Danielle J.

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Managing Director BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action 1441 Biomedical and Physical Sciences Building Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 phone: (517) 884-2561 fax: (517) 353-7248 email: djwhitta@msu.edu web: http://www.burroughs-whittaker.com/danielle Education 2006-2010: 1998-2005: Postdoctoral training in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. Advisor: Ellen Ketterson. Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology, City University of New York Graduate Center, New York, NY. Advisor: John F. Oates; Co-advisor: Juan Carlos Morales, Columbia University. B.A. in Anthropology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

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Professional Appointments 2010-present: Managing Director, BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action, Michigan State University. 2010-present: Adjunct Faculty, Department of Biology, Indiana University. 2010: 2010: 2006-2010: 2006: 2005-2006: 2005-2006: 2003-2005: 2000-2005: Citizen Science Faculty, Bard College. Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Biology, Indiana University. Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biology, Indiana University. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Barnard College. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Lehman College, City University of New York. Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Queens College, City University of New York. Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Lehman College, City University of New York. Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, Hunter College, City University of New York.

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Honors and Awards Graduate Fellow, New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology (NYCEP), 19982005. Robert E. Gilleece Fellowship, City University of New York, 1998-2005. Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship, 2000. National Merit Scholar, Emory University, 1992-1996. Phi Beta Kappa, 1996. Grants Indiana Academy of Science, November 2009 Hormonal regulation of chemical signals in songbirds. $3,000

Indiana University Faculty Research Support Program, June 2008 $74,975 MHC-based mate choice in songbirds: mechanisms, hormonal correlates, and population patterns. Official PIs: Ellen Ketterson, Milos Novotny, and Helena Soini; project developed and written by Danielle Whittaker. June 2008. American Philosophical Society Franklin Research Grant, March 2008 MHC, odor, and mate choice in a passerine bird. Indiana Academy of Science, April 2007 MHC and mate choice in an isolated songbird population. $4,000 $3,000

Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation, May 2004 $10,580 Using patterns of genetic diversity in Kloss's gibbons to conserve nature and culture in the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia. NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, January 2004 $12,000 Evolutionary genetics of Klosss gibbons: Grant BCS-0335949. PI: J. C. Morales. Primate Conservation, Inc., December 2002 Conservation biology of Klosss gibbons. Primate Conservation, Inc., December 2000 Conservation genetics of Klosss gibbons: pilot study. $3,000 $3,000

Conservation International, November 2000 $3,720 Conservation genetics of Klosss gibbons in the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia. Publications Forthcoming Articles Whittaker, D. J., A. L. Dapper, M. P. Peterson, J. W. Atwell, and E. D. Ketterson. In review. Maintenance of MHC Class IIB diversity in a recently established songbird population. Journal of Avian Biology.

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Whittaker, D. J., H. A. Soini, N. M. Gerlach, A. L. Posto, M. V. Novotny, and E. D. Ketterson. In review. Role of testosterone in stimulating seasonal changes in a potential avian chemosignal. Journal of Chemical Ecology. Atwell, J. W., G. C. Cardoso, D. J. Whittaker, S. J. Campbell-Nelson, K. W. Robertson, E. D. Ketterson. In review. Boldness behavior and stress physiology in a novel urban environment suggest rapid correlated evolutionary adaptation post-colonization. Behavioral Ecology. Atwell, J. W., G. C. Cardoso, D. J. Whittaker, T. D. Price, and E. D. Ketterson. In review. Testosterone mediates successful establishment of a songbird population in a novel environment. Current Biology. Peer-reviewed Articles Whittaker, D. J., K. M. Richmond, A. K. Miller, R. Kiley, C. Bergeon Burns, J. W. Atwell, and E. D. Ketterson. 2011. Intraspecific preen oil odor preferences in dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis). Behavioral Ecology 22: 1256-1263. Whittaker, D. J., H. A. Soini, J. W. Atwell, C. Hollars, M. V. Novotny, and E. D. Ketterson. 2010. Songbird chemosignals: Preen oil volatile compounds vary among individuals, sexes, and populations. Behavioral Ecology 21: 608-614. McGlothlin, J. W., D. J. Whittaker, S. E. Schrock, N. M. Gerlach, J. M. Jawor, E. A. Snajdr, E. D. Ketterson. 2010. Natural selection on testosterone production in a wild songbird population. The American Naturalist 175: 687-701. Whittaker, D. J., D. G. Reichard, A. L. Dapper, E. D. Ketterson. 2009. Behavioral responses of nesting female dark-eyed juncos Junco hyemalis to hetero- and conspecific passerine preen oils. Journal of Avian Biology 40: 579-583. Whittaker, D. J., J. C. Morales, D. J. Melnick. 2007. Resolution of the Hylobates phylogeny: Congruence of mitochondrial D-loop sequences with molecular, behavioral, and morphological datasets. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45(2): 620-628. Whittaker, D. J. 2006. Conservation action plan for the Mentawai primates. Primate Conservation 20: 95-106. Whittaker, D. J., N. Ting, D. J. Melnick. 2006. Molecular phylogenetic affinities of the simakobu monkey (Simias concolor). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39: 887-892. Whittaker, D. J. 2005. New population estimates for the endemic Klosss gibbon Hylobates klossii on the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia. Oryx 39(4): 458-461. Edited Volume Lappan, S. and D. J. Whittaker, eds. 2009. The Gibbons: New Perspectives on Small Ape Socioecology and Population Biology. New York: Springer.

