CURRICULUM VITAE
INFORMATION
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
PhD, Biological Sciences
Clemson University
August 2015
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BS, Chemistry
University of Florida
May 2006
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2020-present Postdoctoral Researcher, Oak Ridge National Lab
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2018-2020 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee; The ByWater Institute at Tulane University. Genes to ecosystem: aquatic invasive species management and their interactions with endemic Hawaiian gobies.
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2015-2018 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The ByWater Institute at Tulane University. Genes to ecosystem: aquatic invasive species management and their interactions with endemic Hawaiian gobies.
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2006-2008 Lab Manager (with Dr. Marta L. Wayne) Department of Biology, University of Florida.
PUBLICATIONS​
2021 Moody, KN, AE Scherer, DAJS O'Connor, H Heim-Ballew, PJ Lisi, JD Hogan, PB McIntyre, and MJ Blum. Effectiveness and outcomes of aquatic invasive species removal in Hawaiian streams. Biological Invasions. doi:10.1007/s10530-021-02468-w.
2021 Rosenthal, W, PB McIntyre, PJ Lisi, RB Prather Jr., KN Moody, MJ Blum, JD Hogan, and SB Schoville. Evolutionary Applications. In version and rapid adaptation in guppies (Poecilia reticulate) across the Hawaiian Archipelago. doi:10.1111/eva.13236.
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2020 Heim-Ballew, H, KN Moody, MJ Blum, PB McIntyre, and JD Hogan. Migratory flexibility in native Hawaiian amphidromous fishes. Journal of Fish Biology, 96:456-468. Cover Article. doi:10.1111/jfb.14224
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Between the JFB Covers, Featured Article: Kaiser, MJ. Amphidromy can be a flexible life history strategy in some Hawaiian gobies. Journal of Fish Biology, 96:287.
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2019 Moody, KN, JLK Wren, DR Kobayashi, MJ Blum, MB Ptacek, RW Blob, RJ Toonen, HL Schoenfuss and MJ Childress. Evidence of local adaptation in a waterfall-climbing Hawaiian goby derived from coupled biophysical modeling of larval dispersal and post-settlement selection. BMC Evolutionary Biology. doi:10.1186/s12862-019-1413-4
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2019 Hain, EF, KN Moody, BA Lamphere, SAC Nelson, PB McIntyre, JF Gilliam and MJ Blum. Migratory gauntlets on ocean islands: watershed disturbance increases the cost of amphidromy. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 38:446-458. doi:10.1111/eff.12467.
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2019 Strobel*, HM, S Hays*, KN Moody, MJ Blum and DC Heins. Estimating effective population size for a cestode parasite infecting three-spined sticklebacks. Parasitology, 38:446-458.
doi:10.1017/S0031182018002226. *=Undergraduate student.
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2018 Heins, DC, KN Moody, and S Miller*. Are solo infections of the diphyllobothriidean cestode Schistocephalus solidus more virulent than multiple infections? Parasitology, 146:97-104. doi:10.1017/S003118201800094X. *=Undergraduate student.
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2018 Hazen, RF, KN Moody, and MJ Blum. Stochastic and deterministic factors shape an emergent plant-antagonist interaction. Evolutionary Ecology, 3:265-285. doi:10.1007/s10682-018-9935-6.
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2017 Moody, KN, RB Gagne, H Heim-Ballew, F Alda, EF Hain, PJ Lisi, RP Walter, GR Higashi, JD Hogan, PB McIntyre, JF Gilliam, and MJ Blum. Invasion hotspots and ecological saturation of streams across the Hawaiian Islands. Cybium, 41(2):127-156.
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2017 Moody, KN^, SM Kawano^, WC Bridges, HL Schoenfuss, RW Blob, and MB Ptacek. Contrasting post-settlement selection results in many-to-one mapping of high performance phenotypes in the Hawaiian waterfall-climbing goby Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Evolutionary Ecology, 31:489-516.
doi:10.1007/s10682-017-9889-0. ^Co-first authorship.
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2016 Alda, F, RB Gagne, RP Walter, JD Hogan, KN Moody, F Zink, PB McIntyre, JF Gilliam, and MJ Blum. Colonization and demographic expansion of freshwater fauna across the Hawaiian archipelago. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 10:2054-2069. doi:10.1111/jeb.12929.
