Curriculum vitae

L. LAREESA WOLFENBARGER

CURRENT POSITION

Department of Biology

University of Maryland

College Park, MD 20742

301/405-6942

LW137@umail.umd.edu

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Cornell University, 1996
• B.Sc., University of California, Los Angeles, 1987 (Biology)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• 1997-1999 National Science Foundation/A. P. Sloan Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
• 1997-1998 Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
• 1996 Adjunct Instructor, State University of New York, Brockport, NY
• 1989-1996 Graduate Student, Doctoral Candidate, Field of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
• 1990 Participant, Organization for Tropical Studies' (OTS) course, Tropical Biology and Ecology #90-3, Costa Rica

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• 1999 Honors Introductory Biology, Co-Instructor (with Dr. G. S. Wilkinson).
• 1996 Evolution, Adjunct Instructor (with Dr. D. Smith), SUNY, Brockport. Responsibilities: lecturing, writing and grading exams.
• 1991-1994 Introduction to Animal Behavior (4 semesters), Teaching Assistant (for Drs. T. Seeley, C. Walcott, P. Sherman, and S. Emlen). Responsibilities: moderating two discussion sections of 12-18 students each, writing and grading exams and assignments, creating laboratory exercises for the course.
• 1994 Evolution (1 semester), Teaching Assistant (for Drs. M. Geber and R. Harrison). Responsibilities: moderating two discussion sections of 25 students each, grading exams.
• 1992 Ornithology Lecture and Laboratory (1 semester), Teaching Assistant (for Dr. D. Winkler). Responsibilities: teaching weekly laboratory of 35 students, exam writing and grading, supervising independent student projects, leading field and bird-banding trips.
• 1989-1991 Introductory Biology Laboratory (4 semesters), Teaching Assistant (for Drs. J. Glase and P. Ecklund). Responsibilities: teaching two weekly laboratories of 18 students.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

1997 Principal Investigator, The genetic basis of a sexually selected trait: genetic mapping of eyespan dimorphism in the stalk-eyed fly. In collaboration with G. S. Wilkinson.

1996 Research Associate, The effects of corridors on seed dispersal by frugivorous birds. S. Sargent/D. Levey, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

1991-1995 Principal Investigator, The functional significance of conspicuous coloration in male Northern Cardinals, Doctoral thesis research.

1991 Principal Investigator, Pilot work to determine feasibility of project studying the function of bright coloration in the Red-ruffed Fruitcrow. Lara, Venezuela.

1990 Principal Investigator, Research projects on various species of bats, birds, frogs, ants, and mites in Costa Rica as part of the OTS course.

1989 Field Assistant , Communal nursing in the evening bat. G. Wilkinson, Department of Zoology, University of Maryland, College Park.

1988 Field/Laboratory Assistant, Correlates of male mating success in the sage grouse. R. Gibson, Department of Biology, University of California, Los Angeles.

1987 Field/Laboratory Assistant, Correlates of mating success and acoustical interactions in the Puerto Rican coqui frog. P. Narins, P. Lopez, Department of Biology, University of California, Los Angeles.

1986 Field Assistant, Cooperative breeding in American crows. C. Caffrey, Department of Biology, University of California, Los Angeles.

AWARDS

1995 Cooper Ornithological Society Student Membership Award

1993 Outstanding Teaching Assistant for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University

GRANTS RECEIVED

1996 The genetic basis of sexual dimorphism in a stalk eyed fly (Diptera: Diopsidae): mapping of quantitative trait loci affecting eye span. National Science Foundation/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Molecular Evolution, $80,000

1994 Conspicuous coloration in male Northern Cardinals: possible benefits throughout the year. National Science Foundation, Dissertation Improvement Grant, $3,839

1994 Conspicuous coloration in male Northern Cardinals: possible benefits throughout the year. Grant-in-Aid of Research, Sigma Xi, $450

1993 Conspicuous coloration in male Northern Cardinals. Chapman Foundation, American Museum of Natural History, $415

1992 Selective factors influencing the maintenance of bright coloration in male Northern Cardinals. Grant-in-Aid of Research, Sigma Xi, $350

1992 Selective factors influencing the maintenance of bright coloration in male Northern Cardinals. Walter E. Benning Fund, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, $200.

1991 The function of bright coloration in a monomorphic lekking bird, the Red-ruffed Fruitcrow. Cornell Graduate School, $600.

PUBLICATIONS

Wolfenbarger, L. L. In press. Female mate choice in Northern Cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis): Is there a preference for redder males? Wilson Bulletin.

Wolfenbarger, L. L. 1999. Red coloration of male northern cardinals correlates with mate quality and territory quality. Behavioral Ecology 10:80-90.

Sherman, P.W. and Wolfenbarger, L.L. 1995. Genetic correlations as tests for sensory exploitation? Trends Ecol. Evol. 10:246.

Sherman, P.W. and Wolfenbarger L.L. 1995. Reply from P.W. Sherman and L. L. Wolfenbarger. Trends Ecol. Evol. 10:489.

In Review

Wolfenbarger, L. L. Final acceptance pending by The Condor. Is red coloration of male northern cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis) beneficial during the non-breeding season: a test of status signaling.

Mueller, U. G. and Wolfenbarger, L. L. Review paper commissioned by editor of Trends in Ecology and Evolution. Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) genotyping and fingerprinting.

In Preparation

Wolfenbarger, L. L. and Wilkinson, G. S. In preparation for Evolution. Sex-linked expression of a sexually selected trait in the stalk-eyed fly, Cyrtodiopsis dalmanni.

INVITED DEPARTMENTAL SEMINARS

• May 1998, Department of Zoology and Wildlife Science, Auburn University
• January 1998, Department of Zoology, University of Florida
• March 1997, Department of Zoological Research, Smithsonian Institution
• March 1997, Department of Biology, Lewis and Clark College
• July 1996, Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University

PRESENTATIONS

1998 X chromosome influences the sexually selected trait eyespan in the stalk-eyed fly, Cyrtodiopsis dalmanni. Contributed paper presented at the annual meeting for Society for the Study of Evolution.

1995 Do male cardinals obtain benefits from having bright coloration? Contributed paper presented at the 32nd annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society.

1994 Why are male cardinals red? Benefits of bright coloration for male northern cardinals. Contributed paper presented at the 31st annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• American Ornithologists' Union
• Animal Behavior Society
• International Society ofBehavioral Ecologists
• Cooper Ornithological Society
• Sigma Xi
• Society for the Study of Evolution

COMMUNITY SERVICE

1994 Chaperone, Expanding Your Horizons, Women in Math, Science and Engineering, Cornell University. (A program involving junior high girls in hands-on workshops in science, engineering and math.)

1993 Workshop Leader, Expanding Your Horizons, Women in Math, Science and Engineering, Cornell University

1993 Mentor, Cornell Engineering and Sciences Intern Program. A summer program involving high school students in university research projects.

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