Erik D. Enbody

erik.enbody@gmail.com | erikenbody.github.io | @erikenbody

About Me

I am an evolutionary and conservation biologist trained in bioinformatics, field ecology, and behavioral research. This research includes projects on birds, mammals, invertebrates, fish, and plants from the Americas, Eurasia, and Oceania.

Appointments

2021- University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

Current: Postdoctoral Scholar in Genomics & Bioinformatics with Dr. Russ Corbett-Detig. Biomolecular Engineering Department, UCSC and the California Conservation Genomics Project.

2018-21 Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Postdoctoral Researcher in Genomics & Bioinformatics with Dr. Leif Andersson. Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology.

Education

2013-18 Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana

Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Advisor: Dr. Jordan Karubian. Dissertation: “Evolution of female ornamentation in the White-shouldered Fairywren (Malurus alboscapulatus)”

2008-12 Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado

B.A. with Distinction in Biology. Advisor: Dr. Brian Linkhart. Thesis: “Factors affecting the predation of avian nest cavities by Red Squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)”

Publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles

(*Papua New Guinea national & researcher, † denotes equal contribution)

2024 Sin, S.Y.W., F. K., G. Chen, P.-Y. Huang, E.D. Enbody, J. Karubian, M. S. Webster, S. V. Edwards. 2024. Genetic basis and evolution of structural color polymorphism in an Australian songbird. Molecular Biology and Evolution.

2024 Mirchandani, C.D., A.J. Shultz, G.W.C. Thomas, S.J. Smith, M. Baylis, B. Arnold,R. Corbett-Detig†, E.D. Enbody†, T. B. Sackton†. 2024. A fast, reproducible, high-throughput variant calling workflow for evolutionary, ecological, and conservation genomics.Molecular Biology and Evolution, in press

2023 E.D. Enbody, A.T. Sendell-Price, C.G. Sprehn, C.-J. Rubin, P.M. Visscher, B.R. Grant, P.R. Grant, L. Andersson. 2023. Community-wide genome sequencing reveals 30 years of Darwin’s finch evolution. Science. 331(6665).

2023 Rancilhac, L., E.D. Enbody, R. Harris, T. Saitoh, M, Irestedt,Y. Liu, F. Lei, L. Andersson, P. Alström. 2023. Introgression underlies phylogenetic uncertainty but not parallel plumage evolution in a recent songbird radiation. Systematic Biology. syad062..

2023 Hill†, J., E.D. Enbody†, H. Bi†, S. Lamichhaney, D. Schwochow, S. Younis, F. Widemo, L. Andersson. 2023. Low mutation load in a supergene underpinning alternative male mating strategies in ruff. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 40(12): msad224.

2023 Boersma, J., E.D. Enbody, S. Ketaloya, H. Watts, J. Karubian, H. Schwabl. 2023. Does capacity to elevate androgens underlie variation in female ornamentation and territoriality in White-shouldered Fairywren (Malurus alboscapulatus)?. Hormones & Behavior. 154(105393).

2023 Alström, A., Z. Mohammadi, P.F. Donald, M. Nymark, E.D. Enbody, M. Irestedt, E.B. Elisha, H.K. Ndithia, B.I. Tieleman, D. Engelbrecht, U. Olsson, L. Rancilhac, M. Stervander. 2023. Integrative taxonomy reveals unrecognised species diversity in African Corypha larks (Aves: Alaudidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. zlad107

2023 Pettersson, M.E., A. P. Fuentes-Pardo, C. M. Rochus, E. D. Enbody, H. Bi, R. Väinölä, L. Andersson. 2023. A long-standing hybrid population between Pacific and Atlantic herring in a subarctic fjord of Norway. Genome Biology and Evolution. 15(5): evad069.

2023 Alström, P., Z. Mohammadi, E. D. Enbody, M. Irestedt, D. Engelbrecht, P.-A. Crochet, A. Guillaumet, L. Rancilhac, B.I. Tieleman, U. Olsson, P.F. Donald, M. Stervander. 2023. Systematics of the avian family Alaudidae using multilocus and genomic data. Avian Research. 14: 100095.

