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Milner Centre for Evolution • University of Bath Claverton Down • Bath, BA2 7AY, United Kingdom +44.7853.883.729 • Jly26@Bath.Ac.Uk JANE YOUNGER Milner Centre for Evolution • University of Bath Claverton Down • Bath, BA2 7AY, United Kingdom +44.7853.883.729 • [email protected] PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS 2019 - Prize Fellow (junior tenure-track faculty) Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath 2019- Visting ResearcH ScHolar 2020 DePartment of Biology, Loyola University Chicago 2015 - Post-Doctoral Fellow 2019 DePartment of Biology, Loyola University Chicago (PI Sushma Reddy) 2016 Post-Doctoral Fellow DePartment of Zoology, University of Oxford (PI Alex Rogers) 2014 Visiting ResearcH ScHolar DePartment of Zoology, University of Oxford (PI Alex Rogers) 2010 ResearcH Assistant Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania (PI Karen Miller) EDUCATION University of Tasmania, Australia 2016 Ph.D. in Life Sciences Thesis: “Palaeoecological changes in PoPulations of Antarctic ice-dependent predators and their environmental drivers.” Advisor: Karen Miller 2016 Graduate Certificate in Research 2010 Bachelor of Antarctic Studies (Hons 1) Thesis: “Connectivity and Glacial Refugia of East Antarctic Weddell Seals.” University of New SoutH Wales, Australia 2007 B.Sc. in Nanotechnology (Hons 1) Thesis: “Titania Nanorod Morphology for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells.” Curriculum Vitae – Jane Younger (2) PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Younger JL, Block NL, Raherilalao M-J, Maddox JD, Wacker KS, Kyriazis CC, Goodman SM, Reddy S. Diversification of a cryptic radiation, a closer look at Madagascar's recently recognized bird family. In revision for Systematic Biology. Preprint. Cole TL, Dutoit L, Dussex N, Hart T, Alexander A, Younger JL, Clucas GV, Frugone MJ, Cherel Y, Cuthbert R, Ellenberg U, Fiddaman S, Hiscock J, Houston D, Jouventin P, Mattern T, Miller G, Miskelly C, Nolan P, Polito MJ, Quillfeldt P, Ryan PG, Smith A, Tennyson AJD, Thompson D, Wienecke B, Vianna J, Waters JM. Receding ice drove parallel expansions in Southern Ocean penguins. In press, PNAS. Trathan PN, Wienecke B, Barbraud C, Jenouvrier S, Kooyman G, Le Bohec C, Ainley D, Ancel A, Zitterbart D, Chown S, La Rue M, Cristofari R, Younger JL, Clucas G, Bost C.-A., Brown J, Gillet HJ, Fretwell PT. 2019. The emperor Penguin - vulnerable to projected rates of warming and sea ice loss. In press, Biological Conservation. Younger JL, Dempster P, Nyári ÁS, T. Olivia Helms, Raherilalao M-J, Goodman SM, Reddy S. 2019. Phylogeography of the Rufous vanga and the role of bioclimatic transition zones in Promoting sPeciation within Madagascar. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 139: 106535. Clucas GV*, Younger JL*, Kao D, Emmerson LM, Southwell C, Wienecke B, Rogers AD, Bost C-A, Miller GD, Polito MJ, Lelliott P, Handley J, Crofts S, PhilliPs R, Dunn MJ, Miller KJ, Hart T. 2018. Comparative genomics reveals the mechanisms governing disPersal in penguins. Molecular Ecology. 27: 4680-4697. * joint lead author, listed alphabetically Younger JL, Strozier L, Maddox JD, Nyári ÁS, Bonfitto MT, Raherilalao M-J, Goodman SM, Reddy S. 2018. Hidden diversity of forest birds in Madagascar revealed using integrative taxonomy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 124: 16-26. Younger JL, Clucas GV, Kao D, Rogers AD, Gharbi K, Hart T, Miller KJ. 2017. The challenges of detecting subtle PoPulation structure and its importance for the conservation of emperor Penguins. Molecular Ecology. 26: 3883–3897. Clucas GV*, Younger JL*, Kao D, Rogers AD, Handley J, Miller GD, Jouventin P, Nolan P, Gharbi K, Miller KJ, Hart T. 2016. Dispersal in the sub-Antarctic: king Penguins show remarkably little PoPulation genetic differentiation across their range. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16: 211. * joint lead author, listed alphabetically Younger JL, van den Hoff J, Wienecke B, Hindell M, Miller KJ. 2016. Contrasting resPonses to a climate regime change by sympatric, ice-dependent Predators. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16: 61. Curriculum Vitae – Jane Younger (3) Younger JL, Emmerson LM, Miller KJ. 2016. The influence of historical climate changes on Southern Ocean marine Predator PoPulations: a comparative analysis. Global Change Biology. 22: 474–493. Younger JL, Emmerson LM, Southwell C, Lelliott P, Miller KJ. 2015. Proliferation of East Antarctic Adélie Penguins in resPonse to historical deglaciation. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15: 236. Younger JL, Clucas GV, Kooyman G, Wienecke B, Rogers AD, Trathan PN, Hart T, Miller KJ. 2015. Too much of a good thing; sea ice extent may have forced Emperor Penguins into refugia during the last glacial maximum. Global Change Biology. 