Curriculum vitae – Melissah Rowe

MELISSAH ROWE

Centre for Ecological & Evolutionary Synthesis and Natural History Museum, University of , Email: [email protected] Phone: +47 48146278 Website: therowelab.com

Academic Qualifications 2008 Ph.D. Evolutionary , Dept. Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, USA Thesis: Sexual selection and sperm competition in the Australian Maluridae Committee: Drs. Stephen Pruett-Jones [advisor], Trevor Price, Jerry Coyne, Jill Mateo, Murray Bakst 2005 M.Sc. Evolutionary Biology, Dept. Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, USA 2000 B.Sc. (First Class Honours), Advanced Biology, Macquarie University, Australia.

Pedagogical Qualifications 2008 Certificate in University Teaching, University of Chicago, USA

Employment Oct 2014 – present Group leader/Researcher, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES) and Natural History Museum, , Norway. *Funded by Young Research Talent grant from Research Council of Norway. (Parental leave: 50% in 2018) Aug 2010 – Apr 2014 Postdoctoral Fellow, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway. (Parental leave: Feb 2013 – Nov 2013) Aug 2008 – Jul 2010 Postdoctoral Researcher. Arizona State University, USA.

Professional and Scientific Development 2018 Scientific Teaching Workshop, Summer Institutes on Scientific Teaching 2017 Science Communication Workshop, Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, Stony Brook University (at University of Oslo) 2017 Genomics for Ecologists workshop, University of Oslo 2015 Leadership course for Young Research Talents, University of Oslo

Research Sabbaticals 2017 Two-month visit to the group of Prof S.C. Griffith, Macquarie University, Australia. 2016 Two-month visit to the group of Prof T.L. Karr, Drosophila Genomics and Genetic Resources, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan.

Research Grants Awarded 2018 Not all sperm swim the same: understanding sperm cell locomotion and sperm morphological diversification. PI. University of Oslo: Life Sciences. Funding for two summer Student Research Projects and Stipends. (NOK 100 000) 2018 Sex chromosomes and speciation: chromosome inversion and the large Z-effect. Co-PI (PI: Prof S.C. Griffith). Australian Research Council. 2018-2020. (AU$ 299 944) 2016 Role of sperm proteins in postmating, prezygotic reproductive barriers in Passer sparrows. PI. Nansen Foundation. 2016-2018. (NOK 50 000) 2015 Student stipend supplement to RCN grant. PI. Research Council of Norway. (NOK 101 000) 2014 Sperm-pathogen interactions and the evolution of ejaculate antimicrobial defences in passerine birds. PI. Young Research Talent. Research Council of Norway. 2014-2019. (NOK 7 039 000) Curriculum vitae – Melissah Rowe 2013 Reproductive plasticity and climate change: insights from an opportunistic breeder. Co-PI (PI: Prof S.C. Griffith). Australian Research Council. 2013-2016. (AU$ 435 000) 2012 Impact of bacteria on sperm quality in a wild passerine, the house sparrow. PI. British Ornithological Union. (GB£ 1 000) 2009 REU: The molecular costs of being sexually attractive. Co-writer (PI: Prof K.J. McGraw). National Science Foundation, REU Supplement grant. (US$ 6 925) 2007 Mechanisms and dynamics of sperm competition in the Splendid Fairy-Wren: male investment in sperm numbers and quality. PI. American Ornithologists’ Union. Alexander Wetmore Research Award. (US$ 1 700) 2006 Reproductive biology and sperm competition in the southern emu-wren (Stipiturus malachurus). PI. Hinds Fund, University of Chicago. (US$ 1 602) 2005 Mechanisms of sperm competition in Australian Fairy-wrens (Maluridae). Co-writer. (PI: Dr. S. Pruett- Jones). National Science Foundation. 2005-2008. (US$ 323 000). 2004 The Dynamics of Sperm Competition and Paternity Control in Fairy-wrens. PI. Hinds Fund, University of Chicago. (US$ 1 655) 2003 Sexual selection and the evolution of millipede fauna. PI. Hinds Fund, University of Chicago. (US$ 1 276)

