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Postdoctoral Fellow<br/>
 
University of Connecticut<br/>
 
University of Connecticut<br/>
 
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology <br/>
 
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology <br/>
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Storrs, Connecticut 06269 <br/>
 
Storrs, Connecticut 06269 <br/>
 
caroline.fyler@uconn.edu <br/>
 
caroline.fyler@uconn.edu <br/>
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==Research Interests==
 
==Research Interests==
There is no doubt in my mind that all life on Earth is incredible and worthy of our attention and our protection.  My research concentrates on parasites of sharks, skates and rays (i.e., elasmobranchs).  I study a single genus of tapeworm, <i>Acanthobothrium</i>, which includes ~165 described species. Since the erection of the genus by van Beneden in 1850, <i>Acanthobothrium</i> species have been described worldwide and it is now well established that the genus has a cosmopolitan distribution with the bulk of it’s diversity found equatorially, not surprisingly, where their shark and ray hosts exhibit their greatest diversity. Ongoing global collections and taxonomic efforts (i.e., describing and classifying species) have indicated that we have only just begun to appreciate the diversity of life that exists in this tapeworm genus.  
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My research concentrates on parasites of sharks, skates and rays (i.e., elasmobranchs).  I study a single genus of tapeworm, <i>Acanthobothrium</i>, which includes ~165 described species. Since the erection of the genus by van Beneden in 1850, <i>Acanthobothrium</i> species have been described worldwide and it is now well established that the genus has a cosmopolitan distribution with the bulk of it’s diversity found equatorially, not surprisingly, where their shark and ray hosts exhibit their greatest diversity. Ongoing global collections and taxonomic efforts (i.e., describing and classifying species) have indicated that we have only just begun to appreciate the diversity of life that exists in this tapeworm genus.  
  
My goal is to become an expert in the biology of this group.  My dissertation includes the description of many species new to science, a re-treatment of a subset of previously described species with inadequate descriptions and an evolutionary hypothesis based on molecular DNA data. I plan to use my taxonomic expertise and evolutionary hypothesis to answer questions regarding character evolution (how has the morphology of this group changed through time), biogeography (how has the geographic location of this group changed through time) and co-evolution (how have <i>Acanthobothrium</i> species evolved with their hosts through time).  
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My dissertation includes the description of many species new to science, a re-treatment of a subset of previously described species with inadequate descriptions and an evolutionary hypothesis based on molecular DNA data. I am interested in character evolution (how has the morphology of this group changed through time), biogeography (how has the geographic location of this group changed through time) and co-evolution (how have <i>Acanthobothrium</i> species evolved with their hosts through time).  
 
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==Education==
 
==Education==
 
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'''PhD''' 2003–Present<br/>
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University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT<br/>
 
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT<br/>
 
National Science Foundation PEET Trainee (<b>P</b>artnership for <b>E</b>nhancing <b>E</b>xpertise in <b>T</b>axonomy) <br/>
 
National Science Foundation PEET Trainee (<b>P</b>artnership for <b>E</b>nhancing <b>E</b>xpertise in <b>T</b>axonomy) <br/>
 
Primary Advisor: Janine N. Caira<br/>
 
Primary Advisor: Janine N. Caira<br/>
Research Project: Systematic biology, biogeographic patters and coevolutionary relationships of the elasmobranch tapeworm genus ''Acanthobothrium'' and its close relatives. <br/>
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Research Project: Systematic biology, biogeographic patterns and coevolutionary relationships of the elasmobranch tapeworm genus ''Acanthobothrium'' and its close relatives. <br/>
 
