Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

University of Chicago: Ph.D. candidate, Ecology & Evolution, 2007-present
Stanford University: B.S., Biological Sciences, 2003

PUBLICATIONS

Gracey, AY; ML Chaney; JP Boomhower; WR Tyburczy; K Connor; GN Somero. 2008. Rhythms of gene expression in a fluctuating intertidal environment. Current Biology 18(19):1501

Adler, PB; WR Tyburczy; WK Lauenroth. 2007. Long-term mapped quadrats from Kansas prairie: demographic information for herbaceous plants. Ecology 88:2673. Ecological Archives E088-161.

WR Tyburczy; M Schildhauer; M Jones; OJ Reichman. June 12, 2007. A Comparison and Recommendation of Metadata Standards for MLPA Baseline Monitoring Data. California Ocean Science Trust.

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Fellow - National Academy of Science, Ocean Studies Board - Fall 2010

Hinds Fund Grant - Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago - 2009, 2010

Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention - National Science Foundation - 2008, 2009

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of Chicago, teaching assistant

• Environmental Ecology - 2011
• Marine Ecology - 2010
• Community Ecology - 2007, 2009
• Ecology and Evolution - 2008

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis

• Resource Discovery Initiative for Field Stations presenter - 2007, 2006

Stanford University, teaching assistant

• Subtidal Communities - 2003

WORK EXPERIENCE

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Metadata
Coordinator 2005-2007

• Instructed visiting scientists on use of ecological data management and informatics tools
• Tested ecological software for performance, stability, and usability

Hopkins Marine Station, Lab Technician 2003-2005

• Maintained and adapted informatics scripts in Perl for lab use
• Instigated a dive program for local collection of lab organisms