Kelly M. Harkins Curriculum Vitae
Institution address: Home address: UCSC Paleogenomics Lab 223 Wavecrest Ave Department of Anthropology Santa Cruz, CA, 95060 University of California, Santa Cruz 203-565-9614 1156 High St., Santa Cruz, CA, 95064 Email: [email protected]
APPOINTMENTS
2015-2017 National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow Department of Anthropology, Department of Biomolecular Engineering University of California, Santa Cruz 2014-2015 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Anthropology University of California, Santa Cruz
EDUCATION
2014 Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology, Arizona State University. 2010 Master of Arts in Anthropology, Arizona State University. 2004 Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Music, Skidmore College.
PUBLICATIONS :: Google Scholar Citations: http://tinyurl.com/Scholar-KMH ::
Accepted Harkins KM, Schwartz RS, Cartwright RA, Stone AC. “Phylogenomic Reconstruction Supports Supercontinent Origins for Leishmania”. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. In Press Guichon R, Buikstra JE, Stone AC, Harkins KM, et al. “Pre- Tuberculosis in Tierra del Fuego? Discussion of Paleopathological and Molecular Evidence”. International Journal of Paleopathology. 2015 Harkins KM, Schwartz RS, Cartwright R, Stone AC. “Phylogenomic Reconstructions Support Supercontinent Origins for Leishmania.” BioRxiv doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/028969 2015 Schwartz, RS, Harkins KM, Stone AC, Cartwright R. "A Composite Genome Approach to Identify Phylogenetically Informative Data from Next-Generation Sequencing." BMC Bioinformatics 16:193 doi:10.1186/s12859-015-0632-y. 2015 Harkins KM and Stone, AC. “Ancient pathogen genomics: Insights into timing and Adaptation.” Special Issue: Ancient DNA and Human Evolution. Journal of Human Evolution 79:137-149 doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.11.002 2014 Bos, KI*, Harkins KM*, Herbig A*, Coscolla M*, Weber N, Comas Iñaki, Forrest SA, Parkhill J, Bryant JM, Harris SR, Schuenemann VJ, Campbell TJ, Majander K, Wilbur AK, Guichon RA, Steadman DLS, Cook DCC, Niemann S, Behr MA, Zumarraga M, Huson D, Nieselt K, Young D, Buikstra JE, Gagneux S, Stone AC, Krause J. 2014. “Pre-Columbian Mycobacterial Genomes Reveal Seals as a Source of New World Human Tuberculosis”. Nature 514, 494-497. 2014 Harkins KM, Buikstra JE, Campbell TC, Bos KI, Krause J, Stone AC. Screening Ancient Tuberculosis with qPCR: Challenges and Opportunities. Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 370, no. 1660, 20130622. doi:10.1098/rstb.2013.06221471-2970
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ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
In Press Harkins KM, Ancient DNA. International Encyclopedia of Primatology. Wiley Blackwell. Hoboken: New Jersey FUNDING
2015-2017 National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, $217967, Interdisciplinary Behavioral and Social Science Research, Directorate of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences 2013-2014 Dissertation Writing Fellowship, $15000 + tuition, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University 2012-2013 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, $19935 2012-2013 Philanthropic Educational Organization Scholar Award, $15000 2010-2013 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, $30000/yr + tuition 2008-2010 Jacob K. Javits Graduate Fellowship, $30000/yr + tuition 2005-2006 U.S. Fulbright Fellow, Vienna, Austria, EUR12000 2000-2004 SBC Foundation Scholarship, $14000
HONORS AND RECOGNITION
2015 Anne T. Palamountain Scholar Award, Skidmore College 2015 Outstanding Postdoctoral Presentation Award, American Association of Anthropological Genetics, 84th Annual Meeting of the AAPA, $200 2015 Atlantik-Bruecke German-American Young Leader (Nominated) 2014 College of Liberal Arts Excellence Award, Arizona State University, $250 2013 American Association of Anthropological Genetics' Outstanding Student Presentation Award, 82nd Annual Meeting of the AAPA, $200 2012 Daniel H. Morris Award, Outstanding PhD Student in Bioarchaeology School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University 2011-2012 Graduate Research Award, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, $2000 2011-2012 GPSA Graduate Research Support Award, Arizona State University, $1600 2003-2004 Palamountain Scholar, Skidmore College, $2000 2000-2003 Wilson Scholar, Skidmore College, $2005
TRAVEL AWARDS
2014 ASU Graduate and Professional Student Association, $656 2014 School of Human Evolution and Social Change, $250 2013 ASU Graduate and Professional Student Association, $950 2013 American Association of Anthropological Genetics, $300 2012 School of Human Evolution and Social Change, $200 2011 Pacific Division of American Association for the Advancement of Science, $150 2011 American Association of Anthropological Genetics, $300 2010 ASU Graduate and Professional Student Association, $690
INVITED TALKS
2015 “Ancient pathogen genomics”, Stanford Archaeology Center, Stanford, CA
Harkins - CV 2" 2015 “Paleogenomic analysis of tuberculosis from the pre-Columbian New World”, EvolGenome seminar series, Stanford Center for Human Evolutionary Genomics, Stanford, CA
INVITED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2013 Harkins, KM. Addressing the unresolved phylogeny of Leishmania: a next-gen and ancient DNA approach. 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Knoxville, TN.
