GARY A. WELLBORN CURRICULUM VITAE FEBRUARY 2016

Positions held: Director of the University of Oklahoma Biological Station, University of Oklahoma. 2012 – present Professor, Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma. 2015 – present Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma. 2002 – 2015 Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, and University of Oklahoma Biological Station. 1996 – 2002 Lecturer, Department of Biology, Yale University. 1993 – 1996

Contact information: Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman OK 73019; and University of Oklahoma Biological Station, HC 71 Box 205, Kingston OK 73439 Phone: (405) 325-1421 Fax: (405) 325-6202 E-mail: [email protected]

Education: Ph.D. Biology, University of Michigan. 1993. Dissertation title: Ecology and evolution of body size and life history variation among populations of a freshwater amphipod. Supervisor: Dr. Earl E. Werner. M.S. Biology, University of Texas at Arlington. 1987. Thesis title: The impact of fish predation and thermal regime on a littoral macroarthropod community. Supervisor: Dr. James V. Robinson. B.S. Biology, University of Texas at Arlington. 1984.

Teaching experience: Introductory Biology: Molecules, Cells, and Physiology (Biology 1124). University of Oklahoma. 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 Senior Seminar (Biology 4983). University of Oklahoma. 2011, 2015 Research in Ecology (Biology 3423) University of Oklahoma. 2015, 2016 Principles of Ecology (Zoology 3403). University of Oklahoma. 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 Introductory Zoology (Honors) (Zoology 1114) University of Oklahoma. 2005, 2007 Introductory Zoology Laboratory (Honors) (Zoology 1121) University of Oklahoma. 2005, 2007

1 Current Topics in Aquatic Ecology (Zoology 6970). University of Oklahoma. 1997 –2007 (each fall) Field Ecology (Zoology 4970/5970). University of Oklahoma. 1998, 1999 Field Methods in Ecology (Zoology 4970/5970) University of Oklahoma. 1997, 1998 Limnology (Zoology 4462). University of Oklahoma. 1997, 1998, 2000 Limnology Laboratory (Zoology 4472). University of Oklahoma. 1998, 2000 Honors Reading (Zoology 3960). 1999 - 2012 Honors Research (Zoology 3980). 1999 - 2012 Independent Study (Zoology 3990/4990/5990). 1997, 1999-2004, 2008 General Seminar (Zoology 4961/6970). University of Oklahoma. 2000, 2001 Research for Master’s Thesis (Zoology 5980). University of Oklahoma. 2001 Field Ecology (Biology 255). Yale University. 1995. Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior (Biology 242). Yale University. 1993-1995. Biology of Terrestrial Arthropods (Biology 221). Yale University. 1994, 1995. General Ecology, laboratory coordinator. University of Michigan. 1992. General Ecology, laboratory instructor. University of Michigan. 1990. Biology for non-science majors, discussion leader. University of Michigan. 1989. Introductory biology for science majors, laboratory instructor. University of Michigan. 1987-1988.

Master’s students supervised: Rickey Cothran, M.S. 2002. Thesis title: Precopulatory mate guarding affects predation risk in two freshwater amphipod species: implication for the operation of sexual selection and intersexual conflict. Jess Eberle, M.S. 2014. Thesis title: Ecological context of sexual size dimorphism. Ph.D students supervised: Rickey Cothran, Ph.D. 2007. Thesis title: Ecological context and the evolution of mating biases in a freshwater amphipod species complex.

Honors and undergraduate theses supervised: University of Oklahoma: Ellen Oehmke, 2016-present. Senescence in crustaceans subject to positive and negative size-biased predation. Holly Gaines, 2011-2012. Behavioral response to predatory behavioral and chemical cues in a Hyalella amphipod. Jessie Tanner, 2011-2012. Precopulatory physical interactions in a Hyalella amphipod.

2 Michelle Morgan, 2007 – 2008. Genetic diversity among Hyalella populations in Oklahoma springs. Amber Kuzmic, 2007 – 2008. Role of male gnathopods in amphipod mating. Benjamin Martin, 2006 – 2008. Chemical communication in Hyalella amphipods. Jennie Snell, 2001 – 2002. Activity rates in the Hyalella azteca species complex Annie Cacy, 2000 – 2001. The effects of body size on competitive ability Lauren Pope, 1999 – 2000. The relationship between female mating preferences and male body size in ecotypes of freshwater amphipods in the Hyalella azteca species complex