2023 Khalil, S., E.D. Enbody, C. Frankl, J.F. Welklin, R.E. Koch, M.B. Toomey, S.Y.W. Sin, S.V. Edwards, M. Gahr, H. Schwabl, M.S. Webster, J. Karubian. 2023. Testosterone coordinates gene expression across different tissues to produce carotenoid-based red ornamentation. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 40(4): msad056.

2022 Boersma, J., E.D. Enbody, J. Karubian, H. Watts, H. Schwabl. 2022. Drought disrupts year-round breeding readiness in a tropical songbird. Avian Conservation and Ecology. 17(2):44.

2022 Rubin†, C.-J. E.D. Enbody†, M.P. Dobreva, A. Abzhanov, B.W. Davis, S. Lamichhaney, M. Pettersson, C. G. Sprehn, C.A. Valle, K. Vasco, O. Wallerman, B.R. Grant, P.R. Grant, L. Andersson. 2022. Darwin’s finches - an adaptive radiation constructed from ancestral genetic modules. Science Advances. 8(27):eabm5982.

2022 Enbody, E.D, S.Y.W. Sin, J. Boersma, H. Schwabl, S.V. Edwards, M.S. Webster, J. Karubian. 2022. The evolutionary history and mechanistic basis of female ornamentation in a tropical songbird. Evolution. 76(8):1720-1736.

2022 Boersma, J., J. A. Jones, E. D. Enbody, J. Welklin, S. Ketaloya, J. Karubian, and H. Schwabl. 2022. Male White-shouldered Fairywrens (Malurus alboscapulatus) elevate testosterone when courting females but not during territorial challenges. Hormones and Behavior: 105158.

2021 E.D. Enbody, C.G. Sprehn, A. Abzhanov, H. Bi, M.P. Dobreva, O.G. Osborne, C.J. Rubin, P.R. Grant, B.R. Grant, L. Andersson. 2021. A multispecies BCO2 beak color polymorphism in the Darwin’s finch radiation. Current Biology. 31(24):5597-5604.e7.

2021 Odom, K.J., K.E. Cain, M.L. Hall, N.E. Langmore, R.A. Mulder, S. Kleindorfer, J. Karubian, L. Brouwer, E.D. Enbody, J.A. Jones, J.L. Dowling, A.V. Leitão, E.I. Greig, C. Evans, A.E. Johnson, K.K.-A. Meyers, M. Araya-Salas and M.S. Webster. 2021. Sex role similarity and sexual selection predict male and female song elaboration and dimorphism in fairy-wrens. Ecology and Evolution. 11(24):17901-17919.

2021 Turbek, S.P., G. A. Semenov, E.D. Enbody, L. Campagna, S.A. Taylor. 2021. Variable signatures of selection despite conserved recombination landscapes early in speciation. Journal of Heredity. 112(6):485–496.

2021 Liu, H., C. Chen, M. Lv, N. Liu, Y. Hu, H. Zhang, E.D. Enbody, Z. Gao, L. Andersson, W. Wang. 2021. Comparative genomic analysis reveals ecological adaptation of teleost olfactory receptor repertoires. Molecular Biology and Evolution.Molecular Biology & Evolution: msab152.

2021 Semenov, G.A., E. Linck, E.D. Enbody, P. Alström, L. Andersson, D.R. Khaydarov, S.A. Taylor. 2021. Asymmetric introgression reveals the genetic architecture of a plumage trait. Nature Communications: 1019.

2021 Enbody†, E.D., M.E. Pettersson†, C. Grace Sprehn, S. Palm, H. Wickström, L. Andersson. 2021. Ecological adaptation in European eels is based on phenotypic plasticity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(4): e2022620118.

2020 Grant, P.R., R. Grant, E.D. Enbody, L. Andersson, S. Lamichhaney. 2020. Darwin’s finches, an iconic adaptive radiation. eLS.1:672–682.

2020 Gustafsson, R., U. Eckhard, W. Ye, E.D. Enbody, M. Pettersson, P. Jemth, L. Andersson, M. Selmer. 2020. Structure and characterization of phosphoglucomutase 5 from Atlantic and Baltic herring - an inactive enzyme with intact substrate binding. Biomolecules. 10(2):1631

2020 Boersma, J., E.D. Enbody, J.A. Jones, E. Lopez-Contreras, J. Karubian, H. Schwabl. 2020. Exogenous testosterone induces partial ornamentation which enhances vocal aggression in a female tropical songbird. Behavioral Ecology. 31(5):1233-1241.

