Professional Appointments
2017- current: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia
2007-2009: Lab Technician, Harvard University, Cambridge MA
2017- current: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia
2007-2009: Lab Technician, Harvard University, Cambridge MA
Education
2017: Ph.D., Department of Plant Biology with a dual degree in the Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior Program. Michigan State University.
2007: B.S., cum laude. Biodiversity and Conservation Biology. Cedar Crest College, Allentown PA.
2017: Ph.D., Department of Plant Biology with a dual degree in the Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior Program. Michigan State University.
2007: B.S., cum laude. Biodiversity and Conservation Biology. Cedar Crest College, Allentown PA.
Publications
Dittmar, E.L., D.W. Schemske. (2018). The edaphic environment mediates flowering-time differentiation between adjacent populations of Leptosiphon parviflorus. Journal of Heredity 109: 90-99
Dittmar, E.L.*, C.G. Oakley*, J.K. Conner, B.A. Gould, D.W. Schemske. (2016). Factors influencing the effect size distribution of adaptive substitutions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283(1828): 20153065.
*authors contributed equally
Dittmar, E.L., C.G. Oakley, J. Ågren, D.W. Schemske. (2014) Flowering time QTL in natural populations of Arabidopsis thaliana and implications for their adaptive value. Molecular Ecology 23(17): 4291-4303.
Chiang, G.C.K., D. Barua, E. Dittmar, E.M. Kramer, R.R. de Casas, K. Donohue. (2013) Pleiotropy in the wild: the dormancy gene DOG1 exerts cascading control on life cycles. Evolution 67(3): 883-893.
De Casas, R.R., K. Kovach, E. Dittmar, D. Barua, B. Barco, K. Donohue. (2012) Seed after-ripening and dormancy determine adult life history independently of germination timing. New Phytologist 194(3): 868-879.
Donohue, K., D. Barua, C. Butler, T.E. Tisdale, G.C.K. Chiang, E. Dittmar, R.R. de Casas. (2012) Maternal effects alter natural selection on phytochromes through seed germination. Journal of Ecology 100(3): 750-757.
Dittmar, E.L., D.W. Schemske. (2018). The edaphic environment mediates flowering-time differentiation between adjacent populations of Leptosiphon parviflorus. Journal of Heredity 109: 90-99
Dittmar, E.L.*, C.G. Oakley*, J.K. Conner, B.A. Gould, D.W. Schemske. (2016). Factors influencing the effect size distribution of adaptive substitutions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283(1828): 20153065.
*authors contributed equally
Dittmar, E.L., C.G. Oakley, J. Ågren, D.W. Schemske. (2014) Flowering time QTL in natural populations of Arabidopsis thaliana and implications for their adaptive value. Molecular Ecology 23(17): 4291-4303.
Chiang, G.C.K., D. Barua, E. Dittmar, E.M. Kramer, R.R. de Casas, K. Donohue. (2013) Pleiotropy in the wild: the dormancy gene DOG1 exerts cascading control on life cycles. Evolution 67(3): 883-893.
De Casas, R.R., K. Kovach, E. Dittmar, D. Barua, B. Barco, K. Donohue. (2012) Seed after-ripening and dormancy determine adult life history independently of germination timing. New Phytologist 194(3): 868-879.
Donohue, K., D. Barua, C. Butler, T.E. Tisdale, G.C.K. Chiang, E. Dittmar, R.R. de Casas. (2012) Maternal effects alter natural selection on phytochromes through seed germination. Journal of Ecology 100(3): 750-757.
Invited Presentations
Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior (EEBB) Seminar Series, Distinguished Student Speaker. East Lansing, MI (Feb 2017).
Plant Biology Seminar Series, Bessey Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Research. East Lansing, MI (Sept. 2016)
The American Genetics Association President's Symposium, Invited speaker. Asilomar, CA. (July 2016)
University of Connecticut Plant Biology Group Seminar. Storrs, CT. (January 2016)
Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve Brown Bag Seminar Series. Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. (April 2015)
Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Behavior (EEBB) Seminar Series, Distinguished Student Speaker. East Lansing, MI (Feb 2017).
Plant Biology Seminar Series, Bessey Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Research. East Lansing, MI (Sept. 2016)
The American Genetics Association President's Symposium, Invited speaker. Asilomar, CA. (July 2016)
University of Connecticut Plant Biology Group Seminar. Storrs, CT. (January 2016)
Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve Brown Bag Seminar Series. Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. (April 2015)
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