Joseph R Burger Department of Biology
Program in Interdisciplinary Biological & Biomedical Sciences (PIBBS) The University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
jrburger [at] unm.edu
Education
PhD, Integrative Biology (Aug 2009-present) University of New Mexico James H. Brown
MS, Biology (2010) University of Louisiana at Monroe Loren D. Hayes (ULM) Luis A. Ebensperger (P. Universidad Católica)
BA, Economics & International Studies (Minor: Biology) (2006) Francis Marion University, Florence, SC
Languages
Grants,
Scholarships, & Awards
- 2012 Latin American Institute Field Research Grant
- 2011 PIBBS Student Enrichment Opportunity Grant
- 2011 UNM SRAC Travel Grant
- 2011 NSF Conference Travel Grant
- 2010
ASM Student Travel Award
- 2009 NSF Workshop Travel Grant
- 2009
ASB Student Support Award
- 2007
Sigma Xi Grant-In-Aid of Research
- 2006
President’s Undergraduate Research Award, FMU
- 2006
Travel Grant, Dept. of Biology, FMU
- 2006
Travel Grant, Dept. of Biology, FMU
- 2006
Student Honors Assoc., Ind. Study Research Grant, FMU
- 2005
South Carolina Wildlife Federation Scholarship
- 2004-05
Aiken Business Administration Scholarship, FMU
- 2002-06
President’s & Dean’s Lists, FMU (numerous times)
- 2002-05
The South Carolina LIFE Scholarship
Service - Reviewer for (n): Journal of Mammalogy (4), PNAS (1), Ecology (1), Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology (1), Annales Zoologici Fennici (1)
- 2009-present Audubon Christmas Bird Count
- 2009 NSF workshop assistant coordinator (Santiago, Chile)
- 2008 Ecological Society of America meeting student volunteer
- 2005-06 Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy volunteer
- 2004-06 Student Advisory Board to the VP of Student Affairs, FMU
- 2005-06 Student Advisory Board to the Provost, FMU
- 2004-05 Vice President, SGA, FMU
- 2004-05 SGA Judicial Board, FMU
- 2003-05 Student Ambassador, FMU
- 2003-04 Distinguished Prof. Award Selection Committee, FMU
- 2002-04 SGA Senator, FMU
Field Research & International Experience - 2008, 2011 field ecology research, tropical Andes, Ecuador
- 2007-09, Octodon degus field ecology research, central Chile
- 2007, survey of Neotropical migrating birds, Black Bayou NWR
- 2006, small mammal trapping in the Great Smokies National Park
- 2004-06, Eastern woodrat field research, Francis Marion National Forest
- 2004, Biology & Geograpy tropical field study, Costa Rica & Nicaragua
- 2003, intensive spanish program, Universidad internacional, Mexico
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Professional Experience Research University of New Mexico, USA - PIBBS Research Fellow (2010-present)
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - Research associate (2007-09) - Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Ecología & Biodiversidad, Departamento de Ecología.
The University of Louisiana at Monroe, USA Biology - Research assistant (2007-09) - Evolutionary significance of sociality in Octodon degus in central Chile.
Francis Marion University, SC, USA Economics - Research assistant to J. Pompe (2005-06) - Economics and management of coastal resources.
Biology - Research assistant to T.W. Knowles (2005-06) - Ecology of the Eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana): a management indicator species of fire-maintained bottomland hardwood and upland pine ecotones in Francis Marion National Forest.
- Field assistant to J. Camper (2005) - Wetland conservation and the spatial ecology of aquatic and semi-aquatic snakes in the South Carolina coastal plain.
Other - Biodiversity monitoring, establishment of long-term ecological studies, and local assessment of coupled human and natural systems in the Andean foothills (2008-present). Sumaco, Ecuador.
Migrating warblers of the Black Bayou National Wildlife Refuge, LA (Spring 2007). Assessment Report for US Fish & Wildlife.
Teaching University of New Mexico, USA Department of Biology - Teaching assistant (2009-10) - Plant and Animal Form and Function Lab.
The University of Louisiana at Monroe, USA Biology - Graduate teaching assistant (Spring 2007) - Human Anatomy and Anatomy & Physiology Labs.
Workshops, Working Groups, & Special Programs University of New Mexico, USA - Working group - Human Macroecology and Sustainability (2009-present)
Feza Gürsey Institute-Imperial College- Summer School & Workshop on Complexity (September 2011)
Santa Fe Institute, NM, USA - Global Sustainability Summer Program (June 2010)
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile - US - South American Workshop (Funded by NSF) - Intraspecific variation and social systems: explaining variation based on neuroendocrine and genetic mechanisms ( August 2009)
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