Nicholas Minor Email & Phone Number

Madison, WI, US

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

As a Research Analyst in David O'Connor's research group, I build and deploy bioinformatic tools that help make sense of genome data, both from pathogens and their hosts. These tools help my colleagues and I better understand viral evolution and transmission, adaptive and innate immune responses, and the complex interaction between the two, using an.

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

My writing specializes in topics related to biodiversity (most often birds), conservation, land management, climate, sustainability, and biology writ large, and is often inspired by my scientific research interests in ecology and evolution. My work over the past five years has been published in Birding Magazine, Audubon, the University of Minnesota.

I co-write and co-edit the "Frontiers in Ornithology" column in Birding Magazine, which aims to disseminate exciting new bird-inspired research to a nonexpert audience. My writing for this column has covered topics like "supergenes", territoriality between species and its influence on evolution, cooperative breeding, avian sleep, the use of geolocators to.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Red Hill Birding conducts birding-focused ecotourism within the U.S. and internationally, including destinations like South Africa, Colombia, Bhutan, and more. I manage logistics in advance of most tours. As such, my role is to ensure that Red Hill Tours run smoothly and are accommodated at every step. This allows participants to focus on what they came.

Laramie, Wyoming, United States

As a graduate assistant, I taught discussion sections for Genetics, a third-year course for biology majors, as well as lab sections for Ornithology, a natural history course geared toward fourth-year undergraduates and first-year graduate students. I also taught virtual discussions for the course Population Ecology, and conducted research to explore the.

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

I worked as a writing intern in the Science Communication Lab, an internship program led by BioTechnology Institute Communications Director Michael Winikoff. In this role, I contributed to a variety of multimedia public outreach projects centered around BTI researchers. I also helped design support and promotional materials for institutional events and.

1954 Buford Avenue 210 Learning & Environmental Sciences Building St. Paul, MN 5

LT Media Lab's mission is to inspire and create opportunities for global collaboration in addressing humanity's most pressing educational, social, and environmental issues by designing and evaluating innovative technology-mediated solutions for learners, educators, researchers, and organizations worldwide. I assist with a wide range of projects around the.

At University of Minnesota, I worked with Dr. Keith Barker on two main projects. The first was inferring the evolutionary history of a taxonomically ambiguous group of South American wren species. We sequenced mitochondrial DNA from samples at eleven museum institutions, and used molecular phylogenetic methods to infer these species' evolutionary tree. I.

As a curatorial assistant, I work on cataloguing and databasing new specimens in the Bell Museum’s Bird Collection. Additionally, my largest project is to database the many specimens in the museum’s collection that have remained undatabased since their arrival there. This includes skeletons, study skins, and tissue samples. I also process loan requests.

Greater Chicago Area

Summer internship in the Bird Division, within the Integrative Research Center. My primary duty during the summer of 2013 was to revise and recreate the factsheets corresponding to thirty of the Harris Loan Collection’s Bird Dioramas, which have not been updated since the 1930’s. To do this, I applied my ornithological knowledge and resources under the.

Pearson, Wisconsin

Summer job. My primary duty was teaching natural history in the Ecology and Conservation area of camp, in addition to my duties of camp maintenance. My main objective was to instill a value of discovery and to motivate the campers’ curiosity in the natural world. I did this by creating engaging and comprehensive curricula around merit badges and extra.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Ecology, Evolution, And Behavior

My coursework at University of Minnesota gave me wide-ranging knowledge in ecology, evolutionary biology, natural history, genetics.

Master Of Science - Ms, Zoology And Physiology

Activities and Societies: Graduate Student Network, Laramie Audubon SocietyMy graduate research aims to trace population size change in.

Senior

Activities and Societies: Libertyville High School Wind Ensemble, Debate Team, MANIFEST Magazine.