2019 Javůrková, V.G., E.D. Enbody, J. Kreisinger, K. Chmel, J. Mrázek, Jordan Karubian. 2019. Plumage iridescence is associated with distinct feather microbiota in a tropical passerine. Scientific Reports (12921).

2019 Hill, J., E.D. Enbody, M.E. Pettersson, C.G. Sprehn, D. Bekkevold, A. Folkvord, L. Laikre, G. Kleinau, P. Scheerer, L. Andersson. 2019. Recurrent convergent evolution at amino acid residue 261 in fish rhodopsin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(37): 18473-18478. Press: PNAS In This Issue, Science Daily, phys.org, Sveriges Radio. Winner of the 2019 SciLifeLab’s Scientific Highlight in Ecology and Environment.

2019 Enbody, E.D., J. Boersma, J. A. Jones, M. W. H. Chatfield, S. Ketaloya *, D. Nason *, D. T. Baldassarre, J. Hazlehurst, O. Gowen, H. Schwabl, J. Karubian. 2019. Social organization and breeding biology of the White-shouldered Fairywren Malurus alboscapulatus. Emu: Austral Ornithology. 19(3): 274-285. Special issue: Ornithology of New Guinea and the Indo-Pacific Islands. (invited contribution & cover photo).

2018 Enbody, E.D., J. Boersma, H. Schwabl, J. Karubian. 2018. Female ornamentation is associated with elevated aggression and testosterone in a tropical songbird. Behavioral Ecology. 29(5): 1056–1066.

2017 Enbody, E.D., S.M. Lantz, and J. Karubian. 2017. Production of plumage ornaments among males and females of two closely related tropical passerine bird species. Ecology and Evolution. 00:1-11.

2017 Brouwer, L., M. van de Pol, N. H. Aranzamendi, G. Bain, D. T. Baldassarre, D. Colombelli-Négrel, E.D. Enbody, K. Gielow, M. L. Hall, A. E. Johnson, J. Karubian, S. A. Kingma, S. Kleindorfer, M. Louter, R.A. Mulder, A. Peters, S. Pruett-Jones, K. A. Tarvin, D.J. Thrasher, C.W. Varian-Ramos, M.S. Webster, A. Cockburn. 2017. Multiple hypotheses explain variation in extra-pair paternity at different levels in a highly variable avian family. Molecular Ecology. 26:6717–6729.

Under review or in revision

Sangdehi, F.M., M.S. Jamsandekar, E.D. Enbody, M.E. Pettersson, L. Andersson. submitted manuscript. Copy number variation and elevated genetic diversity at immune 1 trait loci in Atlantic and Pacific herring.

Wooldridge, B., C. Orland, E.D. Enbody, M. Escalona, C. Mirchandani, R. Corbett-Detig, J.D. Kapp, Nathaniel Fletcher, K. Ammann, P. Raimondi, B. Shapiro. submitted manuscript. Limited genomic signatures of population collapse in the critically endangered black abalone (Haliotis cracherodii).link to preprint

Genome assemblies

White Wagtail assembly Motacilla alba

Small Tree Finch assembly Camharynchus parvulus

European Rabbit (in progress)

Ruff: Calidris pugnax

White-shouldered Fairywren Malurus alboscapulatus

Red-backed Fairywren: Malurus melanocephalus (in progress)

Grants and Honors

Research Grants

2020 NBIS & Wallenberg Foundation SciLifeLab Bioinformatics Long-term Support, 500 hours

2017 National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant, $20,000. PI: Jordan Karubian, Collaborators: Scott V. Edwards

