Roberta Engel CV
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 Severson Lab
Feb. 2012 - present 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