Jeremy S. Davis, Ph.

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Jdavis38@luc.edu

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CURRENT APPOINTMENT _____________________________________________
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago,
August 2023-present
Advisor: Dr. Michael Grillo

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PAST APPOINTMENTS ________________________________________________
NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biology, University of Kentucky,
August 2020-July 2023
Advisor: Dr. Catherine Linnen

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EDUCATION _______________________________________________________
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
PhD – Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, July 2020
Advisor: Dr. Leonie Moyle
Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri
BSc Biology – Ecology & Evolution, May 2014
Advisor: Dr. Allan Larson

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AWARDS & HONORS __________________________________________________
Evolutionary, Ecological, and Conservation Genomics research award, American Genetics
Association (2021) – $6000
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology - Collections, National Science Foundation (2020) –
$207,000
George Hudock Fellowship, Indiana University Biology Department (2019) – $2000
Louise Constable Hoover Fellowship, Indiana University Biology Department (2018) – $2000
AIBS Congressional Visit Day Travel Grant, Society for the Study of Evolution (2018)
GPSG Travel award, IU Graduate and Professional Student Government (2016) – $500
Honorable Mention, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (2016)
Graduate Research Award, IU Graduate and Professional Student Government (2016) – $1000
Department Research Recruitment Fellowship, Indiana University Biology Department (2014) –
$12,500
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), Washington University (2012) - $4,000

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PREPRINTS and PUBLICATIONS _________________________________________
10) *Davis JS, *Glover A, Linnen CR, Coyle DR. 2023. Identification, biology, and management of
conifer sawflies (Hymenoptera: Diprioninae) in eastern North America. Journal of Integrated
Pest Management.
9) Davis JS, Sim, SB, Geib SM, Linnen CR. 2023. Whole-genome resequencing data support a single
introduction of the invasive white pine sawfly, Diprion similis. Accepted: Journal of Heredity
8) Davis JS, Pearcy MA, Yew JY, Moyle LC. 2021. A shift to shorter cuticular hydrocarbons causes
sexual isolation in the Drosophila americana species group. Evolution Letters.
 7) Kim BY, Wang, JR, (et al. including Davis JS), Petrov DA. 2021. Highly contiguous assemblies
of 101 drosophilid genomes. eLife. 10, e66405.
6) Lue CH, Buffington ML, (et al. including Davis, JS), Hrcek J. 2021. DROP: Molecular voucher
database for identification of Drosophila parasitoids. Molecular Ecology Resources 12, 7.
5) Davis JS, Moyle LC. 2020. Constitutive and plastic gene expression variation associated with
desiccation resistance differences in the Drosophila americana species group. Genes. 11(2), 146.
4) Davis JS, Moyle LC. 2019. Desiccation resistance and pigmentation variation reflects bioclimatic
differences in the Drosophila americana species complex. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 19, 204.
3) Leung W, Shaffer CD, (et al. including Davis JS). 2017. Retrotransposons Are the Major
Contributors to the Expansion of the Drosophila ananassae Muller F Element. G3 7, 8.
2) Davis JS, Castillo DM, Moyle LC. 2016. Remating responses are shaped by male post-copulatory
manipulation but not reinforcement in D. pseudoobscura. Ecology and Evolution 7, 2.
1) Pope WH, Bowman CA, Russell DA, Jacobs-Sera D, Asai DJ, Cresawn SG, Jacobs WR, Hendrix
RW, Lawrence JG, Hatfull GF; Science Education Alliance Phage Hunters Genomics and
Evolutionary Science. 2015. Whole genome comparison of a large collection of
mycobacteriophages reveals a continuum of phage genetic diversity. eLife 4, e06416.

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PRESENTATIONS ____________________________________________________
17) Jeremy S Davis, Catherine Linnen. 2023, SSE Annual meeting (‘Evolution 2023’), Albuquerque,
NM, “‘Population Museomics’: dissecting the genomic history of a recent invasion”.
16) Jeremy S Davis, 2023, Kentucky Academy of Science, Virtual, “How to write and present a 1-
pager to state politicians” (February 2023).
15) Jeremy S Davis, Catherine Linnen. 2022, SSE Annual meeting (‘Evolution 2022’), Cleveland,
OH, “From morphology to genomics: reconstructing the history of a host shift in an invasive
insect”.
14) Jeremy S Davis, Joanne Y. Yew, Leonie Moyle. 2021, Virtual SSE Annual meeting (‘Evolution
2021’), “The long and short of it: pheromone length divergence and reproductive isolation”.
Faux-live talk.
13) Jeremy S Davis, 2020, Departmental seminar, University of Kentucky, “Going back in time:
reconstructing the history of a host shift in an invasive insect”.
12) Jeremy S Davis, 2020, PhD Defense, Indiana University, “Ecological and genetic contributions
to divergence and the evolution of prezygotic isolation between Drosophila species”.
11) Jeremy S Davis, Joanne Y. Yew, Leonie Moyle. 2019, invited talk, “Cuticular Hydrocarbons in
Insect Communication and Physiology” symposium at Annual Entomology Society of America
meeting 2019, St. Louis, MO, “Sexual isolation accompanies divergent cuticular chemistry
among species in the Drosophila americana group”.
10) Jeremy S Davis, Joanne Y. Yew, Leonie Moyle. 2019, IU EEB Brown Bag seminar,
Bloomington, Indiana, “Sexual isolation cuticular hydrocarbons in the Drosophila americana
group”.
9) Jeremy S Davis, Joanne Y. Yew, Leonie Moyle. 2019, SSE Annual meeting (‘Evolution 2019’),
Providence, RI, “Sexual isolation accompanies divergent cuticular chemistry among species in
the Drosophila americana group”.
8) Dan Tracey, Stephanie Mauthner, Jeremy S Davis. 2019, CSHL meeting, Cold Spring Harbor,
NY, “The #Seabattical Expedition of 2019”.
 7) Leonie Moyle, Joanne Yew, Jeremy S Davis. 2019, Gordon Conference on Speciation, “Sexual
isolation accompanies divergent cuticular chemistry among species in the Drosophila americana
group”.
6) Jeremy S Davis, Leonie Moyle. 2018, 59th Annual Drosophila Research Conference, Philadelphia,
PA, “Variation in stress tolerance is associated with environmental differences in Drosophila
americana group”.
5) Jeremy S Davis, Leonie Moyle. 2017, SSE Annual meeting (‘Evolution 2017’), Portland, Oregon,
“Wax on wax off: tradeoffs between desiccation resistance and pheromone production in the
Drosophila virilis clade”.
4) Jeremy S Davis, Leonie Moyle. 2016, Joint Drosophila Group Meeting, Biology Department,
Indiana University, “Local Adaptation and Evolutionary tradeoffs in Drosophila americana and
D. novamexicana”.
3) Jeremy S Davis, Leonie Moyle. 2015, Evolution Discussion Group, Biology Department, Indiana
University, “Cuticular Hydrocarbons, Evolutionary Tradeoffs, and Speciation”.
2) Jeremy S Davis, Cindy Viguera, Kenneth Olsen. 2012, Washington University in St. Louis
Undergraduate Research Symposium, “Red Rice: Evolution of Weedy Traits in Domesticated
Crops”. Poster.
1) Jeremy S Davis, Christopher Shaffer, Sarah Elgin. 2010, Washington University in St. Louis
Undergraduate Research Symposium, “Characterization of Ruby Phage and Analysis of
Functional Annotation”. Poster.

