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Education:
2009-2013 Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY Ph.D. Comparative Biology. Systematics and morphological diversification of the Cordylidae (Squamata) 2007-2009 Villanova University, Villanova, PA M.S. Biology. Evolutionary relationships within the family Cordylidae (Squamata) 2003-2004 University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia Student exchange program 2001-2005 University of St Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland B.Sc Hons. Zoology Professional Preparation:
Director, Digital Discovery and Dissemination Laboratory, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL. February 2018-present Associate Scientist, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL. July 2017 – present Postdoctoral researcher, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. October 2015 – July 2017 Postdoctoral researcher, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA. October 2013 – October 2015 Research Associate, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA. September 2015–present Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. August October 2013 – present Associate Editor, African Journal of Herpetology. December 2014–present |
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Publications :
2019
Černanský A., Stanley E.L. The atlas– axis complex in Dibamidae (Reptilia: Squamata) and their potential relatives: The effect of a fossorial lifestyle on the morphology of this skeletal bridge. Journal of Morphology. 2019;1–21.
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Marques, M., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Stanley, E.L., Bandeira, S.A., Agarwal, I. & Bauer A.M., 2019 A new species of Girdled Lizard (Squamata: Cordylidae) from the Serra da Neve Inselberg, Namibe Province, southwestern Angola. Zootaxa 4668(4)
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Evans B.J., Gansauge, M-T., Stanley, E.L., Furman, B.L.S., Caroline M. S. Cauret, C.M.S., Ofori-Boateng, C., Gvoždík, V., Streicher, J.W., Greenbaum, E., Tinsley, R.C., Meyer, M. & Blackburn D.C. (2019) Xenopus fraseri: Mr. Fraser, where did your frog come from? PLoS ONE 14(9): e0220892. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220892
Open Access: Download here
Holovacs, N.T., Daza, J.D., Guerra, C., Stanley, E.L. and Montero, R., 2019. You can't run, but you can hide: the skeleton of the sand‐swimmer lizard Calyptommatus leiolepis (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). The Anatomical Record.
Download here
Griffing, A. H., Sanger, T. J., Daza, J. D., Nielsen, S. V., Pinto, B. J., Stanley, E. L. and Gamble, T. (2019), Embryonic development of a parthenogenetic vertebrate, the mourning gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris). Developmental Dynamics. Accepted Author Manuscript. doi:10.1002/dvdy.72
Camaiti, M. , Villa, A. , Wencker, L. C., Bauer, A. M., Stanley, E. L. & Delfino, M. (2019), Descriptive osteology and patterns of limb loss of the European limbless skink Ophiomorus punctatissimus (Squamata, Scincidae). J. Anat..
doi:10.1111/joa.13017
Blackburn D.C., Paluh, D.J., Krone, I., Roberts, E.M., Stanley, E.L. & Stevens, N.J. "The Earliest Fossil of the African Clawed Frog (Genus Xenopus) from Sub-Saharan Africa," Journal of Herpetology, 53(2), 125-130.
