzomys argentatus) revealed by microsatellite analyses. Conservation Genetics 6:575-585. Williams DA and KN Rabenold. 2005. Male-biased dispersal, female philopatry, and routes to fitness in a social corvid. Journal of Animal Ecology 74:150-159. Williams DA 2004. Female control of reproductive skew in cooperatively breeding brown jays (Cyanocorax morio). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 55:370-380. Williams DA, EC Berg, AM Hale and CR Hughes. 2004. Characterization of microsatellite loci for parentage studies of white-throated magpie-jays (Calocitta formosa) and brown jays (Cyanocorax morio). Molecular Ecology Notes 4:509-511. Williams DA, J Purcell, RK Cowen and CR Hughes. 2004. Characterization of microsatellite multiplexes for population genetic studies of bluehead wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum, Pisces: Labridae). Molecular Ecology Notes 4:525-527. Williams DA, J Purcell, RK Cowen and CR Hughes. 2004. Microsatellite multiplexes for high-throughput genotyping of French grunts (Haemulon flavolineatum, Pisces: Haemulidae) and their utility in other grunt species. Molecular Ecology Notes 4:46-48. Hale AM, DA Williams and KN Rabenold. 2003. Territoriality and neighbor assessment in brown jays. The Auk: A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology 120:446-456. Williams DA, J Purcell, CR Hughes and RK Cowen. 2003. Polymorphic microsatellite loci for population studies of the bicolor damselfish, Stegastes partitus (Pomacentridae). Molecular Ecology Notes 3:547-549. Williams DA, L da SL Sternberg and CR Hughes. 2002. Characterization of microsatellite loci in an invasive species, the Brazilian pepper, Schinus terebinthifolius. Molecular Ecology Notes 2:231-232. Williams DA and MF Lawton. 2000. Brown jays: complex sociality in a colonizing species. In: Monteverde: Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest (Eds. N.M. Nadkarni and N.T. Wheelwright), pp. 212–213. Oxford University Press, New York. Williams DA, MF Lawton and RO Lawton. 1994. Population growth, range expansion and competition in the cooperatively breeding brown jay, Cyanocorax morio. Animal Behaviour 48:309-322. Manuscripts in Preparation and Review Williams DA, Y Wang, V Cueto and MS Gaines. Genetic analyses of a large-scale restoration project in south Florida’s pine rocklands. Williams DA, WA Overholt and JP Cuda. Secondary introductions and genetic diversity of a widespread invasive species. Scott C, DA Williams, DL Crawford. The effects of genetic and environmental variation on gene expression. Williams DA and DL Crawford. Variation in gene expression between individuals, habitats, and populations of Fundulus heteroclitus. McLean T, DA Williams and D L Crawford. Lack of intraspecific variation in coding regions in mitochondrial and chloroplast genomes of Karenia brevis. Williams DA, J Purcell, RK Cowen and CR Hughes. Optimal methods of tissue preservation and DNA extraction vary in three species of coral reef fish. EXTRAMURAL GRANTS 2008 – 2009 Wildlife Diversity Conservation Grants, Horned Lizard License Plate Fund (Texas Parks and Wildlife). Conservation genetics of the Texas horned lizard, Phrynosoma cornutum, with A Hale 2007 Florida Department of Environmental Protection: Quarantine risk assessment studies for classical biological control of Brazilian pepper, with G Wheeler, W Cabrera 2006 - 2009 Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Environmental Protection Agency, South Florida Water Management District, St. Johns Water Management District: Foreign exploration for natural enemies of Hydrilla verticillata in East Africa, with WA Overholt, JP Cuda 2006 - 2008 Florida Department of Environmental Protection: Dioscorea bulbifera: Characterization of genetic diversity in Florida and exploration for natural enemies, with WA Overholt, M Andreu 1997 Chicago Zoological Society: Genetics and viability of small tropical vertebrate populations, with KN Rabenold and MC Yaber 1994 Sigma Xi Research Grant: Alternative routes to fitness in complex societies for young brown jays 1994 American Museum of Natural History (Frank M. Chapman Fund Award): Alternative pathways to fitness in complex social groups 1993 National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant (DEB93-11491): Fitness components and ontogenies in complex societies, with KN Rabenold 1992 – 1995 Ruth Hindman Foundation Grant 1989 Ruth Hindman Foundation Grant 1989 American Museum of Natural History (Frank M. Chapman Fund Award): Coalition formation in a cooperatively breeding bird 1989 Alabama Academy of Science Research Grant INTRAMURAL GRANTS 2008 RCAF – Development of microsatellite DNA markers in the invasive Brazilian peppertree, Schinus terebinthifolius. 