Carrie Fyler
University of Connecticut
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
75 N. Eagleville Road, U-3043
Storrs, Connecticut 06269
(860) 486-1882
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Education
PhD 2003–Present
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
NSF PEET Trainee (Partnership for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy)
Primary Advisor: Janine N. Caira
Research Project: Systematic biology, biogeographic patters and coevolutionary relationships of the elasmobranch tapeworm genus Acanthobothrium and its close relatives
MS 2000–2003
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Primary Advisor: Annalisa Berta
Research Project: Historical biogeography and phylogeny of monachine seals (Pinnipedia: Phocidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA data.
BSc 1993-1997
Mount Allison University, New Brunswick, Canada
Scientific Publications
2007 Fyler, C. A. Comparison of Microthrix Ultrastructure and Morphology on the
Plerocercoid and Adult Scolex of Calliobothrium cf. verticillatum
(Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae). Journal of Parasitology. 93(1): 4-11
2006 Fyler, C. A. and J. N. Caira. Five New Species of Acanthobothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) From the Freshwater Stingray Himantura chaophraya (Batoidea: Dasyatidae) in Malaysian Borneo. Journal of Parasitology. 92(1): 105–125
2005 Fyler, C. A., T. W. Reeder, A. Berta, G. Antonelis, A. Aguilar and E. Androukaki. Historical biogeography and phylogeny of monachine seals (Pinnipedia: Phocidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA data. Journal of Biogeography 32: 1267–1279
Talks Presented
March 2007 | Erection of a new genus: A total evidence approach to cestode systematics. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Research Symposium. University of Connecticut. File:AbstractSS2007.pdf |
March 2006 | Attachment in challenging environments: Functional morphology of three distinct scolex morphotypes of Acanthobothrium. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Research Symposium. University of Connecticut. File:AbstractSS2006.pdf |
July 2005 | A comparison of scolex mircothrix morphology between the plerocercoid and adult of Calliobothrium cf. verticillatum (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae). 5th International Workshop on Cestode Systematics and Phylogeny, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences. File:AbstractCzech2005.pdf |
March 2005 | Hanging out in shark guts: An investigation of tapeworm microthrix morphology. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Research Symposium. University of Connecticut. File:AbstractSS2005.pdf |
July 2004 | Investigation of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) diversity from two species of Guitarfish (Rhinobatos) off costal Senegal. Seventy-ninth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Parasitologists, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.File:AbstractASP2004.pdf |
June 2003 | Molecular Phylogeny of Monachine Seals with Implications for their Origin and Diversification. Evolution 2003. Joint Meeting: The Society for the Study of Evolution, The American Society of Naturalists, and The Society for Systematic Biologists. California State University Chico, California. File:AbstractEvolution2003.pdf |
Posters Presented
August 2006 | Morphology and Attachment of Three Distinct Scolex Morphotypes of Acanthobothrium (Tetraphyllidea:Onchobothriidae) from the Roughtail Stingray (Dasyatis centroura). 11th International Congress of Parasitology (ICOPA) hosted by the British Society for Parasitology. Glasgow, Scotland. |
August 2002 | Molecular Phylogeny of Monk Seals. Evolution 2002. Joint Meeting: The Society for the Study of Evolution, The American Society of Naturalists, and The Society for Systematic Biologists. University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. |
Meeting Participant
March 2007 | PEET VI: Reaching Out. Athens, Georgia |
September 2004 | PEET V: Spatial & Temporal Issues in Taxonomy. Champaign-Urbana, Illinois |
Databasing
January, 2007 | Sofia, Bulgaria. Parasite Diversity Group, Central Laboratory of General Ecology. |
January, 2006 | London, UK. The Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology. |
March, 2004 | Geneva, Switzerland. Natural History Museum. |
March, 2004 | Sofia, Bulgaria. Parasite Diversity Group, Central Laboratory of General Ecology. |
Teaching/Mentoring Experience
2007 Current Topics in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. Seminar for upper lever undergraduates. UConn.
2002-2003 Undergraduate training in molecular phylogenetic theory and lab techniques. SDSU.
2002-2003 Organismal Biology lab for biology majors. SDSU.
2000-2002 General Biology lab for non-biology majors. SDSU.
Field Work
October, 2006 | Gulf Coast, USA. Assisted in the collection of tapeworms of sharks and rays in the Gulf Coast. |
January, 2005 | Senegal, Africa. Assisted in the collection of tapeworms of sharks and rays off the coast of Senegal. Field sites included St. Louis, Ouakam, Soumbedioune, Mbour, Joal and Djjifer, Diogue, Elinkine and Kafountine. |
January, 2004 | Senegal, Africa. Assisted in the collection of tapeworms of sharks and rays off the coast of Senegal. Field sites included St. Louis, Ouakam, Soumbedioune, Mbour, Joal and Djjifer. |