Scholarships and Awards 2017 Kristine Bonnevie Scholarship, University of Oslo (NOK 86 200) 2017 Visiting Researcher Fellowship, Macquarie University (AU$ 2 200) 2016 Kristine Bonnevie Scholarship, University of Oslo (NOK 90 682) 2015 Best researcher talk, CEES Annual Conference, University of Oslo 2009 Travel Award, American Ornithologists’ Union. (US$ 432) 2007 Women’s Board Travel Award, University of Chicago. (US$ 500) 2007 Doolittle-Harrison Fellowship, University of Chicago. (US$ 400) 2007 Marcia Brady Tucker Travel Award, American Ornithologists’ Union. (US$ 500) 2006 NAOC Travel Award, North American Ornithological Conference. (US$ 1 000) 2006 Membership Award, Cooper Ornithological Society. 2005 Graduate Student Scholarship (3 years), University of Chicago. (US$ 73 500) 2005 Membership Award, American Ornithologists’ Union. 2003 Graduate Student Scholarship (2 years), University of Chicago. (US$ 42 000) 2002 Fulbright Postgraduate Award, Australian-American Fulbright Commission

Publications * Denotes student author (undergraduate or PhD) supervised/mentored by me

Mohr, A., Girard, M., Rowe, M., McGraw, K.J., & Sweazea, K. (in press) Varied effects of dietary carotenoid supplementation on oxidative damage in tissues of two waterfowl species. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B Støstad, H.N.*, Rowe, M., Johnsen, A., Oldrich, T., Albrecht, T. & Lifjeld, J.T. (in press) Sperm head abnormalities are associated with excessive omega-6 fatty acids in two finch species feeding on sunflower seeds. Journal of Avian Biology K. Supriya*, Price, T. D., & Rowe, M. (2019) Resource variation generates positive correlations between pre- and post-copulatory sexual traits. Behavioural Ecology doi: 10.1093/beheco/ary170 Rowe, M., Skerget, S., Rosenow, M. A., & Karr, T. L. (2019) Identification and characterization of the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) sperm proteome. Journal of Proteomics 193: 192-204. doi: 10.1016/j.prot.2018.10.009 Støstad, H.N.*, Johnsen, A., Lifjeld, J.T., & Rowe, M. (2018) Sperm head morphology is associated with sperm swimming speed: a comparative study of songbirds using electron microscopy. Evolution. 72: 1918- 1932. doi: 10.1111/evo.13555 Hurley, L.L.*, Rowe, M., & Griffith, S.C. (2018) Differential sperm-egg interactions in experimental pairings between two sub-species and their hybrids in a passerine bird. Ecology and Evolution 8: 11725- 11732. doi: 10.1002/ece3.4624 Curriculum vitae – Melissah Rowe K. Supriya*, Price, T. D., & Rowe, M. (2018). Positive correlations between pre- and post-copulatory sexual traits in warblers. Journal of Avian Biology. 49: e01694. doi: 10.1111/jav.01694 Hurley, L.L.*, McDiarmid, C. S., Friesen, C., Griffith, S.C. & Rowe, M. (2018). Experimental heatwaves negatively impact sperm quality in the zebra finch. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 285 (1871), 20172547. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.2547 K. Supriya*., Rowe, M., Laskemoen, T., Mohan, D., Price, T. D., & Lifjeld, J.T. (2016) Early diversification of sperm size in the evolutionary history of the Old World Leaf Warblers (Phylloscopidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 29: 777-789. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12826 Eroukhmanoff, F., Rowe, M., Cramer, E. R. A., Haas, F., Hermansen, J. S., Runemark, A., Johnsen, A., & Sætre, G.P. (2016). Experimental evidence for ovarian hypofunction in sparrow hybrids. Avian Research. 7: 3. doi: 10.1186/s40657-016-0038-1 Omotoriogun, T.C.*, Albrecht, T., Horak, D., Laskemoen, T., Ottosson, U., Rowe, M., Sedlacek, O., & Lifjeld, J.T. (2016). Sperm size evolution in African greenbuls (Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 117: 337-349. doi: 10.1111/bij.12663 Omotoriogun, T.C.*, Laskemoen, T., Rowe, M., Albrecht, T., Sedlacek, O., Horak, D., Ottosson, U., & Lifjeld, J.T. (2016) Variation in sperm morphology among Afrotropical sunbirds. Ibis. 158: 155-166. doi: 10.1111/ibi.12334 Rowe, M., Albrecht, T., Cramer, E.R.A., Johnsen, A., Laskemoen, T., Weir, J.T., & Lifjeld, J.T. (2015). Postcopulatory sexual selection is associated with accelerated evolution of sperm morphology. Evolution. 69: 1044-1052. doi: 10.1111/evo.12620 Rowe, M., Griffith, S.C. Hofgaard, A., & Lifjeld, J.T. (2015) Subspecific variation in sperm morphology in the long-tailed finch, Poephila acuticauda (Passeriformes: Estrildidae). Avian Research. 6: 23. doi: 10.1186/s40657-015-0032-z Rowe, M., Pierson, K.L.*, & McGraw, K.J. (2015). Exploratory behavior is associated with plasma carotenoid accumulation in two congeneric species of waterfowl. Behavioural Processes. 115: 181-190. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2015.04.008 Dale, S., Lifjeld, J.T., & Rowe, M. (2015). Commonness and ecology, but not big brains, predicts urban living in birds. BMC Ecology. 15: 12. doi: 10.1186/s12898-015-0044-x Cramer, E.R.A., Laskemoen, T., Stensrud. E., Rowe, M., Haas, F., Lifjeld, J.T., Sætre, G.P., Johnsen, A. (2015). Morphology-function relationships and repeatability in the sperm of Passer sparrows. Journal of Morphology. 