Karen B. Barnard-Kubow
Department of Biology
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4328
[email protected]
(434) 924-2332
http://people.virginia.edu/~kbb7sh
EDUCATION
2015
University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)
Ph.D. in Biology
Advisor: Laura Galloway
2008
ETH Zürich (Switzerland)
M.S. in Environmental Sciences
Advisors: Christopher Robinson and Jukka Jokela (Eawag / ETH Zürich)
2005
University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
B.S. in Biology, Minor in Theatre
Honors: Magna Cum Laude, Biological Sciences Honors Program
RESEARCH POSITIONS
2015Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Virginia, Benjamin Blackman
2007-2008
Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Zurich,
Switzerland), Laboratory of Piet Spaak
“The effect of chemical pollutants on the Daphnia population in Greifensee”
2003-2005
University of Southern California, Laboratory of Suzanne Edmands
“Incipient speciation in an intertidal copepod, Tigriopus californicus”
RESEARCH GRANTS
2012
NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
2012
Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research
2011
Double Hoo Research Grant, UVa
AWARDS/HONORS
2015
Kepner Award - for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Biology, UVa
2012-2014
ARCS Foundation Scholar
2013
UVa Biology Department Dissertation Year Fellowship
2013
Robert J. Huskey Travel Fellowship, UVa
2011
Society for the Study of Evolution International Travel Award
2009
ETH Silver Medal – for an outstanding Masters Thesis
2005
The Dean of Research Award – for excellence in undergraduate research
2005
Trojan League Scholarship – for research in marine and environmental sciences
2004, 2005 Women in Science and Engineering Undergraduate Research Grant
2001 – 2005 Trustee Scholarship for University of Southern California
PUBLICATIONS
Barnard-Kubow, KB, Debban, CL, and Galloway, LF. 2015. Multiple glacial refugia lead to
genetic structuring and the potential for reproductive isolation in an herbaceous plant.
Karen Barnard-Kubow
CV - 2
American Journal of Botany 102:1842-1853.
Barnard-Kubow, KB, Sloan, DB, and Galloway, LF. 2014. Correlation between sequence
divergence and polymorphism reveals similar evolutionary mechanisms acting across
multiple timescales in a rapidly evolving genome. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14:268.
Prendeville, HR, Barnard-Kubow, KB, Dai, C, Barringer, BC, and Galloway, LF. 2013. Clinal
variation for only some phenological traits across a species range. Oecologia 173:421-430
Peterson, DL, Kubow, KB, Connolly, M, Kaplan, L, Wetkowski, M, Leong, W, Phillips, BC.
and Edmands, S. 2013. Reproductive and phylogenetic divergence of tidepool copepod
populations across a narrow geographic boundary in Baja California. Journal of
Biogeography 40: 1664-1675.
Shama, LNS, Kubow, KB, Jokela, J, and Robinson, CT. 2011. Bottlenecks drive temporal and
spatial changes in alpine caddisfly metapopulations. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 278.
Kubow, KB, Shama, LNS, Robinson, CT, and Jokela, J. 2010. Spatial scaling in the
phylogeography of an alpine caddisfly, Allogamus uncatus, within the central European Alps.
Journal of the North American Benthological Society 29: 1089-1099.
Shama, LNS, Kubow, KB, and Robinson, CT. 2009. Ten polymorphic microsatellite loci
isolated from the alpine caddisfly Allogamus uncatus Brauer (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae).
Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 285-287.
In manuscript
Barnard-Kubow, KB, So, N, and Galloway, LF. Cytonuclear incompatibility contributes to the
early stages of speciation, in review.
Barnard-Kubow, KB, McCoy, MA, and Galloway, LF. Dad saves the day: biparental plastid
inheritance rescues cytonuclear incompatibility, in review.
Barnard-Kubow, KB and Galloway, LF. Patterns of intraspecific reproductive isolation are
altered by the co-occurrence of genetically divergent lineages, in prep.
PRESENTATIONS
2016
Cytonuclear incompatibility contributes to incipient speciation. James Madison
University (Harrisonburg, VA), KB Kubow and LF Galloway
2015
The Appalachian Mountains: a hotspot of genetic diversity. Virginia Native Plant Society
2015 Workshop (Richmond, VA), KB Kubow and LF Galloway
2014
Dad saves the day: biparental plastid inheritance rescues cytonuclear incompatibility.