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Book Chapters Whittaker, D. J. 20xx. Kloss's gibbon, Hylobates klossii. In Handbook of the Mammals of the World Vol. 3. Primates, eds. D. E. Wilson and R. A. Mittermeier. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. In prep. Whittaker, D. J. 20xx. Pagai macaque, Macaca pagensis. In Handbook of the Mammals of the World Vol. 3. Primates, eds. D. E. Wilson and R. A. Mittermeier. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. In prep. Whittaker, D. J. 20xx. Siberut macaque, Macaca siberu. In Handbook of the Mammals of the World Vol. 3. Primates, eds. D. E. Wilson and R. A. Mittermeier. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. In prep. Whittaker, D. J. 20xx. Mentawai sureli, Presbytis potenziani. In Handbook of the Mammals of the World Vol. 3. Primates, eds. D. E. Wilson and R. A. Mittermeier. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. In prep. Whittaker, D. J. 20xx. Pig-tailed langur, Simias concolor. In Handbook of the Mammals of the World Vol. 3. Primates, eds. D. E. Wilson and R. A. Mittermeier. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. In prep. Whittaker, D. J. 2011. Klosss gibbon, Hylobates klossii. In All the Worlds Primates, ed. Noel Rowe. Charlestown: Pogonias Press. Online: http://www.alltheworldsprimates.org/ Whittaker, D. J. 2009. Phylogeography of Klosss gibbon (Hylobates klossii) populations and implications for conservation planning in the Mentawai Islands. In The Gibbons: New Perspectives on Small Ape Socioecology and Population Biology, ed. S. Lappan and D. J. Whittaker. New York: Springer, pp. 73-89. Whittaker, D. J. and S. Lappan. 2009. The diversity of small apes and the importance of population-level studies. In The Gibbons: New Perspectives on Small Ape Socioecology and Population Biology, ed. S. Lappan and D. J. Whittaker. New York: Springer, pp. 3-10. Whittaker, D. J. 2009. Saving the small apes: Conservation assessment of gibbon species at the 2006 Asian Primate Red List Workshop. In The Gibbons: New Perspectives on Small Ape Socioecology and Population Biology, ed. S. Lappan and D. J. Whittaker. New York: Springer, pp. 497-499. Conference Presentations Ferguson, S. M., D. G. Reichard, K. A. Rosvall, D. J. Whittaker, and E. D. Ketterson. Behavioral and physiological responses to simulated territorial intrusions of short- and long- range song in male dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis). (Poster to be presented at the annual Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology meeting, Charleston, SC, January 2012.)

