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Jonathan L. Richardson
Department of Biology ⋅ Providence College ⋅ 1 Cunningham Square, Providence, RI 02918
Phone: 401.865.2697 ⋅ Email: [email protected]
Website: pcconservationlab.org
EDUCATION
2012
Yale University, Ph.D. - School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
2004
University of Virginia, B.S. – Biology, Environmental Sciences
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2014 – present
Assistant Professor, Providence College – Biology Department
2012 – 2014
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Connecticut – Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
PUBLICATIONS (* denotes undergraduate coauthor)
Urban, MC, and JL Richardson. 2015. The evolution of foraging rate across local and geographic gradients in
predation risk and competition. American Naturalist 186: E16-32.
Bayha KM, MH Chang*, CL Mariani, JL Richardson, DL Edwards, TS DeBoer, C Moseley*, E Aksoy*, MB Decker, PM
Gaffney, GR Harbison, JH McDonald, A Caccone. 2015. Worldwide phylogeography of the invasive
ctenophore M. leidyi based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA data. Biological Invasions 17: 827-850.
Richardson, JL, MC Urban, DI Bolnick, and DK Skelly. 2014. Microgeographic adaptation and the spatial scale of
evolution. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 29: 165-176.
Urban, MC, JL Richardson, and NA Freidenfelds. 2014. Plasticity and genetic adaptation mediate amphibian and
reptile responses to climate change. Evolutionary Applications 7: 88-103.
Richardson, JL. 2014. Death, taxes and relentless evolution in nature. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 29: 6-7.
Richardson, JL, and MC Urban. 2013. Strong selection barriers explain microgeographic adaptation in wild
salamander populations. Evolution 67(6): 1729-1740.
Richards-Hrdlicka, K, JL Richardson, and L Mohabir*. 2013. First survey for the amphibian chytrid fungus in
Connecticut (USA) finds widespread prevalence Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 102: 169-180.
Richardson, JL. 2012. Divergent landscape effects on population connectivity in two co-occurring amphibian
species. Molecular Ecology 21: 4437-4451.
Richardson, JL, and H Gruner. 2012. An ecological spring awakening in our vernal ponds. Connecticut Wildlife 32:
8-9.
Skelly, DK, and JL Richardson. 2010. Larval sampling. Chapter 4 in Amphibian Ecology and Conservation: A
Handbook of Techniques. (CK Dodd, Editor). Oxford University Press.
Wilkinson, EJ, JL Richardson, and H Sherk. 2007. Accurate visual guidance despite severe neglect. European Journal
of Neuroscience 25: 2214-2223.
Richardson, JL. 2006. Novel features of an inducible defense system in larval tree frogs (Hyla chrysoscelis). Ecology
87: 780-787.
MANUSCRIPTS IN REVIEW & PREPARATION
Richardson, JL, SP Brady, IJ Wang, and SF Spear. Seeing the forest for the trees: Application and inference in
landscape genetics In review at Molecular Ecology.
Costa, F, JL Richardson, K Dion, C Mariani, A Pertile, J Childs, A Ko, and A Caccone. Multiple paternity in the
Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus, from urban slums in Salvador, Brazil. In review at Journal of Heredity.
Richardson, JL, RS Waples, and DK Skelly. Predictive value of effective and census population size for estimating
long-term amphibian population dynamics. In preparation for Conservation Biology.
Brady, SP, and JL Richardson. Shifting gears in road ecology: Why evolution matters. In preparation for Frontiers in
Ecology and the Environment.
Richardson, JL, D Hawlena, and J Vanoverbeke. Fine-scale adaptive divergence of wood frog populations (Rana
sylvatica) in response to habitat-mediated selection. In preparation for American Naturalist.
Schyling, E, LK Freidenburg, MC Urban, JL Richardson, SR Bolden, and DK Skelly. Synchrony, density dependence,
and vulnerability to extinction in an amphibian. In preparation.
Amburgey, S, et al. Using state-space models to predict within-range variation in responses of wood frogs to annual
variation in weather. In preparation.
RESEARCH GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2015
American Philosophical Society, Franklin Research Grant ($6,000)
2007–2010 National Science Foundation Graduate Research (Pre-Doctoral) Fellowship ($121,500)
2007–2009 National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Budweiser Conservation Scholarship ($10,000)
2008
National Geographic Society, Research and Exploration Young Explorers Grant ($5,000)
2008
USGS/IUCN Amphibian Conservation Grant ($2,000)
2007
Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies Grant ($1,500)
2007
Connecticut Association of Wetland Scientists Lefor Grant ($1,000)
SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
2015
Richardson, J.L., M. Burak, F. Costa, A. Ko, and A. Caccone An urban rat race: Using landscapge genetics
to inform epidemiology in Salvador, Brasil. International Association of Landscape Ecology World
Congress. Portland, OR.
2014
Richardson, J.L. The evolutionary ecology of pond-breeding amphibians: From local populations to
regional landscapes. University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI.
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2014
Richardson, J.L. Evolution in small spaces: Microgeographic adaptation in nature. American Society of
Naturalists (ASN) meeting. Asilomar, Monterey, CA.