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In review. Twohig, M. E., J. N. Caira and '''C. A. Fyler'''. Two New Cestode Species from the Dwarf Whipray, ''Himantura walga'' (Batoidea: Dasyatidae), from Borneo with Comments on Site and Mode of Attachment. ''Journal of Parasitology''.<br/>
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2011 ''' Fyler, C. A.''' An Extremely Hyperapolytic ''Acanthobothrium'' Species
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(Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from the Japanese Wobbegong, ''Orectolobus japonicus'' (Elasmobranchii: Orectolobiformes) in Taiwan. ''Comparative Parasitology''. '''78(1)''': 4-14.<br/>
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2011 Zschoche, M., J. N. Caira, and '''C. A. Fyler'''. A new small gravid ''Acanthobothrium'' (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) from ''Pastinachus atrus'' (Batoidea: Dasyatidae) in Australia with reassessment of host associations of ''Acanthobothrium'' parasitizing ''Pastinachus''. ''Systematic Parasitology''. '''78''': 109-116. <br/>
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2010 '''Fyler, C. A.''' and J. N. Caira. Phylogenetic status of four new species of ''Acanthobothrium'' (Cestoda : Tetraphyllidea) parasitic on the wedgefish ''Rhynchobatus laevis'' (Elasmobranchii : Rhynchobatidae): implications for interpreting host associations. ''Invertebrate Systematics''.  '''24''': 419-433. <br/>
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2009 ''' Fyler, C. A.''', J. N. Caira and K. Jensen. Five new species of ''Acanthobothrium'' (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from an unusual species of ''Himantura'' (Rajiformes: Dasyatidae) from northern Australia. ''Folia Parasitologica''. '''56(2)''': 107-128.<br/>
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2008 Twohig, M. E., J. N. Caira and '''C. A. Fyler'''. Two New Cestode Species from the Dwarf Whipray, ''Himantura walga'' (Batoidea: Dasyatidae), from Borneo with Comments on Site and Mode of Attachment. ''Journal of Parasitology''. '''94(5)''': 1118-1127 <br/>
 
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2007 '''Fyler, C. A.''' Comparison of Microthrix Ultrastructure and Morphology on the
 
2007 '''Fyler, C. A.''' Comparison of Microthrix Ultrastructure and Morphology on the
 
Plerocercoid and Adult Scolex of ''Calliobothrium'' cf. ''verticillatum''
 
Plerocercoid and Adult Scolex of ''Calliobothrium'' cf. ''verticillatum''
(Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae). ''Journal of Parasitology''. '''93(1)''': 4-11<br/>
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(Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae). ''Journal of Parasitology''. '''93(1)''': 4-11 {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Image:Fyler2007.pdf}}<br/>
 
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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<br/>
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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 <br/>
 
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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<br/>
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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 {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Image:Fyler_et_al_2005.pdf}}
  
 
==Talks Presented==
 
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<td><b>June 2007</b></td>
 
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<td>Molecular analysis of <i>Acanthobothrium</i> and its implications for geographic versus host associations as determinates of cestode phylogeny. The First North American Parasitology Congress, Annual meeting of the American Society of Parasitologists. <b>Merida, Mexico</b>. [[Image:AbstractASP2007.pdf]]
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<td>Molecular analysis of <i>Acanthobothrium</i> and its implications for geographic versus host associations as determinates of cestode phylogeny. The First North American Parasitology Congress, Annual meeting of the American Society of Parasitologists. <b>Merida, Mexico</b>. {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Image:AbstractASP2007.pdf}}
 
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<tr><td><b>March 2007</b></td>
 
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<td>Erection of a new genus: A total evidence approach to cestode systematics. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Research Symposium. University of Connecticut. <b>Storrs, Connecticut</b>. [[Image:AbstractSS2007.pdf]]
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<td>Erection of a new genus: A total evidence approach to cestode systematics. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Research Symposium. University of Connecticut. <b>Storrs, Connecticut</b>. {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Image:AbstractSS2007.pdf}}
 
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<td><b>March 2006</b></td>
 
<td><b>March 2006</b></td>
<td>Attachment in challenging environments: Functional morphology of three distinct scolex morphotypes of <i>Acanthobothrium</i>. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Research Symposium. University of Connecticut. <b>Storrs, Connecticut</b>.  [[Image:AbstractSS2006.pdf]]
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<td>Attachment in challenging environments: Functional morphology of three distinct scolex morphotypes of <i>Acanthobothrium</i>. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Research Symposium. University of Connecticut. <b>Storrs, Connecticut</b>.  {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Image:AbstractSS2006.pdf}}
 
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<td><b>July 2005</b></td>
 
<td><b>July 2005</b></td>
<td>A comparison of scolex mircothrix morphology between the plerocercoid and adult of <i>Calliobothrium</i> cf. <i>verticillatum</i> (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae).  5th International Workshop on Cestode Systematics and Phylogeny.  Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences.  <b>Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic</b>. [[Image:AbstractCzech2005.pdf]]
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<td>A comparison of scolex mircothrix morphology between the plerocercoid and adult of <i>Calliobothrium</i> cf. <i>verticillatum</i> (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae).  5th International Workshop on Cestode Systematics and Phylogeny.  Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences.  <b>Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic</b>. {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Image:AbstractCzech2005.pdf}}
 