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2015 Moody, KN, SN Hunter*, RW Blob, MJ Childress, HL Schoenfuss, MJ Blum, and MB Ptacek. Local adaptation despite high gene flow in the Hawaiian waterfall-climbing goby Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Molecular Ecology, 24:545-563. doi:10.1111/mec.13016. *=Undergraduate student. Featured article in February issue.
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News and Views Perspective: Wainwright, PC. Why are marine adaptive radiations rare in Hawai‘i? Molecular Ecology, 24:523-524.
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2013 Schoenfuss, HL, T Maie, KN Moody, RW Blob, and TC Schoenfuss. Stairway to heaven: Evaluation levels of biological organization correlated with the successful assent of natural waterfalls in the Hawaiian stream goby, Sicyopterus stimpsoni. PloS One 8(1):53274.
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2012 Leonard, G, T Maie, KN Moody, G Schrank, RW Blob, and HL Schoenfuss. Finding paradise: Cues directing the migration of the waterfall climbing Gobioid fish Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Journal of Fish Biology, 81:903-920.
2010 Blob, RW, SM Kawano, KN Moody, WC Bridges, T Maie, MB Ptacek, ML Julius, and HL Schoenfuss. Morphological selection and tradeoffs between predator escape and waterfall climbing in the Hawaiian stream goby Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 50:1185-1199.
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In Review
Moody, KN, BM Pracheil, D Sterling, and MS Bevelhimer. Dataset of juvenile fish traits for species of hydropower concern and their relative vulnerability to turbine entrainment and mortality. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society.
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In Prep
Moody, KN, RW Blob, MJ Blum, and MB Ptacek. Connectivity matters: integrating genomics with models of dispersal and selection yields new insights into population divergence in a Hawaiian waterfall-climbing goby.
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Hogan, JD, DAJS O'Connor, KN Moody, P Lisi, Heim-Ballew, PB McIntyre, MJ Blum. Demographic responses of a native migratory goby fish following the removal of invasive predators and competitors from Hawaiian streams.
AWARDS, GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS​
2020 Department of Energy Water Power Technologies Office Seedling Grant ($150,000).
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2019 Best Talk, Southeastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics Conference.
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2019 Summer Undergraduate Research Internship Funding, University of Tennessee Knoxville ($2,000)
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2014-2015 Graduate Women in Science: Jean Langenheim Fellowship ($4,000).
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2013-2015 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, DEB: Evolutionary Genetics. Linking genomics, oceanography and ecology in understanding adaptive variation in space and time in amphidromous gobies of the Hawaiian Islands. ($17,873).
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2012-2015 Clemson University Wade Stackhouse Graduate Fellowship ($30,000).
2015 Clemson University Distinguished Graduate Student Fellowship ($5,000).
2015 College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award ($1,000).
2013-2014 Philanthropic Educational Organization Scholar ($15,000).
2010-2014 Clemson University Professional Enrichment Grants ($5,294).
2014 Biological Sciences Graduate Student Association (BSGSA) Travel Award ($587).
2014 Hap Wheeler Distinguished Biological Sciences Graduate Student Member Award.
2014 Biological Sciences Graduate Student Association Commitment to Graduate Student Life Award.
2013 R.C. Edwards Outstanding Graduate Student Fellowship, Clemson University ($7,800).
2013 Clemson University Outstanding Teaching Assistant ($750).
2013 Biological Sciences Graduate Student Association Travel Award ($200).
2013 North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Teaching Award.
2013 College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences Teaching Award.
2012 International Women’s Fishing Association Scholarship ($500).
TEACHING
2017 Guest Lecturer, Trinity University, BIOL 4201 Biology Senior Seminar, Aquatic conservation and mitigation strategies.
2016 Guest Lecturer, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, BIOL176 Introductory Biology II, Conservation in a changing climate.
