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ALEX FIGUEROA
Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans
2000 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, LA 70148, USA
afigueroa21@gmail.com
ACADEMIC DEGREES
Ph.D. Conservation Biology University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA July 2016
Phylogenetic relationships and evolution of snakes (Advisor: Simon Lailvaux)
M.S. Biological Sciences School of Science and Technology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA June 2006
Behavioral ecology of neonate southern Pacific Rattlesnakes, Crotalus oreganus helleri (Advisor: William K. Hayes)
B.S. (Honors) Natural Resource Management in Conservation & Applied Ecology, Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ May 2001
PUBLICATIONS
See Publications page.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2012 University of New Orleans College of Sciences Graduate Student Research Grant
2012 Short Course on Macroevolution in R
2011 University of New Orleans Dissertation Improvement Grant
2011 University of New Orleans College of Sciences Graduate Student Research Grant
2011 University of New Orleans College of Sciences Travel Award
2011 National Science Foundation East Asia & Pacific Summer Institute
2011 The Field Museum Visiting Scholars Grant
2011 American Museum of Natural History Collections Study Grant
2010 University of New Orleans College of Sciences Graduate Student Research Grant
2010 University of New Orleans College of Sciences Travel Award
2010 California Academy of Sciences Charles Stearns Memorial Grant-In-Aid for Herpetological Research
2010 University of New Orleans Department of Biological Science Dissertation Enhancement Award
2010 University of New Orleans Latin American Studies Abroad Program Award
2010 The Academy of Natural Sciences Jessup Award
2009 University of New Orleans Department of Biological Science Dissertation Enhancement Award
2008-2013 Ernest G. Chachere Doctoral Diversity Fellowship
2006 Loma Linda University Ray Ryckman Award for Excellence in Professional Publication
2005 Loma Linda University Biological Science Travel Award for Excellence in Professional Presentation
2005 Loma Linda University Earl Lathrop Award for Excellence in Scientific Presentation
2004 Loma Linda University Department of Earth and Biological Sciences Student Travel Award
2004 Loma Linda University Jaeger Book Award for Excellence in the Biological Sciences
2003-2005 Loma Linda University Research Assistantships
2001 George H. Cook Honors Program & Scholar
2001 Cook College/CAES Merit Scholarship
2001 Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences Internship
2001 Elizabeth & Arthur Reich Minority/Urban Access Scholarship
1997-1998 Local 210 Scholarship
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2013 Teaching Assistant - Biodiversity Lecture, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
2013 Teaching Assistant - Biodiversity Lab, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
2007 Adjunct Lecturer - Environmental Sciences Lab, City University of New York, Baruch College, New York, NY
MEETINGS
2012 Society of Integrative & Comparative Biology: Oral Presentation
Ecomorphology and Convergence in Arboreal Snakes
2010 Society of Integrative & Comparative Biology: Oral Presentation
Effect of Prehensile Tails on the Strike Behavior of Amazon Treeboas (Corallus hortulanus)
2005 Current Research on Herpetofauna of the Sonoran Desert III: Oral Presentation
Movements and Foraging Behavior of Neonate Southern Pacific Rattlesnakes, Crotalus oreganus helleri, in the Coastal Hills of Southern
California
2005 Biology of the Rattlesnakes: Oral Presentation
Behavioral ecology of neonate Southern Pacific Rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus helleri)
2005 Biology of the Rattlesnakes: Committee Member
