.Margaret L. Haines
Curriculum Vitae
Monash University
School of Biological Sciences (25 Rainforest Walk)
Clayton VIC 3800
Australia
Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION DETAILS
2018-2020 Graduate Certificate in Geospatial Science
2010-2015 PhD in Zoology
Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Australia
“Evolutionary ecology of Australian alpine lizards (genus Pseudemoia)”
Advisors: Dr. Devi Stuart-Fox and Dr. Jane Melville
2005-2009 Bachelor of Science with honors in Animal Behavior
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA
Honors thesis: “The effect of tail length on swimming performance in Desmognathus fuscus: an experimental manipulation”
Advisor: Dr. Tristan Stayton
EMPLOYMENT, FIELDWORK & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2021 - 2022 Postdoctoral Researcher, Monash University, Australia
- Assessed the eligibility of Australia frogs for listing under the EPBC Act as part of the Species Expert Assessment Plan (SEAP) project
2020 - 2021 Zoologist/GIS Analyst, Ecology Australia
- Project managed fauna surveys and conservation management plans
- Produced maps of flora and fauna data for technical reports
2020 GIS Research Assistant, RMIT University
- Analysed and compared bush fire detection methods using spatial data
2019 - 2020 GIS Project Officer, Melton City Council & Victorian Planning Authority, Australia
- Managed and digitised spatial data for development planning
2018 Project Officer, Charles Sturt University, Australia
- Assisted with writing and submission of an ARC Linkage Project grant on bell frog evolution and conservation
2016 – 2018 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
- Studied landscape genomics in a stable hybrid swarm and assessed selective pressure on major
histocompatibility complex (MHC) variation, both in mule deer
- Mentored students on lab work and grant submissions
2015 – 2016 Project Officer, Museum Victoria, Australia
- Responsible for laboratory work and genetic analyses for next generation sequencing projects (DartSeq: SNP discovery) examining species boundaries and biogeographic patterns in hybridizing lineages of lizards and frogs
2014 Occupational Trainee, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Received training in next-generation sequencing, including library preparations and exon capture
2011, 2012 Field Assistant, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
- Collected and processed reptiles as part of cross-disciplinary biodiversity surveys at Wilsons Promontory National Park and Grampians National Park
2010 Primate Enrichment Intern, Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington DC, USA
- Constructed and implemented enrichment devices for gorillas and orangutans
2009 Marine Mammal Intern, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, USA
- Monitored manatee population density and distribution
2006-2009 Teaching Assistant, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, USA
- Supervised undergraduate biology practicals for non-majors
- Marked assignments and exams
2006-2009 Undergraduate Researcher, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, USA
- Conducted independent research on the relationship between morphology and swimming performance in both turtles (Chrysemys picta) and salamanders (Desmognathus fuscus)
- Examined feeding kinematics in multiple species of turtles
SKILLS
Fieldwork - Pitfall trapping, monitoring tile transects, aerial surveys, spotlighting
- Reptile handling, measuring, tissue sampling
- Collection of ecological and spatial data
- Organizing and managing volunteers
- First Aid and CPR
- 4WD training
Laboratory - DNA extraction, standard sequencing, next generation sequencing (SNP discovery and exon capture)
- Molecular analysis using multiple software programs (ex. R, SNAPP, BEAST) and pipelines (Python).