2016 Tulane Department of Ecology and Evolution Student Research Award, $989

2016 Tulane Department of Ecology and Evolution Student Research Award, $900

2015 National Geographic Society Young Explorers Grant, $5,000

2015 Animal Behavior Society, $1,000

2015 Chapman Memorial Fund award, AMNH, $1,500

2014 American Ornithologist Union Research Award, $1,607

2011 Colorado College Venture Grant for thesis research, $1,000

2011 Colorado College Student-Faculty Collaborative Grant for thesis research, $2,500

Travel Grants

2023 DeLill Nasser Travel Award for Professional Development in Genetics, $1000

2022 Society for the Molecular Biologgy adn Evolution, $3,500

2018 Society for the Study of Evolution Travel Award, $500

2018 Tulane Graduate Studies Student Association travel award, $350

2018 Tulane School of Science and Engineering Dean’s travel award, $350

2017 American Ornithological Society Student Travel Award, $215.00

2016 American Ornithologists’ Union Student Travel Award, $215.00

2016 Tulane Graduate Studies Student Association travel award, $350

2016 Tulane School of Science and Engineering Dean’s travel award, $300

2014 Tulane Graduate Studies Student Association travel award, $250

2014 Tulane School of Science and Engineering Dean’s travel award, $250

Other Honors

2021-22 UCSC BSOE Super Slug Award x4

2018 American Ornithological Society Council Best Student Presentation Award

2018 The George Henry Penn Award Best Dissertation, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University.

2012 Richard G. and Reba Beidleman Award in Ecology “Awarded to a Colorado College student demonstrating outstanding potential for becoming a professional ecologist and/or field biologist.”

Invited Seminars & Visiting Lectures

2024 Community genomics in Galápagos finches: linking ecological change with evolutionary outcomes. Ole Miss Seminar Series, Oxford, Mississippi.

2023 Using whole community genomics to study the effects of natural selection and introgression on Galápagos finch evolution. Indiana University Biology Seminar Series, Bloomington, Indiana.

2022 Population genomics of an entire community of Galápagos finches. Guest lecture for Genetics course at Loyola Chicago, Illinois (by Zoom).

2022 Using whole community genomics to study the effects of natural selection and introgression on Galápagos finch evolution. UCSC EEB Fall Seminar Series, UC Santa Cruz, CA, USA.

2022 Complete community genome sequencing in Galápagos finches: large effect loci for key ecological traits and their evolutionary histories. MVZ Seminar Series, UC Berkeley.

2022 Bioinformatics Overview and WGS Demo. California Conservation Genomics Project All Hands Meeting, UCLA, CA, USA.

2021 Big data landscape genomics: linking contemporary processes to deep time genomic inferences in an adaptive radiation. E3B Seminar Series, Columbia University, NY, USA.

2021 Big data landscape genomics: linking contemporary processes to deep time genomic inferences in an adaptive radiation. BSOE Seminar Series, UC Santa Cruz, CA, USA.

2021 Biodiversity evolution: color evolution from different perspectives. Black Hills State University Seminar Series (virtual). Spearfish, SD, USA.

2020 Evolution of color in Darwin’s Finches and Motacilla Wagtails. Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Comparative Genetics and Functional Genomics Seminar Series, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

2020 Evolutionary genomics in wild populations: examples from adaptive radiations in birds and visual adaptation in Baltic herring. Invited seminar speaker for the Systematic Biology Program at Uppsala University, Sweden.

2019 Recurrent convergent evolution at amino acid residue 261 in fish rhodopsin. Science and SciLifeLab Prize, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden. Presentation of the 2019 SciLifeLab’s Highlight in Ecology and Environment.

2019 Detecting selection in the past and present. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus. Invited speaker for the Departmental Postgraduate Seminars series.

2018 Genetic, transcriptional, and endocrine factors drive evolutionary transitions in female ornamentation. Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences Seminar Series, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. Invited lecture.

2018 Genetic, transcriptional, and endocrine factors drive evolutionary transitions in female ornamentation. Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Comparative Genetics and Functional Genomics Seminar Series, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

2018 Evolution of female ornamentation in the White-shouldered Fairywren (Malurus alboscapulatus). School of Biological Sciences course in Behavioral Ecology guest lecture (via Skype), Hong Kong University.

2018 Genetic, transcriptional, and endocrine factors drive evolutionary transitions in female ornamentation. Louisiana State University Natural History Museum Series, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Invited lecture.

2016 Female Ornamentation in the White-shouldered Fairywren. Guest lecture at Binatang Research Center, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.

Conference Presentations

2023 E.D. Enbody, J. Novembre, R. Corbett-Detig. High-throughput comparative population genomics using comparative migration surfaces across California’s wildlife. Biodiversity Genomics 2023, Virtual Conference.

