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Education
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Research & Policy in Infectious Disease Dynamics,
Fogarty International Center, NIH (2009-present)
- Postdoctoral Employee, Dept. Entomology, UC-Davis (2008-2009)
- Postdoctoral researcher, Dept. Geography, UNC-Charlotte (2007-2008)
- Dartmouth College, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Hanover, NH
Ph.D. Ecology (Awarded June 2007)
Dissertation Topic: Linking behavioral, population, and community ecology in
tree hole metacommunities
- Penn State University, Dept. of Biology, University Park, PA
M.S. Ecology (2002)
Dissertation Topic: Population response to climate change: linear vs
non-linear modeling approaches
- Penn State University, Dept. of Education, University Park, PA
B.S. Secondary Education, Biology (1999)
Highest Honors (3.94 GPA)
Honors Thesis: Preservice Science Teachers’ Perceptions of Science Education
Courses
Grants & Awards
- 2009 Ecology of Infectious Diseases Modeling Workshop scholarship (Athens, GA)
- 2007 ASM/CCID Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant in Infectious Disease &
Public Health Microbiology (Declined)
- Emerging Infectious Disease Fellowship (Declined)
- 2005 Honorable Mention for Best Student Paper (US-IALE, Syracuse, NY)
- 2005 Arts & Sciences Poster Award
- 2004 Northeastern Mosquito Control Assoc. Jobbins Scholarship
- 2004 Arts and Sciences Graduate Alumni Research Award
- 2002 Presidential Graduate Fellow
- 2002 2nd place Graduate Poster Exhibition
- 2000 Penn State Graduate Fellowship
- 1998 Society of Distinguished Alumni Endowed Scholarship
- 1996 George C. Wykoff Freshman Excellence Scholarship
- 1995 Academic Excellence Scholarship
Publications
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Ellis, A.M.,
Meentemeyer, R, Vaclavik, T. In press. Incorporating the
effects of landscape heterogeneity on pathogen dispersal into
spatially-explicit disease models. Oikos. |
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Ellis, A.M. In revision.
Environmental heterogeneity and the spatial distribution of
predators: Implications for spatial community structure in a
natural tree hole system. Journal undecided. |
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Ellis, A.M., Barker, C., Chaves, L.F., George, D., LeManach, A.,
Niu, T., Pullium, J., Scott, T. In prep. Models of
mosquito-borne diseases: Current state and research
priorities. To be submitted to Nature. |
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Ellis*, A.M., LeManach*, A., Cross, P., George, D., Kitron, U.,
Lindsay, S., Reisen, W., Smith, D., Tatum, A.. In prep.
A typology of human and vector movement: Impact on
dynamics and control of mosquito-borne diseases. To be
submitted to Trends in Ecology and Evolution or PLoS Biology.
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Novoseltsev, V.N., Michalski, A.I., Novosetseva, J.A., Yashin,
A.I., Carey, J.R., Ellis, A.M., Scott, T.W. In prep.
The role of age-dependent vector mortality in determining vectorial capacity, R0, and transmission dynamics. Journal
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Ellis, A.M.
2008. Linking movement and oviposition
behavior to spatial population distribution in the tree hole
mosquito
Ochlerotatus triseriatus. Journal of Animal Ecology 77:
156-166. |
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Ellis, A.M.
2008. Incorporating density dependence into the oviposition
preference – offspring performance relationship. Journal of
Animal Ecology 77: 247-256. |
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Ellis, A.M.,
Lounibos, P., and Holyoak, M. 2006. Evaluating the long-term
metacommunity dynamics of tree hole mosquitoes. Ecology
87: 2582-2590. |
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Ellis, A.M., and Post, E. 2003. Population response to
climate change: linear vs. non-linear modeling approaches.
BMC Ecology 4:2. |
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Post, E., Stenseth, N.C., Peterson, R.O., Vucetich, J.A., and
Ellis, A.M. 2002. Phase dependence and population cycles
in a large mammal predator-prey system.
Ecology 83(1): 2996-3002.
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Presentations
- Fogarty International Center, NIH (2009)
- Invited Symposium Talk:
American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (December 2008)
- Ecological Society of America - Talk (August 2007)
- Northeast Mosquito Control Association - Talk (November 2005)
- Ecological Society of America - Talk (August 2005)
- International Association for Landscape Ecology - Talk (March
2005)
- Northeast Ecology and Evolution Conference – Talk (March 2004)
- Ecological Society of American Annual Meeting - Poster
presentation (August 2003)
- Northeast Ecology and Evolution Conference - Poster presentation
(April 2003)
- Graduate Exhibition - Poster Presentation (March 2002)
Teaching
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Biology Teaching Assistant: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
(2002-Present)Marine biology,
Introductory Ecology & Evolution (3 semesters), Physiological Ecology
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English Teacher: IBC Business English, Augsburg, Germany (1999-Fall
2000)
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Biology Teacher: Upward Bound Math and Science Summer Program, The
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (1999):
taught an intensive math and science
program for inner-city high school children
- Biology Teaching Assistant, The Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA (1998-2001); Coordinated all Laboratory Sections of Biol 110 (intro. biol.
for science majors), Coordinated all Laboratory Sections of Biol 12 (intro. biol. for
non-science majors, Biol 450-Field Ecology, Biol 12 and Biol 110
- Student Teaching: Hollidaysburg Area High School, Hollidaysburg, PA
(Spring 1999); Taught Biology I (9th & 10th), Advanced Placement Biology (11th
& 12th), Applied Chemistry/Biology (11th), and Landscaping (11th &
12th)
Organizations/Activities
- Ecological Society of America
- Northeastern Mosquito Control Association
- American Mosquito Control Association
- International Association for Landscape Ecology
- Environmental Learning for the Future Volunteer Teacher
Service
- Volunteer: Sacramento Area Emergency Housing Area (present)
- Volunteer: Hands on Charlotte volunteer agency (2007-2008)
- Volunteer: Environmental Leadership for
the Future- taught environmental science in local elementary schools
(2002-2007)
- Volunteer: David's House-a home away from home the families of
children in the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth (2004-2006)
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