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.”

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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.

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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 in two Malagasy adaptive radiations. International Ornithological Congress; Vancouver, BC, Canada. 2018. Younger JL, Maddox JD, Wacker K, Kyriazis C, Raherilalao M-J, Goodman SM, Reddy S. Diversification of two endemic avian radiations in the biodiversity hotspot of Madagascar. International Ornithological Congress; Vancouver, BC, Canada. Curriculum Vitae – Jane Younger (6)

2018. Younger JL, Strozier L, Maddox JD, Raherilalao M-J, Goodman SM, Reddy S. Avian diversification in biodiversity hotspots. American Ornithological Society; Tucson, AZ, USA. 2018. Dempster P, Reddy S, Younger JL. Phylogeny and diversification of the Schetba rufa species. Loyola University Chicago Undergraduate Research and Excellence Symposium; Chicago, IL, USA. 2017. Younger JL, Strozier L, Maddox JD, Bonfitto M, Kyriazis C, Nyári ÁS, Goodman SM, Raherilalao M-J, Reddy S. Hidden diversity in the Vangas of Madagascar. American Ornithological Society; East Lansing, MI, USA. 2017. Younger JL, Strozier L, Maddox JD, Bonfitto M, Kyriazis C, Nyári ÁS, Siddiqui N, Goodman SM, Raherilalao M-J, Reddy S. Hidden diversity in the Vangas of Madagascar. Evolution; Portland, OR, USA. 2016. Younger JL, Strozier L, Maddox JD, Goodman SM, Raherilalao M-J, Reddy S. Cryptic diversification within the Newtonia of Madagascar: evidence from ultraconserved elements, nuclear introns and mitochondrial sequences. North American Ornithological Conference; Washington, D.C., USA. 2016. Clucas GV, Younger JL, Hart T, Miller KJ. Are penguins really all that philopatric? North American Ornithological Conference; Washington, D.C., USA. 2016. Younger JL, Clucas GV, Miller KJ, Hart T. Phylogeography and population genomics of king penguins. Congenomics; Vairão, Portugal. 2016. Clucas GV, Younger JL, Miller KJ, Wienecke B, Hart T. Population history and migration in the emperor penguin. Congenomics; Vairão, Portugal. 2015. Younger JL. My research toolkit. Research Bazaar Conference; Melbourne, Australia. (poster) 2015. Clucas GV, Younger JL, Miller KJ, Hart T. Genomic techniques reveal surprising patterns of population structure and migration in the emperor penguin. World Seabird Conference; Cape Town, South Africa. 2014. Younger JL, van den Hoff J, Wienecke B, Hindell M, Miller KJ. Historical responses of Antarctic penguins and seals to climate change. Evolution; Raleigh, NC, USA. 2014. Younger JL, van den Hoff J, Wienecke B, Hindell M, Miller KJ. Historical population trends in Antarctic penguins and seals: implications for conservation. Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research Open Science Conference; Auckland, New Zealand. (poster) 2013. Younger JL, van den Hoff J, Wienecke B, Hindell M, Miller KJ. Emperor penguins and Weddell seals: ice-dependent animals in a warming climate. Genetics Society of AustralAsia; Sydney, Australia. Curriculum Vitae – Jane Younger (7)

2013. Younger JL, Wienecke B, Miller KJ. Not so happy feet: emperor penguins in a warming climate, a genetic perspective. Australian Marine Sciences Association; Gold Coast, Australia. 2012. Younger JL, Hindell M, van den Hoff J, Wienecke B, Miller KJ. Past interglacial refugia and population connectivity of East Antarctic Weddell seals. Australian Marine Sciences Association; Hobart, Australia. 2012. Younger JL. Interglacial refugia of Antarctic seals and penguins. Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre Symposium; Hobart, Australia. (poster)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2018 Loyola University Chicago, Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomics (BIOL 395): developed and delivered new course (instructor of record) 2015- Loyola University Chicago, Evolution (BIOL 319): lecturer; converted course 2017 from a traditional lecture format to a blended format consisting of a mix of online and classroom sessions 2017 Loyola University Chicago, Scientific Logic and Critical Thinking (BIOL 495): guest lecturer 2006 University of New South Wales, Chemistry (CHEM 1031, CHEM 1041): laboratory instructor

RESEARCH SUPERVISION AND MENTORING * Denotes that student co-authored a publication PhD Candidates (primary supervisor): Josh Tyler, 2019-, University of Bath (Evolution Education Trust PhD Studentship) PhD Candidates (second supervisor): Fernando Arnal, 2018-, University of Bath Masters, Undergraduate, and Visiting Research Students: Ellis Moloney, 2020, University of Bath Georgina Russell, 2020, University of Bath Aurora Gonzalo-Tarodo, 2019-2020, University of Bath * Matthew Bonfitto, 2015-2019, Loyola University Chicago Robert Lauer, 2017-2019, Loyola University Chicago * Phoenix Dempster, 2017-2018, Loyola University Chicago (Mulcahy Fellowship) * Talitha O. Helms, 2016-2017, Loyola University Chicago (Research Experience Undergraduate on NSF Award) Neha Siddiqui, 2017, Loyola University Chicago (Research Experience Undergraduate on NSF Award)

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FIELDWORK 2014-2015 Western New South Wales, Australia (expedition personnel) 2013-2014 Windmill Islands, Antarctica (leader of seabird team) 2013 Mon Repos, Queensland, Australia (expedition personnel) 2011 Western Tasmania, Australia (expedition personnel) 2009 Balule Reserve, South Africa (expedition personnel)