2023 E.D. Enbody, J. Novembre, R. Corbett-Detig. Comparative effective estimated migration surfaces across California’s wildlife. Evolution, Albuquerque, NM.

2023 P. M. Benham, C. Cicero, E.D. Enbody, L. L. Smith, M. M. Davila, M. W. Nachman, R. C. K. Bowie. Comparing spatial patterns of genetic diversity across three Californian quail species. Evolution, Albuquerque, NM.

2023 S.Y.W. Sin, F. Ke, G. Chen, E.D. Enbody, J. Karubian, M.S. Webster, S.V. Edwards. Genetic basis and evolution of structural color polymorphism in an Australian songbird

2022 Hill†, J., E.D. Enbody† (presenter), H. Bi, S. Lamichhaney, D. Schwochow, S. Younis, F. Widemo, L. Andersson. Low mutation load in a supergene underpinning alternative male mating strategies in ruff. American Ornithological Society Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

2022 Enbody, E.D., C. Grace Sprehn, Ashley T. Sendell-Price, B. Rosemary Grant, Peter R. Grant, Leif Andersson. Population genomics of an entire community of Galápagos finches. Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics Conference, Asilomar, CA.

2021 Enbody, E.D., C. Grace Sprehn, Ashley T. Sendell-Price, B. Rosemary Grant, Peter R. Grant, Leif Andersson. The evolution of Darwin’s finches — Whole genome sequencing of an entire community of finches on Daphne island. Evolution (Virtual).

2021 Khalil, S. J. Walsh, E.D. Enbody, D. T. Baldassarre, H. Schwabl, M. S. Webster, J. Karubian. Genomic, transcriptomic, and endocrine mechanisms underlying the introgression of a sexually-selected plumage trait. Evolution (Virtual). S.K. received a W.D. Hamilton Award for this presentation.

2020 Enbody, E.D., P. R. Grant, B. R. Grant, C. G. Sprehn, A. Abzhanov, M. Dobreva, O. Osborne, C. Wang, L. Andersson. Genetic Basis and Long-Term Dynamics of a Color Polymorphism in Darwin’s Finches. Invited symposium “Studies of avian radiations in the 21st century”, North American Ornithological Congress, virtual conference.

2020 Enbody, E.D., P. Alström, N. Menon, T. Van der Valk, R. Harris, Y. Liu, F. Lei, L. Andersson. Evolutionary genomics of a widespread continental radiation: the Motacilla wagtails. Invited symposium “Studies of avian radiations in the 21st century”, North American Ornithological Congress, virtual conference.

2019 Enbody, E.D. Evolutionary genomics looking forward: the importance of natural history knowledge. Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, IMBIM Days “The Scientific Frontiers”, Marholmen, Sweden.

2019 Enbody, E.D., C. J. Rubin, M. Carneiro, L. Andersson. Structural variants in a haplotype-resolved hybrid rabbit genome. The 2019 Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology. Turku, Finland.

2019 Khalil, S., J. Walsh, E.D. Enbody, D.T. Baldassarre, M.S. Webster, J. Karubian. Evolutionary Genomics of Variable Carotenoid-Based Ornamentation in the Red-Backed Fairywren. American Ornithological Society Meeting. Anchorage, AK. USA.

2019 Boersma, J., E.D. Enbody, J.A. Jones, E. Lopez-Contreras, H. Schwabl, J. Karubian. Taking a proximate view of a female ornament: do androgens mediate acquisition of the ornamented phenotype in female White-shouldered Fairywrens? Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology. Tampa, FL, USA.

2019 Jones, J.A., J. Boersma, E.D. Enbody, M.J. Fuxjager, K.A. Rosvall, H. Schwabl, M.S. Webster, J. Karubian. Experimental inhibition of peripheral androgen receptors dampens ornament expression in a female tropical passerine. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology. Tampa, FL, USA.

2018 Odom, K.J., K.E. Cain, E.D. Enbody, M.L. Hall, J. Karubian, M.S. Webster. Selection pressures tied to elaborate female and male song across Fairy-wrens. American Ornithological Society Meeting. Tucson, AZ. USA.