Evolution (Raleigh, North Carolina), KB Kubow, MA McCoy, and LF Galloway.
2013
Within species reproductive isolation: does chloroplast inheritance mediate cytonuclear
incompatibility? Southeastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics (MLBS,
VA), KB Kubow and LF Galloway.
2013
Within species reproductive isolation: does chloroplast inheritance mediate cytonuclear
incompatibility? Botany (New Orleans, LA), KB Kubow and LF Galloway.
Karen Barnard-Kubow
CV - 3
2012
Intraspecific plastid sequence evolution in Campanulastrum americanum: a contributing
factor to reproductive isolation? Evolution (Ottawa, Canada), KB Kubow, DB Sloan,
LF Galloway, and DR Taylor.
2011
Within species patterns of reproductive isolation and the role of cytonuclear interactions.
Southeastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics (Reidsville, NC), KB
Kubow and LF Galloway.
2011
Within species patterns of reproductive isolation and the role of cytonuclear interactions.
European Society for Evolutionary Biology (Tuebingen, Germany), KB Kubow and
LF Galloway. (poster)
2010
Range-wide pattern of reproductive isolation between populations of an autotetraploid
herb. Botanical Society of America (Providence, RI), LF Galloway, KB Kubow, Can
Dai, B Barringer.
2009
Population genetic structure of an alpine caddisfly: the role of historical and
contemporary processes. Ecological and Evolutionary Biology Seminar (Department
of Biology, UVa), KB Kubow, LNS Shama, CT Robinson, and J Jokela
2009
Shifting genetic structure of an alpine caddisfly in response to environmental change.
North American Benthological Society (Grand Rapids, MI), KB Kubow, LNS Shama,
CT Robinson, and J Jokela
2009
Shifting genetic structure of an alpine caddisfly in response to environmental change.
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (Nice, France), KB Kubow, LNS
Shama, CT Robinson, and J Jokela (poster)
2005
Incipient speciation in an intertidal copepod, Tigriopus californicus. University of
Southern California Undergraduate Research Symposium (Los Angeles, CA), KB
Barnard, D Peterson, and S Edmands (poster), awarded 1st place poster in the life
sciences category
TEACHING AND MENTORING
Teaching
2014
Teaching Assistant, Biology of Aging, UVa.
2011, 2012, 2015
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Biology: Organismal and Evolutionary
Biology Laboratory, UVa.
2011
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Biology: Cell Biology and Genetics
Laboratory, UVa.
Mentorship
2013-2014
Morgan McCoy, undergraduate independent research, UVa
Chloroplast inheritance and segregation in Campanulastrum americanum
2012-2013
Connor Johnson, undergraduate independent research, UVa
Hybrid breakdown across multiple generations of Campanulastrum americanum
2012-2013
Mohan Nagaraja, undergraduate independent research, UVa
Examining pollen sterility in hybrids of Campanulastrum americanum
2012
Elissa Trieu, undergraduate independent research, UVa
Karen Barnard-Kubow
CV - 4
Patterns of chloroplast inheritance in Campanulastrum americanum
2011
Remington Wong, undergraduate independent research, UVa
Hybrid breakdown and recovery in Campanulastrum americanum
2010-2011
Allison Gaynor, undergraduate independent research, UVa
Estimating selfing rates in Campanulastrum americanum
2010-2011
Lam Tsz Nina So, undergraduate independent research, UVa
Hybrid breakdown and cyto-nuclear interactions in Campanulastrum americanum
2010-2011
Lauren Wilson, undergraduate independent research, UVa
Hybrid breakdown in second-generation hybrids of Campanulastrum americanum
2009-2010
Tim Park, undergraduate independent research, UVa
Impact of abnormal seed phenotype on fitness in Campanulastrum americanum
COURSES
October 2012 Advanced Sequencing Technologies and Applications, Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory
REVIEWING
American Journal of Botany
Genetica
Insects
Molecular Ecology
MEMBERSHIPS
American Society of Naturalists
Botanical Society of America
European Society for Evolutionary Biology
Society for the Study of Evolution