Curriculum Vitae John J. Wiens - Stony Brook University

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Delegate for OTS (Organization for Tropical Studies), 2008–present
Undergraduate Biology Executive Committee, 2010–present
Professional organizations:
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
American Society of Naturalists
Herpetologist's League
Society of Systematic Biologists
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
Society for the Study of Evolution
Grants:
National Science Foundation, 2011–2012, “Dissertation Research: The role of
history in adaptation to novel environments: the role of morphology,
performance, and phylogenetic history in frogs” ($12,821; for Dan Moen).
Temminck Fellowship, 2010, Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis
(4,000 Euros).
National Science Foundation, Systematic Biology Program, 2004–2008 (no-cost
extension, 2009), “Collaborative Research: ATOL: The Deep Scaly Project:
Resolving squamate phylogeny using genomic and morphological
approaches” ($2,426,390 total; $645,700 to PI Wiens). Collaborative
project with fellow PIs Tod Reeder, Jack Sites, and Maureen Kearney (NSF
EF 0334923).
National Science Foundation, Systematic Biology Program, 2004-2005,
“Dissertation Research: A phylogenetic perspective on community
ecology and ecological diversification in emydid turtles” ($11,956; for
Patrick Stephens).
National Science Foundation, Systematic Biology Program, 2002–2005,
"Collaborative Research: Phylogeny and montane species richness in
plethodontid salamanders" ($275,000 total; $125,000 to PI Wiens).
Collaborative project with with fellow PI Paul Chippindale.
Netting Fund Grant, Carnegie Museum, 2002, “Phylogenetic relationships of
hylid frogs in Middle America” ($6,695).
Netting Fund Grant, Carnegie Museum, 2001, “A phylogenetic analysis of the
coevolution of ecology, morphology, and locomotor performance in
emydid turtles” ($5,879) with Patrick Stephens (PI).
National Geographic Society, 2000–2001, “The evolution of herbivory in
liolaemine lizards” ($9,400) co-PI with Robert Espinoza (PI).
Carnegie Institute, 2000–2002, "Establishing a molecular phylogenetics
laboratory at Carnegie Museum of Natural History" ($275,000).
National Science Foundation, Research Collections in Systematics and
Ecology, 1997, “Renovation of herpetological collections at Carnegie
Museum of Natural History” ($49,727), co-PI with Ellen Censky (PI).
Provost’s Resarch Instrumentation Program (Univerity of Pittsburgh), 1997.
“Molecular equipment for novel ecological and evolutionary research”
($14,908), with Susan Kalisz (PI) and Tia-Lynn Ashman (Co-PI).