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Postdoctoral Research Associate <br>
 
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Feb. 2012 - present<br>
 
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==Professional Employment==
 
==Professional Employment==
 
1988 - 2003    Elementary School Teacher, South Kingstown School Dept., RI<br>
 
1988 - 2003    Elementary School Teacher, South Kingstown School Dept., RI<br>
 
2000 - 2001    English Teacher, China Institute of Metrology, Hangzhou, China <br>
 
2000 - 2001    English Teacher, China Institute of Metrology, Hangzhou, China <br>
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==Scientific Awards & Fellowships==
 
==Scientific Awards & Fellowships==
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2004 NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute Fellowship<br>
 
2004 NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute Fellowship<br>
 
2004    Australian Academy of Science Summer Institute Fellowship<br>
 
2004    Australian Academy of Science Summer Institute Fellowship<br>
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==Publications==
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Engel, R.S. Novel discovery of lamellar papillae on the grooming organ in Synsphyronus  (Garypidae: Pseudoscorpiones). Accepted  Arthropod Structure and Development
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==Dissertation Chapters==
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i. Evolution of the genus Synsphyronus Chamberlin (Pseudoscorpiones): a species level phylogeny of the Australian fauna inferred from four nuclear genes. Spring 2012, targeted journal: Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution <br/>
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ii. Diversification on the Bare Hills of Granite: Evolution of pseudoscorpions endemic to the outcrops of southwestern Australia. Fall 2012, targeted journal: Evolution<br/>
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iii. EF1α, the evolution of a multi-copy nuclear gene in pseudoscorpions. <br/>

Revision as of 14:34, 9 March 2012

Roberta Engel
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
Tel. (574) 631-4151 E-Mail: rengel at nd.edu
Web Page: http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Roberta_Engel


Postdoctoral Research Associate
Feb. 2012 - present

Severson Lab
Dept. of Biological Sciences
University of Notre Dame, IN

Education

Ph.D. Dec. 2011

Jockusch Lab
Dept. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
University of Connecticut

M.A. 1986

Curriculum & Instruction
Teachers College, Columbia University, NY

B.A. 1982

Art (major); Biology (minor)
Middlebury College, VT


Professional Employment

1988 - 2003 Elementary School Teacher, South Kingstown School Dept., RI
2000 - 2001 English Teacher, China Institute of Metrology, Hangzhou, China


Scientific Awards & Fellowships

2012 NSF Estimating Species Tree Workshop Travel Award
2010 EEB/CSMNH Award, James A. Slater Endowment
2008 NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
2008 Best Student Talk, Northeast Biological Graduate Students Conference
2007 Northeast Alliance at the University of Connecticut Summer Research Program Mentor
2006 Society of Systematic Biologists Mini-PEET Award
2006 SICB Fellowship for Graduate Student Travel
2006 EEB/CSMNH Award, James A. Slater Endowment
2005 Center for Conservation Biology, University of Connecticut (UConn)
2005 EEB/CT State Museum of Natural History Award (CSMNH), Lawrence R. Penner and James A. Slater Endowments
2005 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Honorable Mention 2005 American Arachnology Society
2004 Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Dept., UConn (EEB) Award, George Lamson Endowment
2004 NSF East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute Fellowship
2004 Australian Academy of Science Summer Institute Fellowship

Publications

Engel, R.S. Novel discovery of lamellar papillae on the grooming organ in Synsphyronus (Garypidae: Pseudoscorpiones). Accepted Arthropod Structure and Development

Dissertation Chapters

i. Evolution of the genus Synsphyronus Chamberlin (Pseudoscorpiones): a species level phylogeny of the Australian fauna inferred from four nuclear genes. Spring 2012, targeted journal: Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution
ii. Diversification on the Bare Hills of Granite: Evolution of pseudoscorpions endemic to the outcrops of southwestern Australia. Fall 2012, targeted journal: Evolution
iii. EF1α, the evolution of a multi-copy nuclear gene in pseudoscorpions.