Curriculum vitae

Moritz Lab Manager (part-time), Australian National University

Standard molecular lab maintenance — inductions, supply stocking, expenditure management.

Assistant Lab Manager, UC Berkeley — Evolutionary Genetics Lab

Lab maintenance in the absence of the resident manager; training of other researchers.

Independent Contractor: Evolutionary Genetics, UC Berkeley

Collected genetic and genomic data for foreign researchers.

Curatorial Assistant, UC Berkeley — Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

Organized specimens, updated databases, installed specimens (ornithology, herpetology, mammalogy).

Field Assistant, UC Berkeley — Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

Assisted curators and graduate students on field trips for collecting and ecological studies.

Lab Technician, UC Berkeley (Advisor: Dr. Rauri Bowie)

Standard molecular lab techniques for Sanger sequencing and NGS.

Preparation Lab Assistant, UC Berkeley — Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

Prepared ~350 specimens (skeletons, study skins, alcohol) for the collection.

ANU — Demonstrator, Biol1008: Human Biology (2 semesters)

ANU — Demonstrator, Biol3157: Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics

UC Berkeley — Undergraduate Student Instructor, IB173: Ornithology

UC Berkeley — Undergraduate Student Instructor, Advanced Bird Skinning Seminar (4 semesters)

UC Berkeley — Undergraduate Student Instructor, Preparation Lab Seminar (2 semesters)

UC Berkeley — Lab Technician, Evolutionary Genetics Lab Training (~15 students)

Technical University Munich, Germany

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Durham University, United Kingdom

Integration of Speciation Research (IoS) [video]

Potsdam University, Germany

Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Seminar, UC Berkeley, California, US [video]

Louisiana State University — Systematics, Ecology, and Evolution Seminar Series

Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin

Deutsche Zoologische Gemeinschaft (Berlin, Germany)

Assessing the adaptive potential of German pollinators through comparative population genomics. Poster.

Gordon Research Conference - Speciation (Tuscany, Italy)

Divergence and gene flow through the speciation continuum: comparative speciation genomics using an avian suture zone. Poster.

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (Ferrara, Italy)

Rapid transition during speciation revealed from comparative study across an avian suture zone. Poster.

BeGenDiv Meeting (Berlin, Germany)

Genome divergence and gene flow through the speciation continuum: insights from an avian suture zone. Oral Presentation.

European Reference Genome Atlas Meeting (Cologne, Germany)

Automated, high-throughput species identification & discovery in small insects: incorporating de novo genome sequencing into the pipeline. Poster.

Dresden Meeting on Insect Phylogeny (Dresden, Germany)

Comparative analysis of nondestructive DNA extraction protocols for museum insect specimens. Oral Presentation.

SMBE Satellite Meeting: Speciation (Tjärno, Sweden)

The effect of inversions on individual male recombination rate. Oral Presentation.

Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology (Montpellier, France)

Genome divergence and gene flow through the speciation continuum: insights from suture zones of Australian birds. Oral, Hamilton Award Symposium.

Centre for Biodiversity Analysis — Genomics and Collections (Canberra, Australia)

De novo whole genome sequencing and assembly of the superb fairywren. Poster. Genomic introgression across an Australian bird suture zone.

Gordon Research Conference — Speciation (Tuscany, Italy)

Divergence-with-gene-flow in birds: genome differentiation in allopatry vs. parapatry through the speciation continuum. Poster.

Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (Gold Coast, Australia)

Genomic divergence in allopatry vs. parapatry through the speciation process. Poster.

Australasian Ornithological Council (Adelaide, Australia)

Divergence in an avian suture zone. Oral Presentation.

International Biogeography Conference (Sydney, Australia)

Sequence Capture using PCR-generated Probes (SCPP). Poster.

Evolution (Snowbird, Utah, USA)

Sequence Capture using PCR-generated Probes (SCPP). Poster.

Vice Chancellor's HDR Travel Grant, ANU — $1500 AUD

Registration Reimbursement Award, SMBE — $425 AUD

Spencer Smith-White Travel Grant, Genetics Society of Australasia — $500 AUD

Stuart Leslie Bird Research Award, BirdLife Australia — $5000 AUD

The Hermon Slade Foundation — $58,800 AUD

Joyce W. Vickery Wildlife Fund, Linnean Society of NSW — $800 AUD

University Research Scholarship (International), ANU

$31,600 AUD/yr tuition, $24,653 AUD/yr stipend

Departmental Citation Award, Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, UC Berkeley — $4000 USD

Biodiversity Award, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley — $2500 USD (×2)

Biology Fellows Program, UC Berkeley — $2500 USD