2018 Enbody, E.D., Y.W. Sin, J. Boersma, H. Schwabl, M.S. Webster, S.V. Edwards, J. Karubian. Evolutionary genomics and transcriptomics of variable female plumage ornamentation in a New Guinea Malurus fairywren. American Ornithological Society Meeting. Tucson, AZ. USA. Winner of a best student presentation award

2018 Enbody, E.D. Early Professional Symposium Presenter. American Ornithological Society Meeting. Tucson, AZ. USA.

2017 Enbody, E.D., J. Boersma, H. Schwabl, J. Karubian. Female ornamentation is associated with increased aggression and circulating androgens in a tropical passerine bird. Joint meeting of the American Ornithological Society and Society of Canadian Ornithologists. East Lansing, MI. USA.

2017 Enbody, E.D., S.M. Lantz, J. Karubian. Production of plumage ornaments among males and females of two closely related tropical passerine bird species. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. New Orleans, LA. USA.

2016 Enbody, E.D., S.M. Lantz, J. Karubian. Structural mechanisms of plumage ornament production are maintained within sexes and across sister species of tropical passerine birds. North American Ornithological Congress. Washington, D.C. USA.

Poster Presentations

(^undergraduate student, *Papua New Guinea national & researcher)

2023 E.D. Enbody, J. Novembre, R. Corbett-Detig. Comparative effective estimated migration surfaces. Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, Ferrara, Italy.

2023 E. D. Enbody, P. Alström, L. Rancilhac, R. Harris, F. Lei, Y. Liu, N. Menon, G. Semenov, S. Taylor, P. Unneberg, T. Van der Valk, Leif Andersson. Comparative genomics reveals evolutionary history of plumage evolution in the hyper variable White Wagtail. Evolution, Albuquerque, NM.

2022 E.D. Enbody, C. Mirchandani, R. Corbett-Detig. High throughput conservation and landscape genomics. USPA Postdoc Day, UC Santa Cruz, CA.

2022 Unneberg, P., E.D. Enbody, T. van der Valk, L. Andersson, P. Alström. Evolutionary Genomics of the Motacilla alba (white wagtails) radiation. Probabalistic Modeling in Genomics Conference. Oxford, UK.

2018 Enbody, E.D., Y.W. Sin, J. Boersma, H. Schwabl, M.S. Webster, S.V. Edwards, J. Karubian. The genomic architecture of female ornament evolution. Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology. Montpellier, France.

2017 Jones, J.A., J. Boersma, E.D. Enbody, J. Karubian. Ecological determinants of phenotypic divergence in female coloration of Papua fairywrens. American Ornithological Society and Society of Canadian Ornithologists. East Lansing, MI. USA.

2017 Boersma, J., Enbody, E.D., J. Jones, J. Karubian, H. Schwabl. Androgens and the evolution of male and multiple female phenotypes in a tropical passerine. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. New Orleans, LA. USA.

2017 Jones, J.A., J. Boersma, E.D. Enbody, J. Karubian. Ecological determinants of phenotypic divergence in female coloration of Papua fairywrens. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. New Orleans, LA. USA.

2015 Enbody, E.D., H. Schwabl, S. Ketaloya *, J. Karubian. Variable female plumage in White-shouldered Fairywrens: ornamentation decoupled with testosterone. Tulane SSE Poster Day. New Orleans, LA. USA.

2015 Rose, A.^, S.M. Lantz, E.D. Enbody, J. Karubian. How do feathers relevant to sexual selection differ within two Malurus bird species. Tulane SSE Poster Day. New Orleans, LA. USA.

2014 Enbody, E.D., H. Schwabl, S. Ketaloya, J. Karubian. The adaptive consequences of female plumage in White-shouldered Fairywrens. American Ornithologist Union. Estes Park, CO. USA.

Teaching & Mentoring Experience

Instructor

2021/su Tropical Field Biology & Conservation, Instructor - Tulane University / FCAT-Ecuador. Facilitated student-designed and implemented research projects in tropical ecology, in addition to logistics coordination.

