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Rochelle Kelly Curriculum Vitae 472 Life Sciences Building Ph.D. Candidate University of Washington [email protected] Seattle WA, 98195 EDUCATION 2013- 2018 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA Dissertation Title: Diversity, distributions, and ecology of bats among the San Juan Islands. Advisor: Dr. Sharlene Santana 2013 B.S. Conservation & Resource Studies, High Honors, University of California, Berkeley, CA Honors thesis: Influence of landscape heterogeneity on bat activity in vineyards. Advisor: Dr. Erica Bree Rosenblum 2007 A.S. Veterinary Technology, Western Career College, Pleasant Hill, CA RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2018 Genetic and morphological diversity of Myotis spp. in Washington State. Collected morphometric and genetic data to compare patterns morphological and genetic diversity among two Pacific Northwest Myotis spp. (M. lucifugus and M. yumanensis) across Washington State. Department of Biology and the Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Advisor: Dr. Sharlene Santana. 2013-2018 Diversity, distributions, and ecology of bats among the San Juan Islands. Carried out field and lab work to collect and analyze tissue, guano, & distribution data from bats among the San Juan Islands to study diversity and distribution patterns. Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Advisor: Dr. Sharlene Santana. 2014-2018 Comparison of morphological and molecular identification of Washington’s Myotis spp. Designed and managed course project for BIOL/FISH 340, where students carried out morphological and molecular identification of Myotis spp. that were submitted to the Washington Department of Health for Rabies testing. Department of Biology and the Burke Museum, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Advisor: Dr. Sharlene Santana and Dr. Lorenz Hauser. 2013-2017 Clinal patterns of skull variability in the Pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus). Employed 2-D geometric morphometrics to analyze environmental correlates of cranial and mandibular size and shape variability throughout the western range of A. pallidus. Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Advisor: Dr. Sharlene Santana. 2013-2016 Assessment of the ability to estimate prey abundance from guano. Carried out a controlled feeding study with Big-brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) to assess the relationship between counts of prey COI amplicons generated by High Throughput Sequencing and their relative proportion in diet. Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Advisor: Dr. Sharlene Santana. 2013 Response of tree roosting bats to forest fire. Conducted vegetation surveys, radio-telemetry, field handling and identification of AZ bats. School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ. Advisor: Dr. Carol Chambers 2012-2013 Influence of landscape heterogeneity on bat activity in vineyards. Conducted acoustic surveys and analyzed patterns of bat activity within vineyards. College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley, CA. Advisor: Dr. Adina Merenlender. 2012-2013 Thermal ecology of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobaditis (Bd). Conducted lab experiments to investigate population growth rates of Bd under various thermal conditions. College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley, CA. Advisor: Erica Bree Rosenblum Rochelle Kelly Curriculum Vitae 2011-2012 Influence of landscape heterogeneity on biological control of vineyard pests. Assisted in lab and field research in Napa and Sonoma County vineyards, studying the vineyard pest and parasitoid interactions. College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley, CA. Advisor: Dr. Miguel Altieri. PUBLICATIONS Bonwitt, J., Oltean, H., Lang, M., Kelly, R.M., Goldoft, M. (2018) Bat rabies in Washington State: temporal- spatial trends and risk factors for zoonotic transmission (2000-2017). PLoS ONE 13(10). Kelly, R.M. Friedman, R., Santana, S.M. (2018) Primary productivity explains size variation across the Pallid bat’s (Antrozous pallidus) western geographic range. Functional Ecology 32(6), 15510-1530. Voyles, J., Johnson, L.R., Kelly, R.M., Rohr, J., Rosenblum, E.B. (2017) Living on the edge: Growth of the lethal fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobaditis at its thermal extremes. Oecologia 183(2). Sastre, N., Francino, O., Curti, J.N., Armenta, T.C., Fraser, D.L., Kelly, R.M., Hunt, E., Silbermayr, K., Zewe, C., Sánchez, A., Wayne, R.K., Ferrer, L. (2016) Detection, prevalence and phylogenetic relationships of Demodex spp. and further Skin prostigmata mites (Acari, Arachnida) in wild and domestic mammals. PLoS ONE 11(11). Kelly, R.M, Merenlender, A.M., Wilson, H., Kitzes, J. M. (2016) Remnant vegetation promotes bat activity in a vineyard landscape. Vol. 223, Agriculture, Ecosystems, and the Environment PRESENTATIONS Kelly, R.M, Santana, S.M. Diversity, distributions, and ecology of bats