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Julie Byrd
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| PhD Student, BEES Program
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E-mail: byrdie @ umd.edu
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Phone: 301-405-8919
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Fax: 301-314-9290
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| Mail: Department of Entomology * 4112 Plant Sciences Building * University of Maryland * College Park, MD 20742-4454 |
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Research Interests
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| I am interested in how the interactions between plants and insects (such as herbivory, florivory, frugivory, and pollination) have led to the divergence of both plant and insect populations and the evolution of new species. My current work is with the native Agromyzid fly, Phytomyza glabricola, and its two native holly host species, Ilex glabra and Ilex coriacea. I am trying to determine whether the leafminer is forming host races on these two hollies, and if hybridization in the hollies may have contributed to the initial host expansion.
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Education
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University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. 2002-current.
- Pursuing Ph.D. Program in Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics.
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1998-2002.
- B.S. Biology. Graduation with distinction.
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Awards and Recognition
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2007 Allen L. Steinhauer Award for Excellence in Teaching
| 2007 NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
| 2005 Jane Prichard Award for Excellence in Teaching
| 2001 National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Fellowship
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Teaching
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Graduate Assistant: University of Maryland
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- HHMI Curriculum Development Grant: Integration of Bioinformatics and Genomics
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Teaching Assistant: University of Maryland
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- BSCI 105: Principles of Biology I: 1 semester.
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- BSCI 106 and 106 Honors: Principles of Biology II: 7 semesters.
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- BSCI 207: Principles of Biology III: 1 semester.
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- BSCI 222: Principles of Genetics: 1 semester.
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Teaching Assistant: Duke University
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- Biology 26BL: Organismal Evolution: 1 semester.
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