CURRICULUM VITAE
Christopher J. Schneider
Department of Biology, Boston University, 5 Cummington
St, Boston, MA 02215, USA
e-mail: cschneid@bu.edu
Phone: 617-353-5566 Fax: 617-353-6340
Present Position
Assistant Professor and Associate Director, Center for Ecology and Conservation Biology, Department of Biology, Boston University. 1998 — present.
Degrees
Ph.D. 1993 Zoology, University of California at Berkeley
M.A. 1987 Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin
B.S. 1982 Biology, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
Employment and Professional Experience
1998 — Assistant Professor of Biology, Boston University
1994 — 1998 Senior Research Officer, Systematics, Biogeography, and Evolution Programme, Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management, Department of Zoology, University of Queensland, Australia
1993 — 1994 Post Doctoral Researcher, Molecular Systematics Laboratory, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California Berkeley.
1985 — 1987 Research Assistant, University of Texas Marine Laboratory
1985 — 1987 Instructor in Biology, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi Texas.
Areas of Specialization
Molecular systematics, population genetics, speciation, evolutionary biology, evolutionary ecology, tropical biology, herpetology, conservation biology
Professional Memberships
Society of Systematic Biologists
Society for the Study of Evolution
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
American Society of Naturalists
AAAS
AIBS
Genetics Society of America
Record of Extramural SupportCurrent
10/01/99 - 09/30/03 National Science Foundation Integrated Research Challenges in Environmental Biology (IRCEB). "A cross-disciplinary study of evolutionary processes that sustain rainforest diversity." PI: Thomas Smith (UCLA). Co-PI's: Christopher Schneider (BU), Craig Moritz (UC Berkeley), Robert Wayne (UCLA).
07/01/03 — 06/30/04 NSF (Equipment and Instrumentation) "Purchase of a new capillary sequencer for the Biology Department at Boston University." PI: Michael Sorenson. Co-PI's: Christopher Schneider, John R. Finnerty, John Celenza.
Peer Reviewed Publications and associated links.
Conference Presentations and Invited Seminars (since 1995).
‡06/02 Meegaskumbura et al. A newly discovered adaptive radiation of rhacophorid tree frogs in Sri Lanka. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO.
§06/02 Revell et al. Light environment and divergence of color and pattern in the Anolis marmoratus complex. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO
02/02 Testing alternative models for vertebrate diversification in tropical rainforests. University of Connecticut Invited speaker.
02/02 Vertebrate diversification in the tropics: Did Darwin have it right? Salem State College, Darwin Days Celebration Invited speaker.
01/02 Testing alternative models for vertebrate diversification in tropical rainforests. Washington University (St. Louis) Invited speaker.
01/02 Sensory drive, light environment and the evolution of polymorphism in the Anolis marmoratus complex. Washington University (St. Louis) Invited speaker.
10/01 Sensory drive, sexual selection, and speciation. Wood's Hole Marine Biological Laboratories seminar series Invited speaker.
10/01 Testing hypotheses of diversification in tropical rainforests. Harvard University OEB seminar series Invited speaker.
06/00 The role of ecology and natural selection in diversification of tropical rainforest vertebrates. Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists, and American Society of Naturalists Joint Annual Meeting, Bloomington Indiana.
06/98 A role for ecotones in generating diversity in Australian Tropical Rainforest. Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists, and American Society of Naturalists Joint Annual Meeting, Vancouver BC.
04/98 Historical determinants of diversity in Australia's Wet Tropics rainforest. Invited Speaker, Symposium on Determinants of Diversity in Tropical Rainforests, Cairns, Australia.
07/97 Relationships of Australian rainforest endemics to arid zone radiations: Phylogeny of Australian carphodactyline geckos. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Seattle.
06/97 Effects of Pleistocene climate change on diversification in rainforests: the end of the Pleistocene speciation model. Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists, and American Society of Naturalists Joint Annual Meeting, Boulder, Colorado.
09/96 Genetic diversity and phylogeny of rainforest reptiles. World Heritage Tropical Forests Conference, Cairns, Australia.
07/96 A genetic perspective on historical biogeography and differentiation of rainforest vertebrates. Invited Speaker, Symposium on Population and Evolutionary Genetics. Genetics Society of Australia Annual Meeting, Melbourne.
11/95 The Great Revelation / Revolution? Impacts of Molecular Genetics on Systematics, Taxonomy, and Evolutionary Biology. Invited Speaker, Museums of Australia Meeting, Brisbane.
07/95 The importance of a historical perspective in studies of population biology and speciation. Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists, and American Society of Naturalists Joint Annual Meeting, Montreal.
06/95 Molecular Systematics and Conservation Biology: Studies in Australia's Wet Tropics. Invited Speaker, Zoology Department, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
06/95 Molecular Systematics, Conservation Biology, and the Importance of Museum Collections. Invited Speaker, Brazilian National Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Professional Service
Reviewer for Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA; Proceedings of the Royal Society of London; Evolution; Systematic Biology; Genetics; Journal of Heredity; Journal of Evolutionary Biology; Molecular Ecology; Molecular Biology and Evolution; Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution; Genetics, Selection and Evolution; Copeia; Herpetologica; National Science Foundation; Natural Environment Research Council (Great Britain); and Australian Research Council.
