Adriana I. Hernández Ph.D. Candidate, Biology [email protected] Cornell University 506 Mann Library Bldg. Ithaca, NY 14853

Education Ph.D. CORNELL UNIVERSITY 2017 – present Plant Biology, School of Integrative Plant Science, Ithaca, New York 14853. Advisor: Chelsea D. Specht B.A. UNIVERSITY OF , SANTA BARBARA 2011 Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology & Dept. of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Santa Barbara, California, 93117

Research Experience Graduate Research Assistant Spring 2018 Plant Biology Section, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University. Supervisor: Dr. Chelsea Specht. Senior Lab Technician Summer 2017 The University & Jepson Herbaria of the University of California at Berkeley & the Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley. Supervisor: Dr. Chelsea Specht. Conservation Technician 2016 – 2017 Conservation & Research Department, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Santa Barbara, California. As lab manager and technician, I set up and ran a new conservation genetics lab. Supervisor: Dr. Matthew C. Guilliams Research & Editorial Assistant 2010 – 2012 Religious Studies Dept. joint with Chicano Studies Dept., University of California, Santa Barbara. Supervisor: Dr. Ines M. Talamantez

Academic Fellowships Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability Research Fellow 2021 – present NSF Graduate Research Program Fellow 2019 – present NextGen Professors Program, Cornell University 2019 – 2020 Yale Ciencia Academy Fellow 2018

Research Grants Total $ 20,304 Sustainable Biodiversity Fund, Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability - $5,968 2021 Schmittau-Novak Integrative Plant Science Grant - $5,000 2019 Bill Dahl Grad Student Research Award, Botanical Society of America - $1,500 2019 American Society of Plant Taxonomists Student Research Grant - $1,200 2019 Andrew W. Mellon Student Research Grant - $780 2019 Botanical Society of America, Genetics Section Student Research Grant - $500 2019 Cornell Graduate School Conference Grant - $515 2019 Schmittau-Novak Integrative Plant Science Grant - $4,841 2018

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Undergraduate Mentorship Nicholas Rocha, Cornell U. Class of 2023 Summer 2020 – present Dariana Shakira Argueta-Zamora, Cornell U. Class of 2022 Spring 2020 Jessica Dobler, Cornell U. Class of 2020 Fall 2019 - Spring 2020 Martha Williams, Cornell U. Class of 2020 Spring 2018 - Fall 2018 Carina Motta, University of CA, Santa Barbara, Class of 2020 2016 – 2017 Chelsea Wright, University of CA, Santa Barbara, Class of 2018 2016 – 2017 Christina Mitine, University of CA, Santa Barbara, Class of 2018 2016 – 2017 Joseph McKenna, Santa Barbara City College, Class of 2018 2016 Brady Youngquist, Santa Barbara City College, Class of 2018 2016 Alyssa Whorton, Santa Barbara City College, Class of 2018 2016

Teaching Graduate Teaching Assistant. PLBIO 2300 Field Lab in Global Plant Biodiversity & Vegetation, Undergrad Course, SIPS Plant Biology Section, Cornell University. Winter 2020 Graduate Teaching Assistant. PLBIO 2300 Field Lab in Global Plant Biodiversity & Vegetation, Undergrad Course, SIPS Plant Biology Section, Cornell University. Winter 2019 Graduate Teaching Assistant. BIOG1140 Foundations in Biology, Undergrad Course, Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University. Fall 2018 Graduate Teaching Assistant. PLBIO 2410 Plant Biodiversity & Evolution, Undergrad Course, SIPS Plant Biology Section, Cornell University. Fall 2017 Teaching Assistant & Guest Lecturer. Native American Religious Traditions & Ecology, Undergrad Course, co-listed in Religious Studies Dept. and Environmental Studies Dept., University of California, Santa Barbara. Fall 2011

Publications in Preparation 2. Hernandez, A.I., Landis, J.B., and Specht, C.D. Floral trait evolution and population genetics across the landscape in the highly polymorphic venustus, . (target submission April 30, 2021) 1. Guilliams, C.M., Hernandez, A.I., Wallace L., and K. Helenurm. Genotyping using microsatellites shows strong genetic differentiation among populations of the Channel Islands endemic Malva assurgentiflora, Malvaceae.

Presentations Oral Presentations 11. Hernandez, A.I. Floral trait evolution and population genetics across the landscape in the highly polymorphic Calochortus venustus (Liliaceae). NMNH Department of Botany seminar series (virtual), April 15, 2021. 10. Hernandez, A.I. Population genetics and floral trait evolution across the landscape in Calochortus venustus (Liliaceae). The University and Jepson Herbaria at the University of California, Berkeley, Botany Lunch (virtual), March 5, 2021.

