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Shan Huang
Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center (BiK-F)
Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt (Main), Germany
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/drshanhuang
Education
Ph.D., Ecology. University of Georgia, 2012.
Thesis advisors: Dr. John Gittleman & Dr. Sonia Altizer.
Thesis title: Evolutionary history explains distribution and diversity of mammals and their parasites
M.Sc., Scientific Translation. Imperial College London, 2007.
Course coordinator: Mr. Mark Shuttleworth
Thesis title: Translating ecological texts (from English to Chinese).
M.Sc., Ecology, Evolution and Conservation. Imperial College London, 2006.
Thesis advisors: Dr. Shai Meiri & Dr. Ian Owens.
Thesis title: Macroecology of lizards in North America.
B.Sc., Biological Science. Sun Yat-sen University, 2005.
Thesis advisor: Dr. Runlin Xu.
Thesis title: Exploring the Protozoan diversity in Tibet soil.
Research Interests
Broad-scale biodiversity dynamics in space and time, macroecological and macroevolutionary processes,
climate change, morphological diversity, geographic range dynamics, host-parasite interaction and
coevolution, and conservation biology.
Professional Employment
2015 – 2017
2012 – 2015
2009 – 2012
2011 Summer
2007 – 2009
Alexander von Humboldt research fellow, Biodiversity and Climate Centre
(Biodiversität und Klima Forschungszentrum; BiK-F), Frankfurt, Germany.
Postdoctoral scholar. Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of
Chicago. PI: Dr. David Jablonski
Graduate teaching assistant. Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia.
Graduate student intern. Data Observation Network for Earth (DataONE).
Graduate research assistant. University of Georgia.
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Publications
Huang, S. Roy, K. Valentine J. W. and Jablonski, D. (2015) Convergence, divergence, and parallelism in
biodiversity trends: Integrating extant and fossil data. Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences, USA. 112 (16): 4903-4908. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1412219112
Huang, S., Roy, K. and Jablonski, D. (2015) Origins, bottlenecks, and present-day diversity: Patterns of
morphospace occupation in marine bivalves. Evolution, 69 (3): 735-746. DOI:
10.1111/evo.12608
Huang, S., Drake, J. M., Gittleman, J. L. and Altizer, S. (2015) Parasite diversity declines with host
evolutionary distinctiveness: a global scale analysis of carnivores. Evolution, 69 (3): 621-630.
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12611
Huang, S., Roy, K. and Jablonski, D. (2014) Do past climate states influence diversity dynamics and the
present-day diversity gradient? Global Ecology & Biogeography. 23 (5): 530-540. DOI:
10.1111/geb.12153
Huang, S., Bininda-Emonds, O. R. P., Stephens, P. R., Gittleman, J. L. and Altizer, S. (2014)
Phylogenetically related and ecologically similar carnivores harbor similar parasite assemblages.
Journal of Animal Ecology. 83 (3): 671-680. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12160
Winternitz, J. C., Minchey, S.G., Garamszegi, L.Z., Huang, S., Stephens, P.R. and Altizer, S. (2013)
Sexual selection explains more functional variation in the mammalian MHC than parasitism.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 280 (1769): 20131605. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1605
Jablonski, D., Belanger, C. L., Berke, S. K., Huang, S., Krug, A. Z., Roy, K., Tomasovych, A. and
Valentine, J. W. (2013) Out of the Tropics, but how? Fossils, bridge species, and thermal ranges
in the dynamics of the marine latitudinal diversity gradient. Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences, USA. 110 (26): 10487-10494 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1308997110
Huang, S., Stephens, P. R. and Gittleman, J. L. (2012) Traits, trees and taxa: global dimensions of
biodiversity in mammals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 279 (1749): 4997-5003. DOI:
10.1098/rspb.2012.1981
Huang, S., Davies, T. J. and Gittleman, J. L. (2012) How global extinctions impact local biodiversity in
mammals. Biology Letters. 8 (2): 222-225. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0752
Pending Publications
Huang, S., Strasser, C., Hampton, S. and Altizer, S. (In revision) Host ecology and parasite diversity.
Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology.
Research Support and Awards (PhD and after)
2015 – 2017 Humboldt Research Fellowship for postdoctoral researchers, funded by Alexander von
Humboldt Foundation, Germany
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2013 – 2018 Core participant in a National Science Foundation Research Coordination Network funded
project: Macroecology of Infectious Disease. (PIs: Patrick Stephens, Alonso Aguirre, Sonia
Altizer, Robert Poulin, Katherine Smith.)
2012
Odum School of Ecology Small Grant for Graduate Research
Odum School of Ecology Best Student Paper Award
University of Georgia James L. Carmon Award and Honorarium for innovative use of
computer science
2011
University of Georgia Graduate Student Travel Award
University of Georgia Meyer-Helfman Graduate Student Grant
2010
University of Georgia Graduate Student Travel Award
Odum School of Ecology Small Grant for Graduate Research
2008
Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases conference and workshop Travel Award
Journal Reviewer
Diversity & Distributions
Ecosphere
Global Ecology & Biogeography
Journal of Animal Ecology
Journal of Ecology
PLoS One
Invited Talks
2014
Undergraduate Union (GeoUnion) Seminar Series: The dynamics of biodiversity and
biogeography through climate change. Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of
Chicago, Chicago, USA.