Boston University Academic Policy Committee. September, 2002 — present.
Boston University Biology Department Graduate Admissions Committee. 1999 — 2001.
Search committee member on five search committees at Boston University. I served on three search committees for the Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution program at Boston University which resulted in three hires. I also served on a search committee for the BU Marine Program (BUMP) that resulted in two hires, and I served on one search committee in the Department of Geography that resulted in one hire.
Chairman's ad hoc BUMP advisory committee. I served on the chairman's ad hoc advisory committee for the Boston University Marine Program (BUMP) at Wood's Hole. The aim of the committee was to develop ways to enhance the marine program and further its integration with the Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution program at the BU Boston Campus.
EBE-IGERT Committee. Participated in the conception, development, and writing of a proposal to fund a program for integrated graduate education and research training (IGERT) in biodiversity assessment, analysis, and conservation across the range of biological scales. Our pre-proposal to the National Science Foundation IGERT program received high marks and we were invited to submit a full proposal. The full proposal was submitted to the NSF-IGERT review panel on February 19, 2001.
Public Outreach and Education
PBS Evolution Project. My research was featured in the PBS Evolution series. I served as an advisor and reviewer of web-based educational materials (see http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/), and I participated in the production of educational videos and materials for high-school students and college freshmen.
Darwin Days speaker (02/02). I participated in the Darwin Days celebration hosted by Salem State College, a public outreach and science education project then in its 23rd year.
Courses Taught at Boston University
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Course Number |
Name |
Semester |
Contact Hours |
Enrollment |
Course Rating |
Instructor Rating |
Additional Information |
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BI 581 |
Seminar in Adaptive Radiation |
Fall 02 |
2 |
13 |
1.73 |
1.36 |
|
|
|
BI 107 |
Introductory Biology† |
Fall 02 |
6 |
c. 400 |
n/a |
n/a |
|
|
|
BI 504 |
Evolution |
Spr 02 |
8 |
38 |
2.10 |
1.70 |
|
|
|
BI 107 |
Introductory Biology† |
Fall 01 |
6 |
372 |
2.58 |
2.14 |
|
|
|
BI 549 |
Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution§ |
Fall 01 |
5 |
13 |
1.70 |
1.60 |
|
|
|
BI 504 |
Evolution |
Spr 01 |
8 |
33 |
2.56 |
1.87 |
|
|
|
BI 582 |
Seminar in Speciation |
Spr 01 |
2 |
11 |
1.71 |
1.50 |
|
|
|
BI 107 |
Introductory Biology† |
Fall 00 |
6 |
460 |
2.59 |
2.51 |
|
|
|
BI 504 |
Evolution |
Spr 00 |
8 |
34 |
2.00 |
1.74 |
|
|
|
BI 549 |
Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution§ |
Fall 99 |
5 |
12 |
2.71 |
2.00 |
|
|
|
BI 107 |
Introductory Biology† |
Fall 99 |
6 |
450 |
2.64 |
2.49 |
|
|
|
BI 504 |
Evolution |
Spr 99 |
8 |
11 |
1.89 |
2.00 |
|
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*Rating is on a scale of 1 - 5 where 1 is Outstanding and 5 is Very Poor
§ Team-taught with another instructor.
Students and Post-Docs
Undergraduate Students
Jodi Kansagor 1999 — 2000. Summer 1999 NSF REU, Academic year 1999-2000 independent study.
Tracy Heath 2000. Summer — Fall 2000 independent study. Ph.D. student University of Texas at Austin 2001 — present.
Allison Flaim 2000 — 2001. Summer 2000, academic year 2000 — 2001 independent study.
Breda O'Donohoe 2000 — 2001. Summer 2000, academic year 2000 — 2001 independent study. American Museum of Natural History Curatorial Assistant 2001 — present.
Liam Revell 2001 — present. Summer and Fall 2001 Sponsored by Boston University Research Opportunities for Undergraduates Program. Independent research Spring and Summer 2002. Work for Distinction Academic Year 2002 — 2003.
Ph.D. Students
Madhava Meegaskumbura (2000-present)Master's Students
Suyama Meegaskumbura (2001-present)
Polly Campbell (with T. Kunz, 2000 — present)
Susan Murray (with T. Kunz 2000 — present)
Corrine Joshu (M.S. 2002)
Pablo Jarrin (with T. Kunz, 2001- present)Post-docs
Marcia Lara (1999-2002). NSF supported Senior Research Associate.
Jessica Worthington-Wilmer (1999-2001). American Association of University Women Fellow (1999 - 2000); NSF supported Research Associate (2000-2001). Director, Molecular Systematics Programme, Queensland Museum (2002-present).
Ph.D. Thesis Committees
Jay Storz (Ph.D. 2000) — Second Reader
Colin Brent (Ph.D. 1999) — Third Reader
Elizabeth Stacy (Ph.D. 2001) — Second Reader
Jamie Bechtel (Ph.D. 2001) — Third Reader
Marcio Pie
Chris Balakrishnan
Patrick Burton
Maureen Mazza (Cell and Molecular Biology)
Gloriana Chaverri
M.S. Thesis Committees
Rebecca French (M.S. 2003)
Mark Maguire (Geography) (M.S. 2002)
Jennifer Baldacci (M.S. 2001)