2011 Harkins KM. The unresolved origins of leishmaniasis: a phylogenetic perspective. 7th World Congress on Mummy Studies, 92nd annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Science, San Diego, CA.
CAMPUS/DEPARTMENTAL TALKS
2015 “Paleogenetic Analysis of Pre-Columbian tuberculosis”, Archaeology/Physical Anthropology Lunch Talks, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA
CONFERENCE ACTIVITY
2016 Stone AC, Motti JMB, Harkins KM, Laborde PG, Valenzuela LO, Cuello Mariela, Nieves Colon, M, Buistra JE, Bravi CM, Guichón RA. Ancient DNA and isotope analyses from Misión Salesiana, Tierra del Fuego. 85th Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Atlanta, GA. 2015 Harkins, KM; Schwartz, R; Fehren-Schmitz, L; Cartwright, R; Stone, AC. Designing molecular diagnostics from shotgun sequencing data: a case study using Leishmania. Poster presentation: Meeting of the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vienna, Austria. 2015 Harkins KM, Bos KI, Herbig A, Coscolla M, Buikstra JE, Gagneux S, Krause J, Stone AC. Genomic analysis of pre-Columbian tuberculosis from the New World, 84th Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, St. Louis, MO. 2014 Bos KI, Harkins KM, Stone AC, Herbig A, Gagneux S, and Krause J. A preliminary evaluation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the pre-contact New World using high throughput sequencing. 83rd Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Calgary. 2014 Harkins, KM. Paleogenetic and paleopathological evidence for leishmaniasis in the New World. Podium presentation. 83rd Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Calgary. 2014 Krause J, Bos KI, Herbig A, Harkins KM, Buikstra JE, Gagneux S, Stone AC. Genomic analysis of pre-contact Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the New World. Meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, San Juan, PR. 2013 Harkins, KM, Schwartz R, Stone AC, Cartwright R. Phylogenetic Investigation of the Origins and Evolutionary History of Leishmania. Poster presentation. Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. 2013 Guichon RA, Buikstra JE, Stone AC., Harkins KM. et al. Molecular analyzes for Tuberculosis and stable isotope analyses in the Salesian Mission Cemetery
Harkins - CV 3 "Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria" Tierra del Fuego, The 5th Paleopathology Association Meeting in South America, Santa Marta, Columbia. 2013 Nieves-Colon MA, Harkins KM, Stone AC. Obstacles and results of screening ancient skeletal samples with real-time PCR. 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Knoxville, TN. 2012 Harkins KM, Rubel MA, Pfister, LA, and Stone AC. Optimizing enrichment strategies for next-generation sequencing using ancient TB. 81st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Portland, OR . 2011 Stone, AC, Pfister, L, Harkins K, Campbell T, Buikstra JE, Wilbur AK. Next generation sequencing enrichment strategies for ancient tuberculosis: pitfalls and results. 80th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Minneapolis, MN. 2010 Wilbur AK, Harkins K, Campbell T, Buikstra JE, and Stone AC. Ancient tuberculosis before and after the Age of Exploration. International Symposium on Biomolecular Archaeology, Copenhagen. 2010 Wilbur AK, Harkins K, Campbell TS, Rubel MA, Buikstra JE, and Stone AC. DNA analyses of ancient tuberculosis. Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution meetings, Lyon, France. 2010 Harkins KM. The Bioarchaeology of Disability Identity. 75th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, St. Louis, MO. 2009 Co-author of ten Contributed Posters, Global History of Health Project, 78th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Chicago, IL. 2007 Teschler-Nicola M, Harkins K, Schamal D. Multiple cases of inherited metabolic disorder (mucopolysaccharidosis) in a medieval population from Pottenbrunn, Lower Austria. 34th Annual North American Meeting of the Paleopathology Association, Philadelphia, PA.
