Here's my CV, as of 10 June 1996:


Alex Parker

Department of Zoology

University of Maine

Orono ME 04469-5751 USA

aparker@maine.maine.edu

(207) 581 2539

EDUCATION:

B.S. in Biology and Philosophy, cum laude; University of New Mexico, 1991.

Ph.D in Zoology, University of Maine, 1997 (anticipated).

AWARDS:

NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (DEB 9311727), 1993.

University of Maine Center for Marine Studies Research Fellowship, 1993-1995.

University of Maine Graduate Research Fellowship, 1995-1997.

SOCIETIES:

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

Society for the Study of Evolution

FIELD EXPERIENCE:

Lago Titicaca and the Altiplano of Bolivia, 2-21 March 1994.

PUBLICATIONS:

In Print:

Parker, A. and I. Kornfield. 1995. A molecular perspective on evolution and zoogeography of cyprinodontid killifishes (Teleostei; Atherinomorpha). Copeia 1995:8- 21.

Parker, A. and J, Al-Bayati. 1996. Breeding Neolamprologus brichardi 'daffodil'. Freshwater and Marine Aquarium Magazine, June, 1996.

In Press:

Parker, A. 1996. Combining molecular and morphological data in fish systematics: examples from the Cyprinodontiformes. In: Molecular Systematics of Fishes, T.D. Kocher and C. Stepien (eds.). Academic Press, New York.

Kornfield, I. and A. Parker. 1996. Molecular systematics of a rapidly evolving species flock: the mbuna of Lake Malawi and the search for phylogenetic signal. In: Molecular Systematics of Fishes, T.D. Kocher and C. Stepien (eds.). Academic Press, New York.

Parker, A. and I. Kornfield. 1996. Polygynandry in Pseudotropheus zebra, a cichlid fish from lake Malawi. Env. Biol. Fishes. 00:000-000.

Purcell, M.K., I. Kornfield, M. Fogarty, and A. Parker. 1996. Inter-decadal heterogeneity in mitochondrial DNA of Atlantic haddock (Melanogrammus aeglifinus) from Georges Bank. Mar. Mol. Biol. Biotech. 00:000-000.

Parker, A. and I. Kornfield. 1997. An improved amplification and sequencing strategy for phylogenetic studies using the mitochondrial large subunit ribosomal RNA. Genome 00:000-000.

In Review:

Parker, A. and I. Kornfield. 1997. Evolution of the mitochondrial DNA control region in the mbuna (Cichlidae) species flock of Lake Malawi, East Africa. J. Mol. Evol. 00:000-000.

In Preparation:

Parker, A. and I. Kornfield. Rapid morphological evolution in the killifish species flock (Orestias, Cyprinodontidae) of Lago Titicaca. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 00:000-000.

ADVISORS / COLLABORATORS:

Irv Kornfield, University of Maine

Lynne Parenti, Smithsonian Institution