Anna J. Phillips
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Postdoctoral Associate
Office: TLS 478
Office Phone: (860) 486-1882
Email: anna.phillips@uconn.edu
Mailing address:
75 N. Eagleville Road, Unit 3043
Storrs, CT 06269
Project: PBI: A Survey of Tapeworms from Vertebrate Bowels of the Earth
Advisor: Janine N. Caira
Research Interests
- Systematics and evolution of avian cestodes (Cyclophyllidea: Paruterinidae, Metadilepididae)
- Systematics and evolution of leeches (Arhynchobdellida: Hirudinidae, Macrobdellidae, Praobdellidae, Semiscolecidae)
Education
PhD in Biology, May, 2011
The Graduate Center, The City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY
Dissertation: A Phylogenetic Revision of the Medicinal Leeches of the World (Hirudinidae, Macrobdellidae, Praobdellidae)
Advisor: Mark E. Siddall
BS in Biology, May, 2006
Appalachian State University (ASU), Boone, NC
REU internship, Summer 2004
Project: Phylogenetic placement of the genus Philobdella in the leech family Macrobdellidae (Oligochaeta: Hirudinida: Arhynchobdellida).
Research Advisor: Mark E. Siddall
Publications
Moser, WE, DJ Klemm, AJ Phillips, SE Trauth, RG Neal, JW Stanley, JE Flotemersch. (2011) New Distribution Records of Philobdella gracilis Moore, 1901 (Hirudinida: Macrobdellidae). Comparative Parasitology 78(2): 387-391. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1654/4507.1
Siddall, ME, G-S Min, FM Fontanella, AJ Phillips, and SC Watson. (2011) Bacterial symbiont and salivary peptide evolution in the context of leech phylogeny. Parasitology 138(13): 1815-1827. DOI: 10.1017/S0031182011000539
Phillips, AJ, JH Oosthuizen, and ME Siddall (2011) Re-description of Mesobdella lineata (Sciacchitano, 1959) (Hirudinida: Xerobdellidae). American Museum Novitates.
Oceguera-Figueroa, A, AJ Phillips, B Pacheco-Chaves, and ME Siddall (2011) Phylogeny of macrophagous leeches (Hirudinea, Clitellata) based on molecular and evaluation of the barcoding locus. Zoologica Scripta 40(2): 194-203. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00465.x
Phillips, AJ, R Arauco-Brown, A Oceguera-Figueroa, GP Gomez, M Beltrán, and ME Siddall (2010) Tyrannobdella rex n. gen. n. sp. and the evolutionary origins of mucosal leech infestations. PLoS One 5(4): e10057. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0010057
Phillips, AJ and ME Siddall (2009) Poly-paraphyly of Hirudinidae: many lineages of medicinal leeches. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9: 246. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-246
Phillips, AJ and ME Siddall (2005) Phylogenetic placement of the genus Philobdella in the leech family Macrobdellidae (Oligochaeta: Hirudinida: Arhynchobdellida). Zoologica Scripta 34: 559-564. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2005.00210.x
Professional Affiliations
Association of Women in Science
Society for Systematic Biologists
American Society of Parasitologists
Willi Hennig Society
Association of Southeastern Biologists
Instructional Experience
Adjunct lecturer: Laboratory sections of Biology 101 (Fall 2010), Biology 102 (Fall 2006, 2011, Spring 2007), The City College of New York, CUNY
Substitute teacher: (2008-2011) Science Department (Middle and Upper Schools), The Spence School, New York, NY
Instructional Assistant: Honors “Biotechnology and Society” lecture (Spring 2006), Honors “Self and Society: Humans/Nature” seminar, ASU (Fall 2005)
Research assistant: Field Biology course for high school students (Summer 2006), Summer Ventures in Science and Mathematics, ASU
Supplemental Instruction Leader: Introduction to Zoology (Fall 2003, 2004, Spring 2004), ASU
Tutor: Undergraduate introductory biology courses (Fall 2002, Spring 2003), ASU
Mentorship
Amalie Barrio, High School intern (July 2010 to July 2011) AMNH
Dominic Sankar, REU intern (Summer 2007) AMNH