GUEST LECTURES
2015 “Molecular approaches in Biological Anthropology”, San Francisco State University (upcoming) 2015 “Differential Diagnosis in Paleopathology” and “Introduction to aDNA research”, ANTH107, Methods And Research In Molecular Anthropology, UCSC, Santa Cruz, CA 2014 “Ancient DNA and tuberculosis in the New World”, AN102: Introduction to Human Past, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY 2013 “Bioarchaeological Approaches: Ancient genomics”, ASM450, Bioarchaeology, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ 2011 “South American Archaeology”, ASB 223: Buried Cities, Lost Tribes: New World, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ 2012 “Bioarchaeological Approaches: Ancient DNA”, ASM 591: Advanced Bioarchaeology, ASU, Tempe, AZ 2010 “Ancient DNA” ASM 341: Human Osteology, ASU, Tempe, AZ, (November 29) 2010 “Bioarchaeological Approaches: Ancient DNA”, ASM 591: Advanced Bioarchaeology, ASU, Tempe, AZ
COMMUNITY INVOLVMENT/OUTREACH
Harkins - CV 4" 2015-present Officer, UCSC Women in Science and Engineering outreach group 2013-present Women’s Mentoring Network, American Association of Physical Anthropologists 2014 Hands On Science program, Central Arizona Chapter of Association of Women in Science 2014 Creator, “Indiana Jane”, ASU Ask a Biologist, http://askabiologist.asu.edu 2014 Invited panel, Living the Liberal Arts, anthropology alumni panel 2014 Judge, Association for Women in Science, AZ Science and Engineering Fair 2012-present Organizer and Lecturer; Annual 8th grade science lecture Kyrene Middle School, Tempe, Arizona
SERVICE
COMMITTEES
2015 Outreach committee, American Association of Anthropological Genetics 2015 Chancellor's Diversity Advisory Council
ARTICLE REVIEW
2015 Nature Communications 2014 Journal of Human Evolution
GRANT REVIEW
2012-2013 ASU, Graduate Research Support Program
EDITORIAL
2015 Guest editor, special issue: “Ancient parasites, current disease”, Journal of Parasitology Research
SELECT MEDIA COVERAGE
2015 Culotta, E., “New life for old bones”. Science 349, 358-361. 2014 Zimmer, C. “Tuberculosis Is Newer Than Thought, Study Says”, New York Times, Science section, August 20, 2014.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2012, 2013 Application of Genomics to Anthropological Research Workshop, AAAG 2012 Next Generation of Innovators Speaker Series, focusing on women in STEM 2010 Symposium organizer, ASU Graduates in Earth, Life and Social Science
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
2009-2014 Researcher, Stone Molecular Anthropology and Ancient DNA Lab, ASU 2008 Archaeologist, Transcon Environmental, Mesa, AZ 2007 Forensic Technician, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, New York, NY. 2006 Paleopathologist/Data Coder, Global History of Health Project, Vienna, Austria. 2005-2006 Fulbright Fellow, Research in Paleopathology, Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria.
Harkins - CV 5 2005-2006 English teaching assistant, Austrian Ministry of Education, Vienna, Austria 2005 Lab Intern, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Cortez, CO 2004-2007 Archaeological Field Technician, Historical Perspectives, Inc., Westport, CT; (Intermittent). 2004 Lab Intern, Nels Nelson North American Archaeology Lab (David Hurst Thomas, supervisor); American Museum of Natural History, NY, New York FIELDWORK
2008 Field Supervisor, Meroe Dam Archaeological Salvage Project, 4th Cataract, Sudan ASU Cemetery Team, Director, Brenda Baker; Crew Chief, Shawn Fackler 2007 Archaeologist, St. Catherine’s Island, American Museum of Natural History Director, David Hurst Thomas; Crew chief, Matt Sanger
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
2014-present Association of Women in Science, Central Arizona chapter 2012-2013 American Association of University Women 2012-present American Association of Anthropological Genetics (AAAG) 2012-present Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution 2009-present American Association of Physical Anthropologists
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
Bioarchaeology, paleopathology, paleogenomics, phylogenetics, migration, ecology and evolution, host- pathogen coeveolution
LANGUAGES
Proficient in oral/written German, proficient in written Spanish
ONLINE MEDIA PRESENCE LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/kelly-harkins/3a/715/95b ResearchGate: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kelly_Harkins/info Twitter: @paleoDNA [email protected] REFERENCES
Jane Buikstra, Regents Professor School of Human Evolution and Social Change Lars Fehren-Schmitz, Assistant Professor Arizona State University Human Paleogenomics Lab 900 S. Cady Mall, Tempe, AZ 85287-2402 Department of Anthropology (480) 965-6213 University of California, Santa Cruz [email protected] 1156 High St., Santa Cruz, CA, 95064 (831) 459-3851 Anne Stone, Professor [email protected] Center for Evolution and Medicine School of Human Evolution and Social Change Arizona State University 900 S. Cady Mall, Tempe, AZ 85287-2402 (480) 727-6310
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