Kurt Maximillian Neubig EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
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Kurt Maximillian Neubig Department of Plant Biology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Carbondale, IL 62901 Email: [email protected] Phone: 352 284 3688 - cell EDUCATION 2006 – 2012 Ph.D., Botany, University of Florida, Gainesville 2003 – 2005 M.S., Botany, University of Florida, Gainesville 1999 – 2003 B.S., Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS 2015 – present Assistant Professor, Dept. of Plant Biology, Southern Illinois University 2013 – present Courtesy Assistant Scientist, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida 2013 – 2014 Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida 2012 Research Assistant in Herbarium Curation, University of Florida Herbarium, University of Florida 2009 – 2012 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Florida 2004 – 2009 Research Assistant in Molecular Systematics, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida 2003 – 2004 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Florida 2003 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Louisiana State University 2001 – 2003 Herbarium Assistant, Louisiana State University 2001 – 2002 Laboratory Technician, Louisiana State University GRANTS AND AWARDS Funded 2017 – 2022. Collaborative proposal: Upper Delta Region Biodiversity Scholarship PIs: Neubig KM, Anderson FE, Crowe JA, Jimenez FA, Sipes SD Agency: NSF S-STEM Research/Scholarships: $1,726,969 (total funded from all institutions: $4,998,672) 2016 Phylogenetics and taxonomy of Dichanthelium PI: Neubig KM Agency: New England Botanical Club Research: $1,800 2016 REU position for Kristina Jordan, undergraduate, to study Trema in Ecuador PI: Garwood N (senior personnel: Neubig KM) Agency: NSF LTREB (REU supplement) Research/Scholarships: $8,000 2015 – 2016 Phylogenetic study of Polygala senega with UGA Andrew Bleich. PI: Neubig KM Agency: SIU-UGA program (CURCA) Research/Scholarships: $6,000 2013 – 2015 Flora and Barcoding of the Ordway-Swisher Biological Station PIs: Williams NH, Whitten WM, Neubig KM Agency: UF-IFAS Research: $30,000 2010 – 2011 Pathway analyses of Mikania micrantha using DNA sequences PI: Neubig KM Agency: USDA-APHIS Research: $15,803 2009 Molecular systematics of the Neotropical Sobralia and relatives PI: Neubig KM Agency: Lewis and Varina Vaughn Fellow in Orchid Biology Tuition: $5,000 2008 – 2009 Barcoding the flora of Florida: DNA identification of the invasive plants of Florida PIs: Williams NH, Whitten WM, Abbott JR, Neubig KM Agency: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Research: $8,403 2006 – 2008 Molecular systematics of the Neotropical Sobralia and relatives. PIs: Williams NH, Neubig KM Agency: American Orchid Society Research: $7,096 2005 – 2006 Molecular systematics of the Neotropical Sobralia and relatives PI: Neubig KM Agency: Lewis and Varina Vaughn Fellow in Orchid Biology Tuition: ~$10,000 2003 Molecular systematics of the genus Dichaea (Orchidaceae) PI: Neubig KM Agency: American Orchid Society, 11th World Orchid Conference. Research: $3,000 Pending NA Rejected 2017 Phylogenetics and revision of Heligmonellidae nematodes PIs: Jimenez FA, Neubig KM Agency: NSF Advancing Revisionary Taxonomy and Systematics Research preproposal: $NA 2017 Revision, phylogenetics, morphometrics and biogeography of Trema (Cannabaceae) PIs: Neubig KM, Garwood N Agency: NSF Phylogenetic Systematics Research preproposal: $NA 2016 Phylogenetics and revision of Heligmosomoidea nematodes PIs: Jimenez FA, Neubig KM Agency: NSF Advancing Revisionary Taxonomy and Systematics Research preproposal: $NA 2016 A pollinator network analysis: Elucidating native bee and honeybee resource use in a shifting agroecological landscape matrix PIs: Neubig KM, Sipes SD, Gage K Agency: USDA Research: $489,121 To SIU students 2018 A phylogenetic, morphological, and geographic study of Trema micrantha clade B (Cannabaceae) PIs: Whitley B, Garwood N, Neubig KM Agency: SIU-REACH Research: $2000, salary: $3000 2018 Identification of host breadth of the parasitic plant Agalinis tenuifolia in southern Illinois (Orobanchaceae) PIs: Shults K, Nickrent D, Neubig KM Agency: SIU-REACH Research: $2000, salary: $3000 2016 Systematics of Euthamia (Asteraceae) PIs: Szubryt A, Neubig KM Agency: Botanical Society of America Undergraduate Student Research Award Research: $200 2016 Systematics of Euthamia (Asteraceae) PIs: Szubryt A, Neubig KM Agency: SIU-REACH Research: $1500, UGA Scholarship: $3000 2016 A phylogenetic and morphological study of Hispaniolan Trema (Cannabaceae) and the occurrence of interspecific hybridization PIs: Jordan KL, Garwood N, Neubig KM Agency: SIU-REACH Research: $1500, UGA Scholarship: $3000 PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (SIU students underlined) 47. Barfknecht D, Gibson D, Neubig KM. Submitted. Plant community and phylogenetic shifts in acid seep springs over 49 years following exotic invasion and stream downcutting. Plant Ecology. 