276: 370–377. doi: 10.1002/jmor.20346 Cramer, E.R.A., Laskemoen, T., Eroukhmanoff, F., Haas, F., Hermansen, J.S., Lifjeld, J.T., Rowe, M., Sætre, G. - P., & Johnsen, A. (2014). Testing a post-copulatory pre-zygotic reproductive barrier in a passerine species pair. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 68: 1133-1144. doi:10.1007/s00265-014-1724-9 Hermosell, I.G., Laskemoen, T., Rowe, M., Møller, A.P., Mousseau, T.A., Albrecht, T. & Lifjeld, J.T. (2013). Patterns of sperm damage in Chernobyl passerine birds suggest a trade-off between sperm length and integrity. Biology Letters. 9: 20130530. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0530 Rowe, M. & Pruett-Jones, S. (2013). Extra-pair paternity, sperm competition and their evolutionary consequences in the Maluridae. Emu. 113: 218-231. doi: 10.1071/MU12084 Tourmente, M, Rowe, M., González-Barroso, M, Rial, E, Gomendio, M, & Roldan, ERS. (2013). Postcopulatory sexual selection increases ATP content in rodent spermatozoa. Evolution. 67: 1838-1846. doi: 10.1111/evo.12079 Rowe, M., Czirják, G.Á., Lifjeld, J.T. & Giraudeau, M. (2013). Lysozyme-associated bactericidal activity in the ejaculate of a wild passerine. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 109: 92-100. doi: 10.1111/bij.12044 Rowe, M., Laskemoen, T., Johnsen, A. & Lifjeld, J. T. (2013). Evolution of sperm structure and energetics in passerine birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 280: 20122616. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2616 Lifjeld, J.T., Hoenen, A., Johannessen, L.E., Laskemoen, T., Lopes, R., Rodrigues, P. & Rowe, M. (2013). The Azores Bullfinch (Pyrrhula murina) has the same unusual and size-variable sperm morphology as the Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 108: 677-687. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.02040.x Rowe, M., Tourville, E. A* & McGraw, K. J (2012). Carotenoids in bird testes: links to body carotenoid supplies, plumage coloration, body mass and testis size in house finches (Carpodacus mexicanus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B. 163: 285-291. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2012.06.005 Curriculum vitae – Melissah Rowe Butler, M.W., Toomey, M.B., McGraw, K.J. & Rowe, M. (2012). Ontogenetic immune challenges shape adult personality in mallard ducks. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 279: 326-333. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0842 Rowe, M., Czirják, G.Á., McGraw, K.J. & Giraudeau, M. (2011). Sexual ornamentation reflects antibacterial activity of ejaculates in mallards. Biology Letters. 7: 740-742. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0276 Rowe, M. & Pruett-Jones, S. (2011). Sperm competition selections for sperm quantity and quality in Australian Maluridae. PLoSONE. 6(1): e15720. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015720 Costantini, D., Rowe, M., Butler, M. & McGraw, K. J. (2010). From molecules to living systems: historical and contemporary issues in oxidative stress and antioxidant ecology. Functional Ecology 24: 950-959. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01746.x Rowe, M. (2010). Copulation, mating system and sexual dimorphism in the Australian millipede Cladethosoma clarum (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). Australia Journal of Zoology 58: 127-132. doi: 10.1071/ZO10011 Rowe, M., Swaddle, J. P., Pruett-Jones, S., & Webster, M. S. (2010). Plumage coloration, ejaculate quality and reproductive phenotype in the red-backed fairy-wren. Animal Behaviour 79: 1239-1246. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.02.020 Pruett-Jones, S., Greig, E., Rowe, M. & Roche, E. (2010). The effects of sex, age, and social status on annual survival in splendid fairy-wrens. The Condor. 112: 369-377. doi: 10.1525/cond.2010.090176 Rowe, M. & McGraw, K. J. (2008) Carotenoids in the seminal fluid of wild birds: interspecific variation in fairy- wrens. The Condor 110: 694-700. doi: 10.1525/cond.2008.8604 Rowe, M., Bakst, M. R., & Pruett-Jones, S. (2008) Good vibrations? Structure and function of the cloacal tip of male Australian Maluridae. Journal of Avian Biology 39: 348-354. doi: 10.1111/j.0908- 8857.2008.04305.x Rowe, M. & Pruett-Jones, S. (2008) Reproductive anatomy of male Southern emu-wrens (Stipiturus malachurus) and Striated grasswrens (Amytornis striatus). Emu 108: 68-73. doi: 10.1071/MU07057 Rowe, M. & Pruett-Jones, S. (2006) Reproductive biology and sperm competition in Australian fairy-wrens. Avian and Poultry Biology Reviews. 17: 21-37. doi: 10.3184/147020606783437949 Rowe, M. & Sierwald, P. (2006) Morphological and systematic study of the tribe Australiosomatini (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Paradoxosomatidea, Paradoxosomatidae) and a revision of the genus Australiosoma. Invertebrate Systematics. 20: 527-556. doi: 10.1071/IS05034