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<td><b>March 2005</b></td>
 
<td><b>March 2005</b></td>
<td>Hanging out in shark guts: An investigation of tapeworm microthrix morphology. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Research Symposium. University of Connecticut. <b>Storrs, Connecticut</b>. [[Image:AbstractSS2005.pdf]]
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<td>Hanging out in shark guts: An investigation of tapeworm microthrix morphology. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Research Symposium. University of Connecticut. <b>Storrs, Connecticut</b>. {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Image:AbstractSS2005.pdf}}
 
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<td><b>July 2004</b></td>
 
<td><b>July 2004</b></td>
<td>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. <b>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</b>. [[Image:AbstractASP2004.pdf]]
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<td>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. <b>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</b>. {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Image:AbstractASP2004.pdf}}
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<td><b>June 2003</b></td>[[Image:newgenus.jpg|150px|right]]
<td>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. <b>Chico, California</b>. [[Image:AbstractEvolution2003.pdf]]
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<td>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. <b>Chico, California</b>. {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Image:AbstractEvolution2003.pdf}}
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<td>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. <b>Glasgow, Scotland</b>.
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<td>Morphology and Attachment of Three Distinct Scolex Morphotypes of <i>Acanthobothrium</i> (Tetraphyllidea:Onchobothriidae) from the Roughtail Stingray (Dasyatis centroura). 11th International Congress of Parasitology (ICOPA) hosted by the British Society for Parasitology. <b>Glasgow, Scotland</b>.
 
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==Meeting Participant==  
 
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<b>6th International Workshop on Cestode Systematics and Phylogeny.</b> Organized by the Slovak Parasitological Society.  Congress Centre Smolenice Castle, Slovakia
  
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<b>The Trypanorhyncha (Cestoda: Platyhelminthes).  Characters and Classification Workshop.</b> UConn, CT.
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<td> 5th International Workshop on Cestode Systematics and Phylogeny.  Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences.  <b>Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic</b></td>
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<td>PEET V: Spatial & Temporal Issues in Taxonomy. <b> Champaign-Urbana, Illinois</b></td>
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==Databasing==  
 
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Check out the [http://129.237.147.118/PEETII/uconnPEETII.html Global Cestode Database].
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==Teaching/Mentoring Experience==
 
==Teaching/Mentoring Experience==
<b>Coming soon! Fall 2008</b> Foundations of Invertebrate Zoology. UConn.  
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<b>2007</b>                Foundations of Parasitology. UConn.  
 
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2007-2008 <b>American Society of Parasitologits</b> - Student Representative<br/>
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2005-2006 <b>UConn EBB Graduate Student Association</b> - President <br/>
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2003-2005 <b>UConn Graduate Student Senate</b> - EEB Student Representative <br/>
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2003-2008 <b>UConn EBB Graduate Student Association</b> - Various committees throughout the years including the Fall Departmental Event Organizing Committee, Student Symposium Organizing Committee, T-Shirt committee, and GreenGrads
  
  
 
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Ph.D.
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Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Connecticut
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
75 N. Eagleville Road, U-3043
Storrs, Connecticut 06269
caroline.fyler@uconn.edu
W (508) 693-9283


Research Interests

My research concentrates on parasites of sharks, skates and rays (i.e., elasmobranchs). I study a single genus of tapeworm, Acanthobothrium, which includes ~165 described species. Since the erection of the genus by van Beneden in 1850, Acanthobothrium species have been described worldwide and it is now well established that the genus has a cosmopolitan distribution with the bulk of it’s diversity found equatorially, not surprisingly, where their shark and ray hosts exhibit their greatest diversity. Ongoing global collections and taxonomic efforts (i.e., describing and classifying species) have indicated that we have only just begun to appreciate the diversity of life that exists in this tapeworm genus.

My dissertation includes the description of many species new to science, a re-treatment of a subset of previously described species with inadequate descriptions and an evolutionary hypothesis based on molecular DNA data. I am interested in character evolution (how has the morphology of this group changed through time), biogeography (how has the geographic location of this group changed through time) and co-evolution (how have Acanthobothrium species evolved with their hosts through time).

