Sternberg 1 Eleanore D. Sternberg The Pennsylvania State University ▪ Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics 111 Merkle Building ▪ University Park, PA 16802 USA Phone: +1 (814) 867-4191 ▪ E-mail: eds16@psu.edu http://eleanoresternberg.wordpress.com Education August 2012 Ph.D., Population Biology, Ecology and Evolution Emory University, Atlanta, GA May 2005 B.S., Molecular Environmental Biology Concentration in Environment and Human Health University of California, Berkeley, CA Research experience 2012 - Present Postdoctoral scholar Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Supervisors: Drs. Matthew Thomas and Andrew Read 2007 – 2012 Graduate student Program in Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution Emory University, Atlanta, GA Supervisor: Dr. Jacobus C. de Roode 2006 – 2007 Research intern Viral and Rickettsial Diseases Laboratory California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA Supervisor: Dr. Sharon Messenger 2005 – 2006 Laboratory manager Integrative Biology University of California, Berkeley, CA Supervisor: Dr. Cherie Briggs 2003 – 2005 Undergraduate research assistant Integrative Biology University of California, Berkeley, CA Supervisor: Dr. Cherie Briggs Fellowships and Awards 2012 Program Scholar of the Year (Faculty Nominated) Graduate Division in Biological and Biomedical Sciences Emory University Sternberg 2 2007 – 2010 Graduate Research Fellow Training Grant in Population Biology of Infectious Disease National Institutes of Health 2009 Honorable Mention Graduate Fellowship Program National Science Foundation 2009 Tuition and Travel Award Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Workshop Publications Sternberg, E.D., Waite, J.L., Thomas, M.B. Evaluating the efficacy of biological and conventional insecticides with the new “MCD bottle” bioassay. Submitted, Malaria Journal. Sternberg, E.D., De Roode J.C., Hunter M.D. Trans-generational parasite protection associated with paternal diet. Accepted, Journal of Animal Ecology. Sternberg, E.D., Thomas, M.B. (2014). Local adaptation to temperature and the implications for vector-borne diseases. Trends in Parasitology 30 :115-122. Sternberg, E.D., Li, H., Wang, R., Gowler, C., De Roode, J.C. (2013). Patterns of infection and lack of local adaptation in three populations of monarch butterflies and a naturally occurring protozoan parasite. The American Naturalist 182; E235-E248. Sternberg, E.D., Lefèvre, T., Li, J., Lopez Fernandez de Castillejo, C., Li, H., Hunter, M.D., De Roode, J.C. (2012). Food plant-derived disease tolerance and resistance in a natural butterfly-plant-parasite interaction. Evolution 66:3367-3376. Lyons, J.I., Pierce, A.A., Barribeau, S.M., Sternberg, E.D., Mongue, A.J., De Roode J.C. (2012). Extensive gene flow between monarch butterflies with divergent migration destinations. Molecular Ecology 21:3433-3444. Sternberg, E.D., Lefèvre, T., Rawstern, A.H., De Roode, J.C. (2011). A virulent parasite can provide protection against a lethal parasitoid. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 11 :399-406. Invited Presentations BEI vectors workshop: Bridging vector and allied arthropod biology for innovation and discovery, May 2014. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. (Poster) Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics seminar series, Spring 2014. Penn State University, University Park, PA. (Talk) Sternberg 3 Symposium on thermal biology of mosquito vectors of disease: ecology and epidemiological consequences. Entomology 2013. Austin, TX. (Talk) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series, Spring 2012. Department of Biology, University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA. (Talk) Contributed Presentations Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease, 2014. Ft. Collins, CO. (Poster) Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology, 2012. Ottawa, Canada. (Talk) Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease, 2012. Ann Arbor, MI. (Poster) European Society for Evolutionary Biology, 2011. Tübingen, Germany. (Poster) Evolution, 2010. Portland, OR. (Talk) Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease, 2008. Ft. Collins, CO. (Poster) Teaching and Mentoring 2012 Instructor Evolution in Health and Disease (Emory University). Created course syllabus and selected reading assignments in collaboration with co-instructors. Delivered lectures and facilitated classroom discussion. Course website: evolutioninhealth.wordpress.com 2009, 2010, 2012 Teaching Assistant Evolutionary Biology (Emory University). Delivered two lectures, facilitated weekly discussion sections, graded homework and exams 2009 Instructor Environmental Studies, Lab Section (Emory University). Delivered lectures, supervised laboratory assignments, graded laboratory reports 2008 – 2012 Research Mentor (Emory University). Supervised undergraduate students in developing, executing, and analyzing research projects. Helped students communicate research results via written reports and poster presentations. Students supervised: Camden Gowler, Rebecca Wang, Hui Li, Carlos Lopez, James Li, Amanda Rawstern Sternberg 4 Service Reviewer Evolution, BMC Ecology, Malaria Journal. 2013 Local organizing committee member 46th Annual Meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology Conference on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control Pittsburgh, PA 2013 Organizer for the Fall 2013/2014 seminar series Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics Pennsylvania State University 2010, 2011, 2012 Judge Poster session for the Summer Undergraduate Research at Emory (SURE) program at Emory University 2010 – 2011 Student Representative Seminar Planning Committee Department of Biology Emory University 2007 – 2011 Student Representative Seminar Planning Committee Program in Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution Emory University 2007 – 2009 Executive Board Member Graduate Student Council Emory University