46. Jantzen J, Whitten WM, Neubig KM, Majure LC, Soltis D, Soltis P. Submitted. Effects of taxon sampling and tree reconstruction methods on estimates of phylogenetic diversity. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 45. Mota M, Pastore JFB, Salas R, Neubig KM, Abbott JR. Accepted. Three lonely Argentines: Toward a new generic delimitation in Polygalaceae. Phytotaxa. 44. Allen JM, Germain-Aubrey CC, Barve N, Neubig KM, Majure LC, Laffan SW, Mishler BD, Owens HL, Smith SA, Whitten WM, Abbott JR, Soltis DE, Guralnick R, Soltis PS. In press. Spatial phylogenetics of Florida vascular plants: The effects of calibration and uncertainty on diversity measures. iScience. 43. Garwood NC, Jordan K, Flowers N, Humphreys AM, Russell SJ, Neubig KM. 2018. Trema domingensis rises like a phoenix from the ashes of Trema integerrima: A reassessment of the entire-leaved species of Neotropical Trema. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 12: 555-577. 42. Majure LC, Skean JD Jr, Neubig, KM, Judd WS. 2018. Miconia clasei, a new species of Miconia sect. Calycodomatia (Miconieae: Melastomataceae) from the Sierra de Bahoruco, Dominican Republic and a closer look at species relationships in the Sandpaper clade. Systematic Botany 43: 430-438. DOI https://doi.org/10.1600/036364418X697184 (effort = 20%; quality of journal = 4/5) 41. Lam VKY, Darby H, Merckx VSFT, Lim G, Yukawa T, Neubig KM, Abbott JR, Beatty GE, Provan J, Soto Gomez M, Graham SW. 2018. Phylogenomic inference in extremis: A case study with mycoheterotroph plastomes. American Journal of Botany 105: 480-494; DOI 10.1002/ajb2.1070 (effort = 5%; quality of journal = 4/5) 40. Pastore JFB, Abbott JR, Neubig KM, Whitten WM, Mascarenhas R, Mota MCA, van den Berg C. 2017. A molecular phylogeny and taxonomic notes in Caamembeca (Polygalaceae). Systematic Botany 42: 54-62. (effort = 10%; quality of journal = 4/5) 39. Reginato M, Neubig KM, Majure LC, Michelangeli FA. 2016. The first complete plastid genomes of Melastomataceae are highly structurally conserved. PeerJ 4:e2715; DOI 10.7717/peerj.2715 (effort = 10%; quality of journal = 3/5) 38. Kim HT, Kim JS, Moore MJ, Neubig KM, Williams NH, Whitten WM, Kim J-H. 2015. Seven new complete plastome sequences reveal rampant independent losses of the ndh gene family across orchids and associated instability of the inverted repeat boundaries. PLoS ONE: e0142215 (effort = 15%; quality of journal = 3/5) 37. Neubig KM, Blanchard OJ, Jr., Whitten WM, McDaniel SF. 2015. Molecular phylogenetics of Kosteletzkya (Malvaceae, Hibisceae) reveals multiple independent and successive polyploid speciation events. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 179: 421-435. (effort = 80%; quality of journal = 4/5) 36. Judd WS, Majure LC, Skean JD, Jr, Neubig KM. 2015. Miconia abscondita (Melastomataceae: Miconieae), a new species from the Massif de la Hotte, Haiti: rediscovered in herbaria after being hidden for nearly nine decades. Rhodora 117: 317-341. (effort = 30%; quality of journal = 2/5) 35. Givnish TJ, Spalink D, Ames M, Lyon SP, Hunter SJ, Zuluaga A, Iles W, Clements MA, Arroyo MTK, Leebens-Mack J, Endara L, Kriebel R, Neubig KM, Whitten WM, Williams NH, Cameron KM. 2015. Orchid phylogenomics and multiple drivers of their extraordinary diversification. Proceedings of the Royal Academy B 282: 20151553. (effort = 10%; quality of journal = 5/5) 34. Majure LC, Neubig, KM, Skean JD Jr, Bécquer ER, Judd WS. 2015. Evolution of the sandpaper clade (Miconieae, Melastomataceae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 176: 607-626. (effort = 25%; quality of journal = 3/5) 33. Neubig KM, Carlsward BS, Whitten MN, Williams NH. 2015. Nectary structure and nectar in Sobralia and Elleanthus (Sobralieae, Orchidaceae). Lankesteriana 15: 113-127. (effort = 90%; quality of journal = 2/5) 32. Judd WS, Majure LC, Ionta GM, Neubig KM. 2015. Taxonomic studies in the Miconieae (Melastomataceae). XIII. Systematics of Miconia subcompressa, a Hispaniolan endemic comprised of three eco-geographic subspecies. Phytotaxa 197: 61-83. (effort = 10%; quality of journal = 1/5) Manuscripts published before joining faculty at SIU: 31. Neubig KM, Whitten WM, Abbott JR, Elliott S, Soltis DE, Soltis PS. 2014. Variables affecting DNA preservation in archival DNA specimens. In: Applequist WL, Campbell LM, eds. DNA banking in the 21st Century: Proceedings of the U.S. workshop on DNA banking. St. Louis: The William L. Brown Center at the Missouri Botanical Garden. 30. Majure LC, Judd WS, Ionta GM, Skean JD, Jr., Becquer ER, Neubig KM. 2014. Miconia cineana (Melastomataceae: Miconieae), a new species from the Massif de la Hotte, Haiti,