Teaching Experience Course co-ordination and contribution 2015-2017 BIO3081: Animal Behaviour I (University of Oslo): I delivered 3 (2-hour) lectures per year for this advanced undergraduate course. During these lectures I played interactive group games to teach students about mate choice, reproductive investment, mating strategies, and sexual signaling. I also had student-led discussions on the topic of animal cognition and asked students to design experiments aimed at testing aspects of animal cognition. Finally, I prepared course assessments and exams. 2015-2017 BIO3081: Animal Behaviour II (University of Oslo): I delivered 2 (2-hour) lectures per year for this post-graduate (Masters and PhD) level course on sexual selection and sperm competition. 2015 BIO1200B: Biodiversity (University of Oslo): I delivered 2 (2-hour) lectures for this advanced undergraduate course on biodiversity, reproductive isolation, and speciation, and factors that influence species abundance and distribution. 2009 BIO/ MCB/ MIC 591: Scientific Teaching (Arizona State University): I was the course coordinator for this postgraduate (PhD and MSc level) course. In this role, I co-developed and taught the lecture context for the course. I also coordinated the course with the other instructors and organised the course assessments. 2007 BIOS 13115: From So Simple a Beginning: Evolution (University of Chicago): I delivered 1 (2-hour) lecture for this undergraduate course for non-majors on sexual selection. 2007 BIOS 23249: Animal Behavior (University of Chicago): I delivered 1 (2-hour) lecture for this advanced undergraduate course on sexual selection and sex ratio. Curriculum vitae – Melissah Rowe 2005 AP Statistics and Biology (The University of Chicago Laboratory School): I delivered 1 lecture for AP high school students on methods of statistical analysis in biology. 2005 BIOS 23252: Field Ecology (University of Chicago): I delivered 1 lecture to this advanced undergraduate course on sexual selection and sperm competition. 2003 -2005 BIOS 13117: Ecology, Evolution and Behavior (University of Chicago): I delivered 2 lectures per year on biodiversity and extinction. 2003 BIOS 23252: Field Ecology (University of Chicago): I delivered 1 lecture to this advanced undergraduate course on Invertebrate biology: sampling techniques and specimen identification.