Yale University: Charles Kim, 1996. Habitat corridors in conservation biology Tim Blake, 1996. Fluctuating asymmetry in sexual selection Mark Hauber, 1995. Web stabilimenta in island populations of Argiope spiders

Awards and fellowships: 2009 Most Inspiring Professor Award, presented by the University of Oklahoma Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. 1993 H. H. Rackham Dissertation Fellowship, University of Michigan. One term fellowship including tuition and stipend. 1991 H. H. Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan. One year fellowship including tuition and stipend. 1987 Sigma Xi Research Recognition Award. Presented annually by the University of Texas at Arlington Chapter of Sigma Xi to the outstanding Master's student in the College of Science. 1985 Texas Utilities Generating Company Fellowship and Research Grant. Grant title: The effects of thermal regime and fish predation on larval dragonfly communities. $36,000.

Grants received: 2011 Grant title: Building research collaboration for the future: enhancement of UOBS research park. Granting agency: National Science Foundation. Award period: 9/01/2011 - 6/31/2015. Award amount: $248,642. Wellborn is CO-PI, with K.D. Hambright (PI) and L.J. Weider (CO-PI). 2010 Grant title: REU Supplement: Mechanisms of constraint in the evolutionary radiation of a crustacean species complex. Granting agency: National Science Foundation. Award period: 4/01/2010 - 8/31/2010. Award amount: $7000. Wellborn is PI.

3 2009 Grant title: REU Supplement: Mechanisms of constraint in the evolutionary radiation of a crustacean species complex. Granting agency: National Science Foundation. Award period: 4/01/2009 - 8/31/2009. Award amount: $7000. Wellborn is PI. 2008 Grant title: Laptop Computers Introductory-Level Biology Laboratory Courses. Granting agency: University of Oklahoma College of Arts and Sciences. Award Period: 2008. Award amount: $7,200. (with Dr. Phil Gibson). 2007 Grant title: Mechanisms of constraint in the evolutionary radiation of a crustacean species complex. Granting agency: National Science Foundation. Award period: 9/01/2007 - 8/31/2010. Award amount: $300,000. Wellborn is PI. 2007 Grant title: Travel to La Serena, Chile, to attend meeting of The Crustacean Society. Granting agency: Presidential International Travel Fund, University of Oklahoma. Effective dates: October, 2007. Award amount: $1000. Wellborn is PI. 2006 Grant title: Microsatellite DNA markers for behavioral and evolutionary studies in crustaceans. Granting agency: OU College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Enrichment Grant. Award period: 3/27/2006 - 3/26/2007. Award amount: $995. Wellborn is PI. 2006 Grant title: The role of ecological processes in structuring biological diversity. Granting agency: OU Research Council. Award period: 10/25/2006 – 10/24/2007. Award amount: $5850. Wellborn is PI. 2005 Grant title: Microsatellite DNA markers for behavioral and evolutionary studies in crustaceans. Granting agency: University of Oklahoma Research Council. Award Period: 2005. Award Amount: $997. I am Principal Investigator. 2003 Grant title: Proposal for equipment to facilitate computer-assisted learning in upper division zoology Courses (ZOO 3403, 3092, 4983, 5403, 4970/5970). Granting agency: University of Oklahoma College of Arts and Sciences. Award Period: 2003. Award Amount: $30,311. I am Principal Investigator, with Mike Kaspari (Co-PI) and Trish Schwagmeyer (Co-PI). 2002 Grant title: Expansion of housing facilities for guest researchers at the University of Oklahoma Biological Station. Granting agency: National Science Foundation. Award period: 10/1/2002–9/30/2005. Award number: DBI-0224635. Award amount: $187,500. I am Co-Investigator, with L. J. Weider (PI) and K.D. Hambright (Co-PI). 2002 Grant title: Travel to Coquimbo, Chile. Granting agency: Presidential International Travel Fund, University of Oklahoma. Effective dates: April, 2002 – May 2003. I am PI. 2001 Grant title: Molecular ecology and systematics facility. Granting agency: Office of Vice President for Research, University of Oklahoma. Award period: 10/1/01– 10/1/02. Award amount: $30,318.60. Co- investigator with Lawrence J. Weider (lead author), James N. Thompson, Caryn C. Vaughn, and Laurie Vitt. 2001 Grant title: REU Supplement: Ecological mechanisms of diversification in Hyalella amphipods. Granting agency: National Science Foundation. Award period: 5/1/01– 12/31/01. Award amount: $10,006. I am Principal Investigator. 2000 Grant title: REU Supplement: Ecological mechanisms of diversification in Hyalella amphipods. Granting agency: National Science Foundation. Award period: 5/1/00– 12/31/00. Award amount: $10,006. I am Principal Investigator.

