EDUCATION:
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University of Chicago. Chicago, IL.
PhD student. Departyment of Ecology & Evolution
Universités Paris VI, Paris XI, INAP-G, ENS. Paris, France.
EBE Masters of Science ("Ecology & Evolution")
Honors, 2005.
Institute for Shipboard Education.
Undergraduate semester abroad program, 2002
Universidad de los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia.
BS, Biology, 2004
AWARDS:
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Program for Excellence in Science, AAAS/Science, 2007
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
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University of Chicago, Dr. Schmidt-Ott's Laboratory. Chicago, IL.
Assistant researcher; July 2006- September 2007
Research on comparative developmental genetics in major branches of Diptera, particularly on the evolution of anterior patterning.
Université Paris VI, Funtional Ecology Laboratory (CNRS 7103). Paris, France.
Cost of an induced immune response on growth and carotenoid based sexual signals in Tit chicks (Parus major and Parus caeruleus).
Masters Thesis (Advisor: Gabriele Sorci), January-July 2005
Gorgona (Island on the Colombian Pacific).
Field Assistant, July 2004
Assisted M. Margarita Ramos (Princeton University) and Kirsten Nicholson (Washington University) on the collection of data for the study of the
ecology and behavior of Pacific Anoles.
Tulane University, Ecology and evolutionary biology department. New Orleans, LA
Honors Thesis and Assistant researcher, January -July 2004
An analysis of inter-population divergence in visual display behavior in the green anole. Research on Anolis lizards ecology and evolution. Effects
of sexual and natural selection. (Advisor: Duncan Irschick).
Cornell University
Field Assistant. Kralendijk, Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles). May 2003 - August 2003.
Assisted Carlos A. Botero (Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University), in the collection of data for his doctoral dissertation
research on acoustic communication in Tropical Mockingbirds (Mimus gilvus).
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
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Universidad de los Andes, Bogota - Colombia.
Teaching assistant, Fall semester 2003.
Developmental Biology class for biology mayors. Led laboratory section and review sessions; graded lab reports.
PUBLICATIONS:
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Bloch, N. & Irschick, D. 2005. Toe-clipping dramatically reduces clinging performance in a pad-bearing lizard (Anolis carolinensis). Journal of Herpetology
Bloch, N. & Irschick, D. 2006. An analysis of inter-population divergence in visual display behavior in the green anole. Ethology 112, 370-378. pdf
Irschick DJ, Ramos M, Buckley C, Elstrott J, Carlisle E, Lailvaux S, Bloch N, Herrel A, Vanhooydonck B. 2006. Are morphology performance relationships
invariant across different seasons? A test with the green anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis ). Oikos 114, 49-59. pdf