Teaching assistant 2007 BIOS23249: Animal Behavior, University of Chicago, USA. Assistant instructor. Undergraduate course for biology majors and non-majors. 2007 BIOS23232: Ecology & Evolution in the Southwest, University of Chicago, USA. Assistant instructor. Undergraduate elective course for biology majors. 2007 BIOS23233: Ecology & Evolution in the Southwest: Field School, University of Chicago, USA. Assistant instructor. Undergraduate elective course for biology majors. 2005 BIOS 23252: Field Ecology, University of Chicago. Assistant instructor. Advanced undergraduate elective course for biology majors. 2003 BIOS 23252: Field Ecology, University of Chicago, USA. Assistant instructor. Advanced undergraduate elective course for biology majors.

Supervisory Experience Current 2019 -2021 Callum McDiarmid. PhD student. Co-supervisor (with Prof S.C. Griffith). Macquarie University. 2019 Daphne Yu. Undergraduate Student Researcher. Primary Supervisor. University of Oslo. 2018-2019 Amalie Zickfeldt Lade. Undergraduate Student Researcher. Primary Supervisor. University of Oslo.

Past 2018 Erlend Aarskaug Rud. Undergraduate Student Researcher. Primary Supervisor. University of Oslo.

2014 - 2018 Hanna Støstad. PhD student. Co-supervisor (with Prof J.T. Lifjeld). Natural History Museum, University of Oslo. 2015 - 2018 Diana Elisa Da Costa Carneiro. PhD student. Primary Supervisor. Natural History Museum, University of Oslo. 2015 - 2017 Simen Fredriksen. MSc student. Primary Supervisor. CEES, University of Oslo 2014 - 2018 Laura Hurley. PhD student. Co-supervisor (with Prof S.C. Griffith). Macquarie University. 2012 - 2015 Taiwo Crossby Omotoriogun. PhD student. Co-supervisor (with Prof J.T. Lifjeld). Natural History Museum, University of Oslo. 2009 - 2010 Elizabeth Tourville. Undergraduate Honors student. Co-supervisor (with Prof K.J. McGraw). Arizona State University. 2009 - 2010 Kasey Pierson. Undergraduate Honors student. Co-supervisor. Primary supervisor (with Prof K.J. McGraw). Arizona State University.

Curriculum vitae – Melissah Rowe Additional supervision/mentoring experience 2015 – present PhD evaluation committee (5 students), Natural History Museum, University of Oslo. (Ancuta Raclariu, Petter Marki, Mikkel Sinding, Sonja Kistenich, Øyvind Sunde). 2016 Visiting PhD student (Sergio Magallanes Argany). University of Extremadura, Spain 2008 – 2010 Undergraduate student mentor. Arizona State University. I served as a technical advisor to 7 undergraduate students participating in the School of Life Sciences Undergraduate Research Experience (SOLUR) Program. Primary supervisor: Prof K.J. McGraw. Arizona State University. 2007 - 2008 Student Teaching Consultant. The Centre for Teaching and Learning, University of Chicago. As a teaching consultant I provided feedback to student (PhD) teachers, from a range of disciplines, on their teaching techniques. This process included assessment of current teaching methods, suggesting new strategies for achieving classroom goals and how to assess one’s own development as an instructor. 2007 Workshop and Panel Discussion Leader, CTL, University of Chicago. Workshop: Active Teaching Techniques.