among the San Juan Islands. Oral presentation at the North American Society for Bat Research Meeting, Knoxville, TN, October 19, 2017. Kelly, R.M, Santana, S.M. Primary productivity explains Bergmannian size pattern in the western geographic range of the Pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus). Oral presentation at the North American Society for Bat Research Meeting, San Antonio, TX, October 15, 2016. Kelly, R.M. Studying diet in the digital age. Oral presentation at Graduate Student Symposium, Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, March 14, 2016. Kelly, R.M, Santana, S.M. Exploring the relationship between ecological niche breadth and dispersal among Pacific Northwest bats. Poster presented at the North American Joint Bat Working Group Meeting, St. Louis, MO, March 4, 2015. Kelly, R.M, Santana, S.M. A preliminary survey bat ecological communities in the San Juan Archipelago, with a new method for locating bat roosts. Poster presented at the North American Society for Bat Research National Meeting, Albany, NY, October 23, 2014. Kelly, R.M. Exploring the relationship between ecological niche breadth, dispersal, and island biogeography in Pacific Northwest bats. Oral presentation at Graduate Student Symposium, Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, March 14, 2014. Kelly, R.M, Kitzes, J. M., Wilson, H., Merenlender, A.M. Assessing bat activity in North Coast Vineyards. Oral presentation at the College of Natural Resources Honors Symposium, UC Berkeley, CA, May 9, 2013. Kelly, R.M, Kitzes, J. M., Wilson, H., Merenlender, A.M. Edges promote bat activity in a vineyard landscape. Poster presented at the Western Bat Working Group Regional Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, April 4, 2013. Kelly, R.M, J. Voyles, E.B. Rosenblum. Investigating the thermal ecology of temperate and tropical isolates of the pathogenic amphibian fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobaditis (Bd). Poster Presented at the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) National Conference, Seattle, WA, October 13, 2012. Rochelle Kelly Curriculum Vitae TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teaching Assistant: 2018 Vertebrate Biology (BIOL 452), University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Lab instructor. Summer Quarter. 2018 Evolution & Ecology (BIOL 180), University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Lab instructor. Spring Quarter. 2018 Evolution & Ecology (BIOL 180), University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Lab instructor. Winter Quarter. 2017 Genetics & Molecular Ecology (BIOL 340), University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Lab instructor. Fall Quarter. 2015-2017 Entomology (BIOL 454), University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Lab instructor. Spring Quarter. 2016 Evolution & Ecology (BIOL 180), University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Lab instructor. Fall Quarter. 2016 Evolution & Systematics (BIOL 354), University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Lab instructor. Winter Quarter. 2015 Girls in Science and Technology (GIST): Afterschool science program for high school girls. Burke Museum, Seattle, WA. Fall Quarter. 2015 Evolution & Ecology (BIOL 180), University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Lab instructor. Winter Quarter. 2014 Genetics & Molecular Ecology (BIOL 340), University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Lab instructor. Fall Quarter. 2013 Introduction to Conservation and Resource studies major (ESPM 90), University of California, Berkeley, CA. Spring Quarter. Guest Lecturer: 2018 The Nature Conservancy. Biology, conservation, and ecology of Washington bats. The Nature Conservancy Field Office Seattle, WA. Fall quarter. 2018 Washington Department of Health. Designed and led workshop on the identification of Washington bats. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Summer quarter. 2018 Vertebrate Biology (BIOL 452). Diversity, distributions, and ecology of bats in the San Juan Islands. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Summer Quarter. 2015-2018 Entomology (BIOL 454). A bats eye view of entomology: overview of the interactions between bats and insects. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Spring Quarter. 2017 Wildlife in the Modern World (ESRM 150). Diversity, distributions, and ecology of bats in the San Juan Islands. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Fall Quarter. 2014-2017 Genetics & Molecular Ecology (BIOL 340). Conservation and ecology of Washington bats: an introduction to class research projects. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Fall Quarter. 2015-2017 Entomology (BIOL 454). A bats eye view of entomology: overview of the interactions between bats and insects. University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Spring Quarter. 2016 Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program: Gave presentation on bat