GRANTS, HONORS, AND AWARDS
2016 Phylogenomics Workshop and Software School Travel Grant: USD$600
2013 Dame Margaret Blackwood Soroptimist Scholarship: AUD$6,500
2012 Australian Biological Resource Study Student Travel Bursary: AUD$1,000
2012 Melbourne Abroad Travel Scholarship, University of Melbourne: AUD$1,500
2012 Drummond Award, Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne: AUD$950
2011 Museum Victoria 1854 Student Scholarship: AUD$1,000
Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia Scholarship: AUD$1,000
Australian Society of Herpetologists Student Travel Award: AUD$250
National postgraduate training workshop in systematics Travel Award: AUD$300
2011-13 Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment Grant: AUD$17,500
2011-14 Melbourne International Research Scholarship: AUD$22,860 per year
Melbourne International Fee Remission Scholarship: covered full course fees
2009 Bucknell Prize in Animal Behavior: USD$100
Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honor Society
Phi Sigma Biological Honor Society
2007 Bucknell University travel funding to attend the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, St. Louis, Missouri, USA: USD$600
2006 Undergraduate Summer Research Grant: USD$3,000
2005-09 Deans Scholarship: USD$10,000 per year
PUBLICATIONS
Melville J, Chapple DG, Keogh JS […] Haines ML […] Tingley R. (2021) A return-on-investment approach for prioritization of rigorous taxonomic research needed to inform responses to the biodiversity crisis. PLOS Biology 19, e3001210.
Chapple DG, Roll U, Bohm M […] Haines ML […] Meiri S (2021) Conservation status of the world’s skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk. Biological Conservation 257, 109101.
Atkins Z, Amor M, Clemann N, While G, Gardner M, Haines ML, Harrisson K, Schroder M, Robert K, Chapple DG. (2019) Allopatric divergence drives the genetic structuring of the endangered alpine endemic lizard, Liopholis guthega. Animal Conservation 23 104-118.
Haines ML, Luikart G, Amish SJ, Smith S, Latch EK. (2019) Adaptive introgression of exons across a hybrid swarm in deer. BMC Evolutionary Biology 19:199
Melville J, Haines ML, Boysen K, Hodkinson L, Kilian A, Date K, Potvin D, Parris K. (2017) Identifying hybridization and admixture using SNPs: Application of DArTseq molecular marker platform in phylogeographic and evolutionary genetics research on vertebrates. Royal Society Open Science. 4, 161061.
Haines ML, Stuart-Fox D, Sumner J, Clemann N, Chapple D, Melville J. (2017). A complex history of introgression and vicariance in an endangered montane skink (Pseudemoia cryodroma) across a sky-island system in south-eastern Australia. Conservation Genetics 18, 939-950.
Haines ML, Melville J, Sumner J, Clemann N, Chapple D, Stuart-Fox D. (2016) Geographic variation in hybridisation and ecological differentiation between three syntopic, morphologically similar species of montane lizards. Molecular Ecology 25, 2887-2903.
Melville J, Haines ML, Hale J, Chapple S, Ritchie EG. (2016). Concordance in phylogeography and ecological niche modelling identifies dispersal corridors in arid Australia, using the rock-specialist agamid lizard Ctenophorus caudicinctus. Journal of Biogeography 43, 1844-1855.
Haines ML, Moussalli A, Stuart-Fox D, Clemann N, Melville J. (2014) Phylogenetic evidence of historic mitochondrial introgression and cryptic diversity in the genus Pseudemoia (Squamata: Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 81, 86-95.
PEER REVIEW
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2017 Haines ML, Luikhart G, Amish S, Smith S, Latch EK. “Selective introgression of exons in a mule deer hybrid swarm” Oral presentation. Evolution, Portland, Oregon, USA.
2016 Haines ML, Giglio R, Latch EK. “Broad-scale mechanisms generating intraspecific immune gene variation across a latitudinal gradient” Oral presentation. Evolution, Austin, Texas, USA.
2015 Haines ML, Stuart-Fox D, Sumner J, Clemann N, Chapple DG, Melville J. “Geographic variation in hybridisation and ecological differentiation in a species complex” Oral presentation. Evolution, Guaruja, Brazil.
2015 Haines ML, Stuart-Fox D, Sumner J, Clemann N, Chapple DG, Melville J. “Geographic variation in hybridisation and ecological differentiation between three syntopic, morphologically similar species of alpine lizards” Oral presentation. Australian Society of Herpetology Conference, Lake Eildon, Victoria, Australia.