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9. Hernandez, A.I. Floral trait evolution and parallel local adaptation in a hyper-diverse California endemic lily, Calochortus venustus. California Botanical Society Botany Speaker Series (virtual), February 11, 2021. 8. Hernandez, A.I., Landis, J.B.L., and Specht, C.D. The Population Dynamics and Evolutionary History of the Highly Polymorphic Calochortus venustus (Liliaceae). SACNAS 2020 The National Diversity in STEM Conference (virtual), October 19-24, 2020 7. Hernandez, A.I., Landis, J.B.L., and Specht, C.D. The Population Dynamics and Evolutionary History of the Highly Polymorphic Calochortus venustus (Liliaceae). Botany 2020 Virtual! (virtual), July 27-31, 2020. 6. Karimi, N., Lemmon, A., Lemmon, E., Hernandez, A.I., Eifler, E., Strickler, S., Specht, C., Givnish, T. Phylogenomics, reticulate evolution, historical biogeography, shifts in climatic niche, and parallel adaptive radiations in floral syndrome in the genus Calochortus (Liliaceae). Botany 2020 Virtual! (virtual) July 27-31, 2020. 5. Hernandez, A.I. Developing Calochortus venustus as a model system to understand pigment diversity. SIPS Plant Biology Section Seminar (virtual), April 24, 2020. https://vod.video.cornell.edu/media/SIPS+Section+Seminars/1_0ghta1oh 4. Hernandez, A.I., Landis, J.B.L., and Specht, C.D. Testing the Ring Species Hypothesis with RAD-Sequencing and Nanopore Genome Sequencing in the California endemic Calochortus venustus (Liliaceae). Botany: Sky Islands & Desert Seas, Tucson, AZ, July 27-31, 2019. 3. Hernandez, A.I. The evolutionary history and floral pigmentation patterns of the California endemic Calochortus venustus (Liliaceae). SIPS Plant Biology Graduate Student Seminar, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, April 11, 2019 2. C.M. Guilliams, A.I. Hernandez, K. Lehman, L. Wallace, K. Helenurm. Genotyping using microsatellites shows strong genetic differentiation among populations of the Channel Island endemic plant, Malva assurgentiflora (Malvaceae). California Native Plant Society 2018 Conservation Conference, , CA, January 31-February 2, 2018. 1. C.M. Guilliams, K. Hasenstab-Lehman, A. Thornhill, W.A. Freyman, B. Carter, A.I. Hernandez, C. Wright, C. Mitine, B. Baldwin, B. Mishler. Harnessing the power of natural history collections and evolutionary data to inform biodiversity conservation: Channel Islands Phylodiversity Project. The Sixth Annual Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Conservation Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, October 13, 2017.

Poster Presentations 3. Hernandez, A.I., Landis, J.B.L., and Specht, C.D. Testing the Ring Species Hypothesis with RAD-Sequencing and Nanopore Genome Sequencing in the California endemic Calochortus venustus (Liliaceae). SACNAS 2019: The National Diversity in STEM Conference, Honolulu, HI, October 31 – November 2, 2019. 2. Wright, C., C.M. Guilliams, K. Lehman, A.H. Thornhill, W.A. Freyman, S.A. Junak, A.I. Hernandez, C.E. Mitine, B.G. Baldwin, B. Mishler. Using spatial phylogenetics to inform conservation at the archipelago-scale: an introduction to the Channel Islands Phylodiversity Project. California Native Plant Society 2018 Conservation Conference, Los Angeles, CA, January 31-February 2, 2018. 1. Hernandez, A.I., Guilliams, C.M., Wallace L., and K. Helenurm. Genotyping using microsatellites shows strong genetic differentiation among populations of the Channel Islands endemic Malva assurgentiflora (Malvaceae). California Botanical Society 26th Graduate Student Symposium, Santa Barbara, CA, April 7-9, 2017. Tied for Best Poster.

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Service Graduate Leadership at Cornell Co-leader, Diversity Preview Weekend, Cornell University 2020 – present Graduate Student Chair of the Diversity Council for the School of 2020 – present Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University Graduate Student Representative on the Committee for Diversity & Inclusion 2020 – present for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University Graduate Student Ambassador, Cornell University Graduate School 2019 – present Vice President, Plant Biology Graduate Student Association, School of 2018 – present Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University Recruiter, on behalf of Cornell University College of Ag. & Life Science, Oct. 19–24, 2020 SACNAS 2020: The National Diversity in STEM Conference (virtual) Student Advisor, Graduate School Virtual Resource Fair, Cornell University Feb. 28, 2020 Recruiter, on behalf of Cornell University College of Ag. & Life Science, Nov. 1–2, 2019 SACNAS: The National Diversity in STEM Conference, Honolulu, HI Graduate Mentor, Mi Comunidad undergraduate mentorship, Cornell U. 2019 - 2020 Reviewer, Cornell University Graduate School NSF GRFP Workshop October 3, 2019 Application Reviewer & Personal Statement Workshop Volunteer, 2017 – 2019 Diversity Preview Weekend, Cornell U., Ithaca, NY.

Service to Societies Graduate Student Representative of the Diversity Committee for the 2019 – present Botanical Society of America (appointed position ends 2022) Outreach Chair, Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native 2020 – present Americans in Science (SACNAS), Cornell Chapter Slack Administrator and organizer, Botanical Society of America 2020 – present Graduate Student Panel, SACNAS Cornell Chapter Nov. 11, 2020 Publicity Officer, SACNAS Cornell Chapter 2018 – 2020 Founding Member of the Botanical Society of America Cornell Chapter 2019

Community Engagement Science Communicator, Skype a Scientist 2019 – present Scientist pen pal, Letters to a Pre-Scientist 2019 – present Workshop Leader, “Virtual Plant Workshop” for Expanding Your Horizons, April 18, 2020 Cornell University. Ithaca, NY Science Communicator, A Scientist Like You, Instagram January 2020 Workshop Leader, “Squeaky Clean Brains”, Expanding Your Horizons, May 27, 2019 Cornell University. Ithaca, NY Organizer & Activity Leader, Judy’s Day Family Learning Festival, Cornell Sept. 30, 2018 Botanic Gardens, Ithaca, NY. Science Facilitator, Free Science Workshop, Ithaca, NY. 2017 – 2018 Outreach volunteer & Docent, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, SB, CA. 2013 – 2016 Tutor, Gateway Educational Services, Santa Barbara, CA. 2011 – 2012 Tutor, Endowment for Youth, Franklin Elementary, SB, CA. 2010

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