2015 Guest Lecturer, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, BIOL446 Genetics, Genomic Evolution.
2015 Understanding Genetics and Evolution Teaching Assistant, Clemson University.
2014 Evolutionary Biology Co-Instructor, Clemson University. Macroevolution Unit (8 lectures and final exam).
2014 Guest Lecturer, Clemson University, BIOL3350 Evolutionary Biology, Phylogenetics.
2014 Guest Lecturer, Clemson University, BIOL 7300 Basics of Molecular Genetics, Bioinformatics.
2013 Guest Lecturer, Clemson University, BIOL3350 Evolutionary Biology, Phylogenetics.
2013 Evolutionary Biology Teaching Assistant, Clemson University.
2013 SC Life Inquiry in Science Laboratory Teaching Assistant, Clemson University.
2013 Behavioral Ecology Laboratory Teaching Assistant, Clemson University.
2012 Vertebrate Biology Laboratory Teaching Assistant, Clemson University.
2012 Understanding Genetics and Evolution Teaching Assistant, ClemsonUniversity.
2011 Guest Lecturer, Clemson University, BIOL3350 Evolutionary Biology Phylogenetics, Hominin Evolution.
2011 Evolutionary Biology Teaching Assistant, Clemson University.
2011 Genetic Sleuthing Teaching Assistant, Clemson University.
2010 Behavioral Ecology Laboratory Teaching Assistant, Clemson University.
2010 Vertebrate Biology Laboratory Teaching Assistant, Clemson University.
2009 Evolutionary Biology Teaching Assistant, Clemson University.
2008 Vertebrate Biology Laboratory Teaching Assistant, Clemson University.
MENTORING ACTIVITIES
Graduate students
2017-present Mentor, Vols for Women in STEM Mentoring Program. University of Tennessee Knoxville.
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2017-present Bruno Ghersi (Ph.D. student): Post-disaster demography of urban rats in New Orleans. University of Tennessee Knoxville.
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2015-2016 Jennifer Summers (Ph.D. student): Ecosystem management and invasive species removal in Hawaiian
perennial streams. Tulane University.
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Undergraduate students – University of Tennessee
2018-2019 Hannah Evans: Detecting and delineating rare Hawaiian aquatic species with environmental DNA.
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Undergraduate students – Tulane University
2016-2017 Megan Sekiya: Species delineation and population genetics of parasitic worms in sculpins.
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2016 Emily Brady: Invasive species induced genetic changes in a Hawaiian endemic amphidromous fish, Awaous stamineus.
2015-2016 Sean Deery: Invasive species induced genetic changes in a Hawaiian endemic amphidromous fish, Awaous stamineus.
2015-2016 Sara Hays: Landscape genetics of Schistocephalus solidus parasites in threespine sticklebacks from Alaska.
Undergraduate students – Clemson University
2014-2015 Rebecca Helstern: Allelic and copy number variation of melanocortin receptor 4 in poeciliid fishes. Creative I Inquiry.
2013-2014 Emily O’Conner: Modeling population demographic responses to climate change: Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Creative Inquiry.
2013-2014 Taylor Burgess: Modeling population demographic responses to climate change: Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Creative Inquiry.
2011-2012 Parag Raychoudhury: Using mitochondrial genes for phylogenetic studies in a Hawaiian stream goby: Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Creative Inquiry & Calhoun Honor’s College.
2010-2012 Hannah Warren: Population genetics of a Hawaiian non-climbing Hawaiian goby, Stenogobius hawaiiensis. Creative Inquiry.
2010-2011 Samuel Powell: Population genetics of the waterfall-climbing Hawaiian goby, Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Creative Inquiry.
2009-2011 Jonatha Giddens: Morphological plasticity in the waterfall-climbing Hawaiian goby, Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Student at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo.
2008-2011 Sabrina Hunter: Population genetics of the waterfall-climbing Hawaiian goby, Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Creative Inquiry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates.
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2011 Abbey Garrison: Population genetics of the waterfall-climbing Hawaiian goby, Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Creative Inquiry.
2010-2011 Sylvia Lee: Estimates of population connectivity using otolith microchemistry in goby Hawaiian goby species. Creative Inquiry.
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SEMINARS
Invited Seminars
2020 University of Tennessee, Chattanooga. There and back again: Adaptation, connectivity, and conservation of Hawaiian waterfall-climbing fishes. (*cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic)
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2019 Oak Ridge National Lab. There and back again: Adaptation, connectivity, and conservation of Hawaiian waterfall-climbing fishes.
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2019 University of Tampa. There and back again: Adaptation, connectivity, and conservation of Hawaiian waterfall-climbing fishes.
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2017 Trinity University. There and back again: A tale of waterfall-climbing Hawaiian Fishes.
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2017 University of New Orleans. There and back again: A Tale of Hawaiian Fishes.
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2017 University of West Florida. The path to success: adaptation, connectivity and conservation of Hawaiian stream gobies.
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2016 University of Hawai‘i at Hilo. The path to success: adaptation, connectivity and conservation of Hawaiian stream gobies.
2015 University of Hawai‘i at Hilo. Going with the flow: divergence, adaptation and connectivity in a Hawaiian stream goby.
