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UNDERGRADUATE
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Research |
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| Education |
| Cornell
University |
B.A.,
with majors in Biology and Classics. 1987 |
| University
of Texas, Austin |
Ph.D.
Zoology, Population Biology Program. 1997 |
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| Employment
and Professional Activities |
| 2003-
present |
Adjunct
Professor of the Profession, Dept. of Biology, Duke University,
NC |
| 1998-
present |
Resident Faculty, Organization for Tropcial Studies, Duke
University, NC |
| 1998
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Lecturer, Division of Biological Sciences, University
of Texas, Austin |
| 1996 |
Consultant,
British Broadcasting Company, England/Costa Rica |
| 1993-
97 |
Assistant Instructor, Department of Zoology, University
of Texas |
| 1990-
93 |
NSF Predoctoral Fellow, Department of Zoology, University
of Texas |
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| Teaching
Experince |
| Organization
for Tropical Studies-Duke University, Undergraduate Semester
Program in Costa Rica:
------Fundamentals of Tropical
Biology (Bio-134)
------Field Methods in Tropical
Biology (Bio-135L)
------Environmental Science and
Policy in the Tropics (Env-129)
Organization
for Tropical Studies-University of Costa Rica, Graduate field
course in Costa Rica:
------Tropical Ecology: an ecological
approach (“Winter Fundamentals” course)
Lecturer,
University of Texas, Austin:
------Ecology and Evolution:
introductory course
Assistant
Instructor, University of Texas, Austin:
Upper division and graduate level courses:
------Evolution
------Animal Behavior
------Graduate Field Course in
Rainforest Ecology
Lower division courses:
------Introduction to the Structure and Function of Organisms
------Laboratory Experience in Genetics
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| Honors & Awards |
| 1998 |
Travel to Scientific Meeting Award, Association for Tropical Biology |
| 1997 |
Alwyn Gentry Best Student Paper Award, Association for Tropical Biology |
| 1997 |
Travel to Scientific Meeting Award, Dept. of Zoology, University of Texas |
| 1995 |
Best Student Paper Award, Lepidopterist's Society |
| 1995 |
Travel Award, Dept. of Zoology, University of Texas |
| 1995 |
Cullen Fellowship, University of Texas |
| 1994 |
Dissertation Improvement Grant, National Science Foundation |
| 1994 |
Travel Fellowship Award, College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas |
| 1994 |
Professional Development Award, Office of Graduate Studies, University of Texas |
| 1993 |
Dissertation Research Award, Institute for Latin American Studies, Univ. of Texas |
| 1993 |
Research Grant, Explorer's Club |
| 1991-5 |
Research Fellowship, Dept. of Zoology, University of Texas |
| 1990 |
Blair Scholarship for Fieldwork in Ecology, Dept. of Zoology, University of Texas |
| 1990 |
Grant in Aid of Research, Sigma XI, |
| 1990 |
Louis Agassiz Fuertes Award, Wilson Ornithological Society |
| 1990 |
Graduate Research Fellowship, 3 yr. award, National Science Foundation |
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| Ongoing
Research |
- Sexual selection and mate location tactics in pupal mating Heliconius butterflies
- Population biology of Heliconius hewitsoni: predators, competitors, and parasites
- Chemical ecology of mate choice in Heliconius (with Catalina Estrada, U. Texas, Austin)
- The joint influences of climate, litter quality and soil fauna in regulating above and
belowground decomposition processes (led by Dr. Jennifer Powers, U. Minnesota)
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| Publications |
| Deinert, E. I. 2003. Mate location and competition for mates in a pupal mating butterfly. In Butterflies: ecology and evolution taking flight. C.L. Boggs, W.B. Watt, P.R. Ehrlich, eds.
University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
Deinert, E. I., J. T. Longino, and L. E. Gilbert. 1994. Mate competition in butterflies. Nature 370: 23-24.
Martin, C.H. and E.I. Deinert. Context-dependent male and female brood defense in Neetroplus nematopus (Pisces: Cichlidae). Submitted to Journal of Fish Biology.
J. P. Valverde Jimenez, E. I. Deinert. Re-release of Scarlet Macaws (Ara macao) in Corcovado National Park: 10 case studies. Submitted to Vida Silvestre.
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| Symposia organized |
2002. Comparative Ecology of Four Neotropical Forests Symposium. Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Panama. Co-organizer: Nora Bynum.
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| Invited Papers |
Deinert, E. I. 2002. Mate choice and mate choice copying. Second International Heliconius Symposium, Panama. Organizers: Chris Jiggins and Bob Srygly.
Deinert, E. I. 2000. Risk-taking and mate location strategies in a butterfly. Symposium on
Insect Mating Behavior, organizer: Nina Wedell, International Congress of Entomology, Brazil.
Deinert, E. I. 1995. When bigger isn't better: competition for mates in a pupal mating butterfly. Symposium on Mating Behavior, organizer: Karen Oberhauser, Lepidopterists' Society, Minneapolis, MN
Deinert, E. I. 1994. Sex and death in the rainforest: competition for mates in a pupal mating butterfly. Departmental seminar series, organizer: Ingo Schlupp, Department of Zoology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
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| Contributed
papers |
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Deinert, E. I. 2004. Maladaptive mate choice copying in a Heliconius butterfly. International
Society for the Study of Behavioral Ecology, Oaxaca.
Powers, J. S., R. Montgomery, S. DeWalt, Jerome Chave, E. Deinert, J. Ganzhorn, J. A.
Gonzalez, R. Grau, K. Harms, A. Hiremath, S. Iriarte, H. Muller-Landau, A. de Oliveira, L. Poorter, C. Salk, A. Varela, G. Weiblen and M. Lerdau. 2003. The joint influences of climate, litter quality, and soil fauna in regulating above- and belowground decomposition - a pan-tropical study. American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA. (poster).
Deinert, E. I. 2002. Context dependent mate choice. International Society for the Study of Behavioral Ecology, Quebec.
Deinert, E. I. 2000. The effect of mating opportunity on response to predation risk. International Society for the Study of Behavioral Ecology, Zurich.
Deinert, E. I. 1998. Mate choice copying: a case for plieotropic effects? International Society for the Study of Behavioral Ecology, Asilomar, CA.
Deinert, E. I. 1998. Risk-sensitive foraging for mates in a pupal mating butterfly, Heliconius hewitsoni. International Symposium on Butterfly Ecology and Evolution, Crested Butte, CO.
Deinert, E. I. 1997. Male mate choice in a pupal mating butterfly. Association for Tropical Biology, San José, Costa Rica.
Deinert, E. I. 1994. Sequential selection for large and small males during competition for
mates in a pupal mating butterfly. International Butterfly Symposium, Uppsala, Sweden.
Deinert, E. I. 1994. Sequential selection for large and small males during competition for mates in a pupal mating butterfly, Heliconius hewitsoni Animal Behavior Society, Seattle.
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| Other Invited Presentations |
University of Costa Rica. "Selecion sexual en Heliconius."
Monteverde Institute/Evergreen College. "Competition and mate choice in a
butterfly."
National University of Costa Rica. "La historia natural y escogencia de pareja en
una mariposa con apareamiento pupal."
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBIO), Costa Rica. "La historia natural y selecion
sexual en una mariposa con apareamiento pupal."
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| Languages |
| English,
German, Spanish
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| Membership
in Professional Societies |
| Animal
Behavior Society
Society for the Study of Behavioral Ecology
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| Invited Peer Review Service |
Behavioral Ecology
Evolution
Biotropica
Journal of Tropical Ecology
Tropical Lepidoptera |
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