Presentations Invited scientific seminars 2019 Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. 2018 Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Sweden. 2017 Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Australia. 2016 Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK. 2016 Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, USA. 2016 Department of Biology, Syracuse University, USA. 2016 Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, USA. 2015 Department of Evolutionary Biology, Bielefeld University, Germany. 2012 Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, UK. 2012 Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Switzerland. 2011 Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Australia. 2008 School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, USA. 2008 Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, USA. 2007 Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, USA. 2002 Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Australia. 2000 Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Conference presentations (presenting author) Rowe, M., de Muinck, E., Fredriksen, S., Carneiro, D., Star, B., & Trosvik, P. (2018). Ejaculate microbiota of birds: inter-specific variation and disease transmission. Poster presentation at the 5th National Microbiota Conference. Oslo. Rowe, M., Whittington, E., Borziak, K., Sætre, G-P., & Dorus, S. (2018). The seminal fluid proteome of passerines: insight into fertilization and the functional evolution of avian ejaculates. Oral presentation at 2nd Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology. Montpellier. Rowe, M., Hurley, L.L.*, & Griffith, S.C. (2017). Sperm and sperm-egg interactions in a hybridizing finch species. Oral presentation. Symposium: Hybridization – Causes and consequences for speciation. University of Oslo. Oslo, Norway. Rowe, M., K. Supriya, & Price, T. D. (2017). Trade-offs between pre-copulatory and post-copulatory investment generate positive correlations across species. Oral presentation at 3rd Conference of the Norwegian Ecological Society. Oslo, Norway. Rowe, M. & Karr, T. L. (2016). Characterisation of the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) sperm proteome. Poster presentation at the 16th International Behavioural Ecology Congress (ISBE). Exeter, UK. Curriculum vitae – Melissah Rowe Rowe, M., Albrecht, T., Cramer, E.R.A., Johnsen, A., Laskemoen, T., Weir, J.T., & Lifjeld, J.T. (2014). Postcopulatory sexual selection accelerates rates of evolutionary divergence in sperm morphology. Oral presentation at the 15th International Behavioural Ecology Congress (ISBE). New York, USA. Rowe, M., Laskemoen, T., Johnsen, A., & Lifjeld, J T. (2012). Sperm size, speed and energy reserves: linking sperm structure and performance. Oral presentation at the 14th International Behavioural Ecology Congress (ISBE). Lund, Sweden. Rowe, M., Laskemoen, T., Kleven, O., Johnsen, A., Rudolfsen, G. & Lifjeld, J T. (2011). Sperm evolution in passerine birds. Poster presented at the 13th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB). Germany. Rowe, M., Swaddle, J. P. & Webster, M. S. (2009) Ejaculate quality, plumage coloration and reproductive phenotype in the red-backed fairy-wren (Malurus melanocephalus). Oral presentation at the 127th stated Meeting American Ornithologists’ Union. USA. Rowe, M. & Pruett-Jones, S. (2007) Sperm competition and ejaculate quality in male splendid fairy-wrens. Oral presentation at the 125th Meeting American Ornithologists’ Union. USA. Rowe, M., & Bakst, M. R. (2007) Good Vibrations? Structure and function of the cloacal tip of Australian Maluridae. Oral presentation at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society. USA. Rowe, M., & Pruett-Jones, S. (2006) Reproductive biology and sperm competition in Australian Maluridae. Oral presentation at the 4th North American Ornithological Conference. Mexico. Rowe, M. (2001) A Role for Sexual Selection in the Morphological Evolution and Speciation of Australian Millipedes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida). Oral presentation at the Australasian Evolution Society & Society of Australia Systematic Biologists Conference. Australia.

