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Sternberg 1 Eleanore D. Sternberg
The Pennsylvania State University ▪ Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
111 Merkle Building ▪ University Park, PA 16802 USA
Phone: +1 (814) 867-4191 ▪ E-mail: eds16@psu.edu http://eleanoresternberg.wordpress.com Education
August 2012
Ph.D., Population Biology, Ecology and Evolution
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
May 2005
B.S., Molecular Environmental Biology
Concentration in Environment and Human Health
University of California, Berkeley, CA
Research experience
2012 - Present
Postdoctoral scholar
Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Supervisors: Drs. Matthew Thomas and Andrew Read
2007 – 2012
Graduate student
Program in Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Supervisor: Dr. Jacobus C. de Roode
2006 – 2007
Research intern
Viral and Rickettsial Diseases Laboratory
California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA
Supervisor: Dr. Sharon Messenger
2005 – 2006
Laboratory manager
Integrative Biology
University of California, Berkeley, CA
Supervisor: Dr. Cherie Briggs
2003 – 2005
Undergraduate research assistant
Integrative Biology
University of California, Berkeley, CA
Supervisor: Dr. Cherie Briggs
Fellowships and Awards
2012
Program Scholar of the Year (Faculty Nominated)
Graduate Division in Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Emory University
Sternberg 2 2007 – 2010
Graduate Research Fellow
Training Grant in Population Biology of Infectious Disease
National Institutes of Health
2009
Honorable Mention
Graduate Fellowship Program
National Science Foundation
2009
Tuition and Travel Award
Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Workshop
Publications
Sternberg, E.D., Waite, J.L., Thomas, M.B. Evaluating the efficacy of biological and
conventional insecticides with the new “MCD bottle” bioassay. Submitted, Malaria
Journal.
Sternberg, E.D., De Roode J.C., Hunter M.D. Trans-generational parasite protection
associated with paternal diet. Accepted, Journal of Animal Ecology.
Sternberg, E.D., Thomas, M.B. (2014). Local adaptation to temperature and the
implications for vector-borne diseases. Trends in Parasitology 30 :115-122.
Sternberg, E.D., Li, H., Wang, R., Gowler, C., De Roode, J.C. (2013). Patterns of
infection and lack of local adaptation in three populations of monarch butterflies and a
naturally occurring protozoan parasite. The American Naturalist 182; E235-E248.
Sternberg, E.D., Lefèvre, T., Li, J., Lopez Fernandez de Castillejo, C., Li, H.,
Hunter, M.D., De Roode, J.C. (2012). Food plant-derived disease tolerance and
resistance in a natural butterfly-plant-parasite interaction. Evolution 66:3367-3376.
Lyons, J.I., Pierce, A.A., Barribeau, S.M., Sternberg, E.D., Mongue, A.J., De Roode
J.C. (2012). Extensive gene flow between monarch butterflies with divergent
migration destinations. Molecular Ecology 21:3433-3444.
Sternberg, E.D., Lefèvre, T., Rawstern, A.H., De Roode, J.C. (2011). A virulent
parasite can provide protection against a lethal parasitoid. Infection, Genetics and
Evolution 11 :399-406.
Invited Presentations
BEI vectors workshop: Bridging vector and allied arthropod biology for innovation
and discovery, May 2014. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. (Poster)
Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics seminar series, Spring 2014. Penn State
University, University Park, PA. (Talk)
Sternberg 3 Symposium on thermal biology of mosquito vectors of disease: ecology and
epidemiological consequences. Entomology 2013. Austin, TX. (Talk)
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series, Spring 2012. Department of
Biology, University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA. (Talk)
Contributed Presentations
Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease, 2014. Ft. Collins, CO. (Poster)
Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology, 2012. Ottawa, Canada. (Talk)
Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease, 2012. Ann Arbor, MI. (Poster)
European Society for Evolutionary Biology, 2011. Tübingen, Germany. (Poster)
Evolution, 2010. Portland, OR. (Talk)
Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Disease, 2008. Ft. Collins, CO. (Poster)
Teaching and Mentoring
2012
Instructor
Evolution in Health and Disease (Emory University). Created
course syllabus and selected reading assignments in
collaboration with co-instructors. Delivered lectures and
facilitated classroom discussion. Course website:
evolutioninhealth.wordpress.com
2009, 2010, 2012
Teaching Assistant
Evolutionary Biology (Emory University). Delivered two
lectures, facilitated weekly discussion sections, graded
homework and exams
2009
Instructor
Environmental Studies, Lab Section (Emory University).
Delivered lectures, supervised laboratory assignments, graded
laboratory reports
2008 – 2012
Research Mentor (Emory University).
Supervised undergraduate students in developing, executing,
and analyzing research projects. Helped students communicate
research results via written reports and poster presentations.
Students supervised: Camden Gowler, Rebecca Wang, Hui Li,
Carlos Lopez, James Li, Amanda Rawstern
Sternberg 4 Service
Reviewer
Evolution, BMC Ecology, Malaria Journal.
2013
Local organizing committee member
46th Annual Meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology
Conference on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control
Pittsburgh, PA
2013
Organizer for the Fall 2013/2014 seminar series
Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
Pennsylvania State University
2010, 2011, 2012
Judge
Poster session for the Summer Undergraduate Research at
Emory (SURE) program at Emory University
2010 – 2011
Student Representative
Seminar Planning Committee
Department of Biology
Emory University
2007 – 2011
Student Representative
Seminar Planning Committee
Program in Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution
Emory University
2007 – 2009
Executive Board Member
Graduate Student Council
Emory University