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Department of Biology
University of Kentucky
101 T.H. Morgan Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0225
Email: dan.wetzel [at] uky.edu
Education
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2007-13 PhD, Biology
University of Kentucky
Advisor: Dave Westneat |
2004-06 Master of Science, Biology
December 2006
Georgia Southern University
Advisor: C. Ray Chandler
Thesis: Male ornamentation and parental investment in the Eastern Bluebird. |
2000-04 Bachelor of Science, Biology
Magna Cum Laude, May 2004
Illinois Wesleyan University |
Research Grants
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2011-13 National Science Foundation, DDIG ($15,000)
2011 Animal Behavior Society, Student Research Grant ($1,500)
2010 University of Kentucky, Ribble Research Fund ($500)
2009 American Ornithologists' Union Research Award ($2125)
2009 University of Kentucky, Kuene Research Award ($100)
2009 University of Kentucky, Ribble Research Award ($500)
2008 Kentucky Ornithological Society, Avian Research Fund ($1000)
2007 Sigma Xi, Grant in Aid of Research ($1000)
2007 University of Kentucky, Ribble Research Award ($500)
2006 Georgia Southern University, Professional Development Fund ($700)
2005 Georgia Southern University, Professional Development Fund ($400) |
Publications
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Hartman PJ, DP Wetzel, PH Crowley, and DF Westneat. In press. The impact of extra-pair mating behavior on hybridization and genetic introgression. Theoretical Ecology.
Wetzel DP, IRK Stewart, and DF Westneat. 2012. Individual heterozygosity predicts clutch and egg size but not plasticity in a wild house sparrow population with no evidence of inbreeding. Molecular Ecology 21:406-420.
Westneat DF, MI Hatch, DP Wetzel, and AL Ensminger. 2011. Individual variation in parental care reaction norms: integration of personality and plasticity. American Naturalist 178:653-667.
Stewart IRK, DP Wetzel, and MI Hatch. 2011. Physical deformities and subcutaneous emphysema in a population of House Sparrows. North American Bird Bander 36:14-18.
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Wetzel DP, and DF Westneat. 2009. Heterozygosity and extra-pair paternity: Biased tests result from the use of shared markers. Molecular Ecology 18:2010-2021.
Wetzel DP, and CR Chandler. 2008. Adoption: Adaptation or reproductive error in Eastern Bluebirds? The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120:419-422.
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Publications (non-peer reviewed)
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Stewart IRK, DP Wetzel, and SL Martin. 2008. Review of ISBE 2008 Cornell University: Cornell was gorge-ous. International Society for Behavioral Ecology Newsletter 20(2):9-11.
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Press
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Feature article in Molecular Ecology. (May 2009)
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Awards
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2011-12 University of Kentucky, Dissertation Year Fellowship
2011 University of Kentucky, Certificate for Outstanding Teaching
2010-11 University of Kentucky, Gertrude Flora Ribble Graduate Fellowship
2009-11 AAAS Student Membership Award
2006-07 University of Kentucky, G. Flora Ribble Research Fellowship
2006-07 Cooper Ornithological Society, Student Membership Award
2005-07 American Ornithologists Union, Student Membership Award
2002-03 Illinois Wesleyan University, Chemistry Teaching Assistant of the Year
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Conference Presentations (Oral)
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Wetzel DP. Causes and consequences of variation in parental care. Kentucky Ornithological Society, Jenny Wiley State Park, KY. (April 2010)
Wetzel DP, HS Oh, and DF Westneat. Individual genetic diversity predicts clutch size in a wild bird population. American Ornithologists' Union, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. (August 2009)
Wetzel DP, HS Oh, and DF Westneat. Individual genetic diversity predicts clutch size in wild house sparrows. Center for Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Spring Symposium, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. (May 2009)
Wetzel DP, and DF Westneat. Microsatellite markers used to analyze paternity bias results concerning heterozygosity. International Society for Behavioral Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. (August 2008)
Wetzel DP. Male ornamentation and parental investment in the Eastern Bluebird. Center for Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Spring Symposium, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. (May 2007)
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Conference Presentations (Posters)
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Wetzel DP and DF Westneat. Personality and plasticity in parental care and its effect on offspring. Animal Behavior Society, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA. (July 2010)
Wetzel DP, DF Westneat, and HS Oh. Individual genetic diversity and fecundity in female House Sparrows. Biology Graduate Student Association Graduate Student Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. (October 2008)
Wetzel DP. Male ornamentation and parental care in the Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis). Biology Graduate Student Association Graduate Student Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. (March 2007)
Wetzel DP. A preliminary analysis of ornamentation and parental investments of the Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis). Graduate Student Scholarship Conference, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA. (April 2006)
Wetzel DP, ND Lading, and CF Thompson. Egg viability of manipulated House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) clutches. John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL. (April 2004)
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Professional Affiliations
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Ornithologists Union
Animal Behavior Society
International Society for Behavioral Ecology
Kentucky Academy of Science
Kentucky Ornithological Society
Wilson Ornithological Society
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Teaching Experience
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Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Guest Lecturer
2011 BIO 375, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
2010 BIO 300, Introduction to Evolution
Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, Teaching Assistant
2010 BIO 300, Introduction to Evolution (recitation)
2010 BIO 151, Principles of Integrative Biology (lab)
2009 BIO 325, Introduction to Ecology (recitation)
2008 BIO 153, Principles of Integrative Biology (lab)
2007 BIO 555, Vertebrate Zoology (lab)
2007 BIO 559, Ornithology (lab)
Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, Teaching Assistant
2004-06 BIOL 1210, Environmental Biology (lab)
2005-06 BIOL 3112, Biology of Organisms (lab)
2005 BIOL 3113, Ecology and Evolution (lab)
Upward Bound Program, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, Instructor
2005-06 High School Biology (lecture & lab)
2005-06 High School Chemistry (lecture & lab)
Chemistry Department, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL, Lab Assistant
2003-04 CHEM 301/302, Organic Chemistry (lab)
2002-03 CHEM 201/202, Inorganic Chemistry (lab)
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Undergraduate Mentoring
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2011 Sarah Barney. Is cognitive foraging ability related to parental care in house sparrows? (student presented poster)
2010 Ashley Ginn. The effect of variation in parental care on nestling development. (student presented poster)
2009-10 John Snowball. Extra-pair paternity and parental care in house sparrows.
2009 Melissa Keinath. Genetic sources of individual variation in parental care. (student presented poster)
2008-09 Sara Oh. Individual genetic diversity and clutch size of female house sparrows. (student presented poster)
2008 Kristen Hall. Nest defense and nestling provisioning in house sparrows.
2006 Chris Miller & Jeremiah Wilson. Avian nest mite abundance and diversity in cavity nesting species.
2005 Brett Walden. Quantifying measures of nest defense in eastern bluebirds.
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University Involvement/Service/Honors
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2007-08 Center for Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior "Ecolunch" seminar series, Co-chair
2005-06 Biology Organization of Graduate Students, Treasurer
2004 Phi Beta Kappa
2002-04 Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society
2001-04 Phi Eta Sigma Honor Fraternity
2000-04 Illinois Wesleyan University, Alumni Scholarship
2000-04 Illinois Wesleyan University, Dean's List (eight consecutive semesters)
1997 Eagle Scout
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