4 1999 Grant title: Ecological mechanisms of diversification in Hyalella amphipods. Granting agency: National Science Foundation. Award period: 5/1/99–4/30/03. Award amount: $300,000. I am Principal Investigator. 1998 Junior Faculty Research Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oklahoma. $6000. 1998 Proposal for equipment to facilitate computer-assisted learning in upper division zoology lab courses, ZOO 3403, 3092, 4970/5970, 4472. Granting agency: University of Oklahoma. Effective Date: November, 1998. Award amount: $13,000. With M. Kaspari, and P. Schwagmeyer. 1997 Faculty Enrichment Grant, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Oklahoma. Grant title: Genetic and behavioral mechanisms of population divergence in a freshwater invertebrate, Hyalella azteca. $1000. 1997 Hill Fund, University of Oklahoma. Grant title: Research Travel Grant. $500. 1997 Junior Faculty Research Grant, Office for the Vice President for Research, University of Oklahoma. Grant title: Ecology and evolution of freshwater amphipod populations. $6000. 1996 University of Oklahoma Research/Creative Activity Program. Grant title: Small pond experimental facility for the University of Oklahoma Biological Station. $14,497. 1992 University of Michigan Block Grant. Grant title: Predation and the evolution of life history and behavior in freshwater amphipod populations. $850. 1992 Grant from fund established by past graduate students of the University of Michigan Department of Zoology. $200. 1992 Ecological Society of America Travel Award. $75. 1991 University of Michigan Block Grant. Grant title: Ecology of life history variation in a freshwater amphipod. $2575. 1991 University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Scholarship Award. Grant title: Ecology and evolution of life history variation in Hyalella azteca. $950. 1991 Ecological Society of America Travel Award. $75. 1990 American Museum of Natural History, Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund Grant. Grant title: Ecology and evolution of life history variation in an amphipod. $560. 1990 University of Michigan Block Grant. Grant title: Ecology and evolution of antipredator defenses in Hyalella azteca. $2480. 1990 University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Scholarship Award. Grant title: Ecology of life history variation in a freshwater amphipod. $950. 1989 University of Michigan Block Grant. Grant title: Interpopulation variation in antipredator defense: a test of optimal defense theory. $692.

5 Publications in Review or Preparation: Wellborn, G. A., and M. Thiel. The Natural History of Crustacea, Volume V: Life Histories. Oxford University Press. (Edited volume for which I serve as senior editor and contributor.) Wellborn, G.A. Life history adaptation in prey. In: Wellborn, G. A., and M. Thiel. The Natural History of Crustacea, Volume V: Life Histories. Oxford University Press.

Journal Publications and Book Chapters: Wellborn, G. A., and R. B. Langerhans. 2015. Ecological opportunity and the adaptive diversification of lineages. Ecology and Evolution 5: 176-195. Wellborn, G. A., J. D. S. Witt, and R. D. Cothran. 2015. Chapter 31: Class Malacostraca, Superorder Peracarida and Syncarida. Pages 781-796 in J. H. Thorp, D. C. Rogers, and K. Tockner (eds.), Thorp and Covich’s Freshwater Invertebrates, Fourth Edition. Volume I: Ecology and General Biology. Elsevier. Weston, D., H. Poynton, M. Lydy, and G, Wellborn. 2015. Adaptation, not acclimation, is the likely mechanism for reduced sensitivity of some wild Hyalella populations to pyrethroid insecticides. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 34:2188-2190. Weston, D. P., H. C. Poynton, G. A. Wellborn, M. J. Lydy, B L. Blalock, M. S. Sepulveda, and J. K. Colbourne. 2013. Multiple origins of pyrethroid insecticide resistance across the species complex of a nontarget aquatic crustacean, Hyalella azteca. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110: 16532-16537. Cothran, R. D., A. R. Stiff, K. Chapman, G. A. Wellborn, and R. A. Relyea. 2013. Reproductive interference via interspecific pairing in an amphipod species complex. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 67: 1357-1367. Wellborn, G. A., and E. Capps. 2013. Establishment of a new population by a single gravid colonist: implications for Hyalella biogeography and speciation. Evolutionary Ecology 27: 101-115. Cothran, R. D., A. Kuzmic, G. A. Wellborn, and R. A. Relyea. 2010. Phenotypic manipulation provides insights into the function of a sexually selected trait in a freshwater crustacean. Animal Behavoiur 80: 543-549. Wellborn, G.A., and R. Broughton. 2008. Diversification on an ecologically constrained adaptive landscape. Molecular Ecology 17: 2927-2936. Wellborn, G. A., and R. D. Cothran. 2007. Niche diversity in crustacean cryptic species: complementarity in spatial distribution and predation risk. Oecologia 154: 175-183. Wellborn, G. A., and R. D. Cothran. 2007. Evolution and ecology of mating behavior in freshwater amphipods. In E. Duffy and M. Thiel, editors. Evolutionary ecology of social and sexual systems: crustaceans as model organisms. Oxford University Press. Wellborn, G. A., and S. Bartholf. 2005. Ecological context and the interaction of natural and sexual selection in two amphipod species. Oecologia, 143:308-316. Wellborn, G. A., R. D. Cothran, and S. Bartholf. 2005. Life history and allozyme diversification in regional ecomorphs of the Hyalella azteca (Crustacea: Amphipoda)