Open Access: Download here
Portillo F., Stanley E.L., Branch W.R., Conradie W.R., Rödel M.O., Penner J., Barej M., Kusamba, C., Muninga W.M., Aristote M.M., Bauer A.M., Trape J.F., Nagy Z.T., Carlino P., Pauwels O.S.G., Menegon M., Ineich I., Burger M., Mazuch T., Jackson K.; Hughes D.F., Behangana M & Greenbaum E. 2019. Evolutionary history of burrowing asps (Atractaspidinae) (Squamata: Lamprophiidae) with emphasis on fang evolution and prey selection PLoS One 14 (4) doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214889
Open Access: Download here
Vijayakumar S.P., Pyron, R.A., Dinesh K.P., Torsekar V.R., Srikanthan A.N., Swamy P., Stanley E.L., Blackburn D.C., Shanker K. 2019. A new ancient lineage of frog (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae: Astrobatrachinae subfam. nov.) endemic to the Western Ghats of Peninsular India, PeerJ 7:e6457 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6457
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2018
Daza, J. D., Bauer, A. M., Stanley, E. L., Bolet, A., Dickson, B., and Losos, J. B. 2018. An Enigmatic Miniaturized and Attenuate Whole Lizard from the Mid-Cretaceous Amber of Myanmar Breviora 563 (1), 1-18
Download here
Ceríaco, L.M.P., Marques, M.P., Bandeira, S., Agarwal, I., Stanley, E.L., Bauer, A.M., Heinicke, M.P., Blackburn, D.C. 2018. A new earless species of Poyntonophrynus (Anura, Bufonidae) from the Serra da Neve Inselberg, Namibe Province, Angola. ZooKeys 780: 109–136, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.780.25859
Download here
Xing, L., Stanley, E.L., Bai, M. & Blackburn, D.C. 2018. The earliest direct evidence of frogs in wet tropical forests from Cretaceous Burmese amber. Scientific Reports 8, Article number: 8770
Open Access: Download here
Li Y., Ruan Y., Kasson M.T., Stanley E.L., Gillett C.P.D.T., Johnson A.J., Zhang M, Hulcr J. Structure of the Ambrosia Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Mycangia Revealed Through Micro-Computed Tomography, 2018. Journal of Insect Science, Volume 18, Issue 5, September 2018, 13, https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iey096
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Hill R.L., Martin, K.G., Stanley, E.L. & Mendelson, J.R. 2018. A taxonomic review of the genus Hemiphractus (Anura: Hemiphractidae) in Panama: Description of Two New Species, Resurrection of Hemiphractus panamensis (Stejneger, 1917), and Discussion of Hemiphractus fasciatus Peters. 1862 Zootaxa 4429 (3): 495–512
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Li, Y. , Ruan, Y. , Stanley, E. L., Skelton, J. and Hulcr, J. 2018. Plasticity of mycangia in Xylosandrus ambrosia beetles. Insect Science. 00, 0-11. doi:10.1111/1744-7917.12590
Download here
2017
Kim, B.G., Kim, Y.H., Stanley, E.L., Garrido-Martin, E.M., Lee, Y.J., Oh, S.P. 2017. CXCL12-CXCR4 signaling plays an essential role in proper patterning of aortic arch and pulmonary arteries, Cardiovascular Research, , cvx188,
Download here
Ribeiro, L. F., Blackburn, D. C., Stanley, E. L., Pie, M. R., & Bornschein, M. R. 2017. Two new species of the Brachycephalus pernix group (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the state of Paraná, southern Brazil. PeerJ, 5, e3603.
Open Access: Download here
Blackburn D.C., Paluh, D.J. & Stanley, E.L. 2017. Phrynobatrachus krefftii (Krefft’s Puddle Frog). Anurophagy. Herpetological Review 48: 413–414.
Download here
Bateman,C., Yin-Tse Huang, Simmons, D.R., Kasson, M.T., Stanley, E.L., & Hulcr, J. 2017 Ambrosia beetle Premnobius cavipennis (Scolytinae: Ipini) carries highly divergent ascomycotan ambrosia fungus, Afroraffaelea ambrosiae gen. nov. sp. nov. (Ophiostomatales). Fungal Ecology, 25: 41–49
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2016
Bornschein, M.R., Ribeiro, L.F., Blackburn, D.C., Stanley, E.L. & Pie, M.R. 2016. A new species of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. PeerJ, 4 e2629.