Departmental Seminars
2015 Tulane University, Ecolunch. The road to success: Integrating genetics, morphology and modeling to understand local adaptation in the waterfall-climbing Hawaiian goby, Sicyopterus stimpsoni.
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2015 Clemson University. The road to success: Integrating genetics, morphology and modeling to understand local adaptation in the waterfall-climbing Hawaiian goby, Sicyopterus stimpsoni.
PRESENTATIONS​
*Presenter; ^Undergraduate student
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2021 Moody, KN* and BM Pracheil. Applications of environmental DNA (eDNA) for aquatic community monitoring and environmental impact studies in hydropower-impacted systems. Tennessee Chapter of American Fisheries Society Symposium. Virtual. (Oral)
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2021 Hogan, JD*, DAJS O'Connor, KN Moody, P Lisi H Heim-Ballew, PB McIntyre, and MJ Blum. Demographic responses of a native migratory fish following the removal of invasive predators and competitors from Hawaiian streams. Society for Freshwater Science. Virtual. (Oral)
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2021 Kane, E*, H Cohen^, S Perez^, K Smith^, and KN Moody. On the heritability of integrated biomechanics phenotypes in Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulate). Behavior, Ecology and Evolution of Poecillid Fishes Virtual Forum. Virtual. (Oral)
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2019 Moody, KN*, MJ Blum, RW Blob, and MB Ptacek. Connectivity matters: integrating genomics with models of dispersal and selection yields new insights into population divergence in a Hawaiian waterfall-climbing goby. Southeastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics Conference. Clemson, SC. (Oral)
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2019 Moody, KN*, PJ Lisi, JD Hogan, PB McIntyre, MJ Blum. To stay home or go? Genomic and environmental correlates of life history variation in an amphidromous Hawaiian goby fish. Society for the Study of Evolution. Providence, RI. (Oral)
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2019 Heim-Ballew, H+, KN Moody+, JD Hogan*, PB McIntyre, MJ Blum. Reproductive isolation and genetic differentiation between migrant and resident forms of the Hawaiian river goby Awaous stamineus (Gobioidei: Oxudercidae). Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Snowbird, UT. (Oral) +Co-first authorship.
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2019 O'Connor, DAJS*, AE Scherer, KN Moody, PB McIntyre, MJ Blum and JD Hogan. Effects of aquatic invasive species removal on populations of a native Hawaiian freshwater goby Awaous stamineus (Gobioidei: Oxudercidae). Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Snowbird, UT. (Oral)
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2019 Hogan, JD*, MJ Blum, PB McIntyre, H Heim-Ballew, G Holt, KN Moody, D O'Connor, and PJ Lisi. Genes- to-ecosystems responses of a native species to the removal of aquatic invasive species in Hawai'i. Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program and Environmental Security Technology Certification Program Symposium. (Poster)
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2019 Evans, HFU*^ , KN Moody, and MJ Blum. Saving the unseen: Conservation of rare aquatic species through environmental DNA. Southeastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics Conference. Clemson, SC. (Poster)
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2019 Evans, HF*^ , KN Moody, and MJ Blum. Saving the unseen: Conservation of rare aquatic species through environmental DNA. Undergraduate Research Internship Symposium. Knoxville, TN. (Poster)
2018 Moody, KN*,MJ Blum, RW Blob, and MB Ptacek. Connectivity matters: integrating genomics with models of dispersal and selection yields new insights into population divergence in a Hawaiian waterfall-climbing goby. Society for the Study of Evolution. Montpellier, France. (Oral)
2018 McIntyre, PB*, JD Hogan, MJ Blum, H Heim-Ballew, G Holt, PJ Lisi, and KN Moody. Variable migration strategies in stream fish across a hydrological gradient in Hawaii: Individual, genetic, and population perspectives. Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program and Environmental Security Technology Certification Program Symposium. (Poster)
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2017 Moody, KN*, MJ Blum, RW Blob, and MB Ptacek. Connectivity matters: integrating genomics with models of dispersal and selection yields new insights into population divergence in a Hawaiian waterfall-climbing goby. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. New Orleans, LA. (Oral)
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2016 Moody, KN*, SM Kawano, WC Bridges, RW Blob, HL Schoenfuss, and MB Ptacek. Opportunity for selection: the shape of the fitness landscape in an amphidromous waterfall-climbing Hawaiian goby, Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Portland, OR. (Oral)
2015 Moody, KN*, MJ Childress, JLK Wren, DR Kobayashi, MJ Blum, RW Blob, and MB Ptacek. Going with the flow: patterns of divergence, adaptation and connectivity in a Hawaiian stream goby. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. West Palm, FL. (Oral)
2014 Moody, KN*, MJ Childress, JLK Wren, DR Kobayashi, MJ Blum, RW Blob, and MB Ptacek. Going with the flow: patterns of demographic divergence and connectivity in a Hawaiian stream goby. Society for the Study of Evolution. Raleigh, NC. (Oral)
2014 O’Connor, E*^, T Burgess*^, KN Moody, and MJ Childress. Modeling population structure and adaptation in a Hawaiian stream goby: Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Benthic Ecology Meeting. Jacksonville, FL. (Poster)
2014 O’Connor, E*^, T Burgess*^, KN Moody, and MJ Childress. Modeling population structure and adaptation in a Hawaiian stream goby: Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Clemson Biological Sciences Annual Student Symposium. Clemson, SC. (Poster)
2014 O’Connor, E*^, T Burgess*^, KN Moody, and MJ Childress. Modeling population structure and adaptation in a Hawaiian stream goby: Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Creative Inquiry for Undergraduate Research Symposium. Clemson, SC. (Poster).