6 species complex. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 84: 161-175. Wellborn, G. A., and R. D. Cothran. 2004. Phenotypic similarity and differentiation among sympatric cryptic species in a freshwater amphipod species complex. Freshwater Biology 49:1-13. Wellborn, G. A. 2002 Tradeoff between competitive ability and antipredator adaptation in a freshwater amphipod species complex. Ecology 83:129-136. Wellborn, G. A. 2000. Selection on a sexually dimorphic trait in two ecotypes of Hyalella amphipods (Amphipoda: Hyalellidae). American Midland Naturalist 143:212-225. Wellborn, G. A. 2000. Testing concepts of animal foraging behavior: an experiment using seed trays. American Biology Teacher 62:46-49. McPeek, M. A., and G. A. Wellborn. 1998. Genetic variation and reproductive isolation among phenotypically divergent amphipod populations. Limnology & Oceanography 43:1162-1169. Wellborn, G. A., D. K. Skelly, and E. E. Werner. 1996. Mechanisms creating community structure across a freshwater habitat gradient. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 27:337-363. Wellborn, G. A., and J. V. Robinson. 1996. Effects of a thermal effluent on macroarthropods in a central Texas reservoir. American Midland Naturalist 136:110-120. Werner, E. E., G. A. Wellborn, and M. A. McPeek. 1995. Diet composition in postmetamorphic bullfrogs and green frogs: implications for interspecific predation and competition. Journal of Herpetology 29:600-607. Wellborn, G. A. 1995. Determinants of reproductive success in freshwater amphipod species differing in body size and life history. Animal Behaviour 50:353-363. Wellborn, G. A. 1995. Predator community composition and patterns of variation in life history and morphology among Hyalella (Amphipoda) populations in southeast Michigan. American Midland Naturalist 133:322-332. Wellborn, G. A. 1994. Size-biased predation and the evolution of prey life histories: a comparative study of freshwater amphipod populations. Ecology 75:2104-2117. Wellborn, G. A. 1994. The mechanistic basis of body size differences between Hyalella (Amphipoda) species. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 9:159-168. Wellborn, G. A., and J. V. Robinson. 1991. The influence of fish predation on an experienced prey community. Canadian Journal of Zoology 69:2515-2522. Robinson, J. V., and G. A. Wellborn. 1988. Ecological resistance to the invasion of the Asiatic clam, Corbicula fluminea: fish predation effects. Oecologia 77:445-452. Wellborn, G. A., and J. V. Robinson. 1987. Microhabitat selection as an antipredator strategy in the aquatic insect Pachydiplax longipennis Burmeister (Odonata: Libellulidae). Oecologia 71:185-189. Robinson, J. V., and G. A. Wellborn. 1987. Mutual predation in assembled communities of odonate species. Ecology 68:921-927.

7 Master’s and PhD publications by graduate students for which I was major professor, but advised traditional single-author publication: Cothran, R. D. 2008. Direct and indirect fitness consequences of mate choice in a crustacean. Evolution 62: 1666-1675. Cothran R. D. 2008. Phenotypic manipulation reveals sexual conflict over precopula duration. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 1409-1416. Cothran R. D. 2008. The mechanistic basis of a large male mating advantage in two freshwater amphipod species. Ethology 114: 1145-1153. Cothran, R. D. 2004. Precopulatory mate guarding increases predation risk for two freshwater amphipod species. Animal Behaviour 68: 1133-1138.

