BREDA M. ZIMKUS Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 [email protected] Phone: (617) 496-4656

EDUCATION 2003-2009 Ph.D., Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (Major Advisor: Dr. James Hanken) 1997-2001 B.A., Cum Laude. (Major: Biology, concentration in Ecology and Evolution) Boston University, Boston, MA

CURRENT APPOINTMENT 2010-present Project Manager, Cryogenic Collection, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS 2009-2013 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (Advisors: Dr. James Hanken and Dr. Simon Loader) 2010-2011 Encyclopedia of Life Rubenstein Fellow: Identification and conservation of sub-Saharan

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2010-2013 Laboratory Manager, Hanken Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. 2001-2003 Scientific Assistant of Collections and Molecular Laboratory Assistant, Department of Herpetology; American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY.

TEACHING APPOINTMENTS 2013 Lecturer and Laboratory Instructor, Harvard Medical School (Harvard-MIT Division of Science and Technology), HST-010: Human Functional Anatomy 2010-2013 Teaching Fellow, Havard Extension School, E-65D: Human Anatomy and Physiology II 2009-2012 Teaching Fellow, Havard Extension School, E-65C: Human Anatomy and Physiology I 2009 Teaching Fellow, Havard College, LS2: Human Evolutionary Anatomy and Physiology 2008 Teaching Fellow, Havard College, OEB 139: Evolution of Vertebrates 2008 Teaching Fellow, Havard College, Science B-57: Dinosaurs and their Relatives 2007 Teaching Fellow, Havard College, OEB 139: Evolution of Vertebrates 2006 Teaching Fellow, Havard College, OEB 102: Structure and Function of Vertebrates 2004 Teaching Fellow, Havard College, BS 50: Genetics

HONORS 2008 Harvard University, Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, OEB 139 2008 Harvard University, Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Science B-57 2007 Harvard University, Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, OEB 139

GRANTS AND AWARDS 2011 CollectionsWeb Grant (NSF funded RCN); Developing best practices for genetic resource collections associated with traditional natural history collections ($4,000) 2010 Ethel K. Allen, Sigma Delta Epsilon-Graduate Women in Science Fellowship ($3,000) 2010 Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) Rubenstein Fellowship ($22,875) 2010 Putnam Expeditionary Grant to Gabon (May-June 2011), Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University ($7,790) 2009 Harvard University Postdoctoral Travel Grant ($1,000) 2007 Museum of Comparative Zoology Goelet Research Award: Molecular systematics and biogeography of Ethiopian Rocket ($837) 2006 Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Fellowship for Graduate Student Travel ($2,000)

GRANTS AND AWARDS (Cont.) 2006 Putnam Expeditionary Grant to Tanzania (February-April 2007), Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University ($8,560) 2005 Putnam Expeditionary Grant to Ethiopia (June-July 2006), Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University ($15,070) 2005 Museum of Comparative Zoology Goelet Research Award: Phylogeny and of sub-Saharan puddle frogs ($6,990) 2004 AmphibiaTree (NSF): Data collection of mitochondrial 12S and 16S rRNA of phrynobatrachine frogs