Conference presentations (co-author) Mohr, A.E., Girard, M., Rowe, M., McGraw, K.J., & Sweazea, K.L. (2018). Varied effects of dietary supplementation on oxidized damage in tissues of two waterfowl species. Oral presentation at the Experimental Biology Conference 2019. Orlando, FL, USA. Støstad, H.N.*, Johnsen, A., Lifjeld, J.T., & Rowe, M. (2018). Why are bird sperm screw-shaped? How a trade- off between swimming speed and structural integrity could explain sperm morphology. Poster presentation at 2nd Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology. Montpellier. Mohr, A.E., Girard, M., Rowe, M., McGraw, K.J., & Sweazea, K.L. (2018). Varied effects of dietary supplementation on oxidized lipoproteins in tissues of two waterfowl. Poster presentation at the 2018 Arizona Physiological Society Conference, Tempe, AZ, USA. Hurley, L.L.*, McDiarmid, C. S., Rowe, M., & Griffith, S.C. (2017). The Heat is on: Decrease in avian sperm functionality at high ambient temperatures. Oral presentation at The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) Annual meeting 2017, New Orleans, LA, USA. Rowe, M. & Karr, T. L. (2016). Identification and characterisation of the Taeniopygia guttata (zebra finch) sperm proteome. Poster presentation at The Allied Genetic Conference 2016 (TAGC), Orlando FL, USA. Griffith, S.C., Hurley, L.L.*, Fanson, K.V. & Rowe, M. (2015). Extra-pair paternity in birds: selection on genetic compatibility in a global context. Oral presentation at Behaviour2015, Cairns, Australia. Hurley, L.L.*, Crino, O., Buchanan, K.L., Rowe, M., & Griffith, S.C. (2015). Post-copulatory constraints to hybridization across subspecies of long-tailed finch. Oral presentation at Behaviour2015, Cairns, Australia. Dale, S., Rowe, M., & Lifjeld, J.T. (2014). What makes an urban bird? Bird species in the city are not big- brained but simply more common in the surroundings. Poster presented at the 26th International Ornithological Congress. Japan. Cramer, E.R.A., Ålund, M., Laskemoen, T., Eroukhmanoff, F., Eybert, M-C., Haas, F., Hermansen, J. S., Lifjeld, J.T., Rowe, M., Qvarnström, A., Sætre, G-P. & Johnsen, A. (2014). Post-copulatory, pre-zygotic isolating barriers in passerine birds? Oral presentation at the 15th International Behavioural Ecology Congress (ISBE). USA. K. Supriya., Rowe, M., Laskemoen, T., Mohan, D. Price, T.D. & Lifjeld, J T. (2014). Correlated evolution of sperm and song in the Old World warblers. Poster presented at the American Society of Naturalists (ASN) Conference. USA. Cramer, E.R.A., Laskemoen, T., Eroukhmanoff, F., Haas, F., Hermansen, J.S., Lifjeld, J.T., Rowe, M., Sætre, G. - P., & Johnsen, A. (2013). Testing a post-copulatory pre-zygotic reproductive barrier in a passerine Curriculum vitae – Melissah Rowe species pair. Poster presented at the 14th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB). Portugal. K. Supriya., Rowe, M., Mohan, D. Price, T.D. & Lifjeld, J T. (2012). Relationship between phylogenetic divergence and divergence in sperm morphology in Himalayan passerines. Oral presentation at the 4th YETI conference, India. Omotoriogun, T. C.*, Laskemoen, T., Rowe, M., Albrecht, T., Ottosson, U. & Lifjeld, J T. (2012). Sperm evolution and sperm competition. Poster presented at the 13th Pan-African Ornithological Congress (PAOC). Tanzania.

* Denotes student author supervised or co-supervised by me

Professional Experience Evaluation experience 2018 External examiner for PhD thesis (Amy Rowley). University of Manchester. 2018 External examiner for PhD thesis (Rosie Eccleston). Dept. of Zoology, University of Oxford. 2017 External examiner for PhD thesis (Tania Mendonca). Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield. 2017 External examiner for PhD special curriculum course at Nord University, Norway. 2016 External examiner for PhD thesis (Aitor Alvarez Fernandez). Dept. of Zoology, University of Oxford. 2015 International examiner for PhD thesis (Ignacio Garcia Hermosell). University of Extremadura. 2014 Grant peer review, International Foundation for Science. 2010 Member of evaluation committee for undergraduate Honours thesis (Afton Chavez). Arizona State University. 2010 Member of evaluation committee for undergraduate Honours thesis (Kasey Pierson). Arizona State University.