2013 Moody, KN*, SN Hunter^, MJ Childress, RW Blob, HL Schoenfuss, MJ Blum, and MB Ptacek. Local adaptation despite high gene flow in the waterfall climbing Hawaiian goby fish, Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Society for the Study of Evolution. Snowbird, UT. (Oral)
2013 Moody, KN*, SN Hunter^, MJ Childress, RW Blob, HL Schoenfuss, MJ Blum, and MB Ptacek. Local adaptation despite high gene flow in the waterfall climbing Hawaiian goby fish, Sicyopterus stimpsoni. SouthEastern Regional Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Atlanta, GA. (Oral)
2012 Moody, KN*, SM Kawano, T Maie, RW Blob, HL Schoenfuss, ML Julius, MJ Childress, MJ Blum, and MB Ptacek. Local adaptation despite gene flow in the Hawaiian goby fish, Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Charleston, SC. (Oral)
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2012 Moody, KN*, SN Hunter^, MJ Childress, RW Blob, HL Schoenfuss, MJ Blum, and MB Ptacek. Local adaptation despite high gene flow in the waterfall climbing Hawaiian goby fish, Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Southeastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics Conference. Clemson, SC. (Oral)
2012 Moody, KN*, SM Kawano, T Maie, RW Blob, HL Schoenfuss, ML Julius, MJ Childress, MJ Blum, and MB Ptacek. Local adaptation despite gene flow in the Hawaiian goby fish, Sicyopterus stimpsoni. SouthEastern Ecology and Evolution Conference. Clemson, SC. (Oral)
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2012 Moody, KN*, SM Kawano, T Maie, RW Blob, HL Schoenfuss, ML Julius, MJ Childress, MJ Blum, and MB Ptacek. Local adaptation despite gene flow in the Hawaiian goby fish, Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Clemson Biological Sciences Annual Student Symposium. Clemson, SC. (Oral)
2012 Raychoudhury, P*^, HE Warren^, KN Moody, and MB Ptacek. Characterizing cytochrome oxidase 1 mitochondrial gene for use in phylogeographic studies in the Hawaiian waterfall-climbing goby, Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Creative Inquiry for Undergraduate Research Symposium. Clemson, SC. (Poster)
2011 Moody, KN, SM Kawano, T Maie, RW Blob, HL Schoenfuss, MJ Blum, and MB Ptacek. Is local adaptation in adult subpopulations of the endemic waterfall-climbing Hawaiian goby, Sicyopterus stimpsoni, constrained by gene flow? Society for the Study of Evolution. Norman, OK. (Poster)
2011 Hunter, SN*^, KN Moody, and MB Ptacek. New microsatellite loci for the endemic Hawaiian goby, Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Creative Inquiry for Undergraduate Research Symposium. Clemson, SC. (Poster)
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2011 Warren, HE*^, SN Hunter^, and KN Moody. New microsatellite loci for the endemic amphidromous fish Stenogobius hawaiiensis in the Hawaiian Islands. Creative Inquiry for Undergraduate Research Symposium. Clemson, SC. (Poster)
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2010 Hunter, SN*^, KN Moody, and MB Ptacek. New microsatellite loci for the endemic Hawaiian goby, Sicyopterus stimpsoni. Council for Undergraduate Research. Library of Congress, Washington DC. (Poster)
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2010 Blob, RW*, SM Kawano, T Maie, KN Moody, MB Ptacek, WC Bridges, ML Julius, and HL Schoenfuss. Morphological selection and tradeoffs between predator escape and climbing in Hawaiian gobies. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Seattle, WA. (Oral)
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2009 Hunter, SN*^, KN Moody, and MB Ptacek. Population genetic divergence in Hawaiian stream gobies: a role for local adaptation by natural selection? Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Research Symposium. Clemson, SC. (Poster)
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2009 Moody, KN*, MB Ptacek, MJ Childress, SM Kawano, T Maie, and RW Blob. Local adaptation in waterfall-climbing gobies: Does natural selection cause morphological divergence between islands? SouthEastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics. Gainesville, GA. (Poster)
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2009 Moody, KN*, MB Ptacek, MJ Childress, SM Kawano, T Maie, and RW Blob. Local adaptation in waterfall-climbing gobies: Does natural selection cause morphological divergence between islands? Clemson Biological Sciences Annual Student Symposium. Clemson, SC. (Poster)
