Nicole K. Reynolds 27 NW 36th St., Gainesville, FL 32607 [email protected]

Objectives I am broadly interested in evolutionary biology, with an emphasis on symbiotic associations and communities of microorganisms. Specifically, I aim to utilize molecular tools such as phylogenomics and analytical tools such as network analyses to test and generate broad evolutionary hypotheses regarding early-diverging fungi.

Education . University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 2016-present, Ph.D. Candidate . Boise State University, Boise, Idaho 2012-2015, M.S. Biological Sciences . Boise State University, Boise, Idaho 2006-2011, B.S. Biological Sciences . Clark College, Vancouver, Washington 2001-2003, A.A.

Relevant Professional Experience

• Outreach lecture, Florida Academic Lichen and Fungi Enthusiast League meeting, Jan. 2018 o “Small but not forgotten: An overview of understudied microfungi” describing my work on arthropod endobionts and mycoparasites in the Zoopagomycota. • Guest Lecture, Fungal Biology PLP6656, 2015, 2016, 2017 o Present overview lecture on fungal and protist trichomycetes and lead students in an arthropod dissection activity. • Zygomycete Teaching Workshop, Mycological Society of America Annual Meeting, July 2017, Athens, GA o Explain the general biology of the fungal groups Kickxellaceae and Piptocephalidaceae and demonstrate techniques for their collection and identification; guide participants in the activities of viewing culture material and arthropod dissections. • Teaching Assistant, General Biology BIOL192, Aug. 2012-May 2015 o Present course background information and guide laboratory activities; write and grade quizzes and exams. • Biological Technician, U.S. Geological Survey, 2010-2011 o Sorting, GIS mapping, and entry of post-fire treatments into the Land Treatment Digital Library (LTDL) for use by the Bureau of Land Management (http://ltdl.wr.usgs.gov/); travel to field offices for data collection and presentation of the LTDL to office personnel.

Publications . N. Reynolds, G.L. Benny, H-M Ho, Y-H Hou, A.B. Mujic, P.W. Crous, M.E. Smith. 2019. Phylogenetic and morphological analyses of the mycoparasitic Piptocephalis. Mycologia . Ahrendt, S.R., C.A. Quandt, D. Ciobanu, A. Clum, A. Salamov, B. Andreopoulos, J-F Cheng, T. Woyke , A. Pelin, B. Henrissat, N.K. Reynolds, G.L. Benny, M.E. Smith, T.Y. James, I.V. Grigoriev. 2018. Leveraging single-cell genomics to expand the fungal tree of life. Nature Microbiology. . Chuang, S-C., H-M. Ho, N. Reynolds, M.E. Smith, G.L. Benny, C-Y. Chien, J-L. Tsai. 2018. Preliminary phylogeny of Coemansia (Kickxellales) with descriptions of four new from Taiwan. Mycologia. . Reynolds, N.K., M.E. Smith, E.D. Tretter, J. Gause, D. Heeney, M.J. Cafaro, J.F. Smith, S.J. Novak, W.A. Bourland, M.M. White. 2017. Resolving relationships at the animal-fungal divergence: A molecular phylogenetic study of the protist trichomycetes (Ichthyosporea, Eccrinida). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Nicole K. Reynolds 27 NW 36th St., Gainesville, FL 32608 [email protected]

. Wilson, E.R., K.L. Smalling, T.J. Reilly, E. Gray, L. Bond, L. Steele, P. Kandel, A. Chamberlin, J. Gause, N. K. Reynolds, I. Robertson, S. Novak, K. Feris, M.M. White. 2014. Assessing the potential effects of fungicides on nontarget gut fungi (trichomycetes) and their associated larval black fly hosts. Journal of the American Water Resources Association.

