Jacob B. Landis
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas
1200 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
Cellular:  785.249.3076
Email:  atlantis@ku.edu

Education
M.A. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS,  May 2011
B.S. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS,  December 2008
            Accumulative GPA: 3.36, Major GPA: 3.53

Awards and Scholarships
Developmental and Structural BSA Student Travel Award for Botany Conference 2009 - $200
American Society of Naturalists Travel Award to Evolution 2009 - $300
Graduate Studies Graduate Student Paper Presenter Spring 2009 - $400

Memberships
Botanical Society of America, March 2009 - Present
American Society of Naturalists, March 2009 - Present

Research Interest
Population Genetics, Molecular Genetics, Gene Expression

Research Experience
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Research Assistant, January 2009 – Present
            Work under Dr. Lena Hileman studying gene expression in flowers in Rhodochiton.

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Research Assistant, August 2008 – January 2009
Work under Dr. Sam James studying earthworm biodiversity and phylogenetic systematics.

Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), May 2008 – July 2008
NSF funded program at Sam Houston State University working with Drs. Raelynn Deaton and Chad Hargrave studying predator induced phenotypic plasticity in Gambusia affinis.

KU Natural History Museum Research Assistant, August 2007 – May 2008
Work with Drs. Mike Grose and Ed Wiley developing microsatellite markers for species of headwater stream fish.

Independent Research Project, January 2007 – May 2007
Project with Dr. Mike Grose using microsatellites to further investigate phylogeny of Lythrurus roseipinnis.

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Research Assistant, May 2006 – August 2007
            Work under Dr. Garrick Skalski studying population genetics in a stream minnow.

Teaching Experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spring 2009                                                                                        
            Lead two sections of Honors Introduction to Cell Biology and one section of regular Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Biology

Undergraduate Lab Instructor, Spring and Fall 2008                                                                                  Lead introductory non-major labs, 12 students/lab.

Biostatistics Teaching Assistant, Fall 2008
            Grade assignments for lecture and assist in leading and grading the lab.

Tutor, October 2007 – December 2007 Tutor Biostatistics to a fellow student.

Publications
Hudman SP, Grose MJ, Landis JB et al. In Review. Twenty-five microsatellites loci for metapopulation genetic studies of slender madtom, Noturus exilis. Molecular Ecology Resources.

Monnahan P, Grose MJ, Landis JB et al. In Press. Identification of 29 novel, polymorphic microsatellite loci in the red shiner (Cyprinella lutrensis). Molecular Ecology Resources.

Landis JB, Grose MJ, Wiley EO et al. 2009. Characterization of 35 novel microsatellite loci for ecological and evolutionary studies of the bluntnose minnow (Pimephales notatus). Molecular Ecology Resources, 9(3), 864-867.

Landis JB, Hudman SP, Grose MJ et al. 2009. Characterization of 32 novel microsatellite loci for population and mating system studies using Campostoma anomalum (central stoneroller). Molecualar Ecology Resources. 9(1), 251-254.

Hudman SP, Grose MJ, Landis JB et al. 2008. Twenty-three microsatellite DNA loci for population genetic studies and parentage assignment in orangethroat darter, Etheostoma specatbile. Molecular Ecology Resources. 8(6), 1483-1485.

Skalski GT, Landis JB, Grose MJ et al. 2008 Genetic Structure of Creek Chub, a Headwater Minnow, in an Impounded River System. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.  137: 962-975.

Presentations
Jacob B. Landis, Laryssa L. Baldridge and Lena C. Hileman.  Determining the genetic basis for petal-like sepals in a close relative of snapdragon. (Poster). Evolution Conference, June 12-16, 2009.

Jacob B. Landis, James C. Cureton, Elizabeth A. Lamb, Stacy Stoops and Raelynn Deaton. An Analysis of Time and Environmental Conditions on Peak Mating Behavior in the Western Mosquitofish (Poeciliidae): It Matters When But Not Where... (Printed Abstract, Oral). Texas Academy of Science, March 6, 2009.

James C. Cureton II, Jacob B. Landis, Elizabeth A. Lamb, Chris Kroll, Rick Lewis, Samir K. Rosado, Sarah Sendelbach, Alexandria Titlow, Stacy Stoops, Janalyn West, and Raelynn Deaton. An Analysis of Time and Environmental Conditions on Peak Mating Behavior in the Western Mosquitofish (Poeciliidae): It Matters When But Not Where… (Printed Abstract, Oral). Third Triennial OK-TX Aquatic Research Group Meeting and 35th Annual Great Plains Limnology Conference, September 26, 2008.

Samir K. Rosado, Jacob B. Landis, Raelynn Deaton and Chad W. Hargrave. Predator-induced Phenotypic Plasticity in the Western Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis). (Printed Abstract, Oral). Third Triennial OK-TX Aquatic Research Group Meeting and 35th Annual Great Plains Limnology Conference, September 26, 2008.

Classes
Upper level Biology Classes
            Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Theoretical Ecology, History and Diversity of Organisms, Development, Biostatistics, Biostatistics Lab, Chemical Cues Seminar, Physiology of Organisms, Systematics, Freshwater Stream Ecology, Field and Lab Methods in Ecology, Ecology and Global Change, Systematic Botany
           

References
Stephen P. Hudman, PhD                                    shudman@truman.edu                        660.785.4638
Dept. of Biology
Truman State University
Kirksville, MO 63501

Mark E. Mort, PhD                                                memort@ku.edu                                    785.864.5706
Dept. of Ecol. and Evol. Biol.
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045

Helen M. Alexander, PhD                                    halex@ku.edu                                                785.864.3221
Dept. of Ecol. and Evol. Biol.
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045