Open Access: Download here
Blackburn, D.C., Boix, C., Greenbaum, E., Fabrezi, M., Meirte, D., Plumptre, A.J. & Stanley, E.L. 2016. The distribution of the Bururi Long-fingered Frog (Cardioglossa cyaneospila, family Arthroleptidae), a poorly known Albertine Rift endemic. Zootaxa 4170 (2)
Download here
Ceríaco, L.M.P., de Sá, S.C., Bandeira, S., Valério, H., Stanley, E.L., Kuhn, A.L., Marques, M., Vindum, J.V., Blackburn D.C., and Bauer, A.M. 2016. Herpetological survey of Iona National Park and Namibe Regional Natural Park, with a Synoptic list of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Namibe Province, Southwestern Angola. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (2)
Download here
Daza, J.D., Stanley, E.L., Wagner, P., Bauer, A.M. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2016. Mid-Cretaceous amber fossils illuminate the past diversity of tropical lizards. Science Advances 2(3)
Open Access: Download here
Stanley, E.L., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Bandeira, S. Valerio, H., Bates, M.F., and Branch,W.R. 2016. A review of Cordylus machadoi (Squamata: Cordylidae) in southwestern Angola, with the description of a new species from the Pro-Namib desert. Zootaxa 4061(3): 201–226
Open Access: Download here
2015
Evans BJ, Carter TF, Greenbaum E, Gvoždík V, Kelley, D.B., McLaughlin, P.J., Pauwels, O.S.G., Portik, D.M., Stanley, E.L., Tinsley, R.C.,Tobias, M.L., Blackburn, D.C. 2015. Genetics, Morphology, Advertisement Calls, and Historical Records Distinguish Six New Polyploid Species of African Clawed Frog (Xenopus, Pipidae) from West and Central Africa. PLoS ONE 10(12): e0142823. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142823
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2014
Stanley, E.L, and Bates, M.F. 2014. Here be Dragons: A phylogenetic and biogeographic study of the Smaug warreni species complex (Squamata: Cordylidae) in southern Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172: 892–909
Download here
de Sá R.O., Grant, T.A., Camargo, A., Heyer, W.R., Ponssa, M.L. & Stanley E.L. 2014. Systematics of the Neotropical Genus LeptodactylusFitzinger, 1826 (Anura: Leptodactylidae): Phylogeny, the Relevance of Non-molecular Evidence, and Species Accounts. South American Journal of Herpetology 9:S1–100
Download here
Stanley, E.L. Cordylid systematics and evolution. 2014. In Girdled Lizards and their relatives. Natural history, captive care and breeding. Reissig, J. Edition Chimaira London p.249.
Find it here
2012
Mouton, P.F.N., Fleming, A. & Stanley, E. L., 2012. Synchronised versus asynchronised breeding in the lizard family Cordylidae: An evolutionary perspective. Journal of Zoology 288:191–198
Download here
Greenbaum, E.B., Stanley, E.L., Kusamba, C., Moninga W.M., Goldberg, S.R., & Bursey, C.R. 2012. A new species of Cordylus (Squamata: Cordylidae) from the Marungu Plateau of southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. African Journal of Herpetology. 61:14-39
Download here
Portik D, Wood P, Grismer J, Stanley E.L., & Jackman T. 2012. Identification of 104 rapidly-evolving nuclear protein-coding markers for amplification across scaled reptiles using genomic resources. Conservation Genetics Resources 4: 1-10
Download here
2011
Stanley, E. L., Bauer, A. M., Jackman, T. R., Mouton, P. L. N. and Branch, W. R. 2011. Between a rock and a hard polytomy: rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizards (Cordylidae: Squamata). Molecular Phlylogenetics and Evolution 58: 53-70
Download here
2008
Stanley, E. L., Kendal, R. L., Kendal, J. R., Grounds S., and Laland K. N. 2008. The effects of group size, rate of turnover and disruption to demonstration on the stability of foraging traditions in fish. Animal Behaviour 75: 565-572
Download here
2019
Černanský A., Stanley E.L. The atlas– axis complex in Dibamidae (Reptilia: Squamata) and their potential relatives: The effect of a fossorial lifestyle on the morphology of this skeletal bridge. Journal of Morphology. 2019;1–21.
Download here
Marques, M., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Stanley, E.L., Bandeira, S.A., Agarwal, I. & Bauer A.M., 2019 A new species of Girdled Lizard (Squamata: Cordylidae) from the Serra da Neve Inselberg, Namibe Province, southwestern Angola. Zootaxa 4668(4)
Download here
Evans B.J., Gansauge, M-T., Stanley, E.L., Furman, B.L.S., Caroline M. S. Cauret, C.M.S., Ofori-Boateng, C., Gvoždík, V., Streicher, J.W., Greenbaum, E., Tinsley, R.C., Meyer, M. & Blackburn D.C. (2019) Xenopus fraseri: Mr. Fraser, where did your frog come from? PLoS ONE 14(9): e0220892. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220892
Open Access: Download here
Holovacs, N.T., Daza, J.D., Guerra, C., Stanley, E.L. and Montero, R., 2019. You can't run, but you can hide: the skeleton of the sand‐swimmer lizard Calyptommatus leiolepis (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae). The Anatomical Record.