PENDING PUBLICATIONS Best practices for genetic resources associated with natural history collections: a practical implementation. Collection Forum. Submitted. Genetic resource collections associated with natural history museums: a survey and analysis to establish a benchmark of standards. In: Proceedings of the U.S. Workshop of DNA Banking. William M. Brown Center. Applequist, W., Campbell, L. and Coddington, J. (Eds.) In press.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS (JOURNAL ARTICLES AND CONFERENCE PAPERS) Zimkus, B.M. and J.G. Larson. Assessment of the amphibians of Batéké Plateau National Park, Gabon, including results of chytrid pathogen tests. Salamandra 49(3): 159–170. Zimkus, B.M. and V. Gvozdík. 2013. Sky Islands of the Cameroon Volcanic Line: a diversification hotspot for puddle frogs (Phrynobatrachidae: Phrynobatrachus). Zoologica Scripta 42(6): 591–611. Gower, D.J., Aberra, R.K., Schwaller, S., Largen, M.J., Collen, B., Spawls, S., Menegon, M., Zimkus, B.M., de Sà, R., Mengistu, A., Moore, R., Saber, S., and S.P. Loader. 2013. Long-term data for endemic genera reveal potential conservation crisis in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia. Oryx 47: 59–69. Zimkus, B.M., Lawson, L, Loader, S., and J. Hanken. 2012. Terrestrialization, miniaturization and rates of diversification in African puddle frogs (Anura: Phrynobatrachidae). PLoS ONE 7(4): e35118. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035118. Lawson, L.P. and B.M. Zimkus. 2011. Range extension of Phrynobatrachus sulfureogularis (Anura, Phrynobatrachidae) from Burudi to the Mahale Mountains of Western Tanzania with a redescription of the species. Fieldiana: Life and Earth Sciences 4: 112–116. Zimkus, B.M. and J.G. Larson. 2011. Examination of the molecular relationships of sand frogs (Anura: : Tomopterna) and resurrection of two species from the Horn of Africa. Zootaxa 2933: 27–45. Sprague, J. and B.M. Zimkus. 2011. Description of the tadpole of Amietophrynus brauni (Anura: Bufonidae) from the West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. African Journal of Herpetology 60 (1): 70–77. Zimkus, B.M., Rödel, M.-O., and A. Hillers. 2010. Complex patterns of continental speciation: molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of sub-Saharan puddle frogs (Phrynobatrachus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55: 883–900. Zimkus, B.M., and S. Schick. 2010. Light at the end of the tunnel: insights into the molecular systematics of East African puddle frogs (Anura: Phrynobatrachidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 8(1): 39–47. Schick, S., Zimkus, B.M., Channing, A., Köhler, J., and S. Lötters. 2010. Systematics of 'Little Brown Frogs' from East Africa. Recognition of Phrynobatrachus scheffleri and description of a new species from the Kakamega Forest, Kenya (Anura: Phrynobatrachidae). Salamandra 46 (1): 24–36. Zimkus, B.M. 2009. Biogeographic analysis of puddle frogs across Cameroon and description of a new species of Phrynobatrachus (Anura: Phrynobatrachidae) endemic to Mount Oku, Cameroon. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157 (4): 803–822. Zimkus, B.M. and J.G. Larson. 2009. External morphology and osteology support the placement of Phrynobatrachus nlonakoensis Plath, Herrmann, and Böhme, 2006 within the genus Arthroleptis. African Journal of Herpetology 58 (1): 36–38. 2

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS (Cont.) Hillers, A., Zimkus, B.M., and M.-O Rödel. 2008. A new species of Phrynobatrachus (Amphibia: Anura: Phrynobatrachidae) from north-western Guinea, West Africa. Zootaxa 1815: 43–50. Raxworthy, C.J., Pearson, R.G., Zimkus, B.M., Reddy, S., Deo, A.J., Nussbaum, R.A., and C.M. Ingram. 2008. Continental speciation in the tropics: contrasting biogeographic patterns of divergence in the Uroplatus leaf-tailed gecko radiation of Madagascar. Journal of Zoology 275 (4): 423–440. Zimkus, B.M. and D.C. Blackburn. 2008. Distinguishing features of the sub-Saharan frog genera Arthroleptis and Phrynobatrachus: a short guide for field and museum-based researchers. Breviora 513: 1–12. Uyeda, J.C., Drewes, R.C., and B.M. Zimkus. 2007. The California Academy of Sciences Gulf of Guinea Expeditions (2001, 2006) VI. A New Species of Phrynobatrachus from the Gulf of Guinea Islands and a Reanalysis of Phrynobatrachus dispar and P. feae (Anura: Phrynobatrachidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 58 (18), 371–389.

MINOR PUBLICATIONS Zimkus, B.M. 2013. African Amphibians Lifedesk: a online gateway for information regarding African amphibians. Froglog 107: 59–60. Zimkus, B.M. and J.G. Larson. 2