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Education

2009 Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Texas at Austin; Supervisor: Dr. David Hillis

Employment

2015- Research Fellow, Nematode Genomics Laboratory, Department of Environment and Genetics, La Trobe University

2014-2015 Honorary Research Fellow, Molecular Biodiversity Laboratory, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environment, La Trobe University

2011-2013 Research Associate, Department of Entomology, Cornell University; supervisor: Dr. Bryan Danforth

2010-2011 Post-doctoral researcher, Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Texas at Austin; supervisors: Dr. David Hillis and Dr. David Cannatella

2009-2011 Lecturer, Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin

Publications

Hedtke SM, Zendejas-Heredia, PA, Graves PM, Sheridan S, Sheel M, Lau CL, Grant WN. 2021. Genetic epidemiology of lymphatic filariasis in American Samoa after mass drug administration.Int J Parasitol 51 (2–3): 137-147.

Hedtke SM, Kuesel AC, Crawford KE, Graves PM, Boussinesq M, Lau CL, Boakye DA, Grant WN. 2020. Genomic epidemiology in filarial nematodes: transforming the basis for elimination program decisions. Frontiers Genet

McCann KM, Grant WN, Spratt D, Hedtke SM. 2019. Cryptic species diversity in ticks that transmit disease in Australia. Int J Parasitol: Parasites & Wildlife 10: 125-131.

Sheel M, Sheridan S, Gass K, Won K, Fuimaono S, Kirk M, Gonzales A, Hedtke SM, Graves PM, Lau CL. 2018. Identifying residual transmission of lymphatic filariasis after mass drug administration: Comparing school-based versus community-based surveillance - American Samoa, 2016. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 12(7): e0006583.

Hedtke SM, Blitzer EJ, Montgomery GA, Danforth BN. 2015. Introduction of non-native pollinators can lead to trans-continental movement of bee-associated fungi. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0130560.

Hedtke SM, Morgan MJ, Cannatella DC, Hillis DM. 2013. Targeted enrichment: maximizing orthologous gene comparisons across deep evolutionary time. PLoS ONE 8: e67908.

Hedtke SM, Patiny S, Danforth BN. 2013. The bee tree of life: a supermatrix approach to apoid phylogeny and biogeography. BMC Evol Biol 13:138. [Highly accessed]

Bartomeus I, Ascher JS, Gibbs J, Danforth BN, Wagner DL, Hedtke SM, Winfree R. 2013. Historical changes in northeastern United States bee pollinators related to shared ecological traits. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 110:4656-4660.

Rinkevich FD, Hedtke SM, Leichter CA, Harris SA, Su C, Brady SG, Taskin V, Qiu X, Scott JG. 2012. Multiple origins of kdr-type resistance in the house fly, Musca domestica. PLoS ONE 7:e52761.

Pigneur L-M, Hedtke SM, Etoundi E, Van Doninck K. 2012. Androgenesis: a review through the study of the selfish shellfish Corbicula spp. Heredity 108:581-591.

Hedtke SM, Glaubrecht M, Hillis DM. 2011. Rare gene capture in a predominantly asexual species. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 108:9520-9524. pdf

Hedtke SM, Hillis DM. 2011. The potential role of androgenesis in cytoplasmic-nuclear phylogenetic discordance. Syst Biol 60:87-96. pdf

Brown JE, Hedtke SM, Lemmon AR, Lemmon EM. 2010. When trees grow too long: investigating the causes of highly inaccurate Bayesian branch-length estimates. Syst Biol 59:145-161. pdf

Hedtke SM, Stanger-Hall K, Baker RJ, Hillis DM. 2008. All-male asexuality: origin and maintenance of androgenesis in the Asian clam Corbicula. Evolution 65:1119-1136. pdf

Heath TA*, Hedtke SM*, Hillis DM*. 2008. Taxon sampling and the accuracy of phylogenetic estimates. J Syst Evol 46:239-257. *authors contributed equally to this work. pdf

Hedtke SM, Zamudio KR, Phillips CA, Losos J, Brylski P. 2007. Conservation genetics of the endangered Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard (Uma inornata). Herpetologica 63:411-420. pdf

Hedtke SM, Townsend TM, Hillis DM. 2006. Resolution of phylogenetic conflict in large data sets by increased taxon sampling. Syst Biol 55:522-529. pdf