2014 Haines ML, Stuart-Fox D, Sumner J, Clemann N, Chapple DG, Melville J. “Of microsatellites and mountaintops: Conservation genetics of the alpine bog skink Pseudemoia cryodroma.” Oral presentation. Australian Society of Herpetology Conference, Greenhills Conference Center, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
2013 Haines ML, Moussalli A. Stuart-Fox D, Clemann N, Melville J. “Phylogenetic evidence of a hybrid origin in an endangered alpine skink.” Oral presentation. Australian Society of Herpetology Conference, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
2012 Haines ML, Moussalli, A. Stuart-Fox, D., Clemann, N., Melville, J. “Unravelling the complex evolutionary history of southeastern Australian alpine skinks using a phylogeographic approach.” World Congress of Herpetology. British Columbia, Canada.
2009 Haines ML and Stayton CT. “The effect of tail length on swimming performance in Desmognathus fuscus: an experimental manipulation” Oral presentation. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Portland, Oregon, USA.
2007 Haines ML and Stayton CT. “Preliminary analysis of variation in shell shape and limb morphology and its effects on field swimming speed of Eastern painted turtles Chrysemys picta picta.” Poster presentation. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
OUTREACH
2021 Field Naturalists Victoria, Blackburn, Australia
- Invited talk on alpine skink ecology
2018 North Museum Science and Engineering Fair, Lancaster, USA
- Judged submissions for the Lancaster County STEM Alliance Innovator Award
2018 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Science Bag, Milwaukee, USA
- Co-developed and presented a one hour interactive presentation on evolution for the general public
2016, 2017 Milwaukee Public Museum BioBlitz, Milwaukee, USA
- Surveyed reptiles and amphibians in Wisconsin state parks and presented findings to the local community
2011, 2015 Sciences on Show, Museums Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
- Displayed reptile and amphibian specimens from the museum collections and answered general herpetology questions
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
2018-present Frogs Victoria (committee member)
2018-present IUCN Skink Specialist Group
2015-present Society for the Study of Evolution
2010-present Australian Society of Herpetologists
2009-present American Institute of Biological Sciences
2007-present Society for the Study of Reptiles and Amphibians
Curriculum Vitae
Monash University
School of Biological Sciences (25 Rainforest Walk)
Clayton VIC 3800
Australia
Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION DETAILS
2018-2020 Graduate Certificate in Geospatial Science
2010-2015 PhD in Zoology
Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Australia
“Evolutionary ecology of Australian alpine lizards (genus Pseudemoia)”
Advisors: Dr. Devi Stuart-Fox and Dr. Jane Melville
2005-2009 Bachelor of Science with honors in Animal Behavior
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA
Honors thesis: “The effect of tail length on swimming performance in Desmognathus fuscus: an experimental manipulation”
Advisor: Dr. Tristan Stayton
EMPLOYMENT, FIELDWORK & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2021 - 2022 Postdoctoral Researcher, Monash University, Australia
- Assessed the eligibility of Australia frogs for listing under the EPBC Act as part of the Species Expert Assessment Plan (SEAP) project
2020 - 2021 Zoologist/GIS Analyst, Ecology Australia
- Project managed fauna surveys and conservation management plans
- Produced maps of flora and fauna data for technical reports
2020 GIS Research Assistant, RMIT University
- Analysed and compared bush fire detection methods using spatial data
2019 - 2020 GIS Project Officer, Melton City Council & Victorian Planning Authority, Australia
- Managed and digitised spatial data for development planning
2018 Project Officer, Charles Sturt University, Australia
- Assisted with writing and submission of an ARC Linkage Project grant on bell frog evolution and conservation
2016 – 2018 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
- Studied landscape genomics in a stable hybrid swarm and assessed selective pressure on major
histocompatibility complex (MHC) variation, both in mule deer
- Mentored students on lab work and grant submissions
2015 – 2016 Project Officer, Museum Victoria, Australia
