Welcome
My name is Amanda Pierce and I am currently a SPIRE postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina working with Karin Pfennig. I completed my graduate work with Jaap de Roode in the Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution Program at Emory University. To learn about my work, please check out my research interests and publications pages. Additionally, you can download my CV above.
Recent News
April 2017- New paper out in Proc B! Effect of novel habitat and hybridization on range expansion genetics.
January 2017- Began as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke as part of my postdoctoral fellowship. I'm creating and teaching a course on Ecology & Evolution of Disease.
September 2016- Review paper with Karin Pfennig and Audrey Kelly out in Proc B examining the role of hybridization in range expansion.
July 2016- I had the honor to participate in the SACNAS Summer Leadership Institute. A transformative experience with amazing people.
June 2016- Former Emory mentee, Yiwen Helen Li, just had her very first first-author manuscript accepted for publication! Variation in wing morphology in monarch butterflies coming out in Animal Migration.
May 2016- Rafael Gutierrez was awarded a SSE undergrad diversity at Evolution travel award! He'll present a poster on our recent work.
May 2016- I received a travel award and gave an oral presentation at the Genetics of Admixed Populations SMBE Satellite Meeting in San Antonio, Texas
Jan 2016- My recent publication with Leiling Tao and Jaap de Roode examining the Na/K pump gene sequence across monarch butterfly populations is now out in Biological Journal of Linnean Society.
Oct 2015- Congrats to my UNC undergrad, Rafael Gutierrez, on receiving the Tom and Elizabeth Long Research Award for his work investigating the Plains spadefoot toad range expansion!
January 2017- Began as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke as part of my postdoctoral fellowship. I'm creating and teaching a course on Ecology & Evolution of Disease.
September 2016- Review paper with Karin Pfennig and Audrey Kelly out in Proc B examining the role of hybridization in range expansion.
July 2016- I had the honor to participate in the SACNAS Summer Leadership Institute. A transformative experience with amazing people.
June 2016- Former Emory mentee, Yiwen Helen Li, just had her very first first-author manuscript accepted for publication! Variation in wing morphology in monarch butterflies coming out in Animal Migration.
May 2016- Rafael Gutierrez was awarded a SSE undergrad diversity at Evolution travel award! He'll present a poster on our recent work.
May 2016- I received a travel award and gave an oral presentation at the Genetics of Admixed Populations SMBE Satellite Meeting in San Antonio, Texas
Jan 2016- My recent publication with Leiling Tao and Jaap de Roode examining the Na/K pump gene sequence across monarch butterfly populations is now out in Biological Journal of Linnean Society.
Oct 2015- Congrats to my UNC undergrad, Rafael Gutierrez, on receiving the Tom and Elizabeth Long Research Award for his work investigating the Plains spadefoot toad range expansion!
