Shannon Hedtke

EDUCATION

2002-present	University of Texas, Austin
1996-2001	Cornell University
1990-1993	B.A. in History with honors from Grinnell College

HONORS AND AWARDS

2006 - 2009	National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
2004	Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Texas
2004 - 2006	National Science Foundation IGERT Fellowship in "Computational Phylogenetics and Its Application to Biology"
2002	Houston Rodeo and Livestock Show Scholarship
1994	Phi Beta Kappa
1993	Charles E. Payne Award (outstanding History major), Grinnell College

RESEARCH GRANTS

2005	National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
2004	Hamilton Memorial Fellowship, University of Texas
2004	C. P. "Pete" Oliver Memorial Endowment for Genetic Research, University of Texas
2004	Dorothea Bennett Memorial Graduate Fellowship, University of Texas
2003	Carl Gottfried Hartman Graduate Fellowship, University of Texas

TEACHING POSITIONS

Teaching Assistant, University of Texas, Austin

2004	BIO 384K, Advanced Systematics, Dr. David Hillis, supervising
2003	BIO 370/384K, Evolution, Dr. Tom Juenger, supervising
2003	BIO 301M, Biology for Non-majors, Dr. Frank Bronson, supervising
2002	BIO 325, Genetics, Dr. Beverly Finklea, supervising

LABORATORY EMPLOYMENT

2003	Research assistant for Dr. David Cannatella, University of Texas, Austin
2001-2002	Laboratory technician for Dr. Kelly Zamudio, Cornell Universty
2000	Traineeship with Dr. Robert Fleischer, Molecular Genetics Lab, National Zoological Park

SERVICE

2005	Faculty search committee for computational biology and molecular evolution
2004-2005	Graduate student representative to the Integrative Biology faculty
2004	Invited speaker to the Natural Sciences Council, an undergraduate group
2003	Organized IGERT workshop: "Modeling of Sequence Evolution"
2002-2003	Mentor for Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation

PUBLICATIONS

Hedtke, S.M., T. Townsend, and D. M. Hillis. 2006. Resolution of phylogenetic conflict in large data sets by increased taxon sampling. Systematic Biology 55(3):1-8.
Hedtke, S.M., K. Stanger-Hall, D. M. Hillis, and R. J. Baker. Origin and spread of clonal male reproduction in the clam genus Corbicula. in prep
Hedtke, S.M., C.A. Phillips, K.R. Zamudio. Conservation genetics of the threatened Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard (Uma inornata). in prep
Fleischer, R.C., A. Kenyeres-Yenchi, A. Godinez, S. Hedtke, and C. Wemmer. Microsatellite variation and subspecies systematics in the Asian elephant. in prep

PRESENTATIONS

2006	Evolution 2006: "Attack of the Clam Clones!: the infectious spread of parasitic male asexuality"
2004	University of Texas Graduate Student Symposium: "Polyploidy and Androgenesis in the invasive clam genus Corbicula"
2003	Guest lecturer, BIO 384K, Ecology and Conservation: "Population dynamics in the invasive clam genus Corbicula."