Todd R. Jackman
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Biology
Campus Box 1137
Washington University
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
(314) 863-1534 Fax: (314) 935-4432
e-mail: jackman@biodec.wustl.edu
web sites: http://biosgi.wustl.edu/~lososlab/jackman.html
http://biodec.wustl.edu/~jackman
Birth date and place: April 20, 1965. Redding, California
Education
1983-1987 B.S. Genetics, University of California at Davis
1988-1993 Ph.D. Integrative Biology, University of California at Berkeley
Thesis title: Evolutionary and historical analyses within and among members of the salamander tribe Plethodontini (Amphibia: Plethodontidae)
Professional Positions
1988-1993 Teaching Assistant, University of California, Berkeley.
1989-1993 Research Assistant, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, U.C. Berkeley.
1998 Instructor, Washington University’s University College, Saint Louis
1994-Present Postdoctoral Researcher, Washington University, Saint Louis.
Honors and Awards
1987 High honors, B.S., Genetics, College of Letters and Science, U.C. Davis.
1989 National Science Foundation Fellowship: Honorable mention
1992-1993 Alexander Fellow, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
1992 Invited to participate in the Sloan International Workshop in Molecular Evolution, Los Angeles, California.
1993 Honorable Mention, Best Student Paper, Stoye herpetology award American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists meeting, Austin, Texas.
Publications
1994 Jackman, T.R. and D.B. Wake. Evolutionary and historical analysis of protein variation in the blotched forms of salamanders of the Ensatina complex (Amphibia: Plethodontidae). Evolution 48(3): 876-897.
1997 Jackman, T.R., D.B. Wake, and Applebaum, G. Phylogenetic relationships of Bolitoglossine salamanders: A demonstration of the effects of combining morphological and molecular data sets. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 14(8): 883-891.
1997 Jackman, T.R., J.B. Losos, A. Larson, and K. de Queiroz. Phylogenetic
studies of community assembly in Caribbean Anolis lizards. in Molecular Evolution and Adaptive Radiation. T.J. Givnish and K. Systma eds. Cambridge University Press.
1998 Losos, J. B. T.R. Jackman, A. Larson, K. de Queiroz and L. Rodríguez- Schettino. Contingency and determinism in replicated adaptive radiations of island lizards. Science. 279:2115-2118
1998 Jackman, T.R., J.B. Losos, A. Larson, and K. de Queiroz Phylogenetic relationships and the tempo of early diversification in Anolis lizards. In Press. Systematic Biology.
1998 Jackman, T.R. Molecular and historical evidence for the introduction of clouded salamanders (genus Aneides) from California to Vancouver Island, British Columbia. In Press. Canadian Journal of Zoology.
Published Abstracts
1990 Jackman, T.R., and D. Wake. Isolation by distance in the "ring species" Ensatina eschscholtzii, American Zoologist 30(4) 51A.
1992 Jackman, T.R. Biogeography and systematics of the clouded salamander, Aneides ferreus, American Zoologist 32(5): 135A
1994 Jackman, T.R., K. de Queiroz, J.B. Losos, and A. Larson. Relationships and morphological divergence of the anoline genera Anolis, Chamaelinorops, and Phenacosaurus. American Zoologist 34(5): 131A.
Work in progress
Jackman, T.R. The relationship between the bootstrap and the decay index. (manuscript to be submitted to Systematic Biology)
Irschick, D., Jackman, T.R., J.B. Losos, A. Larson, and K. de Queiroz. Phylogenetic relationships of Anolis grahami group: tests of hypotheses of relationships within and between species. (manuscript submitted to Herpetologica)
Creer, D., Jackman, T.R., J.B. Losos, A. Larson, and K. de Queiroz. Phylogenetic relationships of lesser Antillean anoles. (manuscript)
Jackman, T.R., J.B. Losos, A. Larson, and K. de Queiroz. Phylogenetic relationships of the Anolis carolinensis series: tests of hypotheses of congruence betweeen nuclear and mitochondrial sequences. (manuscript)
Presentations at Meetings
1990 Jackman, T.R. Genetic differentiation among isolated populations of Aneides lugubris (Caudata: Plethodontidae) Fourth International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology, Washington, D.C.
1990 Jackman, T.R., and D. Wake. Isolation by distance in the "ring species" Ensatina eschscholtzii. American Society of Zoologists, San Antonio,Texas
1991 Jackman, T.R. and D.B. Wake. Phylogenetic relationships of the salamander tribe Plethodontini based on mtDNA sequences. Society for the Study of Evolution, Hilo, Hawaii.
1992 Jackman, T.R., and D.B. Wake. Discordance between allozyme and mitochondrial DNA geographic patterns in the plethodontid salamander Ensatina eschscholtzii.. Society for the Study of Evolution, Berkeley, California.