Download here
Griffing, A. H., Sanger, T. J., Daza, J. D., Nielsen, S. V., Pinto, B. J., Stanley, E. L. and Gamble, T. (2019), Embryonic development of a parthenogenetic vertebrate, the mourning gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris). Developmental Dynamics. Accepted Author Manuscript. doi:10.1002/dvdy.72
Camaiti, M. , Villa, A. , Wencker, L. C., Bauer, A. M., Stanley, E. L. & Delfino, M. (2019), Descriptive osteology and patterns of limb loss of the European limbless skink Ophiomorus punctatissimus (Squamata, Scincidae). J. Anat..
doi:10.1111/joa.13017
Blackburn D.C., Paluh, D.J., Krone, I., Roberts, E.M., Stanley, E.L. & Stevens, N.J. "The Earliest Fossil of the African Clawed Frog (Genus Xenopus) from Sub-Saharan Africa," Journal of Herpetology, 53(2), 125-130.
Open Access: Download here
Portillo F., Stanley E.L., Branch W.R., Conradie W.R., Rödel M.O., Penner J., Barej M., Kusamba, C., Muninga W.M., Aristote M.M., Bauer A.M., Trape J.F., Nagy Z.T., Carlino P., Pauwels O.S.G., Menegon M., Ineich I., Burger M., Mazuch T., Jackson K.; Hughes D.F., Behangana M & Greenbaum E. 2019. Evolutionary history of burrowing asps (Atractaspidinae) (Squamata: Lamprophiidae) with emphasis on fang evolution and prey selection PLoS One 14 (4) doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214889
Open Access: Download here
Vijayakumar S.P., Pyron, R.A., Dinesh K.P., Torsekar V.R., Srikanthan A.N., Swamy P., Stanley E.L., Blackburn D.C., Shanker K. 2019. A new ancient lineage of frog (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae: Astrobatrachinae subfam. nov.) endemic to the Western Ghats of Peninsular India, PeerJ 7:e6457 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6457
Open Acess: Download here
2018
Daza, J. D., Bauer, A. M., Stanley, E. L., Bolet, A., Dickson, B., and Losos, J. B. 2018. An Enigmatic Miniaturized and Attenuate Whole Lizard from the Mid-Cretaceous Amber of Myanmar Breviora 563 (1), 1-18
Download here
Ceríaco, L.M.P., Marques, M.P., Bandeira, S., Agarwal, I., Stanley, E.L., Bauer, A.M., Heinicke, M.P., Blackburn, D.C. 2018. A new earless species of Poyntonophrynus (Anura, Bufonidae) from the Serra da Neve Inselberg, Namibe Province, Angola. ZooKeys 780: 109–136, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.780.25859
Download here
Xing, L., Stanley, E.L., Bai, M. & Blackburn, D.C. 2018. The earliest direct evidence of frogs in wet tropical forests from Cretaceous Burmese amber. Scientific Reports 8, Article number: 8770
Open Access: Download here
Li Y., Ruan Y., Kasson M.T., Stanley E.L., Gillett C.P.D.T., Johnson A.J., Zhang M, Hulcr J. Structure of the Ambrosia Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Mycangia Revealed Through Micro-Computed Tomography, 2018. Journal of Insect Science, Volume 18, Issue 5, September 2018, 13, https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/iey096
Download here
Hill R.L., Martin, K.G., Stanley, E.L. & Mendelson, J.R. 2018. A taxonomic review of the genus Hemiphractus (Anura: Hemiphractidae) in Panama: Description of Two New Species, Resurrection of Hemiphractus panamensis (Stejneger, 1917), and Discussion of Hemiphractus fasciatus Peters. 1862 Zootaxa 4429 (3): 495–512
Download here
Li, Y. , Ruan, Y. , Stanley, E. L., Skelton, J. and Hulcr, J. 2018. Plasticity of mycangia in Xylosandrus ambrosia beetles. Insect Science. 00, 0-11. doi:10.1111/1744-7917.12590
Download here
2017
Kim, B.G., Kim, Y.H., Stanley, E.L., Garrido-Martin, E.M., Lee, Y.J., Oh, S.P. 2017. CXCL12-CXCR4 signaling plays an essential role in proper patterning of aortic arch and pulmonary arteries, Cardiovascular Research, , cvx188,
Download here
Ribeiro, L. F., Blackburn, D. C., Stanley, E. L., Pie, M. R., & Bornschein, M. R. 2017. Two new species of the Brachycephalus pernix group (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the state of Paraná, southern Brazil. PeerJ, 5, e3603.
