Bryant McAllister's CV
	Bryant McAllister Research Interests Publications Fly Stocks Sequences

 

Contact Information:

Department of Biology
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa 52242

tel, 319-335-2604
fax, 319-335-1069
e-mail, bryant-mcallister@uiowa.edu

 

Education:

PhD, 1996. University of Rochester, Rochester, New York. Advisor: Dr. John H. Werren

MS, 1992. Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas. Advisor: Dr. Ira F. Greenbaum

BS, 1989.Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas.

 

Academic Appointments:

07/08-present	Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
01/07-present	Faculty Affiliate, Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
03/03-present	Faculty Member, Interdisciplinary Genetics PhD Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
08/02-present	Roy J. Carver Center for Comparative Genomics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
08/02-06/08	Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
09/98-07/02	Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
09/97-08/98	Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
10/96-08/97	Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
01/92-09/96	Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
09/89-12/01	Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas

 

Honors and Awards:

Dean's Scholar, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Iowa, 2008-10.

Old Gold Summer Research Fellowship, University of Iowa, 2003.

NSF/Sloan Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Molecular Evolution, 1996-98.

Ernst Caspari Fellowship in Evolutionary Genetics, Department of Biology, University of Rochester, 1992-1995.

Student Travel Award, Department of Biology, University of Rochester, 1995.

Graduate Student Teaching Award, Department of Biology, University of Rochester, 1994.

Student Travel Award, American Genetics Association, 1993.

Student Travel Award, 30th Annual American Cytogenetics Conference, 1992.

Student Travel Award, Faculty of Genetics, Texas A & M University, 1991.

 

Grants Received:

A Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Tempo and Mode of Sex Chromosome Evolution (05-2045), Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust. PI: B. F. McAllister: $317,180 total; 11/04-10/07.

Genome Arrangement and Adaptive Evolution (DEB-0420399), National Science Foundation, Division of Environmental Biology, Population Biology. PI: B. F. McAllister; $400,000 total; 9/01/04-8/31/08.

Causes of Y-Chromosome Degeneration (DEB-0075295/0228832), National Science Foundation, Division of Environmental Biology, Population Biology. PI: B. F. McAllister; $348,822 total; 8/2000-7/2003.

Genetic Analysis of a Hybrid Zone, Research Enhancement Program Grant, University of Texas at Arlington. PI: B. F. McAllister; $9,928; 1/1999-12/1999.

Molecular Evolution of Sex Chromosomes (BIR-9626084), NSF/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Molecular Evolution. PI: B. F. McAllister; Advisor: Brian Charlesworth; $80,000; 10/1996-8/1998.

 

Courses Taught:

Evo-Devo (UI 002:190, Spr. '06)

Speciation (UI 002:190, Fall '04)

Evolution (UI 002:131, 7 semesters)

Genetics (UTA BIOL3315, 7 semesters)

Advanced Genetics (UTA BIOL5312, 1 semester)

Laboratory in Genetics (UTA BIOL3181, 3 semesters)

 

Students Supervised:

PhD: Paulina Mena (current), Sara Sheeley (current), Rebecca Hart-Schmidt (current)

MS: Yasir Ahmed (current), Bryan Caletka 07/2001, Dana Hooper 06/2002

Undergrad: Joshua Peloquin, Daniel Cerne, Brad Yaklich, Kendra, Brigham, Luke Hoekstra, Yasir Ahmed, Lucy Pigatti, Eric Mancl, Philippe York, Mathew Spinks, Brandon Wagner, Christina Firm, Corey Zablonski, Weldon Turner, Ami Long, Edmundo Justino, Kristina Chanslor, Alex Aboka, Kiki Olorunrinu, Gustavo Barbero, Chika Onygam