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Chelsea M Berns

Hi, I'm Chelsea M Berns

I am an evolutionary and ecological biologist, interested in the evolution of phenotypic diversity and sexual dimorphism and am currently a Lecturer of an online Evolution course at Iowa State University.  I am looking forward to being a Visiting Assistant Professor at Adams State University this fall, where I will teach Anatomy and Physiology, General Biology, and Environmental Science (both lecture and laboratories of all courses). I am especially excited for Spring 2014, when I will be teaching Evolution, General Biology, and have the opportunity to create my own course: The Evolution and Ecology of Sexual Dimorphism.   My research interests focus on micro- and macroevolutionary patterns of sexual size and shape dimorphism in hummingbird bill morphology, using landmark-based geometric morphometrics to quantify these morphological differences. I have been examining rates of phenotypic evolution and morphological disparity both within and between 270 species of hummingbirds and am looking forward to pursuing these topics with undergraduate researchers.

Chelsea M Berns's Background

Chelsea M Berns's Experience

Research Supervisor at Iowa State University

May 2007 - August 2007

Visiting Assistant Professor at Adams State University

June 2013

Instructor at Iowa State University

May 2013

Instructor of Evolution online course

PhD Candidate, National Science Foundation Fellow at Iowa State University

August 2007

Chelsea M Berns's Education

Iowa State University

2007 – 2012

PhD


Colorado State University

2000 – 2005

BS

Concentration: Majors: Zoology, Music


Chelsea M Berns's Interests & Activities

Evolutionary Biology Morphology Teaching Ornithology Phylogenetics

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