CV: Dr. Eugenia Zarza E-mail: eugenia.zarza@gmail.com Eugenia.Zarza@senckenberg.de CURRENT POSITION Post-doctoral fellow LOEWE-Biodiversität und Klima Forschungszentrum BiK-F Frankfurt, Germany Projects: Testing relationships between climate change and diversification using model selection statistics Comparative Phylogeography of the lowlands of Mexico Since June EDUCATION PhD in Biology Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom. Thesis: Phylogeography and genetic analysis of secondary contact zones of Ctenosaura pectinata and related species. Biology BSc, First-Class (Hons), National University of Mexico (UNAM) Dissertation: Regionalización Biogeográfica de la Península de Baja California basada en la distribución de anfibios y reptiles (Biogeographical regionalisation of the Baja California Peninsula based on the distribution of amphibians and reptiles). 2004-1998-2004
PUBLICATIONS Zarza E., Klussman-Kolb A., Kruckenhauser L., Haring E., Magda Drvotová, Juřičková, L., Petrusek A., Dépraz A. and Pfenninger M. (submitted) Model Selection as a tool for correlating phylogenetic diversification with past climate change: test in European Hairy Snails Trochulus. Zarza E., Reynoso V.H., and Emerson B.C. (submitted) Discordant patterns of geographic variation between mitochondrial and microsatellite markers in the Mexican black iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata) in a contact zone. Faria C., Zarza E., Reynoso V.H. and Emerson B.V. (2010) Predominance of single paternity in the black spiny-tailed iguana: conservation genetic concerns for femalebiased hunting. Conservation Genetics. DOI - 10.1007/s10592-010-0047-2 Zarza E., Pereyra R. T., Reynoso V.H., and Emerson B.C. Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers in the black spiny tailed iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata) and their cross-utility in other Ctenosaura. Molecular Ecology Resources, 9, 177-119. Zarza E., Reynoso V.H, and Emerson B.C. () Diversification in the northern neotropics: mitochondrial and nuclear DNA phylogeography of the iguana Ctenosaura pectinata, and related species. Molecular Ecology, 17: 3259-3275. OTHER NO-PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Zarza, E., Reynoso, V.H. () El pasado y presente evolutivo de la iguana negra (Ctenosaura pectinata) e implicaciones para su conservación. Resúmenes en extenso de la XII Reunión Nacional sobre Iguanas, Tabasco, México Reynoso, V., Zarza-Franco, E., Medina-Mantecón, W. and Rueda-Zozaya, P. (2007) Black iguana project 2006 update: Genetics, demography, and feeding. Iguana Specialist Group Newsletter, 10: 18-19. Zarza Franco, G. E., Emerson, B. and Reynoso, V. H. (2005) Genética para la conservación de la iguana negra Ctenosaura pectinata. Resúmenes en extenso de la VIII Reunión Nacional sobre Iguanas, Comisión Forestal del Estado de Michoacán, p. 77-83. Lázaro Cárdenas, México.
Zarza, E. (2004) Comcaac, heepni, coof y las islas del Golfo de California. Resúmenes en extenso de la VII Reunión Nacional sobre Iguanas, p. 126-130. Universidad del Mar, Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca, México. ORAL PRESENTATIONS El pasado y presente evolutivo de la iguana negra (Ctenosaura pectinata) e implicaciones para su conservación. Reunión del Subcomite para la conservación de iguanas, Tabasco, México. Diversification in the Neotropics, Institute for Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Goethe University, Germany Uncovering hidden biodiversity within a widespread species of Mexican Iguana. Brigham Young University, USA Nuevos patrones de diversidad genética en el Pacífico Mexicano empleando la iguana negra como modelo. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Hybridization, introgression and cytonuclear discordance in contact zones of the Mexican black iguana. The Population Genetics Group Meeting. University of Cardiff, UK When iguanas meet: Contact zones between phylogeographic lineages of Ctenosaura in Mexico. 8 th Annual Rebelion. Centre of Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, University of East Anglia, UK Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA phylogeography of the spiny tailed iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata), and related species. IUCN The World Conservation Union. Annual meeting of the Iguana Specialist Group. Utila Island, Honduras Strong divergence between mitochondrial lineages of the Mexican black spiny tailed iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata). The Population Genetics Group Meeting. University of Manchester, UK and 8 th Young Systematists Forum. Natural History Museum, London, UK 2006
Genética para la conservación de la iguana negra Ctenosaura pectinata. VIII Reunión Nacional del comité técnico consultivo para la conservación de iguanas en México. Lázaro Cárdenas, México Regionalización de la Península de Baja California, basada en la distribución de anfibios y reptiles empleando análisis de parsimonia de endemismos. Primera Reunión Mexicana de Biología Filogenética, Xalapa, México 2005 2004 POSTER PRESENTATIONS Identifying factors responsible for the geographic distribution of genetic and morphological variation within the black spiny tailed iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata). XI Congress European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Uppsala, Suecia. Identifying factors responsible for the geographic distribution of genetic and morphological variation within the black spiny tailed iguana (Ctenosaura pectinata). Symposium on Genetics of Speciation, University of British Columbia, Canadá. Evaluación del muestreo herpetofaunístico en la península de Baja California, México. VII Congreso Latinoamericano de Herpetología, Morelos, México Análisis de parsimonia de endemismos vs. análisis de similitud: comparando clasificaciones biogegráficas de la herpetofauna de Baja California. VII Reunión Nacional de Herpetología. Villahermosa, México 2007 2006 2005 2004 SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS Percy Sladen Memorial Fund Grant for field work in Mexico 2010 Grant for PhD studies and research, Mexican Council of Science and 2004- Technology (CONACYT) Cum laude for BSc dissertation and academic achievement 2004 Grant for term abroad at Carleton University, Ottawa, as part of the 2001 exchange program of the National University of Mexico
Undergraduate studies scholarship, TELMEX-Hombre Naturaleza A. C foundation 2000-2003 Teaching experience Co-supervising MSc student, University of East Anglia 2007- Co-supervising two BSc project students, University of East Anglia 2007 Demonstrator in Science Foundation Course, University of East Anglia 2006-2007 Collaboration in other projects Research assistant and student mentor, Colección Nacional de Anfibios y Reptiles, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Research assistant, University of East Anglia January-May October- November 2010 Languages Spanish (mother tongue), English (fluent), French (intermediate), German (basic)