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JANE YOUNGER Milner Centre for Evolution • University of Bath Claverton Down • Bath, BA2 7AY, United Kingdom Jly26@Bath.Ac.Uk • Janeyounger.Com JANE YOUNGER Milner Centre for Evolution • University of Bath Claverton Down • Bath, BA2 7AY, United Kingdom [email protected] • janeyounger.com APPOINTMENTS 2019 - Prize Fellow (junior tenure-track faculty) Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath 2015 - Post-doctoral Researcher 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; “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) University of New South Wales, Australia 2007 B.Sc. in Nanotechnology (Hons 1) FELLOWSHIPS AND HONORS 2018 Prize Fellowship, University of Bath 2017 Doctoral Award, Royal Society of Tasmania 2015 Endeavour Research Fellowship, Australian Government, Department of Education and Training 2014 Allen Award, Australian Marine Sciences Association 2011- Australian Postgraduate Award, Australian Government, Department of 2014 Education and Training Curriculum Vitae – Jane Younger (2) PUBLICATIONS * indicates joint lead authorship 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. 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. 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. 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. Curriculum Vitae – Jane Younger (3) SELECTED RESEARCH GRANTS 2019 Field Museum of Natural History Polar Studies Grant: $92,400 US. Co-PI, with John Bates, Sushma Reddy, Shannon Hackett. 2019 National Geographic Society Early Career Grant: $7,540 US. 2019 British Ecological Society Large Research Grant: £19,800. 2018 American Museum of Natural History Frank M. Chapman Memorial Grant: $700 US. 2017 Linnean Society of London and the Systematics Association Research Grant: £972. 2017 American Ornithological Society Research Grant: $2,116 US. 2013- Australian Sea World Research and Rescue Foundation Research grant: 2014 $40,286 AU. 2012- ANZ Charitable Trust - Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment 2014 Research grant: $21,500 AU. 2012- Australian Antarctic Division Research grant: $99,400 AU direct funding, plus 2016 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. Curriculum Vitae – Jane Younger (4) 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. 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) Curriculum Vitae – Jane Younger (5) 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. 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
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