EDUCATION
2015 - PhD student, University of Chicago
The Committee on Evolutionary Biology
2014 BS, Yale University
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Intensive Track (graduated with Distinction)
Advisers: Dr. David Post, Dr. Stephen Stearns, Dr. Marta Wells
AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS
2014 William R. Belknap 1872 Prize, Yale University
Awarded for “Excellence in Biology” to one graduating senior at Yale University across Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Molecular/Cellular/Developmental Biology, and Geology & Geophysics majors
2014 The Explorers Club, NYC
Elected to Member
2009 “Canada’s Top 20 Under 20" Selected as one of 20 recipients under the age of 20 across Canada for ‘Innovation, Leadership, and Achievement’ by The Globe and Mail and Youth in Motion, for national-level activism work for Arctic Ocean conservation
2009 Environmental Leadership Impact Award Awarded for ‘Outstanding Leadership in Environmental Issues’ by Youth in Motion, among Canada’s Top 20 Under 20
PUBLICATIONS
Park, J.S. in prep. About Time: The Other Dimension of Biodiversity Distribution.
Park, J.S. and Post, D.M. In review. Evolutionary history of Daphnia drives divergence in consumption preference and alters temporal community dynamics of producers.
Park, J.S. accepted, Polar Biology. A race against time: habitat alteration by snow geese prunes the seasonal sequence of mosquito emergence in a subaractic brackish landscape.
FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS RECEIVED FOR RESEARCH
2016 GAANN (Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need) Fellow - Quantitative Ecology,
United States Department of Education
2016 Henry Hinds Fund, University of Chicago ($2,661)
2013 Yale Summer Environmental Fellowship for Research in EEB
Senior thesis research. Multitrophic eco-evolutionary consequences on algae temporal dynamics. Lab and field work in Post Lab ($2,000)
2012& 2013 Sherwood E. Silliman Fellowship for Scientific Research in the Natural Sciences, Yale
University
Senior thesis research. Multitrophic eco-evolutionary consequences on algae temporal dynamics. Lab and field work in Post Lab ($1,000 each year)
2012 National Science Foundation REU (DEB #1019613) – Principal Investigator: David N. Koons, USU
Snow goose population dynamics and habitat use on a tundra saltmarsh habitat ($7,100)
2011 Benjamin Silliman Fellowship, Yale University
Tundra small mammal (microtine) population dynamics. Winter habitat use and summer abundance and distribution ($1,000)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2015 Visiting Collaborator, University Centre in Svalbard
High Arctic seasonal ecology collaboration with Dr. Øystein Varpe in Svalbard, Norway
2014 Visiting Lab Member in Mayfield Lab, University of Queensland, Australia
Field work in Western Australian York Gum woodlands and northern Queensland wet tropics, on projects investigating community assembly rules and competitive dynamics among native and invasive plant species
2014 Teaching Assistant, University of Queensland
Paid teaching assistant in a course on ecological methods and flora & fauna of Australia, taught on Fraser Island World Heritage Area, QLD; in charge of terrestrial invertebrate diversity
2012-2014 Undergraduate Researcher in David Post Lab, EEB, Yale University Eco-evolutionary feedbacks and trophic cascade effects between Daphnia-phytoplankton in Post Lab towards a senior thesis, and aided with lab and field work
2011-2013 Field Research in the Canadian Arctic
2012-3 - Conducted an independent research project on mosquito life history and temporal diversity on the tundra. Simultaneously collaborated on avian ecology projects as part of the Hudson Bay Project
2011 - Worked as a research technician on a tundra small mammal population dynamics project collecting data on winter habitat use and summer abundance, while spending a field season in a remote camp on the tundra near Churchill, Manitoba. Involved with field work with the Hudson Bay Project team, helping with snow goose and common eider population dynamics work
2011-2012 Paid Part-time Curator of the Entomology Teaching Collection, Yale University Prepared and identified arthropod specimens for the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University, selected from Dr. Marta Wells’ class
2009 Curatorial Intern at Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Assisted research collections projects in various departments such as Entomology, Ornithology, Herpetology, Invertebrate Zoology, and Invertebrate Paleontology for a summer during high school
2008 Field Research Assistant in the Canadian Arctic
Collected field data on tundra wetland ponds and frogs, and aided laboratory work in Churchill Northern Studies Centre in Churchill, Manitoba
2007 Arctic Expedition
Participated in an expedition through the eastern Canadian Arctic (Students On Ice program), with a team of experts from various disciplines and sixty admitted students from around the world
2015 - PhD student, University of Chicago
The Committee on Evolutionary Biology
2014 BS, Yale University
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Intensive Track (graduated with Distinction)
Advisers: Dr. David Post, Dr. Stephen Stearns, Dr. Marta Wells
AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS
2014 William R. Belknap 1872 Prize, Yale University
Awarded for “Excellence in Biology” to one graduating senior at Yale University across Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Molecular/Cellular/Developmental Biology, and Geology & Geophysics majors
2014 The Explorers Club, NYC
Elected to Member
2009 “Canada’s Top 20 Under 20" Selected as one of 20 recipients under the age of 20 across Canada for ‘Innovation, Leadership, and Achievement’ by The Globe and Mail and Youth in Motion, for national-level activism work for Arctic Ocean conservation
2009 Environmental Leadership Impact Award Awarded for ‘Outstanding Leadership in Environmental Issues’ by Youth in Motion, among Canada’s Top 20 Under 20
PUBLICATIONS
Park, J.S. in prep. About Time: The Other Dimension of Biodiversity Distribution.
