Anthony L. Gilbert
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Biological Sciences, Athens OH 45701
(559) 241.4152 | [email protected]
Education
Ph.D.: Ohio University 2013-Present
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Dissertation: Evolutionary responses to altered thermal niches: plasticity and adaptation in thermal physiology. Expected defense date: December 2018
Committee: Donald Miles (advisor), Shawn Kuchta, Willem Roosenburg, James Dyer
B.A.: University of California, Berkeley 2009-2013
Integrative Biology: Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
Grants and Fellowships ($20400 total)
Ohio University Original Work Grant ($750) Spring 2014
Ohio University Travel Award ($500) Fall 2014
Ohio University Original Work Grant ($750) Spring 2015
National Audubon Society Apacheria Fellowship ($1000) Summer 2015
Ohio University Original Work Grant ($750) Fall 2015
Ohio University Travel Award ($500) Fall 2015
Ohio University Student Enhancement Award ($6000) Spring 2016
National Audubon Society Apacheria Fellowship ($1000) Summer 2016
Ohio Center for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies Fellowship ($8400) Fall 2016
Ohio University Original Work Grant ($750) Fall 2016
Publications
2016- Gilbert AL and Miles DB. Food, temperature and endurance: effects of food deprivation on the thermal sensitivity of physiological performance. Functional Ecology. Nominee for British Ecological Society’s Haldane Prize for Young Investigators.
2016- Gilbert AL and Lattanzio MS. Ontogenetic variation in the thermal biology of Yarrow’s spiny lizard, Sceloporus jarrovii. PLOS one 11.2.
2015- Gilbert AL and Lattanzio MS. Natural History. Sceloporus undulatus. Herpetological Review (64).
Manuscripts in Review
Gilbert AL and Miles DB Natural selection on thermal preference, critical thermal maxima, and locomotor performance. In review: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Gilbert AL and Miles DB. Spatial and temporal fluctuations in thermal performance curves: high elevation susceptibility to climate change. In review: Global Change Biology.
Manuscripts in Preparation
Gilbert AL and Miles DB. The costs of heat hardening: thermal tolerance plasticity impairs performance and thermoregulation in tree lizards. Target: Proceedings of the Royal Society, B.
Gilbert AL and Miles DB. Short and long-term repeatability in thermal preference estimation using continuously monitoring thermocouples. Target: Journal of Thermal Biology.
Logan ML, Curlis JD, Gilbert AL, Miles DB, McGlothlin JW, Cox RM. The genetic architecture of thermal performance may prevent rapid adaptation to climate change. Target: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.
Cunkleman AA, Gilbert AL and Bauer AM. Habitat use, morphology, and thermoregulation of two species of New Caledonian Giant Gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Rhacodactylus). Target: Journal of Tropical Ecology.
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant: Field Ecology Fall 2013-2016
Teaching Assistant: Introductory Zoology Spring 2014
Teaching Assistant: Field Entomology Spring 2015, Spring 2016
Guest Lectures
Field Ecology: Physiological ecology and thermal biology of squamates
Fall 2015
Mammalogy: Introduction to biological data analysis and manipulation with R.
Spring 2014, Spring 2015.
Field Entomology: Using the R statistical environment for data manipulation and analysis.
Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016.
Animal Ecology: Community ecology and ecosystem function
Spring 2016.
Presentations
2017- Gilbert AL and Miles DB. Natural selection on thermal preference and performance over a rapid ecological timescale. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana. Finalist: Division of Ecology and Evolution Best Student Paper Award.
2016- Gilbert AL and Miles DB. Lability of thermal physiology revealed along an 1100m elevational gradient in Urosaurus ornatus. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. Portland, Oregon.
2016- Gilbert AL and Miles DB. Local adaptation in thermal physiology along an elevational gradient: population-level sensitivity to climate change. Ohio University Student Expo. Athens, Ohio. Winner, Best Student Research Award.
2015- Gilbert AL and Miles DB. Local adaptation in thermal physiology along an elevational gradient. Ohio University/John Carroll University Herpetological Symposium. Athens, Ohio.
2015- Gilbert AL and Miles DB. Examining the ecological plasticity of thermal performance for a polymorphic lizard. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. West Palm Beach, Florida.
2014- Gilbert AL and Miles DB. Food, temperature and endurance: effects of food deprivation on the thermal sensitivity of physiological performance. Ohio University/John Carroll University Herpetological Symposium. Cleveland, Ohio.
2014- Gilbert AL and Miles DB. Relating thermal performance to variation in
resource use: implications for lizards in a warming world. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Chattanooga, Tennessee.
2014- Gilbert AL and Miles DB. The effects of multiple anthropogenic disturbances on the frequency of color morphs in a color polymorphic lizard. Ohio University Student Expo. Athens, Ohio.