- Responsible for laboratory work and genetic analyses for next generation sequencing projects (DartSeq: SNP discovery) examining species boundaries and biogeographic patterns in hybridizing lineages of lizards and frogs
2014 Occupational Trainee, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Received training in next-generation sequencing, including library preparations and exon capture
2011, 2012 Field Assistant, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
- Collected and processed reptiles as part of cross-disciplinary biodiversity surveys at Wilsons Promontory National Park and Grampians National Park
2010 Primate Enrichment Intern, Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington DC, USA
- Constructed and implemented enrichment devices for gorillas and orangutans
2009 Marine Mammal Intern, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, USA
- Monitored manatee population density and distribution
2006-2009 Teaching Assistant, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, USA
- Supervised undergraduate biology practicals for non-majors
- Marked assignments and exams
2006-2009 Undergraduate Researcher, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, USA
- Conducted independent research on the relationship between morphology and swimming performance in both turtles (Chrysemys picta) and salamanders (Desmognathus fuscus)
- Examined feeding kinematics in multiple species of turtles
SKILLS
Fieldwork - Pitfall trapping, monitoring tile transects, aerial surveys, spotlighting
- Reptile handling, measuring, tissue sampling
- Collection of ecological and spatial data
- Organizing and managing volunteers
- First Aid and CPR
- 4WD training
Laboratory - DNA extraction, standard sequencing, next generation sequencing (SNP discovery and exon capture)
- Molecular analysis using multiple software programs (ex. R, SNAPP, BEAST) and pipelines (Python).
GRANTS, HONORS, AND AWARDS
2016 Phylogenomics Workshop and Software School Travel Grant: USD$600
2013 Dame Margaret Blackwood Soroptimist Scholarship: AUD$6,500
2012 Australian Biological Resource Study Student Travel Bursary: AUD$1,000
2012 Melbourne Abroad Travel Scholarship, University of Melbourne: AUD$1,500
2012 Drummond Award, Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne: AUD$950
2011 Museum Victoria 1854 Student Scholarship: AUD$1,000
Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia Scholarship: AUD$1,000
Australian Society of Herpetologists Student Travel Award: AUD$250
National postgraduate training workshop in systematics Travel Award: AUD$300
2011-13 Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment Grant: AUD$17,500
2011-14 Melbourne International Research Scholarship: AUD$22,860 per year
Melbourne International Fee Remission Scholarship: covered full course fees
2009 Bucknell Prize in Animal Behavior: USD$100
Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honor Society
Phi Sigma Biological Honor Society
2007 Bucknell University travel funding to attend the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, St. Louis, Missouri, USA: USD$600
2006 Undergraduate Summer Research Grant: USD$3,000
2005-09 Deans Scholarship: USD$10,000 per year
PUBLICATIONS
Melville J, Chapple DG, Keogh JS […] Haines ML […] Tingley R. (2021) A return-on-investment approach for prioritization of rigorous taxonomic research needed to inform responses to the biodiversity crisis. PLOS Biology 19, e3001210.
Chapple DG, Roll U, Bohm M […] Haines ML […] Meiri S (2021) Conservation status of the world’s skinks (Scincidae): Taxonomic and geographic patterns in extinction risk. Biological Conservation 257, 109101.
Atkins Z, Amor M, Clemann N, While G, Gardner M, Haines ML, Harrisson K, Schroder M, Robert K, Chapple DG. (2019) Allopatric divergence drives the genetic structuring of the endangered alpine endemic lizard, Liopholis guthega. Animal Conservation 23 104-118.
Haines ML, Luikart G, Amish SJ, Smith S, Latch EK. (2019) Adaptive introgression of exons across a hybrid swarm in deer. BMC Evolutionary Biology 19:199
Melville J, Haines ML, Boysen K, Hodkinson L, Kilian A, Date K, Potvin D, Parris K. (2017) Identifying hybridization and admixture using SNPs: Application of DArTseq molecular marker platform in phylogeographic and evolutionary genetics research on vertebrates. Royal Society Open Science. 4, 161061.
Haines ML, Stuart-Fox D, Sumner J, Clemann N, Chapple D, Melville J. (2017). A complex history of introgression and vicariance in an endangered montane skink (Pseudemoia cryodroma) across a sky-island system in south-eastern Australia. Conservation Genetics 18, 939-950.