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Whittaker, D. J. and D. G. Reichard. Is bill-wiping a form of avian scent marking? (Talk presented at the joint meeting of the Animal Behavior Society and the International Ethological Conference, Bloomington, IN, July 2011.) Whittaker, D. J. Chemical communication without a vomeronasal organ: parallel evolution in primates and birds? (Poster presented at the American Association of Physical Anthropologists annual meeting, Minneapolis, MN, April 2011.) Whittaker, D. J., H. A. Soini, N. M. Gerlach, A. L. Posto, M. V. Novotny, and E. D. Ketterson. The role of steroid hormones in chemosignal production in songbirds. (Talk presented at the Animal Behavior Society annual meeting, Williamsburg, VA, July 2010.) Whittaker, D. J., H. A. Soini, J. W. Atwell, A. Miller, A. L. Posto, M. V. Novotny, and E. D. Ketterson. 2010. Songbird chemosignaling: differentiation and detection of volatile compounds by dark-eyed juncos. (Poster presented at the Association for Chemoreception Sciences annual meeting, St. Petersburg, FL, April 2010) Whittaker, D. J., H. A. Soini, J. W. Atwell, M. V. Novotny, and E. D. Ketterson. 2009. Evidence for chemosignaling in songbirds. (Talk presented at American Ornithologists' Union annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 2009) Soini, H. A., C. A. Hollars, D. J. Whittaker, J. W. Atwell, E. D. Ketterson, and M. V. Novotny. 2009. Investigations of chemical communication in birds: comparisons of preen oil volatile compound compositions in different songbirds by gas chromatography mass spectrometry. (Poster presented at the International Symposium on Capillary Chromatography and Electrophoresis, Portland, OR, May 2009) Whittaker, D. J., D. G. Reichard, and E. D. Ketterson. 2008. Birds smell: behavioral responses of nesting females to avian odors. (Talk presented at Indiana Academy of Sciences annual meeting, Evansville, IN, October 2008) Whittaker, D. J., J. W. Atwell, G. Cardoso, T. Price, and E. D. Ketterson. 2008. Flexibility in mate choice for MHC: a comparison of two ecologically distinct populations of Dark-eyed Juncos. (Poster presented at International Society for Behavioral Ecology meeting, Ithaca, NY, August 2008) Whittaker, D. J. and H. Dooley. 2008. Klosss gibbon biology and conservation. (Talk presented at International Primatological Society Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 2008) Whittaker, D. J., J. W. Atwell, G. Cardoso, T. Price, and E. D. Ketterson. 2007. Do Darkeyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis) choose mates on the basis of MHC genotype? (Talk presented at Animal Behavior Society annual meeting, Burlington, VT, July 2007) Whittaker, D. J. 2007. Evolution of gibbons: resolving the Hylobates phylogeny with multiple datasets. (Talk presented at Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology annual meeting, Phoenix, AZ, January 2007) Whittaker, D. J. 2006. A DNA barcode for the gibbons (Family Hylobatidae). (Poster presented at Molecular Primatology: Progress and Promise, New York, NY, March 2006)
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Whittaker, D. J., J. C. Morales, D. J. Melnick. 2004. Phylogeographic structure of Kloss's gibbon (Hylobates klossii) populations. Folia Primatologica 75(S1): 113. [Abstract] (Talk presented at International Primatological Society Congress, Torino, Italy, August 2004) Lappan, S., D. J. Whittaker. 2004. Wild gibbons as members of populations: new perspectives on small ape socioecology, phylogeography, and conservation. Folia Primatologica 75(S1): 107. [Abstract] (Symposium organized for IPS Congress, Torino, Italy, August 2004) Invited Talks Chemical communication and evolution in songbirds. Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University. 18 February 2011. Chemical communication and evolution in songbirds. Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior seminar, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. 2 December 2010. Chemical communication and evolution in songbirds. York College, City University of New York, New York, NY. 26 April 2010. Chemical communication and evolution in songbirds. University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO. 22 March 2010. The junco transcriptome: a genomic approach to songbird evolution, ecology, and behavior. Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics Roundtable, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. 11 March 2010. Chemical communication and evolution in songbirds. New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University, Glendale, AZ. 1 March 2010. Sex, Smells, and Speciation in Songbirds. Indiana University Kokomo, IN. 24 February 2010. Chemical communication in dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis): Do birds use pheromones? Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. 30 November 2009. Chemical communication and reproduction in dark-eyed juncos: do birds use pheromones? Mountain Lake Biological Station, Pembroke, VA. 2 July 2009. Past, present, and future: Using genetics to understand evolution, behavior, and conservation of species. Suffolk University, Boston, MA. 29 January 2009. Sex in the city: Inbreeding avoidance, MHC and pheromones in a songbird. Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN. 11 November 2008. Creating a conservation action plan from primate data: the Mentawai Islands of Indonesia. Queens College Anthropology Society, Flushing, NY. 28 November 2005. Male and female reproductive strategies. Barnard College, New York, NY. 30 September 2005.