21: 2215–2226. FELLOWSHIPS AND HONORS 2018 Prize Fellowship (to establish indePendent research Program) 120,000 GBP University of Bath 2017 Doctoral Award (for most outstanding Ph.D. research in any field) $1,000 AU Royal Society of Tasmania 2015 Endeavour ResearcH Fellowship (to undertake post-doctoral research at the University of Oxford) $24,500 AU Australian Government, DePartment of Education and Training 2014 Allen Award (for most outstanding Postgraduate student) $2,500 AU Australian Marine Sciences Association 2011- Australian Postgraduate Award 2014 $71,000 AU Australian Government, DePartment of Education and Training SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS 2019 Genetics Society Heredity Fieldwork Grant. £1500. 2019 University of BatH Alumni Fund Alumni Fund Grant. £2500. 2019 British OrnitHologists’ Union Member travel award. £500. 2019 Field Museum of Natural History Polar Studies Grant Research grant: “Life on the edge: evolution and adaptation of penguins in the Southern Ocean”. $92,400 US. Co-PI, with John Bates, Sushma Reddy, Shannon Hackett. Curriculum Vitae – Jane Younger (4) 2019 National GeograpHic Society Early Career Grant Research grant: “Life on the edge: adaPtations of Antarctic penguins in a raPidly changing environment”. $7,540 US. 2019 British Ecological Society Large ResearcH Grant Research grant: “AdaPtations of Antarctic Penguins in a raPidly changing environment”. £19,800. 2018 Department of OrnitHology, American Museum of Natural History Collection grant: “Morphological diversification of SPheniscidae”. $700 US. 2017 Marine Biological Laboratory, University of CHicago Award to attend MBL WorkshoP on Molecular Evolution course. $2,171 US. 2017 University of MicHigan Award to attend Macroevolution WorkshoP. $600 US. 2017 Linnean Society of London and tHe Systematics Association Research grant: “CryPtic sPeciation and morPhological diversification within gentoo penguins”. £972. 2017 American OrnitHological Society Research grant: “CryPtic sPeciation and morPhological diversification within gentoo penguins”. $2,116 US. 2016 European Science Foundation Conference travel award. €500. 2014 BirdLife Australia Stuart Leslie travel award. $1,000 AU. 2014 University of Tasmania Travel award to support international collaboration. $2,500 AU. 2014 Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies Conference travel award. $2,373 AU. 2014 Natural Environment ResearcH Council Biomolecular Analysis Facility competitive suPPort and subsidy for RAD-Seq genotyping of Weddell seals (co-aPPlicant with Tom Hart). 2013 BirdLife Australia Stuart Leslie travel award. $716 AU. 2013 Australian Marine Sciences Association Conference travel award. $600 AU. 2013- Australian Sea World ResearcH and Rescue Foundation 2014 Research grant: “Conservation genetics of Antarctic ice-dependent Penguins and seals: PoPulation connectivity and Past interglacial refugia”. $40,286 AU. Curriculum Vitae – Jane Younger (5) 2012- ANZ CHaritable Trust - HolswortH Wildlife ResearcH Endowment 2014 Research grant: “Conservation genetics of Antarctic seabirds and seals: PoPulation connectivity and Past glacial refugia”. $21,500 AU. 2012- Australian Antarctic Division 2016 Research grant: “Conservation Genetics of Antarctic seabirds and seals”. $99,400 AU direct funding, Plus full suPPort for Antarctic fieldwork. With PhD advisor K. Miller. INVITED SEMINARS 2017. Field Museum of Natural History, A. Watson Armor Seminar Series. Title: The challenges of detecting PoPulation structure and its importance for the conservation of penguins. 2015. Loyola University Chicago, DePartment of Biology. Title: Genomic aPProaches to understanding climate change impacts on Antarctic Penguins. 2014. Australian Antarctic Division, Casey Station. Title: Paleoecology of the Windmill Islands. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 2019. Younger JL, Raherilalao M-J, Goodman SM, Reddy S. Diversification of two endemic radiations in the biodiversity hotsPot of Madagascar. Australasian Ornithological Conference; Darwin, Australia. 2019. Perry NL, Block N, Younger JL, Reddy S. A genomic investigation of desPeciation in the SPectacled Tetraka (Xanthomixis zosteroPs), a Passerine bird from Madagascar. Evolution; Providence, RI, USA. (poster) 2019. Perry NL, Block N, Younger JL, Raherilalao M-J, Goodman SM, Reddy S. A genomic investigation of the potential despeciation of deeply divergent lineages in a Malagasy passerine. American Ornithological Society; Anchorage, AK, USA. 2019. Younger JL, Block N, Raherilalao M-J, Goodman SM, Reddy S. Cryptic diversity in a cryptic radiation: a closer look at Madagascar’s recently recognised Bernieridae. Systematics Association; Bristol, UK. 2018. Younger JL, Wacker K, Raherilalao M-J, Goodman SM, Reddy S. Diversification of two endemic avian radiations in the biodiversity hotsPot of Madagascar. Invited talk at Evolution in the 21st Century: The Inaugural Conference of the Milner Centre for Evolution; Bath, UK. 2018. Reddy S, Younger JL, Goodman SM, Raherilalao M-J, Nyari A. Comparison of rates of phenotypic evolution
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