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Curriculum Vitae Brandon Campitelli - CV BRANDON EMILIO CAMPITELLI [email protected] University of Texas at Austin Department of Integrative Biology, College of Natural Sciences 2415 Speedway, Austin TX 78712, PAT 638 (512) 471-9920 Texas Institute for Discovery Education in Science 103 W 24th Street, Austin TX 78712, PAI 3.04R (512) 232-8349 Home address 1003 Justin Lane, Apt. #1100 Austin, Texas 78757 (512) 905-6924 CURRENT POSITIONS HELD Jan 2014—present Clinical assistant professor (Research educator): University of Texas at Austin Course: Biology of Biofuels, Freshmen Research Initiative July 2017—present STEM Instructional Consultant: Texas Institute for Discovery Education in Science, University of Texas at Austin EDUCATION 2014—2017 Postdoctoral fellow: Dept. of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin 2007—2013 PhD: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto Completed: January 2013 Thesis: Ecological, physiological and molecular population genetics of a single-locus leaf shape cline in Ivyleaf morning glory, Ipomoea hederacea Advisor: Dr. John R Stinchcombe 2002—2007 Bachelor of Science with Honours: Life sciences, University of Toronto Thesis: Impact of a leaf shape polymorphism in Ipomoea hederacea on the performance of insect herbivores: are insects selective agents on leaf shape? Advisor: Dr. John R Stinchcombe PUBLICATIONS Campitelli BE, Kenney A, Hopkins R, Soule J, Lovell JT, Juenger TE (2017) Genetic mapping reveals an anthocyanin biosynthesis pathway gene potentially influencing evolutionary divergence between two subspecies of scarlet gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata). Molecular Biology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msx318 Ågren JA, Williamson RJ, Campitelli BE, Wheeler J .Greenbeards in yeast: An undergraduate laboratory exercise to teach the genetics of cooperation. Journal of Biological Education 51: 228-236. 1 Brandon Campitelli - CV Campitelli BE, Des Marais DL, Juenger TE (2016) Ecological interactions and the fitness effect of water-use efficiency: Competition and drought alter the impact of natural MPK12 alleles in Arabidopsis. Ecology Letters 19: 424-434. Campitelli BE, Stinchcome JR (2014) Population dynamics and evolutionary history of the weedy vine Ipomoea hederacea in North America. G3 4: 1407-1416. Stock AJ, Campitelli BE, Stichcombe JR (2014) Quantitative genetic variance and multivariate cliens in the Ivyleaf morning glory, Ipomoea hederacea. Pholosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 369: 20130259. Campitelli BE, Gorton AJ, Ostevik KL, Stinchcombe JR (2013) The effect of leaf shape on the thermoregulation and frost tolerance of an annual vine. American Journal of Botany 100: 2175-2182. Campitelli BE & Stinchcombe JR (2013) Testing potential selective agents acting on a leaf shape polymorphism in Ipomoea hederacea: predictions based on an adaptive leaf shape cline. Ecology and Evolution 3: 2409- 2423. Campitelli BE & Stinchcombe JR (2013) Natural selection maintains a single-locus leaf shape cline in Ivyleaf morning glory, Ipomoea hederacea. Molecular Ecology 22: 552-564. Campitelli BE & Simonsen AK (2012) Plant evolutionary ecology: molecular genetics, global warming and invasions, and the novel approaches we are using to study adaptations. New Phytologist 196: 975-977. Campitelli BE, Simonsen AK, Rico Wolf A, Manson JS, Stinchcombe JR (2008) Leaf shape variation and herbivore consumption and performance. A case study with Ipomoea hederacea and three generalists. Arthropod- Plant Interactions 2: 9-19. Campitelli BE, Stehlik I, Stinchcombe JR (2008) Leaf variegation is associated with reduced herbivore damage in Hydrophyllum virginianum. Botany 86: 306-313. MANUSCRIPTS IN REVIEW OR IN PREP Timmerman C, Bonnette JE, Campitelli BE, Juenger TE. Plant-water relations in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum): Developing a high-throughput method for the measurement of osmotic adjustment. To be submitted to Plant Methods. SUPERVISED UNDERGRADUATE PROJECTS 2018 Student: Brady Lee Title: Genetic variation in response to soil iron and pH in Panicum hallii 2017 Student: Heather Yang Title: Osmotic adjustment in Panicum hallii Student: Christopher Bourbois Title: Osmotic adjustment in switchgrass Students: Madeline Schill, Benjamin Wright Title: Specific leaf area in switchgrass, and its effects on photosynthesis 2 Brandon Campitelli - CV Student: Sadia Islam Title: Genome wide association study of drought tolerance in Panicum hallii Student: Johnson Bobmanuel Title: Panicle architecture across a diversity panel of Panicum hallii Students: Linda Cox, Nicole Delgado, McKenna Richards Title: Genetic mapping of insect herbivory resistance in Panicum hallii Students: Austin Decker, Kelsey McCravy, Thomas Vargas Title: Genetic mapping of traits that facilitate hemiparasitic