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Identifying and conserving the genetic diversity of the Klosss gibbon while balancing the nature of the Mentawai Islands of Indonesia with the culture of its people. The Charles A. and Anne Lindbergh Foundation, New York, NY. May 2004. Conservation biology of Klosss gibbons. As-Syafiiyah Islamic University Rafflesia Biology Students Club, Jakarta, Indonesia. 14 January 2004. Conservation biology of Klosss gibbons. Jakarta International School, Jakarta, Indonesia. 15 January 2004. Press Coverage The Berkeley Daily Planet, July 26, 2011: Wild neighbors: smelling like a bird. http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2011-07-27/article/38178?headline=WildNeighbors-Smelling-Like-a-Bird Michigan State University press release, July 19, 2011: Avian Axe effect attracts attention of females and males. Reprinted elsewhere. http://news.msu.edu/story/9579/ Science Daily, July 19, 2011: Avian Axe effect attracts attention of females and males. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/07/110719151906.htm Futurity.org, July 22, 2011: Songbird cologne drives females wild. http://www.futurity.org/science-technology/songbird%E2%80%98cologne%E2%80%99-drives-females-wild/ Indiana University press release, March 23, 2010: Could smell play a role in the origin of new bird species? Reprinted elsewhere. http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/13820.html Science Daily, March 24, 2010: Could smell play a role in the origin of new bird species? http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100323111555.htm Futurity.org, March 24, 2010: Identifying birds by sniff, not song. http://www.futurity.org/science-technology/identifying-birds-by-sniff-not-song/ LiveScience, April 21, 2010: Songbirds hold secrets of attracting mates. http://www.livescience.com/culture/pheromone-songbird-mating-sl-whittaker100421.html Indiana University press release, May 4, 2010. Natural selection for moderation in testosterone surprises scientists. Reprinted elsewhere. http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/14348.html Science Daily, May 4, 2010. Natural selection for moderation in testosterone surprises scientists. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100504102126.htm Science Journalism Whittaker, D. J. November 11, 2011. Intersex animals evolve to reproduce normally. http://www.livescience.com

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Whittaker, D. J. April 8, 2011. Understanding the brain as a computational network. http://www.livescience.com/13639-understanding-brain-computational-network-bts110408.html Whittaker, D. J. October 29, 2010: Digital organisms shed light on mystery of altruism. http://www.livescience.com/technology/altruism-evolution-computer-science-bts101029.html Teaching Experience Undergraduate courses taught: Citizen Science Introduction to Human Evolution Introduction to Human Variation Contemporary Issues in Biology Human Genetics Animal Behavior Primate Behavior and Ecology Graduate courses taught: Techniques in Reproductive Diversity (co-instructor: taught sections on field methods, DNA sequencing, and hormone assays) Professional Ethics for the Bio-behavioral Sciences (co-instructor) Undergraduate Research Mentoring Kaitlin Richmond, Hanover College Academic Internship, 2010. Meelyn Pandit, Indiana University Intensive Freshman Learning Experience (IFLE) program, 2009. Allison Miller, Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), 2009. Rebecca Rice, Indiana University Intensive Freshman Learning Experience (IFLE) program, 2008. Elizabeth Schultz, Indiana University Science, Technology, and Research Scholars (STARS) program, 2006-2008. Professional Service and Development Organizing Committee for Artificial Life XIII conference, 2012, East Lansing, MI. Essentials of Research Administration at MSU Certificate Series, 2011. Participant in Science: Becoming the Messenger workshop, National Science Foundation, November 2010. Judge for Women in Science Research Conference, Indiana University, 2008 and 2010.

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Responsible Conduct of Research workshop, Fall 2008. Member of search committee for IU CISAB Core Laboratory manager, Fall 2007. Judge for South Central Indiana Regional Science and Engineering Fair, March 2007, Bloomington, Indiana. IUCN Red List Assessor at the 2006 Asian Primate Red List Workshop, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Represented NYCEP at 2005 NSF IGERT Project Meeting; presented two posters, Conservation biology of Klosss gibbons (Hylobates klossii) and Phylogenetic position of the simakobu monkey (Simias concolor). "Wild gibbons as members of populations": Symposium organized at the XX Congress of the International Primatological Society, Torino, Italy, August 2004. (With Susan Lappan) Assisted with the organization and logistics of the Society for Conservation Biology annual meeting held at Columbia University, New York, NY, July 2004. Reviewing Ad hoc reviewer for journals: American Journal of Primatology American Naturalist Animal Cognition Auk Behavioral Ecology Biology Letters Biotropica BMC Evolutionary Biology Canadian Journal of Zoology Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Emu Austral Ornithology Ethology Evolutionary Bioinformatics Ibis Journal of Avian Biology Journal of the Royal Society Interface Molecular Biology and Evolution Molecular Ecology Resources Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Naturwissenschaften Proceedings of the Royal Society B Reviewer for grants: Sigma Delta Epsilon/Graduate Women in Science Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation National Science Foundation
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The Leakey Foundation Associate Faculty Member for Faculty of 1000 Post-Publication Peer Review, http://f1000.com. Evaluations: 3 in 2010, 9 in 2011. Membership in Professional Organizations American Ornithologists' Union Animal Behavior Society Indiana Academy of Science Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Languages English (Native speaker) Indonesian (Proficient) Spanish (Conversational)

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