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Severson Lab<br>
 
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==Mentor Experience==
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==Mentor Experience,including Under-represented Minorities in STEM fields==
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2009-2010 I mentored three undergraduates from the University of Connecticut. Projects included collecting, sorting, imaging, and databasing pseudoscorpions. (3 semesters)<br/>
 
2009-2010 I mentored three undergraduates from the University of Connecticut. Projects included collecting, sorting, imaging, and databasing pseudoscorpions. (3 semesters)<br/>
 
2007 I mentored an undergraduate from Johnson C. Smith University who was a participant in the Northeast Alliance Summer Research Program. I provided guidance in the lab and we met weekly to discuss evolutionary biology papers. <br/>
 
2007 I mentored an undergraduate from Johnson C. Smith University who was a participant in the Northeast Alliance Summer Research Program. I provided guidance in the lab and we met weekly to discuss evolutionary biology papers. <br/>

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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.


Oral Presentations

National

2009 “Diversification of Pseudoscorpions on Granite Outcrops in Southwestern Australia”; Evolution 2009, Moscow, ID
2008 “Character Evolution in the genus Synsphyronus (Pseudoscorpiones : Garypidae)”; American Arachnology Society Annual Meeting, Berkeley, CA
2007 “Origins of Synsphyronus Chamberlin (Pseudoscorpiones) diversity on the outcrops of southwestern Australia”; Entomological Society of America, San Diego, CA
2007 “Origins of Synsphyronus (Pseudoscorpiones) diversity on the outcrops of southwestern Australia”; American Arachnology Society Annual Meeting, PA

Regional

2010 “Diversitification on the outcrops of southwestern Australia”; Honors Topics in Modern Biology, EEB Dept., UConn
2008 “Diversity of Synsphyronus Chamberlin on the outcrops of southwestern Australia”; Monday Evening Seminar, EEB Dept., UConn
2008* “Origins of Synsphyronus Chamberlin (Pseudoscorpiones) diversity on the outcrops of southwestern Australia”; Northeast Biological Graduate Students Conference, ME
2007 “Origins of pseudoscorpion lineages endemic to the outcrops of southwestern Australia”; Graduate Student Symposium, EEB Dept., UConn
2006 “Pseudoscorpion Diversity of southwestern Australia”; Connecticut Entomological Society, CT

  • awarded best student presentation


Mentor Experience,including Under-represented Minorities in STEM fields

2009-2010 I mentored three undergraduates from the University of Connecticut. Projects included collecting, sorting, imaging, and databasing pseudoscorpions. (3 semesters)
2007 I mentored an undergraduate from Johnson C. Smith University who was a participant in the Northeast Alliance Summer Research Program. I provided guidance in the lab and we met weekly to discuss evolutionary biology papers.


K-12 STEM Initiatives & Educational Awards

1994-2003 Rhode Island School of the Future (RISF) Robotic Park, taught students to build Lego robots and to program them using LOGO language
1999 National Geographic Society Education Fund award for ‘Source to Sea: An Interdisciplinary Unit of Study of the Saugatucket (RI) Watershed’
1998-1999 Teaching about the New China I-II, five weeks of fully funded travel throughout China, Programs in International Educational Resources, Yale Center for International Area Studies
1998 SMILE (Science and Math Investigative Learning Experiences), co-taught an after-school science and math enrichment program for under-represented minorities and economically disadvantaged students
1994 Rhode Island Teachers and Technology Institute, trained to integrate technology into classroom activities