interactions in P. hallii Students: Mina Attia, Chaitanya Kalathuru Title: The effects of MPK12 variation on nitrogen and sucrose response in Arabidopsis 2016 Student: Bridget Harter Title: The effects on plant competition between high and low water-use efficiency genotypes in both wet and dry environments Student: Katie Litchen Title: Plant performance under elevated CO2: Testing the effects of stomatal size Student: Michaela Adams (visiting from Reed College, Portland OR) Co-advisor: Alice MacQueen (University of Texas) Title: Genotype by environment interactions in Common Beans Student: Allison Hutt (visiting from Indiana University, South Bend IN) Co-advisor: Xiaoyu Weng (University of Texas) Title: Testing cold tolerance in the genetic model Arabidopsis thaliana Student: Shayan Bhathena Co-advisor: Samsad Razzaque (University of Texas) Title: The effect of drought stress on chlorophyll content in Hall’s Panic Grass Student: Maria Villalpando Co-advisor: Juan Diego Palacio-Mejía Title: Do varieties of Panicum hallii hybridize in nature? 2015 Students: Bridget Harter and Madison Halloway Title: Fitness consequences of competition between low and high water-use efficiency Arabidopsis Students: Shayan Bhathena, Christian Johnson, Joshua McCauley, Robert Cochran, and Jenelle Estrada Title: The genetic architecture of fitness traits in field grown Panicum hallii Student: Francesca Lopez Title: Testing carbon isotopes as a method for measuring water-use efficiency in C4 grasses 3 Brandon Campitelli - CV 2014 Student: Maria Villalpando Title: Comparative study of cold tolerance acclimation between two varieties of Panicum hallii, a model species for Biofuel production. Maria was awarded an undergrad research scholarship for her project, and used carry out summer research with Dr. Markus Fischer at Universität Bern, Switzerland. Student: Elena Pinaroc Title: Exploring the performance of allelic variation in water use efficiency under different levels of competition in Arabidopsis Student: Nicole Carrabba Title: What is the genetic architecture of seed size variation in a major biofuel crop? Student: Heather Yang Title: Exploring the genetic basis of leaf reflectance properties in Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) 2013 Student: Tia Harrison (MSc student) Title: Testing drought stress as a selective agent acting on a leaf shape polymorphism in Ipomoea hederacea 2013 Student: Trevor Sless Title: Exploring climatic and geophysical variables that correlate with a leaf shape cline in Ipomoea hederacea: taking a GIS approach 2012 Student: Rufina Kim Title: Investigating the effect of freezing treatments of seeds and temperature on germination of Ipomoea hederacea to infer the causes of its northern range limit 2010 Student: Amanda Stock Title: Clinal variation suggests divergent selection in the Ivyleaf morning glory Amanda’s year-end poster presentation received runner up within her cohort 2009 Student: David Maj Title: Microarray assisted bulk-segregant analysis of leaf shape variation in Ipomoea hederacea David’s year-end poster presentation received first prize within his cohort. 2008 Student: Amanda Gorton Title: Cold tolerance and susceptibility to radiation frost: a possible explanation for the latitudinal cline in leaf morphs of Ipomoea hederacea Amanda’s poster received runner up within her cohort, and was featured at “Modeling the adaptive movement of interacting species in space,” which was sponsored by the Canadian Institute of Ecology and Evolution AWARDS & HONOURS 2010—2012 National Sciences & Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Canadian-Graduate Scholarship, Doctoral level, CAN$ 70,000 4 Brandon Campitelli - CV 2010 Blandy Experimental Farm Scholarship, University of Virginia, US$ 4,000 2010 Sigma Xi Grants-In-Aid of Research Award, US$ 800 2010, 2012 Frederick P. Ide Award in Ecology and Evolution, CAN$ 2,400 2009—2010 Ontario Graduate Scholarships, CAN$ 15,000 2009 Ramsay Wright Award, CAN$ 1,000 2009 Molecular and Organismic Research in Plant History, Research Coordination Network (NSF), US$ 3,000 2008—2009 National Sciences & Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Post-Graduate Scholarship, CAN$ 17,300 2008—2009 Kathleen & Donald Strong Hull Fellowship, CAN$ 2,200 2007—2008 Helen Sawyer Hogg Graduate Admissions Award, CAN$ 5,000 TEACHING & RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Current Clinical assistant professor (Research educator): Freshmen Research Initiative, University of Texas Course: Biology of Biofuels: Intro to integrative plant biology. Year long inquiry-based learning experience. STEM Instruction Consultant: Texas Institute for Discovery Education in Science, University of Texas. Description: Oversee curriculum redesign projects for multiple departments in the College of Natural Sciences. June—Dec 2013 Course
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