2008 Andrews Fellowship – Incorporating K-12 outreach into a conservation genetics study of the threatened Texas horned lizard, Phrynosoma cornutum, with A Hale HONORS, AWARDS, and FELLOWSHIPS 1999 Alton A. Lindsey Graduate Fellowship in Ecology ($500) 1993 Purdue Research Foundation Fellowship (stipend for 2 years and $1,200) 1990 Sigma Xi Student Research Award for best paper presented in the Life Sciences 1990 Departmental Achievement Award (Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama in Huntsville) PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS (only first authored presentations included) Williams DA and AM Hale. 2008. Fine-scale genetic structure in a cooperatively breeding bird, Cyanocorax morio. American Ornithologists’ Union, Cooper Ornithological Society, and Society of Canadian Ornithologists Meeting. Williams DA, AM Hale, D Barber, N Rains, LA Linam. 2008. Conservation Genetics of the Texas Horned Lizard. Southwest Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, Texas Herpetological Society Joint Meeting. Williams DA, S Brown, JP Cuda, GS Wheeler, P Madeira, B Chapman, and WA Overholt. 2007. Genetic relationships among Floridian, African, and Asian populations of Hydrilla verticillata. Annual Symposium of the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Williams DA, JP Cuda, and WA Overholt. 2007. Out of Florida: does Florida export invasions with high genetic diversity? Annual Symposium of the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Williams DA, Y. Wang and M.S. Gaines. 2006. Genetic structure of natural and restored slash pine in South Florida. Plant Biologists of South Florida Meeting. Williams DA, WA Overholt, JP Cuda and CR Hughes. 2005. Molecular markers reveal the introduction history of Brazilian peppertree in Florida. Plant Biologists of South Florida Meeting. Williams DA, CR Hughes, WA Overholt and JP Cuda. 2004. Genetic evidence for two introductions of Brazilian pepper into Florida. Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation. Williams DA and AM Hale. 2004. Levels of investment in breeding activities by behaviorally reproductive male brown jays. Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation. Williams DA, CR Hughes, WA Overholt and JP Cuda. 2004. Genetic evidence for two introductions of Brazilian pepper into Florida. Annual Symposium of the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Williams DA and AM Hale. 2003. Contributions to nestling care in an avian cooperative breeder with male-biased dispersal. Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society. Williams DA and AM Hale. 1998. Behavioral and genetic parentage in the cooperatively breeding brown jay. North American Ornithological Congress. Williams DA. 1989. Competition for breeding status in a cooperatively breeding bird, the brown jay (Cyanocorax morio). 107th meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union. Invited Departmental Seminars 2008 Department of Biology, University of Texas, Tyler PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Proposal Reviews National Science Foundation – Biological Oceanography, Behavioral Systems Cluster, Population and Evolutionary Processes, Population Biology Manuscript Reviewer Animal Behaviour, Auk, Behavioral Ecology, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Biocontrol, Conservation Genetics, Ethology, Evolutionary Ecology, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Field Ornithology, Marine Biology, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Molecular Ecology, Silvae Genetica, Wilson Bulletin Membership in Professional Societies American Ornithologists’ Union, Animal Behavior Society, Botanical Society of America, Cooper Ornithological Society, Wilson Ornithological Society, Association of Field Ornithologists, Sigma Xi, Society for Conservation Biology |