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2009 Moody, KN, SM Kawano*, MB Ptacek, T Maie, ML Julius, HL Schoenfuss, and RW Blob. Morphological divergence between subpopulations in a Hawaiian climbing goby. SouthEastern Regional Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Raleigh, NC. (Oral)
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES
National and International
2019 Reviewer, Ecology of Freshwater Fishes.
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2019 Reviewer, Oryx.
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2019 Reviewer, Genome Biology and Evolution.
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2019 Reviewer, Cybium.
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2018 Reviewer, Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research.
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2017 Reviewer, Ecology of Freshwater Fishes.
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2017 Judge, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Division of Vertebrate Morphology Best student talk and poster.
2016 Reviewer, American Naturalist.
2016 Reviewer, Molecular Ecology.
2016 Reviewer, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
2016 Reviewer, Marine Biology.
2016 Reviewer, Journal of Visualized Experiments.
2015 Reviewer, Evolutionary Ecology.
2014 Reviewer, Molecular Ecology.
2013-2014 Reviewer, Professional Enrichment Grant, Clemson University. 2013 Reviewer, Genetica.
2013 Judge, Creative Inquiry Student Symposium, Clemson University.
2012-2013 Chair, College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Life Sciences (CAFLS) Dean’s Advisory Board, Clemson University.
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2011-2012 Committee Member, SouthEastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics, Clemson
University.
2011-2012 Committee Member, SouthEastern Ecology and Evolution, Clemson University
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Departmental
2016-2017 Postdoctoral Chair, Women in Science and Engineering, Tulane University.
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2012-2014 Organizer, Proposal and Implementation of Acquisition of Additional Graduate Student Space, Clemson University.
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2012-2014 Co-Organizer, Biological Sciences Graduate Student Association Graduate School Application Workshop, Clemson University.
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2013-2014 Biological Sciences Graduate Student Liaison for CAFLS Dean’s Advisory Board, Clemson University.
2014 Judge, Clemson Biological Sciences Annual Student Symposium, Clemson University.
2013 Co-Designer, Natural History Museum Hominid Evolution Exhibit, Clemson University.
2013 Organizer, Biological Sciences Graduate Student Association Food Drive Benefitting Clemson Community Care, Clemson University.
2012-2013 Organizer, Bioinformatics Reading Group, Clemson University.
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Public Outreach
2017 Co-leader, Girls in STEM at Tulane Food Webs Workshop, Tulane University.
2009-2014 Volunteer, Clemson University Darwin Day Ask-A-Scientist Table, Clemson University.
2013 Co-Designer, Natural History Museum Hominid Evolution Exhibit, Clemson University.
MEMBERSHIPS​
2017-present American Genetics Association
2013-present Graduate Women in Science
2010-present Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
2010-present Society for the Study of Evolution
2010-present Sigma Xi
PROFESSIONAL
TRAINING
2018 The Search for Selection, The National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; June 18-22, 2018.
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2018 Facilitating Undergraduate Evidence-based Learning in STEM, University of Tennessee Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning Network, Knoxville, TN; May 9-30, 2018.
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2015 iPlant Collaborative Workshop; Clemson University, Clemson, SC; January 29–30, 2015.​
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2013 Conservation Genetics Data Analysis Workshop; University of Montana, Flathead Biostation, MT; September 3–8, 2013.