Open Access: Download here
Blackburn D.C., Paluh, D.J. & Stanley, E.L. 2017. Phrynobatrachus krefftii (Krefft’s Puddle Frog). Anurophagy. Herpetological Review 48: 413–414.
Download here
Bateman,C., Yin-Tse Huang, Simmons, D.R., Kasson, M.T., Stanley, E.L., & Hulcr, J. 2017 Ambrosia beetle Premnobius cavipennis (Scolytinae: Ipini) carries highly divergent ascomycotan ambrosia fungus, Afroraffaelea ambrosiae gen. nov. sp. nov. (Ophiostomatales). Fungal Ecology, 25: 41–49
Download here
2016
Bornschein, M.R., Ribeiro, L.F., Blackburn, D.C., Stanley, E.L. & Pie, M.R. 2016. A new species of Brachycephalus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from Santa Catarina, southern Brazil. PeerJ, 4 e2629.
Open Access: Download here
Blackburn, D.C., Boix, C., Greenbaum, E., Fabrezi, M., Meirte, D., Plumptre, A.J. & Stanley, E.L. 2016. The distribution of the Bururi Long-fingered Frog (Cardioglossa cyaneospila, family Arthroleptidae), a poorly known Albertine Rift endemic. Zootaxa 4170 (2)
Download here
Ceríaco, L.M.P., de Sá, S.C., Bandeira, S., Valério, H., Stanley, E.L., Kuhn, A.L., Marques, M., Vindum, J.V., Blackburn D.C., and Bauer, A.M. 2016. Herpetological survey of Iona National Park and Namibe Regional Natural Park, with a Synoptic list of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Namibe Province, Southwestern Angola. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63 (2)
Download here
Daza, J.D., Stanley, E.L., Wagner, P., Bauer, A.M. & Grimaldi, D.A. 2016. Mid-Cretaceous amber fossils illuminate the past diversity of tropical lizards. Science Advances 2(3)
Open Access: Download here
Stanley, E.L., Ceríaco, L.M.P., Bandeira, S. Valerio, H., Bates, M.F., and Branch,W.R. 2016. A review of Cordylus machadoi (Squamata: Cordylidae) in southwestern Angola, with the description of a new species from the Pro-Namib desert. Zootaxa 4061(3): 201–226
Open Access: Download here
2015
Evans BJ, Carter TF, Greenbaum E, Gvoždík V, Kelley, D.B., McLaughlin, P.J., Pauwels, O.S.G., Portik, D.M., Stanley, E.L., Tinsley, R.C.,Tobias, M.L., Blackburn, D.C. 2015. Genetics, Morphology, Advertisement Calls, and Historical Records Distinguish Six New Polyploid Species of African Clawed Frog (Xenopus, Pipidae) from West and Central Africa. PLoS ONE 10(12): e0142823. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142823
Open Access: Download here
2014
Stanley, E.L, and Bates, M.F. 2014. Here be Dragons: A phylogenetic and biogeographic study of the Smaug warreni species complex (Squamata: Cordylidae) in southern Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172: 892–909
Download here
de Sá R.O., Grant, T.A., Camargo, A., Heyer, W.R., Ponssa, M.L. & Stanley E.L. 2014. Systematics of the Neotropical Genus LeptodactylusFitzinger, 1826 (Anura: Leptodactylidae): Phylogeny, the Relevance of Non-molecular Evidence, and Species Accounts. South American Journal of Herpetology 9:S1–100
Download here
Stanley, E.L. Cordylid systematics and evolution. 2014. In Girdled Lizards and their relatives. Natural history, captive care and breeding. Reissig, J. Edition Chimaira London p.249.