1992 Jackman, T.R. Biogeography and systematics of the clouded salamander, Aneides ferreus. American Society of Zoologists, Vancouver, Canada
1993 Jackman, T.R. Molecular and historical evidence for long distance dispersal by the clouded salamander, Aneides ferreus. American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Austin, Texas
1993 Jackman, T.R., and D.B. Wake. Phylogenetics of European and North American Bolitoglossine salamanders based on analysis of mtDNA sequence data. Society of Systematic Biologists, Snowbird, Utah
1994 Jackman, T.R. Phylogenetic relationships among the members of the salamander tribe Plethodontini and the comparison of multiple data sets in phylogenetic systematics. Society of Systematic Biologists, Atlanta, Georgia
1995 Jackman, T.R., K. de Queiroz, J.B. Losos, and A. Larson. Relationships and morphological divergence of the anoline genera Anolis, Chamaelinorops, and Phenacosaurus . American Society of Zoologists, Saint Louis
1995 Jackman, T.R., J.B. Losos, A. Larson. Phylogenetic studies of community assembly in Caribbean Anolis lizards. Symposium on Molecular Evolution and Adaptive Radiation, Montreal, Canada
1996 Jackman, T.R., J.B. Losos, A. Larson, K. de Queiroz Confirmation of parallel adaptive radiations in Caribbean anoline lizards. Society for the Study of Evolution, Saint Louis
1997 Jackman, T.R., J.B. Losos, A. Larson, K. de Queiroz Examining the hypothesis of a phylogenetic radiation in Caribbean anoles using molecular sequence data. Society for the Study of Evolution, Boulder
1998 Jackman, T.R., J.B. Losos, A. Larson, K. de Queiroz Testing hypothesis of simultaneous branching using molecular sequence data.
Seminars
1992 "Phylogenetic relationships of the salamander tribe, Plethodontini." Museum Lunch Series, U.C. Berkeley
1993 "The amazing history of clouded salamanders" Museum Lunch Series, U.C. Berkeley
1993 "Evolutionary and historical analysis of protein variation in the blotched forms of salamanders of the Ensatina complex" Departmental Seminar University of Oregon, Eugene
1993 "Biogeography and systematics of the clouded salamander, Aneides ferreus" Herpetology Seminar, Washington University, St. Louis
1995 "The history of the 'ring species' Ensatina eschscholtzii" Herpetology Seminar, Washington University, St. Louis
1996 "Phylogenetic studies of community assembly in Caribbean Anolis lizards" Departmental Seminar, University of Missouri, St. Louis.
1996 "Confirmation of parallel adaptive radiations in Caribbean anoline lizards." Departmental Seminar, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
1997 "Phylogeography of Caribbean anoles" Seminar series, University of Missouri, Columbia
1997 "Ecomorphological divergence and the tempo of early diversification in Caribbean Anolis lizards" Department of Biology Colloquium, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville.
Teaching Experience
1989 Introductory Biology (Bio 1A), U.C. Berkeley, Graduate student instructor.
1990 Introductory Biology (Bio 10), U.C. Berkeley, Graduate student instructor.
1992 Evolution (IB 160), U.C. Berkeley, Graduate student instructor.
1996, 1994 Lecturer and laboratory instructor. Evolutionary biology for high school biology teachers (Biology 475), Washington University, St. Louis.
1998 Instructor, Controversies in Contemporary Evolutionary Biology (Biology 444) for University College Master’s program. Spring 1998
1998 Instructor, Introductory Biology (Biology 100) for University College biology program. Spring 1998
Research Experience
Graduate
1991-1993 Research assistant in charge of training graduate students, full and part time employees techniques of allozyme electrophoresis.
1988-1993 Extensive field work from Vancouver Island, B.C. to Southern California. Collecting salamanders for speciation and population structure studies. Mark and recapture studies in Calaveras county, California.
Postdoctoral
1995 Washington University, St. Louis; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. Phylogenetic relationships of Caribbean anoline lizards. 1995: Field research in western Cuba
1994-Present Coordinator of Allan Larson's DNA sequencing lab, Washington University, St. Louis
Personal References
David B. Wake, Director,
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
Gompertz Professor of Integrative Biology
3101 Valley Life Sciences Building #3160
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-3160
Phone: (510) 642-3567
Fax: (510) 643-8238
e-mail: wakelab@uclink.berkeley.edu
Jonathan B. Losos
Department of Biology
Campus Box 1137
Washington University
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899
Phone: (314) 935-6706
Fax: (314) 935-4432
e-mail: losos@biodec.wustl.edu
Allan Larson
Department of Biology
Campus Box 1137
Washington University
St. Louis, Mo 63130-4899
Phone: (314) 935-4656
Fax: (314) 935-4432
e-mail: larson@wustlb.wustl.edu