JUSTIN C. HAVIRD

 

Colorado State University • Dept. of Biology • E106 Anatomy/Zoology Building

Fort Collins, CO 80523 • Justin.Havird@colostate.edu • 352-870-3412 (cell)/970-491-0649 (fax)

 

Professional experiences

The University of Texas        2018-current

Department of Integrative Biology

Assistant Professor

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Colorado State University     2014-2018

Department of Biology

NIH postdoctoral fellow

Research focus: Cytonuclear co-evolution

Advisor: Daniel B. Sloan

 

Education

Auburn University                   2009–2014
Department of Biological Sciences
Ph. D. Biological Sciences
Dissertation: Disturbance in the Hawaiian anchialine ecosystem: ramifications for ecology, physiology, and ecosystem function
Committee: Scott R. Santos*, Mark R. Liles, Raymond P. Henry, Alan E. Wilson
*Major advisor

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University of Florida                2006–2008
Department of Zoology
M.S.
Thesis: Evolution of cyclooxygenase in the chordates
Committee: David H. Evans*, Michael M. Miyamoto, Martin J. Cohn
*Major advisor

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University of Florida               2002–2006
Department of Zoology
B.S., summa cum laude
Senior thesis: Neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the euryhaline killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus)
Advisor: David H. Evans

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Select Grants, Fellowships, and Awards

2015-2018     National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA)        

     Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32)

2015               Auburn University Graduate School Distinguished Dissertation Award

2014               Auburn University COSAM Dean's Research Award

2013               NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant ($11,044)

2013               East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes – Japan, NSF/JSPS ($10000+)                   

2010-2012     Alabama Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research program    
     (EPSCoR) Doctoral Graduate Research Fellowship ($25K/year)
2011               PADI Foundation Research Grant ($3500)                                                                                        

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Select Recent Publications

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Havird JC, Trapp P, Miller C, Bazos I, Sloan DB. 2017. Causes and consequences of rapidly evolving mtDNA in a plant lineage. Genome Biology and Evolution 9:323-336. 

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Sloan DB, Havird JC, Sharborough J. 2017. The on-again, off-again relationship between mitochondrial genomes and species boundaries. Molecular Ecology 26:2212-2236. 

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Havird JC, Sloan DB. 2016. The roles of mutation, selection, and expression in determining relative rates of evolution in mitochondrial vs. nuclear genomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 33:3042-3053.

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Rockenbach K, Havird JC, Monroe JG, Triant DA, Taylor DR, Sloan DB. 2016. Positive selection in rapidly evolving plastid-nuclear enzyme complexes. Genetics 204:1507-1522.

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Havird JC, Santos SR. 2016. Here we are, but where do we go? A systematic review of crustacean transcriptomic studies from 2014-2015. Integrative and Comparative Biology 56:1055-1066.

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Havird JC, Fitzpatrick SW, Kronenberger JA, Angeloni LM, Funk WC, Sloan DB. 2016. Sex, mitochondria, and genetic rescue. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31:96-99. 

 

Havird JC, Whitehill NS, Snow CD, Sloan DB. 2015. Conservative and compensatory evolution in oxidative phosphorylation complexes of angiosperms with highly divergent rates of mitochondrial genome evolution. Evolution 69:3069-3081.

 

Havird JC, Hall M, Dowling DK. 2015. The evolution of sex: A new hypothesis based on mitochondrial mutational erosion. BioEssays 37:951-958.

 

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