Professional Affiliations
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
Society for the Study of Evolution
Ecological Society of America
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
American Society of Naturalists
Synergistic Activities
Manuscript Reviewer: African Journal of Herpetology, Ethology
Leader: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Journal Club Spring 2014- Present
Ohio University School/Library Public Outreach Program ‘BioBananza’ Spring 2015-Present
Guest Speaker: Athens, Hocking, Wellston public high schools Spring 2015-Present
Program Officer: Biological Sciences Graduate Society Fall 2014-Present
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Biological Sciences, Athens OH 45701
(559) 241.4152 | [email protected]
Education
Ph.D.: Ohio University 2013-Present
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Dissertation: Evolutionary responses to altered thermal niches: plasticity and adaptation in thermal physiology. Expected defense date: December 2018
Committee: Donald Miles (advisor), Shawn Kuchta, Willem Roosenburg, James Dyer
B.A.: University of California, Berkeley 2009-2013
Integrative Biology: Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
Grants and Fellowships ($20400 total)
Ohio University Original Work Grant ($750) Spring 2014
Ohio University Travel Award ($500) Fall 2014
Ohio University Original Work Grant ($750) Spring 2015
National Audubon Society Apacheria Fellowship ($1000) Summer 2015
Ohio University Original Work Grant ($750) Fall 2015
Ohio University Travel Award ($500) Fall 2015
Ohio University Student Enhancement Award ($6000) Spring 2016
National Audubon Society Apacheria Fellowship ($1000) Summer 2016
Ohio Center for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies Fellowship ($8400) Fall 2016
Ohio University Original Work Grant ($750) Fall 2016
Publications
2016- Gilbert AL and Miles DB. Food, temperature and endurance: effects of food deprivation on the thermal sensitivity of physiological performance. Functional Ecology. Nominee for British Ecological Society’s Haldane Prize for Young Investigators.
2016- Gilbert AL and Lattanzio MS. Ontogenetic variation in the thermal biology of Yarrow’s spiny lizard, Sceloporus jarrovii. PLOS one 11.2.
2015- Gilbert AL and Lattanzio MS. Natural History. Sceloporus undulatus. Herpetological Review (64).
Manuscripts in Review
Gilbert AL and Miles DB Natural selection on thermal preference, critical thermal maxima, and locomotor performance. In review: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Gilbert AL and Miles DB. Spatial and temporal fluctuations in thermal performance curves: high elevation susceptibility to climate change. In review: Global Change Biology.
Manuscripts in Preparation
Gilbert AL and Miles DB. The costs of heat hardening: thermal tolerance plasticity impairs performance and thermoregulation in tree lizards. Target: Proceedings of the Royal Society, B.
Gilbert AL and Miles DB. Short and long-term repeatability in thermal preference estimation using continuously monitoring thermocouples. Target: Journal of Thermal Biology.
Logan ML, Curlis JD, Gilbert AL, Miles DB, McGlothlin JW, Cox RM. The genetic architecture of thermal performance may prevent rapid adaptation to climate change. Target: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.
Cunkleman AA, Gilbert AL and Bauer AM. Habitat use, morphology, and thermoregulation of two species of New Caledonian Giant Gecko (Squamata: Diplodactylidae: Rhacodactylus). Target: Journal of Tropical Ecology.
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant: Field Ecology Fall 2013-2016
Teaching Assistant: Introductory Zoology Spring 2014
Teaching Assistant: Field Entomology Spring 2015, Spring 2016
Guest Lectures
Field Ecology: Physiological ecology and thermal biology of squamates
Fall 2015
Mammalogy: Introduction to biological data analysis and manipulation with R.
Spring 2014, Spring 2015.
Field Entomology: Using the R statistical environment for data manipulation and analysis.
Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016.
Animal Ecology: Community ecology and ecosystem function
Spring 2016.
Presentations
2017- Gilbert AL and Miles DB. Natural selection on thermal preference and performance over a rapid ecological timescale. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana. Finalist: Division of Ecology and Evolution Best Student Paper Award.
2016- Gilbert AL and Miles DB. Lability of thermal physiology revealed along an 1100m elevational gradient in Urosaurus ornatus. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. Portland, Oregon.
2016- Gilbert AL and Miles DB. Local adaptation in thermal physiology along an elevational gradient: population-level sensitivity to climate change. Ohio University Student Expo. Athens, Ohio. Winner, Best Student Research Award.
2015- Gilbert AL and Miles DB. Local adaptation in thermal physiology along an elevational gradient. Ohio University/John Carroll University Herpetological Symposium. Athens, Ohio.
2015- Gilbert AL and Miles DB. Examining the ecological plasticity of thermal performance for a polymorphic lizard. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting. West Palm Beach, Florida.
2014- Gilbert AL and Miles DB. Food, temperature and endurance: effects of food deprivation on the thermal sensitivity of physiological performance. Ohio University/John Carroll University Herpetological Symposium. Cleveland, Ohio.
2014- Gilbert AL and Miles DB. Relating thermal performance to variation in
resource use: implications for lizards in a warming world. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Chattanooga, Tennessee.
2014- Gilbert AL and Miles DB. The effects of multiple anthropogenic disturbances on the frequency of color morphs in a color polymorphic lizard. Ohio University Student Expo. Athens, Ohio.
Professional Affiliations
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
Society for the Study of Evolution
Ecological Society of America
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
American Society of Naturalists
Synergistic Activities
Manuscript Reviewer: African Journal of Herpetology, Ethology
Leader: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Journal Club Spring 2014- Present
Ohio University School/Library Public Outreach Program ‘BioBananza’ Spring 2015-Present
Guest Speaker: Athens, Hocking, Wellston public high schools Spring 2015-Present
Program Officer: Biological Sciences Graduate Society Fall 2014-Present