Marcus Kronforst, Ph.D.

Department of Ecology & Evolution
University of Chicago
1101 E. 57th St.
Chicago, IL 60637

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University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, May 2004
Advisor: Lawrence E. Gilbert

University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.
Bachelor of Science in Biology, Summa Cum Laude, May 1998.

Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolution, University of Chicago, 2012 – present

Bauer Fellow, FAS Center for Systems Biology, Harvard University, 2007 – 2012

Postdoctoral Fellow, Section of Integrative Biology, UT Austin, 2004 – 2007

Visiting Researcher, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, 2004 – 2007

Research Assistant, Texas Imported Fire Ant Project, UT Austin, 2001 – 2004

Teaching Assistant, UT Austin, 1998 – 2001.

In Review National Science Foundation, Collaborative Research: Examining the Genomic Consequences of Selection, Speciation, and Hybridization in a Recent Adaptive Radiation. Co-PI.

2010 - 2013 National Science Foundation, Collaborative Research: The Comparative Genetics of Wing Pattern Diversity in Mimetic Butterflies. Co-PI.

2010 – 2012 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Determining the genetic basis of endangered species classification for the Callippe Silverspot butterfly, Speyeria callippe callippe. Co-PI

2008 – 2013 National Institutes of Health (National Institute of General Medical Sciences - National Centers for Systems Biology Grant), Biological Diversity: Generation, Control and Exploitation. Co-PI.

2007 – 2010 National Science Foundation, The Genetics of Speciation in Heliconius Butterflies. Prepared with L. E. Gilbert.

2004 – 2007 National Science Foundation, The Evolutionary History of Wing Patterning Genes in Heliconius Butterflies. Prepared with L. E. Gilbert.

2002 – 2004 National Science Foundation, Dissertation Improvement Grant

2004 Graduate Program in EEB Travel Grant, UT Austin

2002 Graduate Program in EEB Travel Grant, UT Austin

2002 Graduate Program in EEB Hartman Merit Fellowship

2002 Organization for Tropical Studies Graduate Research Fellowship

2000 Dorothea Bennett Memorial Graduate Fellowship, UT Austin

1999 Zoology Scholarship Endowment for Excellence, UT Austin

1999 Sigma-Xi Grant In Aid of Research

1999 Tinker Foundation Graduate Travel Grant