Haines ML, Melville J, Sumner J, Clemann N, Chapple D, Stuart-Fox D. (2016) Geographic variation in hybridisation and ecological differentiation between three syntopic, morphologically similar species of montane lizards. Molecular Ecology 25, 2887-2903.
Melville J, Haines ML, Hale J, Chapple S, Ritchie EG. (2016). Concordance in phylogeography and ecological niche modelling identifies dispersal corridors in arid Australia, using the rock-specialist agamid lizard Ctenophorus caudicinctus. Journal of Biogeography 43, 1844-1855.
Haines ML, Moussalli A, Stuart-Fox D, Clemann N, Melville J. (2014) Phylogenetic evidence of historic mitochondrial introgression and cryptic diversity in the genus Pseudemoia (Squamata: Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 81, 86-95.
PEER REVIEW
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2017 Haines ML, Luikhart G, Amish S, Smith S, Latch EK. “Selective introgression of exons in a mule deer hybrid swarm” Oral presentation. Evolution, Portland, Oregon, USA.
2016 Haines ML, Giglio R, Latch EK. “Broad-scale mechanisms generating intraspecific immune gene variation across a latitudinal gradient” Oral presentation. Evolution, Austin, Texas, USA.
2015 Haines ML, Stuart-Fox D, Sumner J, Clemann N, Chapple DG, Melville J. “Geographic variation in hybridisation and ecological differentiation in a species complex” Oral presentation. Evolution, Guaruja, Brazil.
2015 Haines ML, Stuart-Fox D, Sumner J, Clemann N, Chapple DG, Melville J. “Geographic variation in hybridisation and ecological differentiation between three syntopic, morphologically similar species of alpine lizards” Oral presentation. Australian Society of Herpetology Conference, Lake Eildon, Victoria, Australia.
2014 Haines ML, Stuart-Fox D, Sumner J, Clemann N, Chapple DG, Melville J. “Of microsatellites and mountaintops: Conservation genetics of the alpine bog skink Pseudemoia cryodroma.” Oral presentation. Australian Society of Herpetology Conference, Greenhills Conference Center, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
2013 Haines ML, Moussalli A. Stuart-Fox D, Clemann N, Melville J. “Phylogenetic evidence of a hybrid origin in an endangered alpine skink.” Oral presentation. Australian Society of Herpetology Conference, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia.
2012 Haines ML, Moussalli, A. Stuart-Fox, D., Clemann, N., Melville, J. “Unravelling the complex evolutionary history of southeastern Australian alpine skinks using a phylogeographic approach.” World Congress of Herpetology. British Columbia, Canada.
2009 Haines ML and Stayton CT. “The effect of tail length on swimming performance in Desmognathus fuscus: an experimental manipulation” Oral presentation. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Portland, Oregon, USA.
2007 Haines ML and Stayton CT. “Preliminary analysis of variation in shell shape and limb morphology and its effects on field swimming speed of Eastern painted turtles Chrysemys picta picta.” Poster presentation. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
OUTREACH
2021 Field Naturalists Victoria, Blackburn, Australia
- Invited talk on alpine skink ecology
2018 North Museum Science and Engineering Fair, Lancaster, USA
- Judged submissions for the Lancaster County STEM Alliance Innovator Award
2018 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Science Bag, Milwaukee, USA
- Co-developed and presented a one hour interactive presentation on evolution for the general public
2016, 2017 Milwaukee Public Museum BioBlitz, Milwaukee, USA
- Surveyed reptiles and amphibians in Wisconsin state parks and presented findings to the local community
2011, 2015 Sciences on Show, Museums Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
- Displayed reptile and amphibian specimens from the museum collections and answered general herpetology questions
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
2018-present Frogs Victoria (committee member)
2018-present IUCN Skink Specialist Group
2015-present Society for the Study of Evolution
2010-present Australian Society of Herpetologists
2009-present American Institute of Biological Sciences
2007-present Society for the Study of Reptiles and Amphibians