ACADEMIC SERVICE Peer Review: Funding bodies: British Ecological Society; Chilean Antarctic Institute; North Pacific Research Board Journals: Advances in Polar Science; Biological Journal of the Linnean Society; Frontiers of Biogeography; Global Change Biology; Journal of Biogeography; Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences; Journal of Heredity; Journal of Ornithology; Molecular Biology & Evolution; Molecular Ecology; Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology; PloS One; PNAS; Polar Biology; Scientific Reports; The Science of the Total Environment

PhD Examinations: 2019 Lead Internal Examiner, Jennifer Ellis 2019 Lead Internal Examiner, Huseyin Kilili 2019 Second Internal Examiner, Claire Tanner

Departmental Service: 2017-19 System Administrator for Department High Performance Computing, LUC 2017-18 Seminar Series Committee, LUC

Professional Service: 2019 - Associate Editor of Ecology and Evolution 2019 British Ecological Society Women in Ecology Mentor 2019 Member of the British Ecological Society Annual Meeting Programme Working Group 2019 Judge for student presentation awards, Australasian Ornithological Congress, Darwin, Australia 2018 Panel speaker, Annual Chicago Women in Science Event 2018 Symposium organizer, “Genomic approaches to understanding adaptation and diversification of birds in biodiversity hotspots”, American Ornithological Society meeting, Tucson, AZ, USA 2018 Judge for student presentation awards, American Ornithological Society meeting, Tucson, AZ, USA 2014-15 BirdLife Australia, Conservation Officer and Committee Member

Professional Society Affiliations: American Ornithological Society Field Museum Women in Science British Ornithologists’ Union Genetics Society British Ecological Society The Systematics Association Curriculum Vitae – Jane Younger (9)

SCIENCE COMMUNICATION, OUTREACH, MEDIA COVERAGE Popular Science Publications: 2019. Younger JL. Curious Kids: how can penguins stay warm in the freezing cold waters of Antarctica? The Conversation, 1 July 2019. 2015. Younger JL. Shrinking Antarctic glaciers could make Adélie penguins unlikely winners of climate change. The Conversation, 17 November 2015. 2015. Younger JL. Genetics reveal Antarctica was once too cold for penguins. The Conversation, 1 March 2015.

Outreach: 2019 Guest blog post for British Ornithologists’ Union. 2017 Presenting scientist at Field Museum of Natural History Members’ Night. 2016 Presenting scientist at Field Museum of Natural History event “All About Birds”. 2015 Guest blog post for Biomed Central blog network: “Adélie penguins – the climate change winners?”. 2015 Organized a public seminar day for BirdLife Australia: “Extreme Birds”. 2015 Presenting scientist at BirdLife Australia event “Extreme Birds”. Media Coverage: 2019 Media coverage of publication “The emperor penguin - vulnerable to projected rates of warming and sea ice loss” by the BBC. 2018 Media coverage of publication “Comparative genomics reveals the mechanisms governing dispersal in penguins”, articles by BirdLife International and Birding247. 2015 Media coverage of publication “Proliferation of East Antarctic Adélie penguins in response to historical deglaciation” including a radio interview with CBC Quirks & Quarks program and various interviews for online and print press. 2015 Worldwide coverage of publication “Too much of a good thing; sea ice extent may have forced emperor penguins into refugia during the last glacial maximum”, >150 articles printed/online e.g. The Times, Discovery Channel, The Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald; live and pre-recorded television interviews (ABC Midday Report, Southern Cross TV, Win, ABC 24); radio interviews, filmed feature for the Australian Antarctic Division; various press interviews (e.g. Climate Wire, Bionieuws, Agence France-Presse).

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2019 Mentor Training British Ecological Society, London, UK. 2019 Managing Time and Setting Priorities University of Bath, Bath, UK. 2019 Species Distribution & Environmental Niche Modelling British Ecological Society, Nottingham, UK. 2019 Negotiation Strategies training course University of Bath, Bath, UK. 2019 Managing and Developing People training course University of Bath, Bath, UK. 2019 Sciencetelling Bootcamp course – Social Media National Geographic 2019 Research in Context Workshop University of Bath, Bath, UK. 2018 RevBayes Workshop Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA. 2017 Workshop on Molecular Evolution Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Chicago, Woods Hole, MA, USA. 2017 Macroevolution Workshop Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA. 2017 Personal Productivity Workshop Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. 2017 Online Teaching Course Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. 2016 Computational Biology Workshop Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA. 2015 Grant Writing Workshop BirdLife Australia, Melbourne, Australia. 2015 Science Media Communication Workshop Australian Science Media Centre, Hobart, Australia. 2015 Galaxy Training Course Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative, Melbourne, Australia. 2015 Programming and Data Analysis Using R Software Carpentry, Research Bazaar, Melbourne, Australia. 2014 Scientific Writing Retreat Curriculum Vitae – Jane Younger (11)

Australian Marine Sciences Association and the University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. 2014 Phylogenomics Software School Society of Systematic Biology and the University of Texas, Raleigh, NC, USA. 2013 Antarctic Survival Training Australian Antarctic Division, Windmill Islands, Antarctica. 2013 Advanced Wilderness First Aid Qualification Wilderness First Aid Consultants, Ben Lomond, Australia. 2013 BEAST for Phylogenetics Genetics Society of AustralAsia, Sydney, Australia. 2011 Phylogenetics Course University of Tasmania School of Mathematics, Hobart, Australia. 2011 Molecular Marine Ecology Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Hobart, Australia. 2010 Birds and Mammals of the Southern Ocean Field Training Australian National Network in Marine Science, Hobart, Australia.