2014
A. Watson Armour III Research Seminar Series: Biodiversity dynamics in space and time:
Deciphering the role of history. The Field Museum, Chicago, USA.
2013
Evolutionary Morphology (EvMorph) Seminar Series: Can host phylogeny explain parasite
diversity in carnivores? Committee on Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago,
USA.
2011
Department of Biology and Environmental Science Colloquium speaker: Understanding
biodiversity using phylogenetic information. Carl von Ossietzky the University of Oldenburg,
Oldenburg, Germany
Conference Presentations (national and international)
2015
100th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. Oral presentation: Parasite
diversity and host evolution: a global analysis of carnivores.
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2014
Annual joint meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, the Society of Systematic
Biologists, and the American Society of Naturalists, Raleigh, NC. Oral presentation: Clade
dynamics in size/shape space: diversity, duration, and extinction risk.
2013
Annual joint meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, the Society of Systematic
Biologists, and the American Society of Naturalists, Snowbird, UT. Oral presentation: How
clades expand in size/shape space: integrating fossil and Recent data to evaluate the role of
clade age, species richness and position in morphospace.
2012
6th Annual Meeting of the Specialist Group on Macroecology of the Ecological Society of
Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Frankfurt, Germany. Oral presentation: Traits, trees and
taxa: global dimensions of biodiversity in mammals.
2011
Data Observation Network for Earth (DataONE) All Hands Meeting, Albuquerque, NM. Poster
presentation: A teaching module for analyzing ecological data: host ecology and parasite
diversity.
2011
96th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. Oral presentation: Estimating
parasite diversity using non-parametric methods.
2010
95th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA. Poster presentation: How
global extinctions impact local biodiversity.
Additional Abstracts
Jablonski, D., Berke, S., Edie, S. M., Huang, S., Krug, A. Z., Tomasovych, A. & Valentine, J. W. (2013)
Temperature tolerances, geographic range dynamics, and extinction: Complex, multilevel
responses to climate change. 125th Anniversary Annual Meeting, Geological Society of America.
Denver, CO.
Stephens, P. R., Huang, S. & Gittleman, J. L. (2010) Dimensions of biodiversity: Traits, trees and taxa.
Annual joint meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, the Society of Systematic
Biologists, and the American Society of Naturalists, Portland, OR.
Guest Lectures
Parasites and Biodiversity Conservation, for the course titled Population Biology of Infectious Disease
(Advance undergraduate and graduate level; 2011 & 2012 Spring)
Causes and Consequences of Diversity, for the course titled Population Ecology (Advance
undergraduate and graduate level; 2011 Fall)
Laboratory instructor
• Population Biology of Infectious Disease – Advance undergraduate and graduate level (2010, 2011 &
2012 Spring)
• Population Ecology – PhD level (2011 Fall)
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• Ecological Basis of Environmental Issues – Introductory level for non-biology majors (2010 Fall)
• Principles of Biology – Introductory level for biology majors (2009 Fall)
Professional Society
Society for the Study of Evolution; Ecological Society of America.
Technical Skills
• Proficient in R programming, including data management and manipulation, general statistical
analyses, spatial analyses, phylogenetic data manipulation, phylogenetically-informed statistical
analyses, graphical illustration, etc.
• Proficient in GIS using ArcGIS, including digitizing map images, geographic data management,
spatial analyses, species distribution modeling, cartography, etc.
• Experienced in advanced database management (including using SQL).
• Experienced in manuscript preparation and professional presentation, including using MS Word,
MS PowerPoint, typesetting (LaTeX), referencing (BibTeX, Endnote).
References
Postdoc advisor:
Dr. David Jablonski, Professor. Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago.
Address: 5743 S. Ellis Ave. Chicago, IL 60637, U.S.A.
Email: [email protected] | Phone: +1-773-702-8163 | Fax: +1-773-702-9505
PhD co-advisors:
Dr. John Gittleman, Professor. Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia.
Address: 140 E. Green St. Athens, GA 30602, U.S.A.
Email: [email protected] | Phone: +1-706-542-2968 | Fax: +1-706-542-4819
Dr. Sonia Altizer, Professor. Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia.
Address: 140 E. Green St. Athens, GA 30602, U.S.A.
Email: [email protected] | Phone: +1-706-542-9251 | Fax: +1-706-542-4819
Additional referees:
Dr. John Drake, Associate Professor. Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia.
Address: 140 E. Green St. Athens, GA 30602, U.S.A.
Email: [email protected] | Phone: +1-706-583-5539 | Fax: +1-706-542-4819
Dr. Jonathan Davies, Assistant Professor. Department of Biology, McGill University.
Address: 1205 ave Docteur Penfield, Montreal, Quebec Canada H3A 1B1
Email: [email protected] | Phone: +1-514-398-8885 | Fax: +1-514-398-5069
***Last updated on August 15, 2015***
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