Presentations • Reynolds, N. 2018. Small but not forgotten: An overview of understudied microfungi. Contributed talk at the monthly meeting of Florida Academic Lichen And Fungi Enthusiasts League (Gainesville, Florida) • Reynolds, N., G.L. Benny, H-M. Ho, Y-H. Hou, M.E. Smith. 2017. Molecular phylogenetic assessment of the miniature mycoparasite genus Piptocephalis (Zoopagomycota). Contributed talk at the Mycological Society of America annual meeting (Athens, Georgia) • Reynolds, N., M.E. Smith, G.L. Benny. 2017. Mycoparasites of the . Contributed talk at the Zygomycete Teaching Workshop, Mycological Society of America annual meeting (Athens, Georgia) • Wang, Y., N. Reynolds, M.M. White, M.E. Smith. 2017. Kickxellomycotina: overview with emphasis on trichomycetes (gut fungi). Contributed talk at the Zygomycete Teaching Workshop, Mycological Society of America annual meeting (Athens, Georgia) • Reynolds, N., G.L. Benny, H.M. Ho, Y-H. Hou, M.E. Smith. 2016. A preliminary molecular view of the mycoparasite genus Piptocephalis (Zoopaginomycotina). Presented at the Mycological Society of America annual meeting (Berkeley, California) • Reynolds, N., E.D. Tretter, L.G. Valle, M.J. Cafaro, M.M. White. 2015. Trichomycetes in transition: Phylogenetics and evolutionary trends within the protist order Eccrinida. Contributed talk presented at the annual Mycological Society of America meeting, in combination with the Botany Society of America (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) • Reynolds, N., E.D. Tretter, P. Kandel, M.J. Cafaro, M.M. White. 2014. Clarifying classical : toward a multigene phylogeny of unicellular protist endobiont groups Eccrinales and Amoebidiales. Contributed talk, presented at the Boise State Graduate Student Research Symposium (Boise State University, Boise, Idaho) • Reynolds, N., E.D. Tretter, P. Kandel, M.J. Cafaro, M.M. White. 2014. Engaging in evolutionary evaluation of endobionts: Toward a multigene phylogeny of the protist trichomycete orders Eccrinales and Amoebidiales. Presented at the International Society of Protistologists/International Society for Evolutionary Protistology meeting (Banff, Alberta, Canada) • Reynolds, N., E.D. Tretter, D. Henney, P. Kandel, M.J. Cafaro, M.M. White. 2013. Resolving relationships at the animal-fungal divergence: toward a multigene phylogeny of the protist trichomycete orders Eccrinales and Amoebidiales. Presented at the International Congress of Protistology XIV (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) • Reynolds, N., E.R. Wilson, P. Kandel, M. Laramie, D. Pilliod, M.M. White. 2012. Extending knowledge of trichomycetes by fixing on preserved immature aquatic insects in Idaho. Presented at the Mycological Society of America annual meeting (Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut) • Reynolds, N., E.R. Wilson, P. Kandel, M. Laramie, M.M. White. 2012. Surveys and new species of black fly gut fungi in Southern Idaho. Contributed talk, presented at the North American Black Fly Association annual meeting (Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida)

Mentoring o Teach interested volunteers and interns of the Smith lab fungal culturing techniques, 2016-2018

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o Idaho IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence, Summer 2013 - Assist with teaching undergraduate researcher DNA extraction, PCR and gel electrophoresis protocols o Student Research Initiative, Spring 2012 - Assist with teaching undergraduate researcher PCR and gel electrophoresis protocols Additional Research Experience • Undergraduate o Research assistant: Spring 2012 Culturing of gut fungi, slide voucher maintenance, microdissections of insect collections o Undergraduate research: Independent study, Fall 2011-Spring 2012 Microdissection of Idaho Black Flies for Gut Fungi o Undergraduate research: Independent study, Spring 2011 Bioprospecting Gut Fungi in Aquatic Habitats Near Boise, Idaho Awards • Mentor Travel Award, Mycological Society of America ($750), 2017 • Grinter Fellowship, University of Florida ($2,000), 2016 • Graduate School Fellowship, University of Florida, 2016 • Society of Systematic Biologists, Graduate Student Research Award ($1,954), 2014 • Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research ($810), Sigma Xi, 2014 • Department of Biological Sciences Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, 2014 • The George G. Holz, Jr. & Robert L. Conner Travel Award ($1,000), International Society of Protistologists, 2013 • Graduate Student Teaching Assistantship, Boise State University, 2012

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