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE _______________________________________________
Instructor/IoR – BIOL 282 Genetics (Loyola - Fall 2023)
Lead instructor/Instructor of Record – Bio 425 Representation Matters (Fall 2022)
Lead instructor/Instructor of Record – Bio 199 STEMcats (Spring 2021)
Assistant Instructor – L318 Evolution (Spring 2020)
Assistant Instructor – L318 Evolution (Fall 2019)
Assistant Instructor – L111 Introductory Biology (Fall 2018)
Assistant Instructor – L318 Evolution (Spring 2018)
Assistant Instructor – L318 Evolution (Fall 2017)
One guest lecture on speciation.
Assistant Instructor – L318 Evolution (Spring 2017)
One guest lecture on speciation.
Assistant Instructor – L318 Evolution (Fall 2016)
Assistant Instructor – S318 Honors Evolution (Spring 2016)
Two guest lectures on speciation.
Assistant Instructor – L111 Introduction to Biology (Fall 2015)
Head Assistant Instructor – L113 Biology Laboratory (Fall 2014)
Teaching Assistant – Genomics education partnership (GEP) intro to genome annotation for faculty
and researchers. (2012)

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DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION WORK ________________________________
Bio 425 “Representation Matters” lead instructor (Fall 2022)
University of Kentucky Biology DEI committee (Fall 2021-present)
 - Responsible for creating and analyzing department-wide culture survey.
Bio 425 “Representation Matters” Faculty Mentor (Fall 2021)
Research Mentor – Jim Holland Summer Science Research Program: created and guided high school
student research project. (summer 2016, 2017, 2019)
Leader/Counselor – Jim Holland Summer Science Research Program assisting high school students to
succeed in research and presentation (summer 2015)

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PEER REVIEW _______________________________________________________
Scientific Reports (x2)
Molecular ecology (x3)
Evolutionary applications (x2)
PloS Genetics
Evolution, Ecology and Evolution (x2)
Ethology, Ecology and Evolution.

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SERVICE, OUTREACH, AND MENTORING ___________________________________
Undergraduate Research Mentor – for BIOL independent study (2023-present)
Undergraduate Research Mentor – for Bio 325 (2021-2022)
Undergraduate Research Mentor – for independent undergraduate research project (2018-2020)
Research Mentor – PREP program: mentored high school student for full semester research project.
(2016-2017)
Leader/Organizer – Evolution Discussion Group, Indiana University Biology Department (2015-
2018)
Website designer/manager – Tomatoes are Wild! Educational website for Moyle lab
Wikipedia contributor – editor/writer for Wikipedia for articles on behavioral ecology of a variety of
organisms. (2013-present)

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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS _________________________________________
Member – Kentucky Academy of Science (2021-2023)
Member – American Genetic Association (2020-present)
Member – Entomological Society of America (2019-present)
Member – Genetics Society of America (2018-present)
Member – Society for the Study of Evolution (2015-present)

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SCIENCE POLICY ADVOCACY ___________________________________________
Science Policy Advocate – Kentucky Advocates for Science Policy and Research (KASPR)
President (May 2022-2023), Vice president (May 2021-2022), member (Fall 2020-2023).

Kentucky Academy of Science – Science policy training certification (February 2022).

Meeting on Evolution Education – Met with state senator Mark Stoops on strategies to restore
evolution education in Indiana, where recent laws allowed instructors to teach alternatives.
Science Policy advocate/Trainee – AIBS Congressional Visit Day: attended a training course and met
with members of congress to discuss the importance of basic research (April 2018).
 Science Policy Trainee – SSE science policy training course: learned about effective science policy
strategies and will present a brief on a topic to a policy-maker (2017-2018)

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REFERENCES _______________________________________________________
Catherine Linnen, Associate Professor of Biology, University of Kentucky: Postdoctoral advisor -
catherine.linnen@uky.edu
Leonie Moyle, Professor of Biology, Indiana University: PhD advisor - lmoyle@indiana.edu