2014
Richardson, J.L., R.S. Waples, and D.K. Skelly. Finding efficiency in amphibian conservation: Rapid
assessments of genetic viability predict long-term population trends in the wood frog. Northeast
Natural History Conference. Springfield, MA.
2014
Richardson, J.L. From the bog to the bench: Genetic insights into amphibian ecology and evolution.
Providence College, Providence, RI.
2013
Richardson, J.L., R.S. Waples, and D.K. Skelly. Finding efficiency in amphibian conservation: How well do
rapid assessments of genetic viability predict long-term population trends? International Congress for
Conservation Biology (SCB). Baltimore, MD.
2012
Richardson, J.L., and M.C. Urban. Microgeographic adaptation in spotted salamanders: The relative roles
of selection, gene flow, and space. Evolution annual meeting (SSE & ASN). Ottawa, ON.
2011
Richardson, J.L. Fine-scale adaptive divergence of amphibian populations in response to habitat-mediated
selection. Ecological Society of America (ESA) annual meeting. Austin, TX.
2010
Richardson, J.L. Comparative population structure of two amphibian species across New England. Society
for the Study of Evolution annual meeting (SSE & ASN). Portland, OR.
2010
Richardson, J.L. Fine-scale adaptive divergence of wood frog populations (Rana sylvatica) in response to
habitat-mediated selection. Joint Meeting of Icthyologists and Herpetologists. Providence, RI.
2006
Wilkinson, E.J., J.L. Richardson, and H. Sherk. Accurate visual guidance despite severe neglect. Society for
Neuroscience annual meeting. Atlanta, GA.
2005
Richardson, J.L. 2005. Novel features of a larval anuran inducible defense system. Ecological Society of
America (ESA) annual meeting. Montreal, QC.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE
2006 – pres. Reviewer for Conservation Genetics (13), Molecular Ecology (8), Ecology (5), American Naturalist (3),
J. of Heredity (3), Biological Conservation (3), Oikos (5), Evolution (2), Ecology Letters (1), Oecologia
(1), BMC Evolutionary Biol. (1), Environmental Science & Policy (1), Ecology and Sociobiology (2), J.
of Herpetology (2), Biol. J. of the Linnean Society (2), J. of Animal Ecology (1), Biotropica (1), PLOS
ONE (2), J. of Zoology (1), external NSF (2)
2007 – pres. Guest science teacher and science fair mentor/judge for Hamden Public Schools, regional science fair,
and state science fair
2007 – pres. Guest scientist at the NSF-funded Evolutions after school program hosted by the Yale Peabody
Museum of Natural History
2008 – pres. Natural History Outreach – lead several vernal pond citizen science training sessions and natural
history hikes every spring for local land trusts, town conservation commissions, the Appalachian
Mountain Club, Regional Water Authority and other groups
2015 – pres. Wetlands and amphibian expert for Friends of the Moshassuck and the Green Infrastructure Coaliton
conference on creative stormwater management solutions (Providence, RI)
2014
Symposium on Evolution at Small Spatial Scales – organizer of a symposium on microgeographic
evolution in nature for the American Society of Naturalists Asilomar meeting (January 2014)
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2013
Undergraduate Scientists Training in Practical Conservation – participated in workshop to develop and
advance an integration of science and policy skills into a problem-based curriculum
2012
Advanced Teaching Series – participated in teaching workshop at the Yale Graduate School of Arts &
Sciences; topics included preparing and delivering a lecture, active teaching in the sciences
2010
Active and Scientific Teaching Workshop – participated in this one day workshop hosted by the
American Museum of Natural History focusing on student-centered and evidence based teaching
methods to promote student learning
2010
Science Writing Workshop – participant in a two-week workshop led by Carl Zimmer (New York
Times) introducing scientists to writing about research for a broad, non-scientific audience
2009
Conservation Genetics Workshop – participated in intensive week long workshop on theory and data
analysis in population and conservation genetics at the University of Montana
2008
Yale Environmental Law Center – provided pro bono work as a wetlands expert
2008
Co-organizer of the annual Doctoral Research Conference (keynote address by Shahid Naeem).
PRIOR RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2004 – 2006
University of Washington (Department of Biological Structure) - Research technician for a
neurobiology lab investigating visuo-motor behavior and its neural substrate within the brain
2004
University of Montana (College of Forestry and Conservation) - Research assistant for project
investigating the effects of wildfires on western toad (Bufo boreas) population dynamics in Glacier
National Park using radio telemetry and biophysical models
2000 – 2004
University of Virginia (Department of Biology) - Undergraduate research assistant for project looking
at the metapopulation dynamics of three salamander species in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. I
used skeletal chronology to estimate the age structure of populations.
2003
University of Virginia (Mountain Lake Biological Station) - Conducted an experiment to investigate
phenotypic plasticity in the gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis) as an REU participant
2002
NOAA (Northwest Fisheries Science Center) - Performed meristic work on juvenile Chinook salmon
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) to evaluate the effects of common hatchery fungicidal chemicals on
development. Also managed our section of the center’s hatchery.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- Society for Conservation Biology
- Society for the Study of Evolution
- Ecological Society of America
- American Society of Naturalists
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