Find it here
2012
Mouton, P.F.N., Fleming, A. & Stanley, E. L., 2012. Synchronised versus asynchronised breeding in the lizard family Cordylidae: An evolutionary perspective. Journal of Zoology 288:191–198
Download here
Greenbaum, E.B., Stanley, E.L., Kusamba, C., Moninga W.M., Goldberg, S.R., & Bursey, C.R. 2012. A new species of Cordylus (Squamata: Cordylidae) from the Marungu Plateau of southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. African Journal of Herpetology. 61:14-39
Download here
Portik D, Wood P, Grismer J, Stanley E.L., & Jackman T. 2012. Identification of 104 rapidly-evolving nuclear protein-coding markers for amplification across scaled reptiles using genomic resources. Conservation Genetics Resources 4: 1-10
Download here
2011
Stanley, E. L., Bauer, A. M., Jackman, T. R., Mouton, P. L. N. and Branch, W. R. 2011. Between a rock and a hard polytomy: rapid radiation in the rupicolous girdled lizards (Cordylidae: Squamata). Molecular Phlylogenetics and Evolution 58: 53-70
Download here
2008
Stanley, E. L., Kendal, R. L., Kendal, J. R., Grounds S., and Laland K. N. 2008. The effects of group size, rate of turnover and disruption to demonstration on the stability of foraging traditions in fish. Animal Behaviour 75: 565-572
Download here
Grants and Awards:
National Science Foundation ICB#1929448, $763,978. CSBR: Curating the Early Anthropocene Record of circum-Caribbean Animal Biodiversity in the Florida Museum of Natural History, Co-Principal Investigator, September 2019
National Science Foundation SBS #1924759 $104,252. Collaborative Research: Repeated Adaptive Radiation in the Coevolutionary History of Birds and Feather Lice, Principal Investigator, September 2019.
National Science Foundation DBI #1701714 $808,235. Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: oVert: Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D, Co-Principal Investigator, September 2017. NSF page. iDigBio Wiki page.
National Science Foundation DEB #1556559. $884,855. Collaborative Research: Survey and Analysis of the Angolan Herpetofauna. Senior personnel, June 2016. NSF page.
National Science Foundation DEB #1210478. $13,910. Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: A synthetic analysis of evolutionary patterns in the Squamate family Cordylidae. Co-Principal Investigator, March 2012. NSF page.
Exploration Fund grant, the Explorers Club. $1050 for the project “Phylogenetic relationships of the Cape cliff lizards.” May 2011
Tracy Storer award, Joint meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Providence, RI, July 2010.
Full-year Research Fellowship, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, Sept 2008 to May 2009.
Summer Research Fellowship, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, June to July 2008.
Nesmith Dickinson Research Award, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA 2004. Awarded to a student majoring in biology at the University of Richmond to aid research projects during the recipient's senior year.
National Science Foundation ICB#1929448, $763,978. CSBR: Curating the Early Anthropocene Record of circum-Caribbean Animal Biodiversity in the Florida Museum of Natural History, Co-Principal Investigator, September 2019
National Science Foundation SBS #1924759 $104,252. Collaborative Research: Repeated Adaptive Radiation in the Coevolutionary History of Birds and Feather Lice, Principal Investigator, September 2019.
National Science Foundation DBI #1701714 $808,235. Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: oVert: Open Exploration of Vertebrate Diversity in 3D, Co-Principal Investigator, September 2017. NSF page. iDigBio Wiki page.
National Science Foundation DEB #1556559. $884,855. Collaborative Research: Survey and Analysis of the Angolan Herpetofauna. Senior personnel, June 2016. NSF page.
National Science Foundation DEB #1210478. $13,910. Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: A synthetic analysis of evolutionary patterns in the Squamate family Cordylidae. Co-Principal Investigator, March 2012. NSF page.
Exploration Fund grant, the Explorers Club. $1050 for the project “Phylogenetic relationships of the Cape cliff lizards.” May 2011
Tracy Storer award, Joint meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Providence, RI, July 2010.
Full-year Research Fellowship, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, Sept 2008 to May 2009.
Summer Research Fellowship, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, June to July 2008.
Nesmith Dickinson Research Award, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA 2004. Awarded to a student majoring in biology at the University of Richmond to aid research projects during the recipient's senior year.