Park, J.S. and Post, D.M. In review. Evolutionary history of Daphnia drives divergence in consumption preference and alters temporal community dynamics of producers.
Park, J.S. accepted, Polar Biology. A race against time: habitat alteration by snow geese prunes the seasonal sequence of mosquito emergence in a subaractic brackish landscape.
FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS RECEIVED FOR RESEARCH
2016 GAANN (Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need) Fellow - Quantitative Ecology,
United States Department of Education
2016 Henry Hinds Fund, University of Chicago ($2,661)
2013 Yale Summer Environmental Fellowship for Research in EEB
Senior thesis research. Multitrophic eco-evolutionary consequences on algae temporal dynamics. Lab and field work in Post Lab ($2,000)
2012& 2013 Sherwood E. Silliman Fellowship for Scientific Research in the Natural Sciences, Yale
University
Senior thesis research. Multitrophic eco-evolutionary consequences on algae temporal dynamics. Lab and field work in Post Lab ($1,000 each year)
2012 National Science Foundation REU (DEB #1019613) – Principal Investigator: David N. Koons, USU
Snow goose population dynamics and habitat use on a tundra saltmarsh habitat ($7,100)
2011 Benjamin Silliman Fellowship, Yale University
Tundra small mammal (microtine) population dynamics. Winter habitat use and summer abundance and distribution ($1,000)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2015 Visiting Collaborator, University Centre in Svalbard
High Arctic seasonal ecology collaboration with Dr. Øystein Varpe in Svalbard, Norway
2014 Visiting Lab Member in Mayfield Lab, University of Queensland, Australia
Field work in Western Australian York Gum woodlands and northern Queensland wet tropics, on projects investigating community assembly rules and competitive dynamics among native and invasive plant species
2014 Teaching Assistant, University of Queensland
Paid teaching assistant in a course on ecological methods and flora & fauna of Australia, taught on Fraser Island World Heritage Area, QLD; in charge of terrestrial invertebrate diversity
2012-2014 Undergraduate Researcher in David Post Lab, EEB, Yale University Eco-evolutionary feedbacks and trophic cascade effects between Daphnia-phytoplankton in Post Lab towards a senior thesis, and aided with lab and field work
2011-2013 Field Research in the Canadian Arctic
2012-3 - Conducted an independent research project on mosquito life history and temporal diversity on the tundra. Simultaneously collaborated on avian ecology projects as part of the Hudson Bay Project
2011 - Worked as a research technician on a tundra small mammal population dynamics project collecting data on winter habitat use and summer abundance, while spending a field season in a remote camp on the tundra near Churchill, Manitoba. Involved with field work with the Hudson Bay Project team, helping with snow goose and common eider population dynamics work
2011-2012 Paid Part-time Curator of the Entomology Teaching Collection, Yale University Prepared and identified arthropod specimens for the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University, selected from Dr. Marta Wells’ class
2009 Curatorial Intern at Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Assisted research collections projects in various departments such as Entomology, Ornithology, Herpetology, Invertebrate Zoology, and Invertebrate Paleontology for a summer during high school
2008 Field Research Assistant in the Canadian Arctic
Collected field data on tundra wetland ponds and frogs, and aided laboratory work in Churchill Northern Studies Centre in Churchill, Manitoba
2007 Arctic Expedition
Participated in an expedition through the eastern Canadian Arctic (Students On Ice program), with a team of experts from various disciplines and sixty admitted students from around the world