Education

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PhD 2003–2009
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
National Science Foundation PEET Trainee (Partnership for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy)
Primary Advisor: Janine N. Caira
Research Project: Systematic biology, biogeographic patterns and coevolutionary relationships of the elasmobranch tapeworm genus Acanthobothrium and its close relatives.

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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.

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BSc 1993-1997
Mount Allison University, New Brunswick, Canada

Scientific Publications

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2011 Fyler, C. A. An Extremely Hyperapolytic Acanthobothrium Species (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from the Japanese Wobbegong, Orectolobus japonicus (Elasmobranchii: Orectolobiformes) in Taiwan. Comparative Parasitology. 78(1): 4-14.

2011 Zschoche, M., J. N. Caira, and C. A. Fyler. A new small gravid Acanthobothrium (Tetraphyllidea: Onchobothriidae) from Pastinachus atrus (Batoidea: Dasyatidae) in Australia with reassessment of host associations of Acanthobothrium parasitizing Pastinachus. Systematic Parasitology. 78: 109-116.

2010 Fyler, C. A. and J. N. Caira. Phylogenetic status of four new species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda : Tetraphyllidea) parasitic on the wedgefish Rhynchobatus laevis (Elasmobranchii : Rhynchobatidae): implications for interpreting host associations. Invertebrate Systematics. 24: 419-433.


2009 Fyler, C. A., J. N. Caira and K. Jensen. Five new species of Acanthobothrium (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) from an unusual species of Himantura (Rajiformes: Dasyatidae) from northern Australia. Folia Parasitologica. 56(2): 107-128.

2008 Twohig, M. E., J. N. Caira and C. A. Fyler. Two New Cestode Species from the Dwarf Whipray, Himantura walga (Batoidea: Dasyatidae), from Borneo with Comments on Site and Mode of Attachment. Journal of Parasitology. 94(5): 1118-1127

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 Pdficon small.gif

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 Pdficon small.gif

Talks Presented

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June 2007 Molecular analysis of Acanthobothrium and its implications for geographic versus host associations as determinates of cestode phylogeny. The First North American Parasitology Congress, Annual meeting of the American Society of Parasitologists. Merida, Mexico. Pdficon small.gif
March 2007 Erection of a new genus: A total evidence approach to cestode systematics. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Research Symposium. University of Connecticut. Storrs, Connecticut. Pdficon small.gif
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. Storrs, Connecticut. Pdficon small.gif
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. Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences. Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. Pdficon small.gif
March 2005 Hanging out in shark guts: An investigation of tapeworm microthrix morphology. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Research Symposium. University of Connecticut. Storrs, Connecticut. Pdficon small.gif
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. Pdficon small.gif
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. Pdficon small.gif

Posters Presented

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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. Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.





Meeting Participant

June 2008 6th International Workshop on Cestode Systematics and Phylogeny. Organized by the Slovak Parasitological Society. Congress Centre Smolenice Castle, Slovakia

May 2007 The Trypanorhyncha (Cestoda: Platyhelminthes). Characters and Classification Workshop. UConn, CT.

March 2007 PEET VI: Reaching Out. Athens, Georgia

August 2005 5th International Workshop on Cestode Systematics and Phylogeny. Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences. Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

September 2004 PEET V: Spatial & Temporal Issues in Taxonomy. Champaign-Urbana, Illinois

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Databasing

Check out the Global Cestode Database.

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

2008 Foundations of Invertebrate Zoology. UConn.

2007 Foundations of Parasitology. UConn.

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

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January 2008 Puerto Montt, Chile. Assisted in the collection of tapeworms of sharks and rays off the coast of southern Chile. Field sites included Puerto Montt and Penguin Land (Chiloe Island)
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.


Service

2007-2008 American Society of Parasitologits - Student Representative
2005-2006 UConn EBB Graduate Student Association - President
2003-2005 UConn Graduate Student Senate - EEB Student Representative
2004-2005 UConn Faculty Standards Committee - Graduate Student Representative
2003-2008 UConn EBB Graduate Student Association - Various committees throughout the years including the Fall Departmental Event Organizing Committee, Student Symposium Organizing Committee, T-Shirt committee, and GreenGrads