Teaching assistant and guest lectures

2021/sp Bioinformatics, Laboratory instructor - Uppsala University (remote)

2020/sp Bioinformatics, Laboratory instructor - Uppsala University (remote)

2017/fa Ornithology, Guest Lecture – D. Henry, Tulane University

2017/sp Behavioral Ecology, Guest Lecture – D. Henry, Tulane University

2016/fa Introduction to Plant Biology, TA – L.T. Martínez, Tulane University

2016/fa Global Environmental Change, TA – S. Doosey, Tulane University

2015/fa Behavioral Ecology, TA – J. Karubian, Tulane University

2015/sp Experimental Animal Behavior, TA & Guest Lecture - J. Karubian, Tulane University

2014/s/f Plant and Human Affairs, TA – S. Darwin, Tulane University

2013/fa Diversity of Life, TA – D. Henry, Tulane University

Workshops

2018 Differential Expression workshop: Designed and implemented a short workshop to teach the fundamentals and methods for RNAseq data processing and differential expression analysis. Included as a part of the first Bioinformatics & Genomics Course taught in EEB at Tulane University.

2016/su Summer Bioinformatics Workshop, Cofounder & instructor, Tulane University: Focus on using python, R, and UNIX for analysis of RADseq datasets (eight participants).

Mentoring

2022-23 Mara Baylis — junior specialist (now Ph.D. student) developing data wrangling, cloud, and bioinformatics experience.

2022-23 Nick Chan - undergraduate (now Ph.D. student) developing comparative demographic modeling methods.

2022- Cade Merchandani - student and assistant specialist (now Ph.D. student) developing variant calling workflow.

2019-20 Navaneeth Menon - intern training (now Ph.D. student) in bioinformatics techniques for the study of wagtail evolution.

2019-21 Fahime Mohamadnejad - Ph.D. student in animal genomics, training in fundamentals of bioinformatics.

2017- Sarah Khalil - Ph.D. student in fundamentals of bioinformatics.

2015-17 Hunter Rust – photospectroscopy techniques and bird song analysis.

2013-16 Olivia Gowan – photospectroscopy techniques and DNA extraction.

2015 Alexander Rose – photospectroscopy techniques and electron microscopy analyses.

2014-15 Miles Hegedus – photospectroscopy techniques.

2015-16 Amelia Lormund – photospectroscopy techniques.

2015-16 Zoe Albert – video-based nest observation data collection.

2013-17 Six international recent graduates in field data collection methods in New Guinea.

Fieldwork Experience

2019 Volunteer Postdoctoral fieldwork. Sweden, Ottenby Fågelstation: Co-led team with Per Alström to collect blood samples for generating a new reference genome for White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)

2013-17 Dissertation fieldwork: Papua New Guinea (Milne Bay, Western, Madang, Highlands, Enga, and Morobe Provinces)

2013/su Volunteer Research assistant Red-backed Fairywren behavioral ecology study, Batchelor, Northern Territory.

2012/fa Full time Banding intern at the Palomarin field station, Bolinas, California: Seasonal internship banding passerines at various locations in the Point Reyes National Seashore (480 birds processed).

2012 Full time Summer field biologist surveying grassland birds in North and South Dakota, Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, Brighton, CO: Performed point counts and vegetation sampling in the Central Plains. Field work was conducted from remote regions. Interacted with private landowners for planning transects.

2011 Full time Thesis research and Flammulated Owl crew research assistant: Developed and performed an independent research project on Red Squirrel predation of Flammulated Owls using artificial nests in natural cavities. Also assisted with spot mapping, nest searching, and banding of owls.

2011 Volunteer Undergraduate research, Ecuador: Conducted various class projects surveying birds, frogs, and butterflies in the Ecuadorian Amazon and Manabí Province. Designed playback experiment to test heterospecific responses between two sympatric antshrike species.

2010 Full time Vegetation Sampling Assistant (summer contractor): U.S. Geological Survey, Elko, Nevada

2009/10 Full time Avian Field Assistant (summers), Central Nevada Mountains. High Desert Research Institute and John Muir Institute of the Environment, UC Davis: performed bird and vegetation surveys in the mountains of Central Nevada for a long-term study of Great Basin bird communities.

2009 Volunteer Volunteer Field Assistant (winter), Monteverde, Costa Rica. University of Washington: Developed and implemented protocols for surveying birds and conducted vegetation surveys in reforested pasture lands.

