Jonathan L. Richardson

 

School of Forestry and Environmental Studies • Yale University • 370 Prospect St., New Haven, CT 06511

Phone: 203.432.5321 • Email: jonathan.richardson[at]yale[dot]edu

Website: www.cbc.yale.edu/people/skelly/jrichardson.html

 

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

 

Population biology; evolutionary ecology; conservation biology; population genetics and molecular ecology; aquatic ecology

 

 

EDUCATION

 

2012 (expected)           Yale University, Ph.D. - School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
                                      Advisor: David K. Skelly

 

2004                              University of Virginia, B.S. - Biology (with distinction); minor in Environmental Sciences

                                      Advisor: Henry M. Wilbur

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Skelly, D.K., and J.L. Richardson. 2009. Larval sampling. Chapter 4 in Amphibian Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques. (C. K. Dodd, Editor). Oxford University Press.

 

Wilkinson, E.J., J.L. Richardson, and H. Sherk. 2007. Accurate visual guidance despite severe neglect. European Journal of Neuroscience 25(7): 2214-2223.

 

Richardson, J.L. 2006. Novel features of an inducible defense system in larval tree frogs (Hyla chrysoscelis). Ecology 87(3): 780-787.

 

Richards-Hrdlicka, K., L. Mohabir, J.L. Richardson, and A. Caccone. In review. The Amphibian Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) is Pervasive in the Northeastern United States.

 

 

RESEARCH GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

 

2007 - 2010     National Science Foundation Graduate Research (Pre-Doctoral) Fellowship

 

2007 - 2009     National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Budweiser Conservation Scholarship ($10000)

 

2008                National Geographic Society, Research and Exploration Young Explorers Grant ($5000)

 

2008                USGS/IUCN Amphibian Conservation Grant ($2000)

 

2007                Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies Grant ($1500)

 

2007                Connecticut Association of Wetland Scientists Lefor Grant ($1000)

 

2003                Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) fellow at Mountain Lake Biological Station

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

2010                Teaching Assistant, Doctoral Seminar, Yale University

 

2009                Teaching Assistant, Research Methods in the Natural Sciences, Yale University

 

2008                Teaching Assistant, Biology of Climate Change seminar

 

2008                Teaching Assistant, Research Methods in the Natural Sciences, Yale University

 

2007                Teaching Assistant, Aquatic Ecology, Yale University

 

2007                Teaching Assistant, Wildlife Conservation Ecology, Yale University

 

2006                Teaching Assistant, Aquatic Ecology, Yale University

 

2004                Teaching Assistant, Fundamentals of Ecology, University of Virginia

 

2002                Volunteer Teacher, Science and Microscope Workshop, Virginia Museum of Natural History

 

 

SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS

 

2011                Richardson, J.L. Fine-scale adaptive divergence of amphibian populations in response to habitat-mediated selection. Ecological Society of America (ESA) annual meeting. Austin, TX.

 

2010                Richardson, J.L. Comparative population structure of two amphibian species across New England. Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE & ASN) annual meeting.Portland, OR.

 

2010                Richardson, J.L. Fine-scale adaptive divergence of wood frog populations (Rana sylvatica) in response to habitat-mediated selection. Joint Meeting of Icthyologists and Herpetologists. Providence, RI.

 

2006                Wilkinson, E.J., J.L. Richardson, and H. Sherk. Accurate visual guidance despite severe neglect.Society for Neuroscience annual meeting. Atlanta, GA.

 

2005                Richardson, J.L. 2005. Novel features of a larval anuran inducible defense system. Ecological Society of America (ESA) annual meeting. Montreal, QC.

 

 

GUEST LECTURES

 

2009                Field Methods and The Role of Models. Research Methods in the Natural Sciences (FES 760), School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University.

 

2008                Peer Review in Scientific Research. Research Methods in the Natural Sciences (FES 760), School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University.

 

2007                Philosophy of Science and Wildlife Management. Wildlife Conservation Ecology (FES 360/560), School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University.

 

2007                Community Ecology in Lakes. Aquatic Ecology (FES 370/509), School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University.

 

 

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE

 

2006 - 2011     Peer reviewer for Ecology (3), Conservation Genetics (4), Molecular Ecology (3), Evolution (1), Ecology Letters (1), Oecologia (1), Oikos (1), Journal of Zoology (1), Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2), Journal of Herpetology (1), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2).

 

2010                Active and Scientific Teaching Workshop - participated in this one day workshop hosted by the American Museum of Natural History focusing on student-centered and evidence based teaching methods to promote student learning .

 

2009                Conservation Genetics Workshop - participated in this intensive week long workshop on theory and data analysis in population and conservation genetics at Flathead Lake Biological Station (University of Montana).

 

2007 - 2011     Guest science teacher and science fair mentor/judge for Hamden Public Schools and regional science fair in New Haven, Conn.

 

2008 - 2011     Lead several vernal pond natural history hikes every spring for the Appalachian Mountain Club, Regional Water Authority and other groups.

 

2008                Yale Environmental Law Center - provided pro bono work as a wetlands expert.

 

2008                Co-organizer of the 24th annual Doctoral Research Conference (keynote address by Shahid Naeem).

 

 

PRIOR RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

 

2004 - 2006     University of Washington (Department of Biological Structure) - Research technician for a neurobiology lab investigating visuo-motor behavior and its neural substrate within the brain

 

2004                University of Montana (College of Forestry and Conservation) - Research assistant for project investigating the effects of wildfires on western toad (Bufo boreas) population dynamics in Glacier National Park using radio telemetry and biophysical models

 

2000 - 2004     University of Virginia (Department of Biology) - Undergraduate research assistant for project looking at the metapopulation dynamics of three salamander species in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. I used skeletal chronology to estimate the age structure of populations.

 

2003                University of Virginia (Mountain Lake Biological Station) - Conducted an experiment to investigate phenotypic plasticity in the gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis) as an REU participant.

 

2002                NOAA (Northwest Fisheries Science Center) - Performed meristic work on juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) to evaluate the effects of common hatchery fungicidal chemicals on development. Also managed our section of the center's hatchery.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

 

- Ecological Society of America

- Society for the Study of Evolution

- American Society of Naturalists

- Society for Conservation Biology