Research Grants

2017 PRISM² Seed Funding Grant, “Defining and Analysing Transmission Zones of Lymphatic Filariasis in American Samoa" (PI)

2016 Research Focus Area Understanding Disease Start-Up Grant, "Identifying causes of filariasis hotspots and potential transmission re-emergence in American Samoa"

La Trobe Asia Research Grant, "Detecting and monitoring disease-causing filarial nematodes" (PI)

2012 Atkinson Center for Sustainable Futures Academic Venture Fund Grant, to BND: “Impacts of pathogens and pesticides on wild pollinators in eastern apple orchards” (CI)

Fellowships and Awards

2015 JSE Outstanding Paper (2008-2013)

2013 Cornell Center for Comparative and Population Genomics Fellow

Courses Taught

2016-18 Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics, La Trobe University

2013 Special topics in evolution and ecology, Cornell University

2009-11 Evolution, University of Texas at Austin

2004 Advanced Systematics, University of Texas at Austin (T.A.)

2003 Ecology, Evolution, and Society, University of Texas at Austin (T.A.)

2002 Genetics, University of Texas at Austin (T.A.)

Academic Presentations

2019 Genomic epidemiology in filarial nematodes: transforming the basis for elimination programme decisions. Molecular Helminthology: An Integrated Approach. San Antonio, TX, USA.

Identifying zoonotic sources for strongyloidiasis infection using genomic sequencing. 14th National Workshop on Strongyloidiasis. Adelaide, SA, Australia.

Genomic epidemiology in filarial nematodes: transforming the basis for elimination programme decisions. 2019 Australian Society for Parasitology annual conference. Adelaide, SA, Australia.

2018 The genomics of responses to ivermectin: considerations relevant to Strongyloides stercoralis chemotherapy and epidemiology. Invited speaker, 13th National Workshop on Strongyloidiasis. Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Genomic associations with sub-optimal ivermectin response as a barrier to elimination of Onchocerca volvulus in Cameroon. Selected speaker, 2018 Australian Society for Parasitology annual conference. Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

Transforming efforts towards eliminating filariases using genomic epidemiology. Centre for Tropical Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology, Opening Conference. Townsville, QLD, Australia.

2017 Multiple paths towards loss of drug sensitivity: whole-genome sequencing of Onchocerca volvulus indicates genes under selection are dependent on transmission zone. 2017 American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Baltimore, MD, USA.

Population genetics as a tool to identify causes of filariasis hotspots and potential transmission re-emergence in American Samoa. 2017 Australasian Tropical Health Conference. Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Within- and between-host genetic diversity of Wolbachia endosymbionts of a parasitic filarial nematode, Onchocerca volvulus, revealed by deep-sequencing. 2017 Australasian Tropical Health Conference. Cairns, QLD, Australia.

2016 Evolutionary genomics provides insights into control of disease-causing filarial nematodes. Ecology, Environment and Evolution Seminar Series, La Trobe University. Bundoora, VIC, Australia.

Barriers preventing elimination of filarial nematodes in communities: a population genetics approach. AgriBio Science Conference. Bundoora, VIC, Australia.

Insights on sub-optimal drug response from whole genome sequencing of populations of the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus. Selected poster, Molecular and Cellular Biology of Helminth Parasites X. Hydra, Greece.

Towards developing an animal model for testing anthelmintics on microfilarial nematodes. Selected speaker, Anthelmintics: from Discovery to Resistance II. San Diego, CA, USA.

2014 Pollinators in Peril?: Pathogens and pesticides in solitary bees. Genetics Seminar, La Trobe University. Bundoora, VIC, USA.

2013 Challenges in bee molecular phylogenetics. Invited speaker, Entomology 2013. USA.

The pleasures and pitfalls of bee phylogenetics. Invited speaker, University of Rochester. Rochester, NY, USA.

The pleasures and pitfalls of bee phylogenetics. Evolution 2013. Boulder, CO, USA.

Seven families of bees, unresolved: the burden of hypothesis testing in phylogenetics. Evo-Group seminar, Cornell University. Ithaca, NY, USA.

A supermatrix approach to the bee Tree of Life. Entomology Department Symposium, Cornell University. Ithaca, NY, USA.

2012 The pleasures and pitfalls of bee phylogenomics. Jugatae seminar, Cornell University. Ithaca, NY, USA.