2008 Full time Yellow-billed Cuckoo Field Assistant (summer), Lake Havasu City, AZ. Southern Sierra Research Station: Conducted playback surveys, nest searching, and mist netting on the endangered western subspecies of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo along the Lower Colorado River.

2006-08 Part time Research Assistant, East Lansing, MI. Bird Acoustics Research Lab, Michigan State University, MI, Dr. Stuart Gage: Established ground truth for remote sensing of bird populations, conducted point-count surveys, and assisted in the development of automatic song recognition.

Service, Outreach, and Training

Manuscript reviews

Current Biology (1), Molecular Biology & Evolution (2), LOS Genetics (1), Molecular Ecology (3), Ornithology (1), Journal of Evolutionary Biology (2), Behavioral Ecology (2), Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (1), Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (1), Global Ecology and Biogeography (1), Emu (1), Ibis (1), Ecology and Evolution (1), Ethology Ecology and Evolution (1)

Service & Outreach

2023 Anti-racist symposium co-organizer with GI DEI committee

2023 DNA Day Panel Member and Presentor, CSU Monterey Bay, CA

2022- UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute Diversity Committee Member

2020 Presentation judge, North American Ornithological Conference (virtual)

2020-01 “Skype-a-scientist” Webber Middle School, Fort Collins, CO

2016-18 Volunteer bird bander with Louisiana Bird Observatory / Audubon Louisiana at Palmetto State Park: Regular weekend volunteer at local bird banding station to assist with mist net set up and bird banding.

2016 Girls in STEM, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA: Module co-instructor for “A little birdie told me”. GIST is a long-term program aimed at introducing female elementary and middle school students to science and female scientists.

2015 Workshop on Engaged Scholarly Research: Bridging the Natural Sciences and Community-based Conservation, Tulane University: Workshop participant and presenter.

2015 Girls in STEM, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA: Module co-instructor for “Lizard tracking”. GIST is a long-term program aimed at introducing female elementary and middle school students to science and female scientists.

2014-15 Annual Environmental Fair, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea: Co-organizer for community fair celebrating the environment to >500 students and members from surrounding communities.

2014 Conservation training workshop, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea: Organizer and instructor for 20 leaders in local communities in conservation techniques

2014-16 Community Symposium and Awareness, Garuahi, Porotona, and Obo, PNG: Annual presentations with the goal of raising awareness about the environment, sustainable practices, and status updates on field research focal communities.

2014-17 Research scientist training, Garuahi, Porotona, and Obo, PNG: Co-trained six local biologists in the techniques necessary to conduct field research. These individuals have become community leaders for environment outreach and work together to spread environmental awareness throughout the region. Watch a video about our work here: https://youtu.be/aFrmmB0-CbY

2014 Garuahi Primary School Guest Teacher, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea: Guest speaker at local primary school to teach fundamentals of ecology and field biology

2014 Porotona Primary School Guest Teacher, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea: Guest speaker at local primary school to teach fundamentals of ecology and field biology

2013-17 Volunteer at Louisiana Rice & Rails festival: Annual event focused on bringing together birdwatchers and rice farmers to further appreciate the rich cultural traditions of Southern Louisiana and monitor populations of Yellow Rails. Assisted with bird banding and co-led local birding tours (2013, 2016, 2017).

Specialized Training

2012 Certified Bird Bander by the North American Banding Council

2015 UCLA La Kretz Conservation Genomics Workshop, Santa Monica, California

2013 Michigan State University CSE Python Workshop, East Lansing, MI

2011 Boston University Tropical Ecology Program, Ecuador - Spring

2009 National Outdoor Leadership School, Baja California – January

Professional memberships

2014-22 American Ornithological Society

2014-22 Society for the Study of Evolution

2019-21 European Society for Evolutionary Biology

Interests and skills

Lifelong naturalist and birder My interest in science was a natural progression from my lifelong passion for wildlife and birds in particular. I am a passionate field biologist and enjoy contributing to natural history knowledge, particularly through observations, photographs, and recordings to the citizen science platform eBird profile.

Languages English, Spanish (Intermediate), Swedish (Beginner)

Programming R, Python, bash/unix

Cloud computing Google Cloud

Workflow managers Snakemake

Database MongoDB, Filemaker, FreezerPro

Version Control GIT