Journal review I have reviewed papers for the following journals (Publons ID: publons.com/a/1331748/): Evolution • Current Biology • Proceedings of the Royal Society B • Nature Scientific Reports • BMC Evolutionary Biology • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology • Emu • Animal Behaviour • PLoSONE • Behavioral Ecology • Ethology • Functional Ecology • Journal of Zoology • Ecology Letters • Entomological Science • Peer J •African Zoology • Journal of Avian Biology • Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Administrative experience and general service 2017 Invited speaker. Norwegian Research Schools. Academic Career Development workshop 2016 – present Co-organiser of seminar series: Late Lunch Talks. CEES, UiO 2016 Invited speaker. (Becoming an independent researcher). Young Researchers Day (De unges Dag). CEES, UiO 2008 - 2009 Board member, American Ornithologists’ Union Early Professionals Committee. 2007 - 2008 Board member, Midwest Chapter: Australian Fulbright Alumni Association. 2005 - 2007 Board member, American Ornithologists’ Union Student Affairs Committee. 2006 Co-chair, Symposium: Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives on Sexual Selection, 4th North American Ornithological Conference.

Professional membership European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) International Society for Behavioural Ecology (ISBE)

Curriculum vitae – Melissah Rowe

Public Outreach (selection) Public outreach activities 2018 Participating scientist in the ‘Skype a Scientist’ program 2016 The biology of birds. Science tour. Lakkegata barnaskole, Oslo 2015 Birds in the garden. Science tour. Lakkegata barnaskole, Oslo 2006 Sisters4Science Guest Scientist. Chicago, USA. 2005 Guest Scientist. BioOutreach Program. University of Chicago. 2005 Science Fair judge. Inter-American Magnet School, Chicago. USA. 2004 Guest Scientist. BioOutreach Program. University of Chicago. 2004 Science Fair judge. Inter-American Magnet School, Chicago. USA.

Public lectures and seminars 2011 Sexual selection and sperm competition. Calperum Station seminar series. 2011 Avifauna in New South Wales. Amphibian Society of NSW. 2009 Coloration and immunity in ducks. Arizona Science Center. 2008 Promiscuous birds and sperm competition. Chicago Café Scientifique. 2007 Fairy-wrens. Birds South Australia Community Group. 2007 Ecology of the Riverlands. Natural History Society of South Australia. 2006 Sexual selection in the Australian Maluridae. Birds South Australia.

Media attention - magazines and newspapers 2018 Australia’s severe heat is affecting the sperm of the bird population: study (Sydney Morning Herald), Hot weather banjaxes bird bollocks (Cosmos magazine), Birds’ swimmers can’t stand the heat (Scimex), Hot weather is bad news for bird sperm (phys.org), 2016 Se så fint nebb jeg har! (Titan.uio.no), Røff sex I Andeby (Titan.uio.no) 2011 Developing duck personalities (Science News), An infectious personality (Science NOW), Bodily invasion during duckling-hood makes adult ducks more adventurous (Discover Magazine), Colourful- billed mallard ducks have fewer STDs (BBC Earth News), Safe sex, duck style (Science Magazine), Brighter bill may indicate STD-free duck (Live Science), Colourful ducks may have fewer sex diseases (New Scientist). 2008 Wiggling bird genitals give the ladies good vibrations (New Scientist)

Media attention - television and radio 2018 Coverage of study – Experimental heatwaves negatively impact sperm quality in the zebra finch – ABC Adelaide, ABC Brisbane, ABC 1 South Australia and Broken Hill, 2SER Weekend Breakfast with Jess Klaiman 2011 Promiscuity in birds: sex and sperm competition. WIN TV, news report. 2005 Fairy-wrens: desperate and devious. ABC Radio Rural Report, ABC Radio Country Hour, ABC Radio Radio National: Bush Telegraph. Broadcast on local, state and nationally broadcast radio programs. 2002 Sexual selection and sperm competition in Australian millipedes. Totally Wild. 5-minute segment for the nationally broadcast children’s television program.