Selected professional service: Symposium organizer. Symposium title: Ecology and evolution of freshwater amphipods. The Crustacean Society. 2007 Annual Meeting, La Serena, Chile. Scientific Organizing Committee, The Crustacean Society. 2007 Annual Meeting, La Serena, Chile. Workshop: NSF National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Workshop at Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida, January 9-12, 2000. Manuscript Reviews: Ecology, Ecology Letters, American Naturalist, Oecologia, Limnology and Oceanography, Journal of Herpetology, Canadian Journal of Zoology, Molecular Ecology, American Midland Naturalist, Journal of Crustacean Biology, Animal Behaviour, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Heredity, Evolutionary Ecology, Biological Conservation, Freshwater Biology, Journal of Crustacean Biology, Crustaceana, Diversity, Journal of Zoology, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Southeastern Naturalist, Hydrobiologia, PLOSOne, others.

Selected and presentations and invited seminars: Ecology and evolution of Hyalella amphipods. Gary Wellborn, SW Oklahoma State University, April 22, 2015.

Features of diversification in a ubiquitous freshwater crustacean, the Hyalella azteca species complex. Gary Wellborn and Jonathan Witt, Evolution 2014, Raleigh North Carolina, June 20-24. Establishment of a new population by a single gravid colonist: implications for Hyalella biogeography and speciation. Gary A Wellborn and Erika Capps, First Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology, Ottawa, Canada, July 6-10. Evolutionary patterns in the radiation of a crustacean cryptic species complex. G. A. Wellborn and J. D. S. Witt. Society for the Study of Evolution annual meeting, Norman, OK, June 17-21, 2011

8 Pattern and process in the evolution of a cryptic species complex. Invited Seminar, Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology, University of Pittsburgh, June 1, 2011 Sympatric divergent evolution in a desert spring crustacean, Hyalella montezuma? Society for the Study of Evolution annual meeting, Portland, Oregon, June 25-29, 2010. Coexistence of cryptic species: Is within-lake habitat partitioning responsible in the case of Hyalella? Ecological Society of America. 2009 Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM. (with G. Smith and M. A. Leibold). Diversification on an ecologically constrained adaptive landscape. Society for the Study of Evolution. 2008 Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Role of the ecological landscape in diversification of Hyalella amphipods in North America. The Crustacean Society. 2007 Annual Meeting, La Serena, Chile. Ecological interactions drive diversification in a freshwater amphipod species complex. 2005. Sixth International Crustacean Congress, University of Glasgow, Scotland. Ecological transitions in a freshwater habitat gradient drive diversification in a freshwater amphipod complex. 2005. Annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, Oregon. (with R. E. Broughton). Ecological context and the evolution of mating behavior in freshwater amphipods. 2003. Crustacean Society Summer Meeting, Williamsburg, Virginia. (invited symposium participant). Ecology and mechanisms of coexistence in three sympatric cryptic species in a freshwater amphipod species complex. 2003. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Savannah, Georgia. Ecology and evolution of species diversification in a freshwater amphipod species complex. 2003. Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida. Ecological interactions and species diversification in amphipods. 2002. Department of Biology, Northeastern State University, Oklahoma. Replicate adaptive radiation in a freshwater amphipod species complex. 2001. Society for the Study of Evolution Annual Meeting, Knoxville, Tennessee. Tradeoff between competitive ability and antipredator adaptation in a freshwater amphipod species complex. 2000. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Snowbird, Utah. Ecological speciation in an amphipod species complex. 2000. Darling Marine Center, University of Maine. Ecological speciation in an amphipod species complex. 1999. Department of Zoology, Oklahoma State University. The role of ecological processes in generating new biological diversity. 1999. Department of Biology, Texas Tech University. Reproductive isolation and differences in sexual selection between ecotypes of Hyalella amphipods. 1998. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, St. Louis, Missouri.

9 Size-biased predation and the evolution of prey life histories. 1996. Illinois Natural History Survey. Size-biased predation and the evolution of prey life histories. 1995. Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis. Determinants of reproductive success in divergent populations of a freshwater amphipod: the evolutionary balance of mating success and predation risk. 1993. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin. Size-selective predation and the evolution of prey life histories. 1992. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii. Life history variation among populations of a freshwater amphipod. 1991. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas. The influence of fish predation on the structure of an aquatic macroinvertebrate community. 1987. Southwestern Association of Naturalists Annual Meeting, San Marcos, Texas. The response of aquatic macroinvertebrate populations to the removal of vertebrate predation. 1987. The Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Columbus, Ohio.

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